双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月2日 圣灵充满

10月2日

圣灵充满

不要醉酒……乃要被圣灵充满。

以弗所书5:18

我认为可以说任何没有被圣灵充满的人是不合格的基督徒。保罗对以弗所基督徒的命令是，“要被圣灵充满”，这适用于我们每个时代、每个地方的基督徒，无一例外。我们必须得出这样的结论，既然我们领受了“要被圣灵充满”的命令，那么如果我们没有被圣灵充满，就是犯罪了。而我们没有被圣灵充满，这是违背圣灵最大的罪之一。

有趣的是，“被圣灵充满”的命令，实际上在保罗使用的希腊原文中，有不断被充满的意思。我们不是像个水桶一样一次被充满，而是要不断地被充满。它可以翻译为：“被充满，并不断被充满”，或“持续被充满”。

以弗所书5:18原文的意思是“要不断地被圣灵充满”。梅里尔·C·坦尼博士将此比作旧时农家厨房的情形。厨房角落有个水槽，上面有根管子，外面的泉水源源不断地从管子里流出来。水不停地流着，使水槽里充满好水。同样，基督徒不能让自己虚空，而后再被圣灵充满。而是要不断地领受圣灵的引导和能力，这样他才能一直满溢。

今日祷告：

天父，愿祢的圣灵充满我。引导我行走在祢的道路上；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 2

BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT

Do not get drunk on wine…Instead,be filled with the Spirit.Ephesians 5:18,NIV

I think it proper to say that anyone who is not Spirit-filled is a defective Christian.Paul’s command to the Ephesian Christians,“Be filled with the Spirit,”is binding on all of us Christians everywhere in every age.There are no exceptions.We must conclude that since we are ordered to be filled with the Spirit,we are sinning if we are not filled.And our failure to be filled with the Spirit constitutes one of the greatest sins against the Holy Spirit.

It is interesting to note that the command to“Be filled with the Spirit”actually has the idea of continuously being filled in the original Greek language which Paul used.We are not filled once for all,like a bucket.Instead,we are to be filled constantly.It might be translated.“Be filled and keep on being filled,”or“Be being filled.”

Ephesians 5:18 literally says,“Keep on being filled with the Spirit.”Dr.Merrill C.Tenney has compared this to the situation of an old–time farmhouse kitchen.In one corner was a sink;above it was a pipe through which came a continuous stream of water from the spring outside.The water,by running constantly,kept the sink brimful of good water.In like manner the Christian is not to let himself be emptied of the Spirit that he may later become full again;rather he is constantly to accept the direction and energy of the Spirit so he is always overflowing.

Pray for the Day:

Father,fill me with Your Holy Spirit.Lead me in Your way,in Jesus’Name,Amen.