Impelled by the Spirit – Episode 303

May 25, 2026

We often think of the infilling of the Holy Spirit as a means of experiencing His gifts. While it is absolutely true that He gives us gifts—and we should use those gifts—there is a greater purpose. Christ has given us the Holy Spirit to indwell us and impel us. We belong to Christ, and we are not here to direct our own lives. We are here to be the temple of the Holy Spirit in which He continually dwells. And He is in us to be the controlling force in our lives from now on.

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Show Notes:

The book of Acts records the experiences the disciples had when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. But the Holy Spirit came to them that day for a greater purpose than to give them experiences, as great as those were. To understand God’s purpose in bringing the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, we should look at the life of Christ. When Yeshua (Jesus) was baptized with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit descended on Him and remained. Then He was driven by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness.

The Holy Spirit dwelled upon and within Yeshua from that time forward and was the driving force in His life. And this is exactly why the Holy Spirit descended on Yeshua’s disciples—to remain with them, to dwell in them, and to be the driving force in their lives. We should have the same expectation when we receive the Holy Spirit. He does not come to us to give us temporary experiences. He comes to us to abide with us, dwell in us, lead us, drive us, and guide us from that point on.

We need to repent of this idea that we can turn the Holy Spirit on or off at our convenience. When we receive the Holy Spirit, the reality is that we are giving ourselves to be His housing, His temple, the ones in whom the Spirit of God abides continually. The reality is that we have been bought with a price and we are not our own. We are not supposed to direct our lives for our own desires. We are to be led by God. And we open our hearts wide to the complete and total purpose of God in giving us the Holy Spirit, which is to dwell in us and be the controlling force in our lives.

Key Verses:

1. - - Mark 1:9–13. “Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.”
    - Luke 4:1. “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, … was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness.”
    - Matthew 4:1. “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
    - John 1:32. “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.”
    - 1 Corinthians 3:16. “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
    - 1 Corinthians 6:19–20. “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. … You are not your own.”
    - 2 Corinthians 6:16–18. What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God.
    - 2 Corinthians 5:14–20. “The love of Christ controls us.”

Quotes:

1. - - “Is there a baptism of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, miracles, gifts of the Holy Spirit? Is that all reality? Yes, it is reality. But let’s not get lost in the weeds. A greater sense of that is this constant abiding and constant leading, guiding, directing, and I would say control of the Holy Spirit in our lives.”
    - “The Holy Spirit is a vehicle of God fathering us as children, teaching us, directing us, guiding us. And that is what we should be driven for and want for the spiritual experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit.”
    - “‘We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.’ That is the cry of the book of Acts, and it was a result of the Holy Spirit descending and remaining and indwelling those who received Him.”

Takeaways:

1. - 1. 1. The Holy Spirit descended on Yeshua and remained permanently abiding in Him and directing His life. If we want an experience in the Holy Spirit, then that is what we should believe for as well.
      2. The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us as His temple, as His permanent housing in the earth. We are not our own. We are to give ourselves to the Lord so that the Holy Spirit becomes the driving force in our lives.
      3. We are new creatures in Christ because we are no longer driven by our own ideas, lusts, and desires. Instead, we are driven and led by the Holy Spirit. The old things pass away, and new things come because the Holy Spirit leads us and guides us into everything God has for us.