These nine gifts of the Spirit are given " . . .to profit withal ..." (1 Cor. 12:7). In other words, the
gifts of the Spirit are given so that believers can bless others.
We can draw a conclusion as we study these two ninefold groups of the Holy Spirit's working in
the life of the believer:
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is for fruit bearing.
The infilling of the Holy Spirit is for service.
The Holy Spirit Upon: Being Filled With the Fullness of God
As we have already seen, when a person is born again, he receives a measure of the Holy
Spirit as the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within him. The Holy Spirit lives within the believer to
help him, comfort him, guide him, and cause him to bear fruit in his life.
But the believer can experience more of God! There is more of the Holy Spirit to receive! There
is a deep Pentecostal experience that is not to be despised, but rather coveted. God has given
us the gift of the Holy Spirit upon us through the baptism of the Holy Spirit so that believers
might enter into all of the fullness of God.
EPHESIANS 3:19,20
19 ... to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that YE MIGHT BE FILLED
WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD.
20 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....
When Paul said, ". . . that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God" (Eph. 3:19), he was
talking to Spirit-filled believers.
As we study Paul's epistles, we must always bear in mind that they were written to churches.
In other words, he wrote to people who had not only received eternal life in the new-birth
experience, but had also received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
In the New Testament Church it was the rule or standard for everyone not only to be born
again, but also to be filled with the Holy Ghost and to speak with other tongues. Those who
were not filled with the Spirit were the exception rather than the rule.
We have a different situation in the Church in these modern times. Today in the church world (I
am not speaking of just Full Gospel churches, but the church world as a whole), there are
many who are born again. However, because of a lack of knowledge, many believers have not
entered into their full inheritance of being filled with the Holy Ghost.
There is a greater measure of the Holy Spirit for believers to receive in the baptism of the Holy
Spirit. Just as being born again and having the Holy Spirit dwell within is the entrance into the
ninefold fruit of the spirit, so being filled with the Spirit is the doorway into the ninefold
supernatural manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit. There is no other way to get into the
supernatural manifestations of the Holy Spirit than through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit Upon: Power To Put Us Over in Life