What is the main difference between being filled with the holy spirit and indwelling of the holy spirit
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Question :-- What is the main difference between being filled with the holy spirit and indwelling of the holy spirit ?
Answer :--
- Living inside each Christian (dwelling).
- Working inside each Christian (filling).
- Manifesting gifts in the early church (falling on).
Explanation:--
Being filled is more quantitative and has to do with capacity and abundance.
In the Ephesians passage the context is contrasting the life Christians are called to with the life those in the world live. The exhortation to be filled implies that this is a choice Christians can and should make.
The idea we get is that while all Christians have the Holy Spirit indwelling them, we have a responsibility to turn from the flesh so that his work would be less hindered.
There is another description of the work of the Holy Spirit that can be confusing. In the early church the Holy Spirit was "poured out", "came down", and "fell upon" Christians with all sorts of manifestations or miraculous gifts.
Answer:
What Does Indwelling Mean?
This indwelling occurs when we first believe. It does not occur twenty years later but rather when you are born again.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit occurs one time. It is once for all. When Jesus Christ comes into your life as your Lord and Savior, His Spirit takes up permanent residence in you.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is for all believers. Simply claiming to be a Christian does not necessarily mean you are a Christian
What Does Being Filled Mean?
Paul addresses a different issue in Galatians 5:16. Paul states, “walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.” This walking in the Spirit is an active relationship with God.
So what is different about being indwelt and being filled by the Spirit?
Being filled is a repeated experience. Being filled by God’s Spirit is something you must continually ask God to do.
Being filled can be for specific times and assignments.
Being filled is for all believers but only affects those who are yielded to God.
Being filled can in effect be lost when believers are rebelling against the will of God in their lives.
Being filled can be renewed through repentance.
Being filled results in the power of the Spirit at work in your Life.