Ephesians 5:18 - Filling with the Spirit

Hook

Parent-Child Relationship

Family Eating

Mom starts thanking you and suddenly you dad come and say please be my son or daughter.

Dad is wrong.

Transition - na pa nih a chim dingmi cu ka fa na si caah ka lawm tuk tiah a si awk a si. Ka fa si ko ti a hau ti lo a ruang a fa na si cang. Cu ve bantuk in Paul nih Ephesians 5:18 ah a timi thlarau cu sawm ti lo in thlarau an ngeih cang caah thlarau tu in khat ding in Efesa khua zumtu pawl a fial hna.

Thlarau in khah ti cu zeidah a si?

Ephesians 5:18

Zu ri hlah u, zu cu nanmah hrawktu lawnglawng a si ko, Thlarau tu khan khat deuh u.

Book

Ephesians 5:15-17 “Cu thil hna cu zoh in mihrut bang in um loin mifim bangin ralring tein um u. Can chia kan um caah, can ttha nan hmuhmi ttha tein hmang u. Cuccah mihrut bangin um hlah uh, Bawipa duhnak zeidah a si ti kha hngalh uh.”

Author? Paul

Audience? Believers in the Ephesus city.

Historical context? - Paganism and Polytheism

Division of the book - Ch. 1-3 (doctrine) - Ch. 4-6 (Practical lessons)

Paul “I want to see Christ in you. So, be filled with the Spirit.”

Three places where the Holy Spirit’s work is mentioned in Ephesus.

The Believer is Secure in Jesus.

Ephesians 1:13-14 “Nan nih zong biatak bia nan khamhnak thawngttha kha nan theih hnu ah Amah kha nan i bochan i zumh zong nan zumh hnu ah, kamhmi Thiang Thlarau in hmelchunh nan si. Cucu a ta dingah cawkmi, tlanh an si hlan tiang a sunparnak thangtthat dingah, ro cotu kan sinak ca i hamchungnak a si.”

They heard the Gospel.

They believe the Gospel.

The Holy Spirit indwells believers the moment the believe the Gospel.

You are the dwelling place of God.

Ephesians 2:22 “nannih zong Amah ah Thlarau i Pathian umnak dingah pehtonh i sakmi nan si.”

Zumtu a simi cu Pathian fa kan sinak langhternak caah Thlarau a kan pek lawng si loin nangmah hrimhrim hi Pathian umnak na si cang.

Cucu voikhat lawng a cangmi a si.

Ephesians 5:18

Zu ri hlah u, zu cu nanmah hrawktu lawnglawng a si ko, Thlarau tu khan khat deuh u.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Thlarau in khat uh ti cu voikhat lawng si loin a tu le tu in khah dingmi a si.

Exegetical Work

Two commands

Don’t

Don’t get drunk because it is debauchery.

Do

Instead be filled with the Spirit.

Comparison and contrast (getting drunk with wine & being filled with the Spirit)

“Be filled with the Spirit” is a mandate. Present tense!

What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?

Drunkenness

It controls their mind.

Do the things the person does not usually do.

The more they got drunk the more they are controlled by the Spirit.

So, what does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is the content

BIG IDEA - Thlarau in khat mi nunnak cu thlarau uknak tangah a ummi a si.

“Being filled with the Spirit means being under the control of the Holy Spirit.”

Thlarau khatmi nun cu Thiangthlarau/Pathian bochan buin nun hi asi.

Commentary

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians C. The Filling of the Spirit (vv. 15–21)

This filling, then, is best understood, as a command for the believer to yield himself to the illuminating, convicting, and empowering work of the Holy Spirit. As he works in our hearts through his Word, our lives are brought into conformity with the will of God (v. 17). (A fuller and more technical discussion of this matter can be found in “Deeper Discoveries.”)

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 12: Ephesians–Philemon (Revised Edition) Commentary

they need to allow God’s Spirit to transform their lives to be like God and like Christ

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Volume 12: Ephesians–Philemon (Revised Edition) Commentary

as excessive wine “directs” a person’s conduct into debauched behavior, so the divine Spirit can direct us to the godly conduct that fulfills God’s will. In effect, Paul urges his readers to allow God’s Spirit continually to direct their behavior; this is the path of wise living.

Theological Principle

All believers are called to be continually filled with the Spirit.

Analogy

Car

Engine - the Holy Spirit

GPS - the Bible

Purpose - without the engine a car cannot go anywhere, there must an engine. Similarly, being filled with the Spirit means is the engine that make us, conform, and make us hates more of our sins.

The more the Holy Spirit controls our lives the more we are weaken our flesh desires.

Zumtu a si cangmi cu nangmah ah Thlarau umnak a si. Thlarau umnak lawng siloin nangmah na nunak ah President si awk a si.

Thlarau in a khat mi nun?

A nunnak Pathian he hoikomhnak tha a ngeimi a si.

Mipi kan hruai khawhnak hlan ah kan mah hrimhrim nih pumpak in Pathian he pehtlaihnak ttha kan ngei a herh.

A nunnak in Pathian duhmi nun (godliness) a langhter.

Mah te lawng a um le a leng a nunnak a dannak a um lo. A nunnak Khrih mui a langmi a si.

Zeidah a herh?

Khrih ah pehtliah a hau.

Took

Pathian Bia na tampin nan nunnak ah khat ter.

“Khrih bia cu nan chungah tam piin a fimnak he khan um seh...” Kolose 3:16

Zeitin dah kan khah ter lai?

Pathian bia rel

Na relmi cu ruat

Pathian memorize

Zumtu dang he pehtlaihnak ngei Ephesians 5.

Lunglawm ten Pathian riantuan le mi dang bawmh Ephesians 5:18-21.

“Hla dawh in pakhat le pakhat i chawn uh; Bawipa cu hla le aw dawh in ang lung taktak in thangtthat uh. Kan Bawipa Jesuh Khrih min in zeizong kip caah Pathian cu lawm u.”

Khrih nih a kan tuahpi ruang ah lunglawm tein a rian kan tuan piak awk a si. Khrih nih an tuah piak ruat buin le lunglawmh buin a rian na tuan tik ah sual khawh a si.

Thlacam -

Praise

Leader