乃要被圣灵充满（弗5:18）作者：约翰 麦克阿瑟牧师
真正与上帝的相交不是因醉酒所致，而是因圣灵所致。保罗并不是在指圣灵的内住(罗8:9)，也不是指基督藉圣灵来施洗(哥林多前书12:13)，因为每一个基督徒在得救时都受了圣灵的洗，并且圣灵内住在信徒心里。
保罗是在命令信徒们，让上帝的话语掌控他们，追求圣洁的生活，承认所有已知的罪，对自己而死，降服在上帝的旨意之下，在一切事上都依靠祂的大能，从而就持续地活在圣灵的影响之下。
被圣灵充满，就是慎重地活在主耶稣基督面前，籍着祂的话语，让主的心思意念来支配人的一切思想和行为。
被圣灵充满与行在圣灵中是一样的意思(见 加5:16 ，23)。
基督就是这种生活方式的典范(路4:1)。
True communon with God is not induced by drunkenness, but by the Holy Spirit. Paul is not speaking of the Holy Spirit's indwelling (Ro 8:9) or the baptism by Christ with the Holy Spirit (1Co12:13)，,because every Christian is indwelt and baptized by the Spirit at the time of salvation.
He is rather giving a command for believers to live continually under the influence of the Spirit by letting the Word control them , pursuing pure lives, confessing all known sin, dying to self, surrendering to God's will, and depending on His power in all things. 
Being filled with the Spirit is living in the conscious presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, letting His mind, through the Word, dominate everything that is thought and done. Being filled with the Spirit is the same as walking in the Spirit (see notes on Gal 5:16 23).Christ exemplified thịs way of life(Lk 4:1)