Köstenberger provides an Old Testament background for the New Testament teaching on what it means to be filled with the Spirit. The rest of the study provides a detailed study of all the references in the New Testament to a "filling with the Spirit" or a person’s being “full of the Spirit."
The following essay starts off with a brief survey of the OT backdrop of being filled with the Spirit. It is next devoted to a detailed study of all the references to a "filling” with the Holy Spirit or a person being “full of the Spirit” in the NT.
This article looks at the baptism with the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit.
Christian believers may rejoice in the blessings of being filled with the Holy Spirit. This article discusses what it means to be Spirit-filled.
What does it mean to be "filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18)? Paul says that those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit (Romans 8:5). And what are these things of the Spirit?
What are you to make of a Christian's claim that God led them to do something? This article considers what we are permitted to say concerning the leading of the Holy Spirit in our life.
Isn't a wonder to know that the Holy Spirit dwells in you? This article explains that this knowledge should be the source of assurance, hope, and motivation.
Living in dependence on God's Word, trusting in Jesus Christ, and showing the fruit of the Spirit is a life that is lived in dependence on the Holy Spirit.
This article is the fifth in a series on the work of the Holy Spirit. Here the author distinguishes between occasional and habitual filling with the Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit is the work of the Holy Spirit; however, by filling ourselves with God's word we create a channel to experience the filling of the Spirit. The article also discusses corporate worship in relation to being filled by the Spirit.
