要被圣灵充满
经文:徒2:1-4; 44-47
引言:今天是圣灵降临节——
A)个人要被圣灵充满:
1. 保罗命令信徒说:[不要醉酒,酒能使人放荡;乃要被圣灵充满。] Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead , be filled with the Spirit. (弗Eph 5:18)
2. 何谓被圣灵充满?
3. 你的生活,谁是你的掌权者?谁在引导你的人生?
4. “就要脱去你们从前行为上的旧人,这旧人是因私欲的迷惑渐渐变坏的”You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires(弗Eph 4:22)
5. “但圣灵降临在你们身上,你们就必得着能力。并要在耶路撒冷,犹太全地,和撒玛利亚,直到地极,作我的见证”But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.(徒 Acts 1:8)
B)教会要被圣灵充满
1. 徒二44-47被圣灵充满的教会,就是充满爱的教会。耶路撒冷信徒都被爱所充满,凡物公用…照各人所需用的分给各人。
2. 故事:孔雀的悲哀
3. 惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死,上帝的爱就在此向我们显明了。But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(罗Rom 5:8)
C)去体会神的爱及活出神的爱
1. 知道神的爱的人很多,但体会神的爱及活出神的爱的人不多。为什么?
2. 为什么体会不到神的爱?为何明知,却仍然没有爱的行动?因为未得着圣灵充满或没有让圣灵充满。
结论:圣灵充满带来能力