ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES

(From March 2, 2010)
Four Types of Filling:
Throughout the New Testament there are four different words for “fill.” We are understanding that in order to be used, to be successful, to be victorious, to be made NEW, we have to be filled with the Holy Spirit. So, read and discover the different opportunities we have to be filled!

PLERES - full, i.e. filled up (as opposed to empty)
 of hollow vessels
….a surface, covered in every part…..
 thoroughly permeated with
…..full, complete
, lacking nothing, perfect
This type of filling is a saturation, it is a complete change in property. Last week we used the example of when a cucumber goes into the process of being soaked (baptized) in the vinegar solution to become a pickle. Once this happens the pickle can never go back to its former state. It is completely and ultimately changed. Here are some verses that used the “Pleres” filling:
Luke 4:1
1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil.
Acts 6:2-4 (New King James Version)
2 Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full (pleres) of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business;
Acts 6:8
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.



PLETHO - accomplish, furnish, supply, to inspire or influence thoroughly; to stain or dye deeply; to pass or spread through every part.

This type of filling usually comes to fulfill a particular assignment or task. It is the total Holy Spirit takeover to say or do the complete will of God. In Mark 6 Jesus sent the disciples out to preach, heal the sick, and cast out demons. They were not yet baptized in the Spirit (this came at the day of Pentecost) so they needed to be “filled” for a particular task. After this occasion they did not walk in the same authority or knowledge until they were “filled” “Pleres” in the upper room (Acts 2.) Here are some examples of when “pletho” is used:

Luke 1:67
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Luke 1:15 (John the Baptist)
"For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

If you notice, after each occasion in which they were filled they did something (prophesied, spoke in tongues, prepared the way of the Lord)



PLEROO - to make full, to fill up, to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally; to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, to fill to the brim… fulfill, to cause God's will to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises to receive fulfillment…

This type of filling literally means “to be filled to the brim”…You will have a precise and correct knowledge of His will (commands, precepts, desires, pleasures, choices)… You will know what God wishes to be done by us through all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that we live and use every opportunity his gives.

Look at the times “Pleroo” is used:
Ephesians 3:19
to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:19 (amplified)
19[That you may really come] to know [practically, [b]through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses [c]mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [d]unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and [e]become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

Ephesians 5:17-19 (New International Version)
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled (pleroo) with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

Colossians 1:8-10 (New International Version)
8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit. 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill (pleroo) you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,



CHORTAZO - To eat; be full; gorge- to stuff with food or fodder

fodder- animal feed, food given to animals instead of them searching for food and provision, themselves….

This is when we have gotten a Word and we feel better...when we go to church and are blessed and exhorted, so we have the strength to keep moving forward...

If you are hungry God gives you the bread of life freely, He has provided you enough spiritual food to fully satisfy you, to stuff you, to complete you....

Look at this time Chortazo is used:
Matthew 5:6 (NKJV)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.