Healty Relationships - part 4

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Text: Ephesians 5:18

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Principle # 1-The supreme objective of the church is to Glorify God:
Principle # 2- God desires that we (the church) live a balanced life. 
Principle # 3- God has given to us the power source for victorious living.

“Do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Holy Spirit.”    -Ephesians 5:18

1) He Regenerated us-regeneration is the act whereby the Spirit cleanses the person from sin and gives them a new nature. (Titus 3:5; John 3:3-8)

“He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” Titus 3:5

2) He Indwelt Us-indwelling of the Holy Spirit is His taking up residence within the believer. (John 14:16-17; Romans 8:9,11)

“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you.”  John 14:16-17

3) He Sealed Us-the sealing of the Holy Spirit is the work of God the Father who sets the Holy Spirit as a seal upon every believer to preserve him until the day of redemption. (Eph. 1:13; 4:30)

“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”  Ephesians 4:30

4) He Baptized Us-the baptism of the Holy Spirit is that work in which He brings the believer into union with Christ and all other believers. (I Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:27-28)

“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.”  I Cor. 12:13

* He Fills Us-this does not concern us receiving more of the Holy Spirit.  To be filled by the Holy Spirit is to be under His control.  The Key to right living and healthy Biblical relationships is being Spirit-controlled!

Practical Consequences of being Spirit-filled:

#1- Singing-the first consequence of being Spirit-filled is that you will have a song in your heart.
#2- Giving thanks to the Lord:
         always
         for all things
         in the Name of Christ