Pastor John,
What do you think it means to grieve the holy Spirit of God? In Ephesians 4:30, Paul says, “And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed until the day of redemption.”
I suppose we can grieve the Spirit by not letting go of the behaviors, feelings, and thoughts that Paul says are contrary to being led by the Spirit. We know the God’s Spirit is life, not a holy being. So how is it that we can grieve “it”?
Michael
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Hi Michael.
We grieve the holy Spirit by making Jesus sad. In this case, what Paul wrote to the Corinthians applies: “The Lord is the Spirit” (2Cor. 3:17).
Pastor John