Hindering a Godly lifestyle.

When the word quench' is used in Scripture it is speaking of suppressing fire. When the believers put on the shield of faith, as part of their armor of God (Ephesians 6:16), they are suppressing the power of the fiery darts from Satan.

Christ described hell as a place where the fire would not be quenched' (Mark 9:44, 46, 48). Likewise the Holy Spirit is a fire dwelling in each one of the believers.

He wants to express Himself in our actions and attitudes. When a believer does not allow the Spirit to be seen in their actions, when we do what we know is wrong, then we suppress or quench the Spirit. We do not allow the Spirit to reveal Himself the way that He wants to.


Once we understand this aspect we can better understand how He is grieved,' mainly because we too are grieved. Ephesians 4:30 tells us that we should not grieve' the Spirit. Lets stay in the passage to understand what Paul wants to tell us.



We can grieve' the Spirit by living like the pagans (4:17-19), by yielding to our sin nature (2:22-24), By lying (4:25), by anger (4:26-27), by stealing (4:28), by cursing (4:29), by bitterness (4:31), by being unforgiving (4:32), by sexual immorality (5:3-5). The list could go on and on, however I think that you get the point. To grieve' the Spirit is to act out in a sinful manner, whether it is in thought and deed, or in thought only.



Both quenching' and grieving' the Spirit are similar in there affects, both hinder a Godly lifestyle. Both happen when a believer sins against God and follows their own worldly desires. The only correct road to follow is the road that leads the believer closer to God and purity and farther away from the world and sin.

In His Love,
Minister Nina Clark 

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