Filled
There are four things you need to know about the verb in Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:18 (ESV) And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, "Be filled" 1. It's plural. The Holy Spirit is to be experience corporately. You must be filled in community. Most times you see the Holy Spirit come upon someone in the Old Testament, it is to an individual. Almost every time in the New Testament, it is to a group of people. Notice how the command continues in verse 19: "addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart," 2. It is in the "ever" present tense. I'm not an English professor, but here's what I mean, it could be translated, "be being filled." Always receive the Holy Spirit. Always ask God. Every day, whenever you think of it, let the Holy Spirit be filling of your body and soul. 3. It is passive. You are the...