Don't grieve the Spirit

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. – Ephesians 4.30

It is easy to think that division and quarrelling and harsh words and ‘corrupt communication’ only affect the parties involved. When we think about it though everyone around is also affected and it spreads like and cancer and the fights and divisions spread.

But that’s not the focus here. Someone else is affected that we don’t even think about.

That kind of attitude grieves the Holy Spirit of God. In other words, if we can’t get along we break God’s heart.

How sad it is when we think about breaking God’s heart. Here especially we read about the Holy Spirit sealing us till the day of our salvation is complete. He keeps us saved and instead of gratitude we can act like jerks toward each other and be self-centred, self-serving, and selfish at the cost of our relationships with each other.

Our fights and quarrels don’t just hurt each other, the hurt God as well.

Can’t we just stop the nonsense?