Bible Study - The Glorious Holy Spirit - Expressions of his Personality - He can Feel

Exalted Christ Church International

29 September 2021

ii) He can Feel

Ephesians 4:30 TLB
30 Don't cause the Holy Spirit sorrow by the way you live. Remember, he is the one who marks you to be present on that day when salvation from sin will be complete.

Ephesians 4:30 KJV
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

An item or an object cannot feel it has no emotions; it cannot be grieved by what you do to it. Only living beings are able to express emotion, happiness or disappointment as such the Bible warns us about grieving the Holy Spirit. Do not cause Him sorrow or grief because it offends and hurts Him. A power cannot be grieved but a person can. Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit and He was grieved by their deceitfulness.

Acts 5:1-11 NIV
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet. 3 Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." ….

You can see the results of their deceit and the grief they caused Holy Spirit was death.

Jesus also warned against grieving the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 12:31-32 AMP
31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy (every evil, abusive, injurious speaking, or indignity against sacred things) can be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the [Holy] Spirit shall not and cannot be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Spirit, the Holy One, will not be forgiven, either in this world and age or in the world and age to come.