2025-01-06 周一 圣灵充满的条件

经文:不要醉酒,醉酒使人放荡,乃要在灵里被充满。(弗五18,另译)

总括来看,这一百二十人的身上,有五个特点:第一,他们的罪得着了赦免;第二,他们脱开了世界;第三,他们实实在在是活在复活里;第四,他们的心情是在天上,他们是一班在天上的人;第五,他们实际的生活,乃是在祷告里,在神面前,并且进到了神里面。

任何一个人到了这样的地步,一定会有圣灵的充满。许多基督徒都迫切寻求圣灵的充满;然而任何一个人,只要到了这个地步,定规得着圣灵的浇灌。无论什么人,只要到了这个地步,必定是被圣灵充满的。

一个人在主面前,能因着主的血经历罪得赦免;同时他在主里面,因着主的复活,确实和世界断开关系,世界在他身上没有地位,他向世界是断奶的人;并且他也懂得什么叫作复活的生活,他是个认识复活的人,知道自己所信的,不仅是一位降世为人、经过人生、为着救赎而死的救主,更是一位从死里复活,成为那灵进到他里面的复活的基督。不仅如此,他还知道什么叫作升天,并且知道他所得的生命是属天的生命,他能感觉他同着所信的这位主,已经一同升到天上,他是个属天的人;虽然从外面看,他还生活在地上,但从他里面的生命和心情而言,他完全是个在天上的人。此外,他在地上实际的生活,乃是一直在祷告,是活在神面前,也是进到神里面,完全是在神的面光中。如果是这样,他应该相信,圣灵是临到他,充满他并且浇灌他。无论他有感觉也好,没有感觉也好,这总是一个事实。

我无法告诉你们圣灵充满的感觉,也不愿意帮助你们去寻求这个感觉;但我可以清楚地告诉你们,如果圣灵临到你们,你们不会没有感觉。然而,你不必在意这感觉,乃应该相信,如果你有以上这五点经历和生活,圣灵定规临到你。你说那是充满也好,那是浇灌也好;那就是圣灵充满了你,以致从你里面满溢出来的结果。你可以说那个表显像喝醉了酒,或者像中了大奖,你怎么说都可以;但请记得,圣灵临到你身上,定规有一种光景,叫你满了能力,满了负担,非把你里面那个东西倾泻出来不可。请记得,福音就在这里,福音的能力也在这里。

乃是到这时候,我们接受了一个负担,这个负担就是主耶稣自己。我们里面满了圣灵,这灵就是主耶稣;我们里面所充满,所感觉的,我们里面所有的一切,全数都是主耶稣。我们充满祂到一个地步,实在像喝醉了酒;但我们不是真的醉酒,乃是因着里面满了基督,满了生命,被圣灵灌满,非满溢出来不可。

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Condition for Being Filled with the Holy Spirit — Eph. 5:18

In a nutshell, the 120 disciples in Acts possessed five key characteristics: first, their sins were forgiven; second, they were separated from the world; third, they truly lived in resurrection; forth; their hearts were set in heaven; they were people whose lives were heavenly; fifth, their practical lives were rooted in prayer, living in God’s presence and entering into God.

Anyone who reaches this state will undoubtedly be filled with the Holy Spirit. Many Christians earnestly seek the filling of the Holy Spirit. Yet, anyone who attains this condition will certainly experience the outpouring of the Spirit. No matter who they are, once they reach this point, they will unquestionably be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Before the Lord, a person can, through the Lord’s blood, experience forgiveness of sins. At the same time, in the Lord and through His resurrection, they are truly separated from the world – detached from it, so that the world holds no place in them. They are weaned from the world. Furthermore, they understand what it means to live in resurrection, knowing that the One they believe in is not merely a Savior who was incarnated, lived a human life, and died for redemption. He is also the Christ who rose from the dead, became the Spirit, and entered into them as the resurrected Christ. Moreover, they know what it means to ascend with Christ. They realize that the life they have received is a heavenly life. They sense that, together with the Lord they believe in, they have been raised to the heavens. Outwardly, they may still live on earth, but inwardly – in their life and heart – they are entirely heavenly people. Additionally, their practical lives on earth are immersed in prayer. They live continually before God, entering into God and dwelling entirely in His presence. If this is true of a person, they should trust that the Holy Spirit has come upon them, filled them and poured Himself out on them. Whether they feel it or not, this remains a fact.

I cannot describe to you the sensation of being filled with the Holy Spirit, nor do I wish to encourage you to seek such feelings. However, I can clearly tell you this: if the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will not lack a sense of it. Nevertheless, do not be overly concerned with this feeling. Instead, believe that if you have the above five experiences and lifestyle, the Holy Spirit will surely come upon you. Whether you call it “filling” or “outpouring”, it is the Holy Spirit filling you to the point of overflowing. You might describe the outward manifestation as akin to being drunk or winning a great prize – however you wish to describe it. But remember, when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, it will manifest in a way that fills you with power and burden. You will feel compelled to pour out what is inside you. This is where the gospel resides, and this is the source of the gospel’s power.

It is at this point that we receive a burden, and this burden is the Lord Jesus Himself. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, this Spirit is the Lord Jesus. What fills us, what we sense within, what comprises everything we have within us – all of it is the Lord Jesus. We are filled with Him to such a degree that it feels like being drunk – not with wine, but with Christ Himself, full of life, and brimming over with the Holy Spirit. It is an overflow that cannot be contained.