被聖靈充滿

bible Reading: Ephesians 5: 15 – 21

讀經： 以弗所書五章15至21節

There are two definite commands regarding the Holy Spirit in the book of Ephesians. The first one tells us what we should not do, 'Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God' (4:30). The second one tells us what we should do, 'Be filled with the Spirit' (5:18).

以弗所書提出了兩個與聖靈有關的明確命令。第一個命令，是吩咐我們有一件事不可作，那就是：「不要叫神的聖靈擔憂」(四30)。第二個命令，是吩咐我們要作一件事，那就是：「要被聖靈充滿」(五18)。

You cannot really know the fullness of the Spirit if you are grieving him. To grieve him means to do the things he does not want us to do or to fail to do those things he wishes us to do. We grieve him when we live on a low level of spiritual experience when he has planned for us the very highest level of all.

我們若然叫聖靈擔憂，就無法真正經歷到聖靈豐豐富富的充滿我們的生命。「叫聖靈擔憂」的意思，就是違背聖靈的心意，去做祂不喜悅的事，或不做祂喜悅的事。當聖靈的心意是要我們各人得著豐盛的屬靈生命，然而，我們卻沒有照祂的心意去努力追求得著這種生命，我們就是叫聖靈擔憂。

What does it mean to be 'filled with the Spirit'? You know what it is to be filled with fear don't you? It is to be so frightened that you cannot move or even speak. Fear has taken control of you.

那麼，「被聖靈充滿」是甚麼意思呢？首先，大家一定有過被恐懼充滿的經驗吧？當你充滿恐懼的時候，你會嚇得全身發軟，不能動彈，甚至說不出話來。那刻，你已經被恐懼所操控。

In the same way when you are filled with the Spirit, you are under his control. Verse 18 speaks about not being drunk with wine. A drunkard is controlled by what he has been drinking. A believer should be controlled by that which has come into his life, that is the Holy Spirit.

同一道理，當你被聖靈充滿的時候，你也同樣是被聖靈所操控。第18節提醒我們不要醉酒。一個喝醉酒的人，會被酒精所控制。然而，信徒既已藉著聖靈重生，他的生命就應該被聖靈所掌管。

If a man is filled with the Spirit, he is not necessarily noisy, or highly excited or even speaking in another language. Isaiah 32:17 says that 'the work of righteousness shall be peach and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever'

一個被聖靈充滿的人，不一定會大叫大嚷，或興奮得手舞足蹈，甚或是說另一種方言。以賽亞書三十二章17節說：「公義的果效必是平安，公義的效應必是平穩，直到永遠。」

How is a person filled with the Spirit? Be asking the Spirit to fill him, to control him day by day. Each morning breathe this daily prayer as soon as you awake:

怎樣才能被聖靈充滿呢？我們只要祈求聖靈的充滿，祈求祂每天掌管我們的生命，聖靈就會主動充滿我們了。

'Lord Jesus, I give myself to you for this day that your Holy Spirit may have his way in me today!' Why not start today with that prayer?

願我們每天清晨，都以這樣的禱告來開始一天的生活： 「主耶穌，我把我的生命交給你，祈求聖靈今天親自引領我走當行的路。」