HOW CAN I BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT - Prophet Bill Turner



HOW CAN I BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Introduction

1. It is a thing most wonderful, Almost too wonderful to be, That God’s own Son should come from heaven, And die to save a child like me. 2. And yet I know that it is true; He chose a poor and humble lot, And wept, and toiled and mourned and died, For love of those who loved Him not. (To these lovely words by William How, 1823 to 1897. I add the following verse.) 3. It is too wonderful for words, Almost too wonderful to be; That God should send the Holy Ghost, To comfort, help, and dwell in me.

In 2Cor.12v4., Paul says the words and things he experienced on a visit to heaven were indescribable and unspeakable, “anekdiegetos,” too wonderful for words. In 1Pet.1v8., Peter tells us that our faith, and love for Jesus, causes us to “rejoice with joy unspeakable (“arrhetos,” inexpressible) and full of glory.” In 2Cor9v15., Paul thanks God for Jesus, His indescribable and unspeakable ,“anekdiegetos,” gift to us. God the Father gave the promise of the Holy Spirit, and sent Him to us, “another Helper” like Jesus, another unspeakable gift, too wonderful for words. The Holy Spirit comes to help us in worship, and enables us to express the inexpressible and unspeakable.

The baptism in the Spirit was the secret both of the worship and the power of the early Church. Unfortunately many today are like the Ephesians in Acts.19v1-6., we read in Acts.19v1,2., “And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, v2. He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost..” Many who say “I believe in the Holy Spirit ................
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