Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption. It is a very important question — "How is the Holy Spirit grieved with us?" The great instrumentality of the Holy Ghost is conscience. Only here take care; to refuse the encouraging voices of conscience is as bad as to neglect the reproving ones. To have sinned, and to doubt the forgiveness of the sin, after you have confessed the sin, "grieves the Holy Spirit" quite as much as the sin itself. He is "Spirit," — therefore material religion, — a materialistic view of spiritual things, — "grieves" Him. He is "the Holy Spirit"; therefore everything which trifles with holy things — irreverence, levity on religious subjects, undevout familiarity with sacred subjects, low views of God — these things "grieve" Him very much. (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.WEB: Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
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