Let us REVIEW...

Who is the Holy Spirit?
- Holy Spirit is a real person and not just a "POWER" but is also a DIVINE person - GOD
- He indwells people at the time of conversion-and wants to fill us so that He can work out God's (His) plan for our lives.

What does He Do?
we looked at a long but not exhaustive list of the Holy Spirits work in
-O.T.
- Jesus
- Scripture
- Lives of the born again

His REQUIREMENTS
Let us discuss what is required for Him to do His work through us. And the results that we can expect: FRUIT and GIFTS

Eph 5:18
- Imperative this is a command and NOT optional
- Present tense rules out a "once and for all" filling points to a continuous replenishment... Literally go on being "Filled" a daily hourly even process.
- Passive We can not do it for ourselves.  We can REJECT it, but we can not make it happen that is the Holy Spirit makes it happen.

SO, we are commanded to cooperate with the Spirit in a  continuous process where- in He fills our lives.

IMPORTANT to realize that GOD does not command something that is unimportant- or that is NOT possible. Yes, it is IMPORTANT that every child of God takes this command to heart.

Unfortunately there is little evidence of the majority of church members being filled with the Spirit at this time in history.  The question is what am I going to do about it.... (AH the reason for this blog...)

more to come...