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Originally Posted by Rev
There was a scripture that always bothered me. Here it is....
( Acts 4:30) By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
( Acts 4:31) And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
These were people that already had the Holy Ghost so why does it say they were filled with the Holy Ghost?
Then I read something about this scripture.....
( Eph 5:18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
In the Greek it means to continue to be filled! So we don't just get filled one time but you continue to be filled over and over. |
That is right, in my humble opinion...sometimes more humble than others
Anyway, that gets back to what some of the old timers used to say about being short of being filled up with it. I certainly do believe as it is in my own life that there are times that you are more filled than the others. It is God's desire that we live in that filled realm at all times. I'm not really sure that is possible...if not for the fact that the human condition does not allow it to be possible. There are times that I have asked God to lift off me some for fear of dying. He did, but the glory continues on.
Yes, we need to be filled with the Holy Ghost again and again as your scripture above so indicates. I know many people that God the Holy Ghost 30 years ago but has never been filled since. In fact, many have been filled with the Holy Ghost but have been backslidden 29 years and 364 days since. But, they will carry on as though they just got the Holy Ghost. Hypocrites are not an unknown thing today.
There are times that I get hungry to be filled again. When I feel that hunger coming on, I know that it is just a matter of time that I will surrender to that call and then find a place to have yet another (among many during my life) encounter with the glory and fire to be filled all over again.
Seasons are neccessary in our lives. There will be the Spring when April showers bring the rains followed by May flowers when the earth brings forth her beauty and fragrance. Then we have our summers of growth followed by a harvest in our lives. Finally, we all go through the Winter of the soul. It is during that Winter that we come to have that irresistable yearnings for the freshness of Spring once again. In fact, there are times that you cannot force yourself to have as deep and glorious prayer as you have at other times. It is just a season. There are other times that you are filled again...even to the point that you almost can't help being filled as the thirst soul and heart looks up to the rain clouds of heaven's glory.
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