Vol. 15 No. 12
Dear
Friend,
On Pentecost Sunday,
we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus
Christ some fifty days after the resurrection.
Consider the words of
the apostle Paul, "...be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18
NIV) and notice four things about the verb "be filled".
Be filled is in the
imperative, meaning it is a command. It is God's will we be filled with
the Holy Spirit.
Be filled is a plural
verb in the Greek, meaning, we are all to be filled, that every
follower of Christ is to be filled.
Be filled is in the
present tense, meaning we are all to be filled with the Holy Spirit right
now and every now.
Be filled is in the
passive form meaning we do not do it, it must be done us. We do
not fill ourselves
with the Holy Spirit, we allow Him to fill us.
Open yourself to the
filling and work of the Holy Spirit in your life this day. Confess your
sin and trust the Spirit to forgive you, fill you, love you and lead you
this day.
E. Stanley Ott
