What does being filled with the Holy Spirit mean for what a person says?
Being filled with the Holy Spirit means a person’s speech is God-directed. Scripture indicates that when someone is filled with the Spirit, everything they speak becomes the very expression of God Himself, not merely human wishful thinking or religious sentiment, but words directed by God concerning His purposes.
Les explains that whenever the Bible speaks of someone as being filled with the Spirit, everything they speak is going to be God-directed. In Luke 1, Zacharias had been stricken dumb during Elizabeth’s gestation, but then he got his voice back and was filled with the Holy Ghost. His words were not merely the wishful thinking of a good patriotic or religious Jew; they were the very expressions of God Himself concerning the nation. His speech blesses the Lord God of Israel and declares that He had visited and redeemed His people.