
Obstacles to the work of the Holy Spirit
Failure to be continually filled with the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 NIV) When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. {2} Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. {3} They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. {4} All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Verse four of this passage uses the Greek tense called an ingressive aorist. That means that the event described was a one-time entry into an on-going experience. (Eph 5:18 NIV) Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead,…