Title: Ethics of being filled with the Spirit
Content Do you not want to know how the church filled with the Holy Spirit, the ethics of being filled with the Holy Spirit?
Let's go back to the early church together. They hadn't seen it before. Before, I didn't know that the poor (neighbor) was there. When I was filled with the Holy Spirit, I found that someone who needed me was right next to me. I have too many and there aren't too many. So, ‘fill each other’s needs’ was done. I had never seen or never thought of this before. When I was filled with the Holy Spirit, I saw that there were a lot of poor people and there were people I needed to help. that's what I realized. This is a miracle that the average person cannot do. It didn't end there.
“And all the believers were of one heart and one mind, and all things were in common, and no one claimed that any of their possessions were theirs” (Acts 4:32).
No one ever claimed that mine was mine. This is the ‘Spirit-Filled Church’ and ‘The Spirit-Filled Ethics’. This is the Christian ethic, and a person who has the heart of Jesus Christ. Because of the love of Christ. This is the faith of the cross.
This is not a logical and conceptual matter, but the Christian life in action as it appears in life itself.
Guys, where is mine actually?
Life is 'airborne, airborne'. You come empty-handed and you go empty-handed. Isn't everything his? “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:21). All will have to be left behind. Wealth, honor, and authority are only ‘as long as I live’.
The power to share is only in those who are filled with the Holy Spirit. People say that a person who sits on five thousand rations is rich. But Jesus teaches that the one who feeds the 5,000 is rich. This is the ethics of Jesus.
This is the secret of sharing and serving. It is the love of Christ that extends from self-centeredness to neighbor (other people)-centered, from neighbor to the heart of Jesus Christ (Phil 2:5-11). A church filled with the Holy Spirit is not a local churchism that only takes care of my church and my family. It is not this that only my church is revitalized and others are good. The Church of God is one. Ball Church. It's not about bringing other members of the church. It's about finding that dying soul that you didn't believe in. It is to welcome them into the house of the Lord. Go and make disciples. This kind of church, this kind of saints are the church and saints filled with the Holy Spirit.
The principle of this Christian life is the ethic of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Yanglim Church must be such a church of the Lord. A church that gives a glass of cold water to thirsty souls and a church that shares the pain of neighbors is the church of God.
It is not a blessing to have a lot. It is a blessing to share. Many wonders and signs appeared in the early church according to the working of the Holy Spirit. Peter, who is he? Aren't you an ignorant fisherman? How does such a power manifest in him?
However, this is not a new incident. Jesus said, “He who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he also do, because I go to the Father” (John 14:12) and “But the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (John 14:12). If you do, you will receive power... I will be a witness” (Acts 1:8).
It is not the work of man, but the work of the Holy Spirit. Have you been filled with the Holy Spirit?