What is the filling of the Holy Spirit? – Part 3
Implications
Accepting this unBiblical and false doctrine, once again, as for the
previous false doctrine of ‘Baptism of the Holy Spirit,’ serves to divide the
body of Christ, His Church into two – the ‘have's’ and the ‘have not's’ i.e.
those who do have the ‘filling’, and those who do not have the ‘filling.’ And this
therefore brings in the divisiveness of superiority, greater ability and
working, and of greater receiving of the blessings and rewards of service from
God for the ‘have's’; while the ‘have not's’ are sent into an infructuous wild
goose chase of somehow receiving that ‘filling’ so that they too can join the
elite club of the ‘haves’ and enjoy its privileges. In either case, the net
result is the decline in actual Christian maturity and
effectiveness for the Lord (1 Corinthians 3:1-3) – in the ‘haves’ because of
the sense of pride, superiority, and one-upmanship that it causes;
and in the ‘have not's’ through the waste of time and efforts in striving for something
unnecessary and vain instead of growing in faith, Word of God, and being
effective in the service of the Lord.
Besides, in this seemingly innocuous wrong teaching, once
again Satan has wrapped up a major conspiracy against God, and dished it out to
us as something ‘pious and reverential.’ And therefore it is very important and
essential that we be aware of this ploy, understand it, come out of it, and
remain safe from its effects (2 Corinthians 2:11). After having received the Holy Spirit, to
say that by some other means or process there can be a different ‘filling’ of
the Holy Spirit to increment His effective presence and power, conveys the
meaning that, in some manner the Holy Spirit can be
increased or decreased, He can be given out or received in
installments, i.e. be broken into parts, etc.
All of these things are not only contrary to God’s Word, but
also are an attempt to negate the well-established doctrine of the Holy Spirit
being God and a person of the Holy Trinity. This wrong
teaching makes the Holy Spirit instead of a person of the Godhead, an object
that can be broken up into parts, and can then be given out or taken up, and
that too by the will and efforts of persons. The worst thing is, this
doctrine tends to make the Holy Spirit a toy in the hands of human beings, so that a person through his works, behavior and conduct, can control the availability of the Holy
Spirit; can determine as to when, to whom, and in what ‘quantity’
should He be given; and then, accordingly, how He will
function and which works can He do or not do in the recipient!
In other words, the Holy Spirit no longer remains God but is rendered a
puppet in the hands of man. And since all three of the
Holy Trinity Godhead – God the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit are one and the same,
therefore either the other two have also become similar puppets as well;
or it brings a division in the Holy Trinity, separating and segregating the
Holy Spirit as different from the other two, being lesser than them, which
means falsifying the doctrine of the Holy Trinity of God, and that in turn
means falsifying the Word of God that teaches the doctrine of Holy Spirit.
Accepting this wrong teaching means that God has
come under the control of man; and now man can control and
use Him in whichever way he wants! May God protect us from
harboring even the thought of such utter blasphemy, and
may He protect us from ever falling into this deplorable deceit. All these
wrong teachings are very clever and devious ways, very subtle attacks from
Satan to make God and His Word a lie and to render their power ineffective in
our lives; and it is absolutely essential that we be very careful to understand
these satanic ploys and stay away from them, avoid falling for Satan’s deceit.
- To Be
Continued
Next: Conclusions
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