Do not grieve 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
We looked yesterday about why we should learn to control out tongues and
put away all kinds of corrupt communication. Is is destructive. Instead of tearing
each other down we should be building each other up.
There are two reasons why that is so important.
1) So that we can impart grace, or pleasure to those who hear our words
2) And that point for today, because we grieve the Holy Spirit of God
Our words do more than just hurt each other - it also grieves the Holy
Spirit of God.
I think I can see that. When our children were younger it was sad to see
them in their immaturity get mean to each other and say mean things. It made us
sad.
Though we can’t accurately understand God’s emotions I think that is a
sense of how it affects God when our words are full of evil and corruption – He
is grieved.
By the grace of God may my words never grieve the One who seals my
salvation until the day I am filly redeemed.
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