The Spirit Filled Life

There is a threefold manifestation of the Holy Spirit's infilling. 

1. The Realization of Christ's Abiding Presence 

 We have Christ  (Spirit of Christ, Holy Spirit) abiding in us in all His fullness.

Our soul has to acknowledge that. As our mind is renewed, every need is supplied, every desire  is fulfilled, every hunger is satisfied, every thirst is quenched. It is to have our whole life perpetually refreshed and replete in Him. Such a realization of His abiding presence in its fullness is one of the rich rewards of a Spirit-filled life. 

Ephesians 3:16-17, 19, R.V., "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. That ye may be filled unto all the fulness of God." 

2. The Reproduction of Christ's Holy Life 

The reproduction of Christ's holy life within the believer is another speakably precious benefit of the Spirit-filled life. 

The Spirit-filled Christian is the one who is most like his Lord. 

2 Corinthians 3:18, R.V., "But we all with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit." 

Galatians 5:22-23, R.V., "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control: against such there is no law." 


3. The Reenactment of Christ's Supernatural Power Through Us 

The reenactment of Christ's supernatural power through us is the third outstanding mark of a Spirit-filled life. All power belongs unto God and He has delegated this power to His Son and the Son in turn transmits that power to the one whose life is united with His. When He gave that last commission to the disciples He said, "All power hath been given unto me in heaven and upon earth, go ye therefore and make disciples of all the nations." The "therefore" fully implies that, as He sent them forth to accomplish such a superhuman task, He promised to endue them with supernatural power. 

Acts 1:8, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."