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John MacArthur.

We're in a study of the book of Ephesians and find ourselves this morning in chapter

five, and I want to draw your attention to verses 18 and 19.

So open your Bible, if you will, to Ephesians chapter 5, verses 18 and 19.

I'm going to read them and then we're going to talk about these verses for probably a couple

of weeks because this is such an important portion of Scripture.

Ephesus 518 says, and do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled

with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody

with your heart to the Lord.

Now obviously this is a context of worship.

Whatever the filling of the spirit means, whatever it produces, based upon the next verse,

it begins with worship.

The impact of a spirit-filled life will show up starting in verse 22 in marriage in chapter

six, at the beginning of that chapter in family life, and later in chapter

six, even in your public and business life with the world around you.

So being filled with the spirit is a very foundational reality, as we all know.

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