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Gloria Copeland — Be Filled With the Spirit Part 2Posted on March 31st, 2010
You must supply the sounds as the Holy
Spirit supplies the words. These words will be
unknown to you. The Scripture teaches us that
in the spirit we speak mysteries unto God:
“For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no
man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit
he speaketh mysteries…. He that speaketh
in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but
he that prophesieth edifieth the church”
(1 Corinthians 14:2, 4). You are not speaking
to man but to God.
One translation says we speak divine
secrets. You can pray beyond your natural
knowledge when you pray in other tongues.
So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our
aid and bears us up in our weakness;
for we do not know what prayer to
offer nor how to offer it worthily as
we ought, but the Spirit Himself
goes to meet our supplication and
pleads in our behalf with unspeakable
yearnings and groanings too deep for
utterance. And He Who searches
the hearts of men knows what is in
the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what
His intent is], because the Spirit
intercedes and pleads [before God] in
behalf of the saints according to and
in harmony with God’s will (Romans
8:26-27, The Amplified Bible).
The Holy Spirit comes to our aid to help
us in prayer when we don’t know how to pray
as we ought. He gives us utterance in other
tongues, praying the perfect will of God. We
need this help. So much of the time we know
so little. We may only see a symptom of a
much deeper problem. But the Holy Spirit
goes right to the root of the problem and
prays the perfect will of God for us.
Look at Jude 20, The Amplified Bible: “But
you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded]
on your most holy faith [make progress, rise
like an edifice higher and higher], praying in
the Holy Spirit.” Praying in tongues edifies
you. This means “to build up or charge,” as we
charge a battery.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Be Filled With the Spirit Part 1Posted on March 24th, 2010
The Bible simply says, “…be filled with
the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). You know that
the Bible is God speaking to you. The Word of
God is the will of God. It is God’s will for you
to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit!
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall be opened.
If a son shall ask bread of any of you
that is a father, will he give him a stone?
or if he ask a fish, will he for fish give
him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an
egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If
ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him? (Luke 11:9-13).
First, we see that you as a son are to ask
the Father for the Holy Spirit. Even though
He has already been given to the Church,
you are asking and inviting the Holy Spirit
to come upon you and endue you with power.
Ask for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
We are told that if we ask, we will
receive. The Word assures you that you will
receive the good gift—the Holy Spirit—and
not a counterfeit. Therefore, you may ask
expectantly and without fear, knowing that
your Father gives only good gifts to His
children. Jesus said ask and you would receive
the Holy Spirit.
“And they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:4).
“While Peter yet spake these words, the
Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the
word. And they of the circumcision which
believed were astonished, as many as came
with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For they heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God” (Acts 10:44-46).
“And when Paul had laid his hands upon
them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and
they spake with tongues, and prophesied”
(Acts 19:6).
In these accounts of believers receiving
the Holy Spirit, they began to speak with other
tongues. Nowhere in the New Testament
does it say the Holy Spirit does the speaking.
The believer speaks as the Holy Spirit gives
him utterance.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — I Will Send Him Unto YouPosted on March 17th, 2010
Jesus said, “Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for
if I go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto
you” (John 16:7). Jesus has personally sent the
Holy Spirit to you. He arrived in the fullness
of His ministry on the Day of Pentecost and
is still here.
Jesus told His disciples to wait in
Jerusalem until they were furnished with
power: “And, behold, I send the promise of
my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power
from on high” (Luke 24:49). When you made
Jesus Lord, you became His disciple, and you
should not do another thing until you are
endued with the same power that was in and
on Him.
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter told
the people, “This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being
by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy
Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now
see and hear…. For the promise is unto you,
and to your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call” (Acts 2:32-33, 39).
This promise of receiving the Holy Spirit is
to all—even as many as the Lord shall call. It is
to you and your children. God has already given
the Body of Christ the Holy Spirit. You, as a
member of the Body, must individually receive
what He has already given. The Holy Spirit has
been sent to you to endue you with power. You
don’t have to be a weak Christian. The provision
of power has been made for you.
If there has ever been a day when believers
need the power of God manifest in their lives,
it is today. Don’t try to get by on your own
strength any longer. Set your faith to receive
this enduement of power without delay.
You may have hands laid on you by a
believer or by someone in the ministry, or you
may receive in your own place of prayer alone
with God.
Study the following scriptures about
receiving the Holy Spirit so that you will
believe and act in line with God’s Word.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Depend On The Hold SpiritPosted on March 10th, 2010
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him. But God
hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for
the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
Who can know what is on the inside of
man except the man’s own spirit, and who can
know what is on the inside of God except the
Spirit of God (verse 11)? The Spirit of God
living within your spirit can reveal to you the
inside of God—the heart of the Father. It is
difficult to grasp that the Holy Spirit, who
knows all the deep things of God, desires to
come and live in you in order to teach you the
profound and unsearchable wisdom of God.
Yet, it is true.
No man knows the things of God because
they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians
2:14). “But God hath revealed them unto us
by His Spirit” (verse 10). These deep things of
God can enter into the heart of man only by
the Spirit of God.
God’s Word must be revealed to you by
His Spirit before you can walk in it. Your
spirit alone cannot comprehend or see into
these deep things, but Jesus said that the
Holy Spirit would teach you all things
( John 14:26). He told the disciples, “I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he,
the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will show you things
to come” ( John 16:12-13).
Do you remember that Jesus told the
disciples the Holy Spirit was with them, but
would soon be in them? He told them He
had many things to say to them that they
could not bear or grasp at that time, but when
the Spirit of truth came, He would open all
things to their understanding. Without the
Holy Spirit living in their spirits to reveal the
truth to them, even Jesus could not teach the
disciples anything more. They were limited in
their ability to understand spiritual things.
Jesus was telling them that there would
be no limit to spiritual knowledge when the
Holy Spirit came. He said the Holy Spirit
would show them all things that the Father
has—even things to come.
Now can you see the limitless knowledge
and understanding available to Spirit-filled
believers? The Holy Spirit has been given to
teach you how to be a success in this life. In
the light of these truths from the Word of
God, it is unthinkable for anyone to refuse
God’s offer of His Spirit.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — The Power That WorksPosted on March 3rd, 2010
Learn to continually pray this prayer
from Ephesians 3:14-21 for yourself:
For this cause I bow my knees unto
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named, that he would
grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, to be strengthened with
might by his Spirit in the inner man;
that Christ may dwell in your hearts
by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love, may be able to
comprehend with all saints what is
the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; and to know the love of
Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fullness
of God. Now unto him that is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us, unto him
be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without
end. Amen.
According to the power that worketh in
us! His unlimited ability to work in our lives is
according to the power working in us. God’s
design is that He abide continually inside our
spirits and come upon us in power to carry
out His work.
In the early Church, much of the time,
people were born again and received the
Baptism in the Holy Spirit at the same time.
In Acts 8 however, we can see the two different
experiences. It tells us that Philip in Samaria
preached the things concerning the kingdom
of God and the Name of Jesus. Verse 12 says
they believed, and both men and women were
baptized. These people were believers.
Later, Peter and John came to pray for
them that they might receive the Holy
Ghost. “(For as yet he was fallen upon none
of them: only they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands
on them, and they received the Holy Ghost”
(Acts 8:16-17).
The term “receiving the Holy Ghost” is
also correct in speaking about the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit. Paul asked the men at
Ephesus, “Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed? And they said unto him,
We have not so much as heard whether there
be any Holy Ghost” (Acts 19:2).
These men had been baptized into John’s
baptism. Paul told them that John said to
believe on Jesus. “When they heard this, they
were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them,
the Holy Ghost came on them; and they
spake with tongues, and prophesied” (Acts
19:5-6). In this instance they were baptized
in water and then Paul laid hands on them to
receive the Holy Ghost.
From these scriptures we can see that the
apostles laid their hands on men who were
already believers, to receive the Holy Spirit.
These scriptures reveal that this enduement of
power called the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is
not the same experience as the new birth. In
these two examples, this enduement of power
came as hands were laid on them.
However, on the Day of Pentecost, at
the house of Cornelius, the Spirit of God fell
upon those present and they began to speak
in other tongues. They received the new birth
and the enduement of power simultaneously.