The Fruit of Being Filled With the Spirit
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
1/28/2018 AM
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Text:
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Ephesians 5:19,20
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Psalters: |
372, 76, 48, 311 |
Sacrament of Baptism |
- Speak, sing.
- Believers with the Spirit will give jubilant expression to their refreshing knowledge of God’s will, and they will do so together.
- To “speak” is to utter a voice or to emit a sound.
- To “sing” is to sing with the voice to the praise of someone; to “make melody” is to use an instrument.
- “Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” are different forms of Christian poetic expression.
- They imply a joy which plain prose cannot express.
- This is not making a distinction between psalms and hymns; nor does it express what must be in worship services.
- Believers, filled with and influenced by the Spirit, come together for mutual edification, i.e., for the benefit of each other.
- We walk in an evil world carrying a depravity which clings to us all our life long.
- Singing with each other out of hearts filled with praise to God is a constant helpful reminder.
- And “giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father.”
- “Giving thanks” is literally to be “well-graced,” i.e., to be in a state of heart and mind in which one is well-graced.
- Objectively, we are the recipients of grace, i.e., we are made pleasing in God’s sight.
- Subjectively, we are grateful, completing the circle whereby blessings given to us return to the Giver in adoration.
- The grateful person recognizes four things.
- We express our thanks and praise “unto God and the Father.”
- How do we express thanks? “In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Because of Jesus we can and must give thanks to Jesus for “all things.”
- When do we give thanks? “Always.”