Grieving the holy ghost (Being in the world but not of the world)

  

October 17, 2020 9:44 am / 12:44 noon / 11:44  October 19, 2020

What is grieving the Holy Ghost? This is important especially for born again believers in Christ. I’ve done a blog addressing such in a different way too. It was entitled: Taking up your cross.  So below in research briefly I wanted to take a look at what others say so I have taken some pointers. You can go read their complete articles on their websites.

Christian Worldview: What Does It Mean to Be "In the World" but Not "Of the World"? | Cold Case Christianity HERE

It means to deny yourselves daily those fleshly ways of sin that died with you when you were baptized/believers baptism or saved and you made a choice to live in Christ. More or less to be holy. You are in the world and now the world may hate you as you are in Christ. At times God or circumstance may have you somewhere as you can minister to others. You can end up grieving the Holy Ghost so you should put on the full armor of God.  You must take up your cross daily. Following Christ requires being a doer of the word/faithfulness (FAITH). Of course there is more to this than that. Do not be hypocrite's. Pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ. Now there are people that will see this different. They may say I am  in the world and have this and that and they may still be in the world apart from Christ. Some even with Christ but they cannot let go of certain things as they see life in things of the world. Now what it meant in the 1st Century as today may differ/be different in various ways. Seek things from above. If you love the world you must re-examine your selves.

What are the 7 signs of the Holy Spirit?

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. While some Christians accept these as a definitive list of specific attributes, others understand them merely as examples of the Holy Spirit's work through the faithful.

 

How does the Holy Spirit change you?

The Holy Spirit not only transforms us into a new creation by entering into us. He also changes us by bringing us into an intimate relationship with God. Through the Holy Spirit, we can literally experience the presence of God in our lives. Because the Holy Spirit helps us, we can communicate with God in prayer. Feb 15, 2017

 

 

What does Jesus say about the Holy Spirit?

In John 15:26 Jesus says of the Holy Spirit: "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me." In 325, the First Council of Nicaea, being the first ecumenical council, ended its Creed with the words "and in the Holy ...

 

What is considered blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

"Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is conscious and hardened opposition to the truth, "because the Spirit is truth" (1 John 5:6). ... That is why the sin of blasphemy against the Spirit cannot be forgiven, since one who does not acknowledge his sin does not seek to have it forgiven.

The Holy Spirit within a person is the presence of the living Christ within that person. To grieve the Holy Spirit is to cause sorrow, distress, and emotional pain to Jesus Christ Himself. Through His presence in us Jesus is witness to our every word, thought and act. Some have the potential to grieve Him.

The words we speak

Ephesians 4:29 asks us to consider the words we speak. We are advised to stick to talk that builds up, helps and benefits others, bringing joy, pleasure [grace]. We should assume that corrupt communication is talk that tears people down, hurts them and is contrary to their best interests.

You may not have thought of this but did you know that we can grieve the Holy Spirit? What does that mean and how do we do that? Is there a difference between quenching the Spirit of God and grieving Him? If you don’t know the answers, then let’s study the Word together to see what it tells us so we don’t grieve the Spirit of God.

 

“Quenching” is what you do to the Spirit of the Living God while “grieving” is how He responds to your actions.

We are to put away the old conversation, the old man

We are to put away the lying, stealing, and all things pertaining to the old life and be renewed in our minds (Eph 4: 1, 22-23). And do the right thing of being kind to one another and tenderhearted and forgiving each other.

When we put away the old nature and take on the new nature, the opposite of grief is happening. The Spirit is joyful with us. When we do the deeds of the flesh (sin), we distress and grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

John wrote in his epistle, 1 John 2:20, 27 that we have an unction from the Holy One and ye know all things; but the anointing ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Both Paul and John teach how we should walk in the light as He is in the light. This means we are to be doers of the Word. It is when we stop applying the truth to our lives that we quench the Spirit and thereby we grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

God wants us to think of others. We are members of the body of Christ and when we ignore our Christian family, we are not living out His will for us.

Jesus said in Acts 1:8 but ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Sam-aria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

God gave us His Spirit to enable us, to be our strength, to give us power in the name of Jesus.

When we rely on our own strength to work out the solutions we need, we are not relying on the Spirit of God. Holy Spirit is our source of power but when we ignore His power, we quench Him and grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

 There isn’t anything we can do for the Lord in our own strength. We need to rely on the Spirit of God. The Spirit enables us to do all things through Him. When we rely on ourselves, we quench Him and we grieve the Holy Spirit.

 

Turn with me to Matthew 12:22-32 as we take a quick peek at what Jesus said to the Pharisees. Jesus had just healed a man who was blind and dumb and possessed with a devil.

The Pharisees immediately rationalized that Jesus cast out the devil by the power of Beelzebub, the prince of devils.

As usual, Jesus stayed calm as He corrected them. He poked holes at their theology with His questions, Matthew 12:26-27:

How would Satan’s kingdom stand if Satan cast himself out?

If I am casting out devils by Beelzebub (as you say I am), by whom do your followers cast them out?

 

In order not to grieve Him, let’s choose to be doers of the word and not hearers only. By applying what we learn from the Word to our lives, we will please God. And when we please God, we won’t grieve the Holy Spirit.

When the Spirit is moving in you, let Him move. Maybe you’re praying for someone and you sense in your spirit to pray in a certain direction, then do it. "Be sensitive and obedient to the still."

Read your Bible, study the Word, commune with God daily, be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2) and walk the talk. Live out what you are learning from the Word.

 Let your life be in one accord with the Spirit and put a smile on His face.

In addition to sinning as the result of anger, Ephesians 4 offers other ways believers can grieve the Spirit. These include living like unbelievers (Ephesians 4:17-19), lying (Ephesians 4:25), stealing (Ephesians 4:28), using bad language (Ephesians 4:29), bitterness (Ephesians 4:31), unforgiveness (Ephesians 4:32), and sexual immorality (Ephesians 5:3-5).

God's desire is for the believer in Christ to live differently than before coming to faith in Christ. Living as the "new self" we become through Jesus Christ brings God joy and will not quench or grieve the Spirit of God who lives within those who believe.

But the Bible tells us God delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished (II Peter 2:7-9). Nothing is said about Lot’s wife being vexed over the sins of Sodom. Lot’s wife grieved the Spirit until she was so weak that she failed God; she wanted the life of Sodom, not what the Lord was leading her into. Loving the world more than she loved God, Lot’s wife looked back to where her heart was. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). Not until she looked back did she grieve the Holy Spirit out of her life. Her daughters had not grieved God like their mother, and they were able to escape God’s hand of judgment.

Ananias and his wife, members of the Early Church, each told just one lie, and God killed them. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband (Acts5:9,10.) God will pay any price to keep His people pure and clean. He proved that by giving Jesus.

  Credit these sites and United church of God. You can go read their complete articles on their websites. Praise the lord. 

How does a person grieve or quench the Holy Spirit compellingtruth.org

How Does One Grieve the Holy Spirit? - Ernest Angley Ministries

ucg.org How Can Someone Grieve the Holy Spirit?

FOOT NOTES

Truly that is a lot for a Christian to live and obey. But it is possible living in the spirit instead of the flesh. You cannot serve two masters. You must accept and believe this. Praise the lord.

Now there is a huge difference between being bold in Gods word and preaching but PRIDE is arrogance. "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." "In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them." "The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility."

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