How Are You Affecting The Holy Spirit

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 

by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 

(Ephesians 4:30)

The Holy Spirit has a sensitive nature. This means the Holy Spirit has feelings that can be affected by the actions of man. Because of the sensitive nature of the Holy Spirit, the Bible warns that we should not:

√     Lie to the holy spirit:

It is one thing to lie to yourself or even to someone else, it is a totally different and dangerous thing to lie to God.  Even more it is disrespectful and an insult to the one that knows your heart and your lips and actions are not in agreement with each other.

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. (Acts 5:3-4)

√     Resist the spirit:

The Holy Spirit has specific ministries on behalf of the believer.  There are purposes  and destinations given to us according to God's will.  Not allowing God's spirit to minister  and equip you for the call creates unfulfilled purpose in your life.  Resisting these ministries of the Holy Spirit is not yielding to Him when He tries to minister in your life:

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (Acts 7:51)

√     Quench the spirit:

You quench the Holy Spirit when you refuse to do what the Holy Spirit would have you to do. The word "quench" is used elsewhere in the Bible in reference to putting out a fire. When you quench the Holy Spirit it stops the flow of His power within you. It is like throwing water on a fire. The Bible warns:

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:18-19)

√     Grieve the spirit:

Quenching the Holy Spirit is not doing what the Holy Spirit would have us do. Grieving the Holy Spirit is doing something that the Holy Spirit does NOT want us to do. The nation of Israel grieved the Holy Spirit:

How oft did they provoke Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert! (Psalms 78:40)

The Bible warns:

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.  And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:29-30)

√     Insult the spirit:

You insult the Holy Spirit by going back into sin after you have experienced forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ:

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:  Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.  (Hebrews 10:26-31)

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame. (Hebrews 6:4-6)

√     Blaspheme the spirit:

Those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit are those who consciously and continually reject Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and are not even concerned about it.

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world neither in the world to come. (Matthew 12:31-32)

The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit has been called the "unpardonable sin" because according to this passage it is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness. To blaspheme means to speak abusive words which reject the power of the Holy Spirit as being of God and claim it is of Satan. If a person totally rejects the power of the Holy Spirit then he can never be saved because it is the power of the Holy Spirit which draws sinful men to Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit produces many visible confirming signs of God's power. Jesus lets us know that if a person could not accept these miraculous signs as proof of the truth of the Gospel, then what could ever possibly convince them to believe?

√     Vex the holy spirit:

To vex the Holy Spirit means to irritate, annoy, provoke, or make angry. The Holy Spirit is vexed by the disobedience and unbelief of mankind. The Prophet Isaiah records what happened to God's people, Israel, when they vexed the Holy Spirit:

But they rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit: therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them. (Isaiah 63:10)

The Holy Spirit works in perfect harmony with the will of God:

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.   1 John 5:7-8

Our goal should be a continuous pleasing life unto God whereby we do not grieve the Holy Spirit in action, thought or word.

 (Biblical Studies)

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