Biblical Concept: Quenching,
Grieving, and Insulting the Holy Spirit
Three spiritual warnings:
NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit;
NAS Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
NAS Hebrews 10:29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
How
do Christians quench, grieve, and insult the Holy Spirit?
The contexts of these verses list various items that
quench, grieve, and insult the Holy Spirit: unprayerful
(1 Thessalonians 5:17), unthankful (1 Thessalonians 5:18), despising (1
Thessalonians 5:20), not abstaining from evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22),
falsehood (Ephesians 4:25), unchecked anger (Ephesians 4:26), theft (Ephesians
4:28), verbal sins (Ephesians 4:29), bitter (Ephesians 4:31), wrath (Ephesians
4:31), clamor (Ephesians 4:31), slander (Ephesians 4:31), malice (Ephesians
4:31), unforgiveness
(Ephesians 4:31), willful sinning (Hebrews 10:26), leaving the grace in Christ (Hebrews
10:29), lack of confidence (Hebrews 10:35), and lack of endurance (Hebrews
10:36).
Answer: Various personal sins committed by Christians
quench, grieve, and insult the Holy Spirit. Some of the personal sins
listed are habitual: bitter, wrath, slander, malice, despising, and
unthankful. Do not spend a majority of your life quenching, grieving, and
insulting the Holy Spirit. You are responsible for the unhappiness in your
soul.
Review: Biblical Concept: Sins Of The Tongue; Biblical
Concept: Sins of the Tongue, a List; Biblical Concept: Sin, (point three “Individual
sins; Biblical Concept: Victimization; and Biblical Concept: Soul Happiness Is
Available.