THE SPIRIT FILLED CHURCH. God, the Father named His Son Jesus, for He was to be the redeemer of all who would accept Him. In a dream the angel of the Lord instructed Joseph to give Him that name. It was a name that prophetically would proclaim Jesus to be the savior of the world. Through calling upon that most precious name man is saved. Mt. 1:21 But His Father went farther than that by bestowing a triune name upon Him. For the Father made, caused Him to be, both Lord and Christ. In this manner He bestowed on Jesus the fullness of the name of the Godhead. To call Him Lord is to acknowledge the presence of the Father in Him. Similarly, to call Him Christ is to confess the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. The giving of this name to Jesus was the plan and action of the Father that all might know the glorious unity that exists in the Triunity. Acts 2:36 To speak and use that name is to confess that God has indeed made Him to be exactly who and what He is, both Lord and Christ.
IT IS CHRIST IN YOU, THAT WHICH IS THE HOPE OF GLORY. The name Christ (Anointed, anointing), is the name which represents the Holy Spirit. God, anointed Jesus, by filling Him with the Spirit. John 1:32 Jesus then went everywhere demonstrating the continued presence of the Spirit by doing good and healing those oppressed of the devil. Acts 10:38 With the anointing upon Him and in Him, Jesus became the anointed of God. When that same Christ is in His church the completeness of that identical power and force is present. The riches of His glory is dwelling in those who are His anointed. Col. 1:27 The promise of Jesus was that He would send another comforter, like the one who was to leave them, that is Himself. The key factor found in this one who was to come, as a comforter, was that He would abide forever. He was not one who would come for a season and than leave. John 14:16 He was to be identified as the Spirit of truth. Very truth itself. Speaking truth, teaching truth and inducing truth in those who receive Him. Unknown to the world, but known to they who love and follow the Lord. They had seen the works of the Spirit as they were manifest in the ministry of the Lord Jesus. He, the Spirit, the Christ, the anointing was to dwell with them. They were to continually know the power of His presence. Greater than that is the promise of His abiding presence within the individual heart and life of the anointed. For He shall be in you. Dwelling, abiding, welcomed greatly and constantly encouraged to remain and to feel at home. John 14:17 It is extremely necessary, to our spiritual well being, that He is made to feel at home in the blood washed and the redeemed. He is the Spirit of that new life that is found in the Lord Jesus. If we do not have the Christ we are without the fullness of the blessing that the Lord has provided for us. It is the guidance of the Holy Spirit within us that enables us to live the life of Christ. Blessings, riches in Christ and marvelous privileges in Christ await those who will live and walk in the precious anointing of the Spirit. Rom. 8:10
IF CHRIST BE IN YOU. The presence of the Spirit of the Lord has a definite effect on the body of sin. In order for the Spirit to properly function in the Spirit filled, the body, with all of its propensity for sin, must be brought into subjection. We want, and greatly desire the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Too often the wrong person, the devil, is blamed for hindrances that may be present, while the fault for failure should be directed toward the flesh, the carnal man. The old man must die if the Spirit is to be able to manifest Himself in His perfection. Water baptism is administered that we might die with Christ and be buried with Him, in order for the old life to die and the new life be lived. Rom. 6:4 Without a death, there can be no burial. Without a burial there is no resurrection. Except we die to the flesh there will be no true manifestation of the workings of the Spirit. Having been buried with Him, in water baptism, we are cleansed and forgiven of our sins, to walk in that newness of life. Col. 2:12-13