following program is sponsored by seattle open door church yet all open door church is committed to loving god loving people and loving why our doors are open to whomever no mass required seattle open door church i want you to think about something that with the holy spirit live it then us we have the power of the holy spirit live within us that we can walk in victory over sand how much more can we walk in victory if we're baptized with the holy spirit to read it and then we're going to get context context is always good is speaking to the church in ephesus and if it's in the bible it's god speaking to us the fish five eighteen in any says and do not get drunk with wine for that is debauchery but be filled with the spirit talk about a contrast why did paul use that is that a amazing contrast to use instead of being drawn with opposite being drawn with wine but there's similar in something what are they similar in your field are you doing good your field up all the way to somebody that's drunk  i just think i am but you know what i have what freedom right freedom the flash has freedom when you're filled with the spirit you're drunk in the spirit you know what your spirit has freedom your spirit has the freedom to rule and reign but the spirit of god for rain and within you so when you're filled with the spirit there should be freedom that comes with that so what kind of freedom is it freedom to  is freedom to walk and righteousness that you have the ability to say no to sin and that there's a freedom to be bold about the message of the gospel there's a freedom to share about jesus there's a freedom that when it's time for prayer you can pray for people and if you're filled with the sp is what you might be a little bit more ball because when you're filled with alcohol you get real bowl but this look at the context verse sixteen so this is  you verse fifteen will start with look carefully then how you walk not is on wise but why it's making the best use of time because the days are evil therefore do not be foolish but understand what the will of the lord is and do not get drunk with wine for that is to bach rebbe be filled with the spirit addressing one another in psalms and he ends his spiritual songs singing and making melody to the lord with your heart giving thanks always and be everything to god and for everything to god the father in the name of our lord jesus christ submitted to one another out of reverence for christ contacts have been filled with the spirit paul has given a contrast to what living in the world is to live with god so this take a look at he says be careful how you walk don't walk on why it's so paul saying that as christians we should watch how we walk how we live is that true we should watch how we walk and how we live what else does he say make the best use the time because the days are evil he said don't waste your time who has their i phones androids their i pads do any of us ever waste time with them i don't know about you i waste time but i am spiritual so i i like to bring up spiritual things on my pages so it's ok if i'm up at four o'clock in the morning  can we waste time even on good things absolutely so he says so what does he say says careful how you walk make use of your time do not be foolish oh foolish christians one of the bears meant t the god of all wisdom has his followers acting like fools think about that for a moment you know about that neighbor of yours not you business but understand the will of the lord if you understand the will of the lord will you be  don't want to be a fool if you want to live a wise life you know you should be filled with the spirit not what you think about something was paul writing to the church  episode ok were they christians it was a church what were they there is christians in the church and he tells those christians in the church to be filled with the spirit would if they're born again why would he tell them that if he they were born again and have been filled with the spirit means you being born again of the spirit in you why would he tell them to be something that there are think about that for a moment if i have the holy spirit within me and that's the same as being filled with the holy spirit water by god tell me to be filled with the holy spirit why would you tell me to be something that i already am you know it has to tell us to this is interesting right after he says be filled with the spirit he says address one another in psalms and him since spiritual songs singing and making mildred to the lord with your heart given thanks always in for everything to god the father name of our lord jesus christ lord in you and if you have no joy in the lord you're not excited about god i ask you a question are you filled with his holy spirit because if you're a christian that's walking around with your head low and you're discouraged all the time you're bombed out you may be born again of the spirit in you but you're not baptized in the melody to the lord in your heart you know what that means that means that you don't need a warship team did you don't need drums you don't need a band that means you're walking down the street and you look out and you love that beautiful sun coming on you  jesus i thank you for another day oh my and you make melody in your heart those philip the holy spirit guess what a find it easy to make melody in there are so the context is is that there will be warship there's a joy to worship the been around the block ok i've been a lot of different churches nothing else and i i know those baptized in the holy spirit speak in tongues people you know their bare their body else i tons of this is not your tongues oh wait maybe it is your more righteous christian you're just some is being obedient to god and doing what he says he says be baptized with the holy spirit soul may need to show you if you no idea what that's every complaint you have he gives the answer to it scripturally scripture not by me scripture and if there's anything that you've had false ideas about the baptism holy spirit there's a bunch of okey dokey stuff has been deal with that to the word the word alone we're going to be a little bit of symbolism here this here is what it's a sock now this saw is put where to put my hand i wore for ten days straight and i put it in my hand  know it goes on your foot what do you do with your feet walk so you're walking on this sock so this socket doesn't have as much priority or special miss or beauty as if i wore a necktie right ok how many know that some of us are nothing but socks either because we act like we're nothing but socks we let people walk all over us you believe in christ you should have people walking all over you or as a christian we walk all over everybody else ok so can we be a little bit messed up hey this is soc and thank you paul you gave me a  all the way so i spoke it up now i don't know if i got enough holy spirit in this container or not so this may not work right because i'm thinking i don't have enough holy spirit in here but we'll find out part of it is because i don't want to burn the church down because if i got the holy spirit on ok we're going to baptize this sock in the holy spirit consumed but if i am baptized with all the spirit baptized with fire what will happen i will be consumed with god's holy spirit i will be consumed in other words it will take control of my life it will be in charge i will be in charge and so it would in the midst of that you know what happens some of us god will want to do work in our lives and and start to do some cleanup work in us but you know we know he's going to do what he's going to pull out the light you know there's going to do some cleansing in you and so what do you do you run iran but it's not only you that know it's going to some plans you know who else knows it's going to do some cleansing the devil so devil get you to run so if i turn around and i says come up here right now if you want to be baptized in all the spirit and god fill you up some of you know all that you've got stuff in you that you don't want to give up and there is no way you're going to come up here and g prayer because if you've got prayer and god baptized with fire the holy spirit he's going to purge that out of you and you don't want to go on so there's no way you'll come up from here because you'd have to give up something and we're talking about christian to come up here and be baptized in the holy spirit some of you sit there you say tell me what all means tell me everything about it and then i'll decide so instead of saying of god's got a gift i want it you got born again we'll give you bad news that's not biblical whatsoever you can get the study to find it out but they give you an idea is there were people who were born again in  book of acts look at your sheet they were born again and days weeks months later they got baptized in the holy spirit so it happens when you're born again and come they were baptized all the spirit at the beginning of baptism of the holy spirit was how it comes with being born again guess what we got a problem because guess who got baptized  to be born again but she's got baptized with the holy spirit as something to think about maybe it was a symbol to us and teach those of you who've been taht it happens with self ation well then i guess jesus had to get saved and got and so if you look over the pastors scripture if you turn around and say well i'm born again i don't need it i got a question for you you're born again you don't need a bed has all the spirit you walk in the fullness of god are you walking with bo how many people you share jesus with this year bashed year the last twenty years how many people got born again through you and your ministry your ministry now because your pastor not because you're a teacher but because you're a born again believer you have a ministry can i tell you something those are baptized of the holy spirit they're both about sharing the gospel reading your bible belters comes with the bad as all the spirit you're not ball with all the spare guess what you're probably not filled with his holy spirit you're born again you're saved you're going to heaven but are you filled with this holy spirit that is overflowing out of you if you turn around and you have prayers that are that are weak prayers you know what repairs are oh lord it be your will it possibly may be if it just so happens that it works out with according to your eternal plan if you possibly could turn around and heal my wife the cancer that would be great is there power in that kind of prayer there is no power that kind of prayer where you say lord in jesus name i pray that you heal my of that cancer i come against that spirit of cancer in jesus name lord god you dissolve that cancer and you're going to war for you're a wife you're more likely probably filled with the holy spirit does that mean she'll get healed if god wants or healed will he get is ill ok can you make god do it no but you'll have a fire in you and i'm just going to go honest you know i need a rival in america there's no fire in the church anymore there's a bit of fire in the church for how many years i don't know i'm time not just this church of god but the church there's no fire there's no flames there's no flames of fire coming from the church there's no boldness to share the gospel people are afraid you know what some of you will never ever share the gospel at your workplace and you'll sit now at lunch room and you will let everybody in the lunchroom talk about their sexual escapades all night long and that much room but you won't talk about your escapades with jesus christ if you feel with the holy spirit you have no problem about talking about jesus christ with the holy spirit when god says something you do it so yes being born again is one thing being for the spear is a wholly different wholly different thing so the next several weeks we're going to start taking a look at that we're still going to continue the book of romans we're going to just see what romans  say but we need revival and revival comes from people who filled with the spirit by what does it come from dead religion listen to me you go anyplace in the world where there is revival going on about true revival there's a move of the holy spirit that's taking place and is it people saying the holy spirit is dead or the holy spirit is sleeping or or you know the gifts of the spirit are done away with rover there's a move of god there is the miraculous taking a place and if we can say that we believe in miracles all we want but if we're not walking them out we don't believe in and how do we walk i'm out we start praying for the miracles we start praying that we believe that miracles will happen we start praying for people to get saved and be born again we pray for people to be spirit filled and then the my last point is invariably when every talk about some of the spread there's a whole thing about tongues that comes up jesus time because they needed it but we don't need it but your life shows it if you're not walking the boldness of the spirit if you're not sharing the gospel if you're not turn around and being a witness for christ if you're not turn around and crying over the things that happen in our nation then maybe you need more of god's spirit in you and i would argue the baptism of the spirit being filled this holy spirit to be consumed by his spirit is something every single believer needs always will need until jesus comes back and we get a glorified body when we get a glorified body we don't have to worry about it but into a glorified body we're going to need the fullness of the spirit to work in our life and then the question is do you want it not ask you to make any commitments today whatsoever all i want to do is do some teaching i want to do is to show you what the scripture says and create a hunger in you because here's the reality if god's spirit is working i'm moving i don't have to ask you to come to the altar when the the service is over guess what you'll do you on the altar say god i want to be filled with your spirit i want more i want more the question is how much do you want and i say that as a person who believes i'm filled with this spirit i believe i've been baptized  holy spirit i don't believe god's spirit has left me but i'm not walking the halls of the spirit that god has had for me we need to move god we need god to work in our lives we need to be change we need to be shaped by the holy spirit we need to move god this close in prayer god i would pray that lord we would be hungry for you not hungry for the baptism the holy spirit not hungry for tongues of the because of the spirit but we would be hungry for you we'd say god i need more of you i need you to work and move in my life i need you to change me i need you to mold me i need you to transform me and lart is this is what i know the only way it ever happens is through the power of the holy spirit they became born again because of the holy spirit i became a person who got transforming became a new creation because the holy spirit if i'm going to walk in the in the victory that god has for me i need the holy spirit i pray god would be more open to the things of the spirit and the larvae to ask that you would work and move in us in such a way that it be evident that we know the spirit of god we know jesus and we know the father and larger works says that jesus is the baptizer the holy spirit of jesus the baptizer of the spirit no man can baptize in the holy spirit only god is so jesus i pray that you would fill us with your holy spirit even as we go out from here lord where we go wherever we may go to next at large there would be a hunger and thirst to say i want more of your not we accept jesus christ as your lawyer savior today you want to get more information you can always go to our website to 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