“Do Not Bring Sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit”

 “Do Not Bring Sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit”

 

“Do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live.  Remember, He has identified you as His own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the Day of Redemption.   Ephesians 4:30

 

When a Believer clings to some of their OLD WAYS, and refuses to CHANGE from those OLD, SINFUL WAYS to the RIGHTEOUS WAYS of a NEW LIFE in CHRIST JESUS, through the WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD, they bring SORROW to the HEART of God.  This response by the Holy Spirit, shows us the PERSONHOOD of the Spirit, who is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity.  

 

Jesus tells us that the Holy Spirit, leads us into ALL TRUTH.  And the WORLD cannot receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him, and doesn’t RECOGNIZE Him.  BUT the TRUE BELIEVER KNOWS Him, because He LIVES with them NOW and is INDWELLING them.  (John 14:17)  This was the WORDS of Jesus, spoken to His Disciples, promising them the INDWELLING of God’s HOLY SPIRIT, to LEAD them to ALL TRUTH.

 

The Work of the HOLY SPIRIT is providing CARE for the BELIEVERS, imparting KNOWLEDGE to them, interceding on their behalf. Romans 8:26-27 says: “And the Holy Spirit HELPS us in our weakness.  For example, we don’t know. What God wants us to pray for.  But the Holy Spirit PRAYS for us with groanings  that cannot be expressed in words.  And the Father Who knows all  HEARTS, KNOWS what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for the BELIEVERS in HARMONY with God’s OWN WILL.” The Holy Spirit brings CONVICTION of our sins, John 16:8 tells us:  “And when He comes, He will CONVICT the WORLD of its SIN, and of God’s COMING JUDGMENT.”  The WORLD’S sin is the REJECTION of GOD’S Son, Jesus Christ.  The Holy Spirit GUIDES us in RIGHTEOUSNESS, and He GLORIFIES the LORD JESUS CHRIST, He is the GUARANTOR of our ETERNAL SALVATION through the REDEMPTIVE ACT of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, which was carried out for EVERY BELIEVER.  Are you a TRUE BELIEVER?  Are you bringing SORROW to God’s Holy Spirit, by HOLDING ON to things from your OLD SINFUL LIFE-STYLE?  WELL STOP IT!  And TURN AWAY FROM EVERY THING of your OLD SINFUL LIFE-STYLE, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, and EMBRACE ALL the things of your NEW LIFE in CHRIST JESUS!!

 

Or are you NOT A BELIEVER at all?  If this is the case, then YOU don’t have the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD in YOU, and you don’t have a GUARANTEE of an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  But your DESTINY is an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  But because of GOD’S ABUNDANT MERCY and His AMAZING GRACE, you NOW have the opportunity to COME to Him, through the ACCEPTANCE of His Gift of SALVATION and the INDWELLING of His HOLY SPIRIT.  To do that you MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who died for YOUR sins.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DID die for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And WILLINGLY GIVE UP ALL the things of your PAST SINFUL LIFE, and ACCEPT ALL that GOD has for YOU, to include the INDWELLING of His HOLY SPIRIT.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!