Filled to Overflowing

Filled To Overflowing Just before Jesus Christ ascended, as recorded in John 20, he instructed his disciples about a new dimension of their glorious walk which would come to pass on the day of Pentecost. John 20:22: And when he had said this, he breathed on them [The word “them” is incorrectly supplied in the King James Version and should be deleted. The word “on” is the word “in.” He breathed in] and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost [The Greek text uses the words lambanō pneuma hagion ,* “bring into manifestation holy spirit.”]. At the first hour of prayer on the day of Pentecost when the apostles “breathed in,” they confessed with their mouth the Lord Jesus believing God had raised Him from the dead, and thus were born again of God’s Spirit, and spiritually filled to capacity. The word “receive,” lambanō , indicates that the apostles manifested the gift they had just received spiritually in all of its overflowing fullness. To be born of the Spirit—to be born again or to be born from above—is to be spiritually filled to capacity ( plēroō ), while the fullness in manifestation of that birth is to be filled to overflowing ( plēthō ). Salvation brings plēroō , a capacity fullness; manifesting the holy spirit brings plēthō , overflowing fullness. This study is basically focused on plēroō and plēthō which describe every facet of knowledge available to us regarding the new birth. Plēthō is a later form of the word pimplēmi , a derivative of pleos . Both plēroō and plēthō are derivatives of the basic root word, pleos , which means “filled.” Pimplēmi meant “to fill to capacity and overflow.” In Greek literature, pimplēmi is used of a river overflowing its banks. It is also used in describing the full moon when it is overflowing in all of its brilliance. Plēroō means “to fill only to normal capacity,” like a river filled in its natural or normal flow; plēthō means “to fill to overflowing in abundance.” Luke 1:57: Now Elisabeth’s full [ pimplēmi , plēthō ] time cam