The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Now this morning we come back to the book of Ephesians, Chapter 5, and I want to invite you to open your Bible to Ephesians chapter 5.

And we're coming to a very familiar command.

That command is in verse 18, be filled with the spirit.

What does that mean?

How are we to understand that?

How are we to experience it?

But let's look at the whole passage.

Verse 18 through 21, I'm going to read them for you.

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,

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the

Father, and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

What we have in this command is really the key to all Christian living.

The key to all Christian living.

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