Leaky Vessels

One Baptism but many fillings is a popular belief. In support of that view of the scriptures is another popular saying that the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in an unclean temple. However there is not a verse of scripture that supports that last statement although there are two verses taken together from I Corinthians that some claim support that interpretation. I am of the opinion that we are not leaky vessels. I suppose people think we are leaky vessels because they equate the Holy Spirit with a feeling of euphoria or empowerment and sometimes when they are down they believe it is because the Holy Spirit has leaked out. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit comes to all believers when they are saved and places them into the body of Christ, or the church. We are instructed to be filled with the spirit but I believe that command isn't given us because the spirit leaked out. The Holy Spirit is not a feeling but a living being, part of the trinity of God. Jesus said that when He went away he would send a Comforter which is the Holy Spirit to indwell us. I do think that we can become so wrapped up in every day living that we hinder the work of the Spirit. Jesus promised up that he would neither leave us nor forsake us. If the Spirit leaked out then we would not have the Comforter. I know Jesus said if He does not abide in us and we in Him He has no part with us. Based on that if the Spirit leaked out then we would have lost our salvation. But the scriptures tell us we are sealed unto the day of redemption. We are sealed by the Spirit and if we are sealed then the Spirit can't leak out. At the Last Supper Jesus knelt to wash the feet of the disciples but Peter refused. Jesus told Peter that if Peter would not allow him to wash his feet then Peter had no part of Jesus. Peter then said "Not my feet only but all of me". Jesus refused that request to. Peter missed the point of the whole exercise and I do believe many others also miss this vital point. When we are saved and baptized with the Holy Spirit, we have been made clean. We are saved from sin but we are still in the flesh and still dwell in the world. Just as Peter bathed before coming to the upper room but got his feet dusty and dirty on the trip to meeting, we to are cleaned up when we are saved but we still commit sin as we live in this world. Christ doesn't have to be crucified again nor do we have to be resaved every time we sin. We do, however, have to ask forgiveness each day as we transgress against God. That is the washing of the feet. It is true that the Holy Spirit will not dwell in an unclean temple (the temple is the body) but once Christ has cleaned us up we are no longer an unclean temple. But just as any building in this world needs to continually mow the grass we continually need to be forgiven. There are no scriptures that instruct us to be refilled with the Spirit just as there is no scripture that says we are leaky vessels. I think people are confused when they view the scriptures from a human viewpoint rather than a spiritual one.