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NASB | Luke 11:13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 11:13 "If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!" |
Bible Question:
I read this posting that you have and would like to ask you the basis therefore on the Scripture concerning being filled with the Holy Spirit: Acts 9:17 "So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And Acts 13:52 "And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit." What is the difference between a believer receiving the Holy Spirit at conversion and being "filled" with the Holy Spirit? (A little background on reason for question: I have been saved since 2000 and only recently at an evening church service, actually asked the LORD to fill me with the Holy Spirit, after much prayer focused on being filled with the Holy Spirit in the last 6 months and finally I have had a life-altering change in my relationship with being fully aware of the Presence of the LORD in my life. I don't know what to account for this change, but the "filling" of the Holy Spirit.) Thanks! |
Bible Answer: One can look at the Apostle Paul's understanding in Ephesians 5:18-20 and then at his understanding in Colossians 3:16-17; the pattern is the same - allowing the Word of God richly dwell in us fills us with His Holy Spirit. |