The Fullness of the Holy Spirit

Hello, welcome to another message. The title of today’s message is “The Fullness of the Holy Spirit.”

The Holy Spirit told me to teach you how to be constantly filled with the Holy Spirit and how to be constantly led by the Holy Spirit. This is just the beginning of a series where I will be teaching you step by step about:

• What attracts the presence of God
• What repels the presence of God
• Certain things you may be doing without even knowing they are grieving the Holy Spirit
• The principles you need to walk in to be constantly led by the Spirit

And I can assure you that if you walk by these principles, you are going to walk in the Spirit, be led by the Spirit, and be constantly filled with the Holy Spirit.

If you are willing and obedient, you are going to experience the reality of the presence of Christ.

There Are Degrees of Glory

The first thing I want to talk about is this: there are degrees of glory.

2 Corinthians 3:18

“And we all, with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

What I want you to notice here is the phrase:

“Ever-increasing glory.”

That is why I said there are degrees of glory.

God wants the glory in you to keep increasing.

The glory you received the first time you became born again — that glory is Jesus Christ, the grace of God, the manifest presence of God.

Your heart is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and it is also the temple of the glory of God.

The Holy Spirit transmits that glory into your spirit and into your heart. That glory needs to increase continually.

The Holy Spirit Himself is already complete in you because He is a person, but the manifestation of His presence — His glory, His aura, the fragrance and essence of God — is what needs to increase in your life.

When you are filled with that glory, you are filled with the Holy Spirit. You begin to walk in victory. Evil begins to flee from you because there is no space for darkness when you are filled with the Spirit of God.

That is why it is very important for you to be constantly filled with the Holy Spirit.

Many struggles disappear when you are genuinely filled with God’s presence.

From Glory to Glory

Another translation says:

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Notice again:

“From glory to glory.”

One level of glory to another level of glory.

God wants His glory to keep increasing in your life.

To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with the glory of God.

A lot of people confuse many spiritual things because they do not understand the distinctions between them. Some people cannot differentiate between:

• God the Father
• God the Son
• God the Holy Spirit
• The glory of God
• The Word of God
• The power of God

Everything has a role and a function.

The Word of God helps you attract the presence of God, but the Word itself is not the same thing as the manifested power of God.

The Bible talks about:

• The Spirit of wisdom
• The Spirit of understanding
• The Spirit of counsel
• The Spirit of might
• The Spirit of truth
• The Spirit of the fear of the Lord

These all function differently.

The Spirit of might is different from the Spirit of understanding. The Spirit of wisdom is different from the Spirit of revelation.

You need understanding so you do not mix spiritual things together.

Greater Degrees of Glory

The Good News Translation says:

“And all of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into His likeness in an ever greater degree of glory.”

Notice again:

“Greater degree of glory.”

That is why your aim should be to grow into greater realms of glory.

The Lord once revealed to me that the manifest presence of God — the fire of God, the glory of God, the anointing — is the love of God made manifest.

The love of God is powerful. The fire of God is the fire of His love.

The Spirit Without Measure

John 3:34

“For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.”

Jesus had the Spirit without measure.

That means He had a limitless supply of God’s presence and glory.

Another translation says:

“God gives Him the fullness of His Spirit.”

Another says:

“He has been given the full power of God’s Spirit.”

All these translations are referring to the same reality:

• The fullness of the Holy Spirit
• The glory of God
• The power of God
• The baptism of fire

Jesus was constantly filled with the Holy Spirit, and God wants you to also be constantly filled.

Jesus said:

“A servant who is fully trained will become like his master.”

That means you can become like Christ when you are trained by God.

The ultimate goal of Christian maturity is to live constantly in the glory of God.

Your Spirit Is a Container

Your spirit is like a container made for the glory of God.

Sometimes when I pray, the Lord shows me visions of cups being filled. Sometimes the cup is halfway full, and I know the glory of God is increasing. Sometimes the cup overflows.

The Lord uses different illustrations to show spiritual realities.

That is why the Bible says not to defile your temple.

Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

God wants His glory to rise within you and overflow.

When a person lives in immorality and sin, they are damaging the temple God created for His glory.

No amount of money can compensate for the spiritual loss that comes from defilement.

If you constantly encounter the glory of God, many sinful desires will lose their grip on you.

The Full Power of God’s Spirit

Another translation says:

“The Son was sent to speak God’s message, and He has been given the full power of God’s Spirit.”

So the glory of God is also the power of God.

When God’s Spirit is manifested in a person, raw power is released.

The fullness of the Holy Spirit depends greatly on your level of submission.

Jesus was willing and obedient, so He walked in continual fullness.

The apostles were willing and obedient, so they walked in continual power.

As you submit to God, His glory rises within you.

Baptized With the Holy Spirit and Fire

Matthew 3:11

“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Jesus baptizes believers with:

• The Holy Spirit
• Fire

The Bible says:

“He makes His ministers flames of fire.”

That fire is the glory of God.

That fire is the tangible reality of God’s presence.

You need that baptism of fire.

Faith is not meant to remain theoretical. Real faith produces results.

The evidence of living faith includes:

• Being filled with the Holy Spirit
• Hearing God’s voice
• Walking in the Spirit
• Manifesting the fruits of the Spirit
• Operating in spiritual gifts
• Growing in holiness
• Crucifying the flesh

A faith that produces no transformation is not living faith.

Grow in Grace

Many people think:

“Jesus already did everything, so I do not need to grow.”

But the Bible says we must grow:

• In grace
• In wisdom
• In holiness
• In revelation
• In the knowledge of God

God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

The proud person refuses growth.

The humble person keeps seeking God.

Living faith produces visible transformation:

• Greater holiness
• Greater wisdom
• Greater humility
• Greater patience
• Greater endurance
• Greater spiritual sensitivity
• Greater fullness of the Holy Spirit

The Greater the Grace, the Greater the Glory

Everything works by grace.

The greater the grace, the greater the glory.

Acts 4:33

“And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.”

Notice:

Great power and great grace.

Before this happened, the apostles prayed.

They asked God to stretch forth His hand with signs, wonders, healing, and power.

The hand of God represents the power and glory of God.

The glory of God does not happen accidentally. You must hunger for it and pray for it.

Ask for the Holy Spirit

Luke 11:13

“How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

You must ask.

You must desire.

You must hunger.

The Bible says:

“Crave spiritual gifts.”

Spiritual things respond to desire.

If you are not thirsty, you will not drink.

If you are not hungry, you will not eat.

You express your desire through prayer.

Tell God constantly:

• “Fill me with Your Spirit.”
• “Increase Your glory in me.”
• “Let Your presence rise within me.”

Different Forms of Fellowship

There are different forms of fellowship with God:

• Prayer
• Worship
• Thanksgiving
• Praise
• Supplication
• Petition
• Meditating on Scripture
• Confessing the Word of God

As you fellowship with God, His presence joins with your spirit.

That is how intimacy with God grows.

Conclusion

This is just an introduction to this series.

In the next message, I will begin to talk about things people do that repel the presence of God and make it difficult to experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer

May the Lord take you from glory to glory and from victory to victory.

May He transform you completely through the blood of Jesus Christ.

May He decorate you with His presence and power.

May He give you wisdom to know what you need and what you do not need.

May He give you the grace to walk continually in His Word and in His ways.

May you persevere in prayer.

May you be filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

May you be led by the Holy Spirit.

May the hand of God rest upon you.

May you walk continually in the Spirit.

May the Lord clothe you with garments of praise, holiness, and righteousness.

May He be the glory and the lifter of your head.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Have a blessed day.

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