Full of the Holy Spirit

Wonderful is the state and testimony of this man full of the Holy Spirit. Everything is changed by it. "But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." This opening of heaven is a wonderful fact; it has not been closed.
We read of heaven being opened four times. On the first two occasions—as to Sonship (Matt. 3) and angels seen in service (John 1), it was confined to Him. But on the occasion before us, as well as on the last occasion (Rev. 19), it is opened through grace to us too. Christ having been rejected, heaven cannot open on any object here, but it opens and we see the object there. Heaven does not open on us, but to us. When heaven was opened to Jesus He had no object. He was the object. Heaven opens to us, for the object is given to our hearts up there. "He, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God." The principle of this is true for us all. When full of the Holy Spirit (not merely having the Holy Spirit), He so takes possession of all our faculties that nothing else intrudes.