Baptized, Indwelt & Filled

Read the text

Ephesians 5:15–21

Read the primary passage aloud twice. On the first reading, listen for the burden of the text. On the second, mark repeated words, contrasts, commands, promises, causes, and conclusions.

• Acts 1:4–8
• Acts 2:1–21
• 1 Corinthians 12:12–13

Language desk

Words that clarify—not words that perform.

Confirm each gloss by its use in this context. A lexicon offers possibilities; the sentence, paragraph, author, and canon determine what a word is doing here.

Form the doctrine

The theological claim

Every believer has the Spirit; every believer should continually seek his filling and power.

Defense drill

Say it under pressure.

Distinguish new-covenant initiation from repeated empowerments without creating spiritual castes.

• State the opposing claim in a form its adherent could recognize.
• Open the controlling passage and establish the immediate context.
• Make one clear argument before adding supporting texts.
• Ask a diagnostic question, listen to the answer, and return to Christ and the gospel.

Wednesday assignment

Carry the truth into the week.

Compare every ‘filled with the Spirit’ scene in Acts and record its fruit.