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.
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
May God visit you mightily and crown you with His deliverance and power.
There is no sickness, affliction or spell that the Holy Ghost fire and the blood of Jesus cannot destroy.
But the question is: are you willing to pay the price and pray with fervent, stubborn, persistent, fierce faith?
Master how to beg God for grace, ability, mercy and power. Don't be proud.
If you don't ask for the power of God, it means that you are proud and self-dependent. You have not learned the lesson that your flesh cannot save you.
Recognizing your need for the Holy Spirit is humility.
Hebrews 4 verse 16 says, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Matthew 15 verse 22 says that a Canaanite woman came crying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.
And the woman begged Jesus for the children's crumbs. And Jesus rewarded her faith. Nothing could discourage her from obtaining deliverance for her child.
James 5 verse 16 says that the prayer of a righteous man is very powerful and effective.
Pray. Pray!
Fill your heart with the fullness of the word of God, faith and the complete armour of God. And pray like you have never prayed before.
Believe in the goodness, mercy, and love of God and pray fervently without giving up, and you will experience mercy from the throne of grace.
Be very very stubborn about meditating on the word of God, prayer and seeking God's presence. That is your only protection and medicine for complete deliverance every day.
Stop using your prayer time to play and watch nonsense on social media. Stop watching immoral things that open demonic gateways and pollute your spirit.
Be very serious about spiritual power. Power is taken by force, not by carelessness, irresponsibility, recklessness and laziness.
Matthew 11 verse 12 says, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Spiritual power is not for lazy people.
Cry out to God from the bottom of your heart.
Cry out to God persistently day and night like the persistent widow, and don't give up.
Luke 18 verse 7 says, shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him?
Cry for the highest level of God's power and protection. Cry to God for His fire. You need fire. You were born for fire and power, not demonic oppression.
May God be a wall of fire all around you to cleanse you, fill you, surround you, and deliver you.
May great grace be upon you, in Jesus name.
Crave the fire and presence of God with all your heart. Crave spiritual gifts.
It is the fullness of the presence of God in and around you that protects you and crushes every sickness, curse and all your enemies.
The Holy Spirit constantly tells me that He wants passion-passion for His presence. You must be hungry for the power and grace of God in order to enjoy it.
Passion, thirst, hunger, need and desire are mandatory for attracting God's presence and glory.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
The biggest mistake believers make is to depend on the flesh.
If you notice that you keep praying but never ask for the fullness of the presence of God or the full baptism of the Holy Spirit, you are praying amiss.
You are praying backwards. You are depending on your flesh. You are fighting with your flesh.
Your flesh cannot win a spiritual battle.
Romans 8 verse 8 says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
John 6 verse 63 says, it is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
Of yourself you can do nothing. Man's power is of no use at all.
Sicknesses and demons are only afraid of the fire and presence of God.
If you carry God’s fire, demons will be tormented by the fire of God that you are carrying, and they will flee.
Jesus is the presence and power of God. Jesus is all you need.
Moses knew what he was saying when he said in Exodus 33 verse 15, if Your presence does not go with us, we will not leave this place.
He understood his absolute need and dependence on God. Numbers 12 verse 3 records that Moses was the humblest man on earth in his days.
Jesus said in Matthew 11 verse 29, learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.
Luke 5 verse 16 says that Jesus often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Jesus constantly went to lonely places at intervals during the day to renew the presence and fire of God. That was the secret to His success.
He knew how to walk in the Spirit and with the Holy Spirit. He knew how to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and follow Him.
It is the truth you know that sets you free.
Hosea 4 verse 6 says, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
If you ignore the Holy Spirit and keep fighting spiritual battles with your flesh, you will be very weak spiritually, because you lack spiritual food.
The presence of God is the spiritual food you need. The word of God is the spiritual food for your mind and soul.
It is the word of God that convicts and convinces you to seek the presence of God at intervals every day.
You must be filled and overflowing with the Word of God before you can be filled and overflowing with the glory, fire, and presence of God.
The ultimate quest is the presence and fire of God. The presence of God is what gives you unlimited results and great victory.
Fight! Pay the price!
Pray aggressively and persistently, because it is the spiritually violent and aggressive that experience the presence of God by force.
Let absolute desire and need for the presence of God take over your mind. This is how to walk in the reality of the fullness of truth that sets you free.
Jesus died so that you can constantly taste and enjoy the fullness, power, fire and presence of God.
Jesus has given you the keys to the presence of God.
Do not waste the grace of God by depending on your own flesh to crush demons and evil. Only the presence, power and fire of God can crush evil.
Ask. Ask for the fire of God.
James 4 verse 2 says, you do not have because you do not ask.
Constantly ask for the full baptism of the Holy Spirit and renew the presence of God daily.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
May the fire of God fill you, surround you, and consume the roots of your problems.
May God's presence come upon you and transform you from glory to glory into the highest dimensions of His power and glory, in Jesus name, amen.
May the blood of Jesus crush every ancestral idol swearing curses into your life, in Jesus name, amen.
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