3. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT? WHENEVER WE IGNORE OR ILL-USE HIS MINISTRIES AS CHRISTS DEPUTY IN OUR LIVES, WE GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, WITH THIS RESULT: HE WITHDRAWS HIS GRACIOUS MINISTRIES FROM US. WE MUST MAKE AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION AT THIS POINT, BETWEEN THE SPIRITS MINISTRY AND HIS INDWELLING. WHEN WE GRIEVE THE SPIRIT HE WITHDRAWS FROM US IN HIS MINISTRY BUT NEVER IN HIS INDWELLING. ONCE WE ARE SEALED WITH THE SPIRIT IT IS A FINAL TRANSACTION. A SEAL IS ESSENTIALLY THE GUARANTEE OF A BINDING CONTRACT, OF A PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE SEALED BY THE SPIRIT UNTO THE DAY OF FINAL REDEMPTION, SAYS THE APOSTLE. BUT STILL, THE SPIRIT MAY DWELL IN US UNUSED, SO THAT WE BECOME LIKE A PATIENT SUFFERING SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WILL NOT CALL IN THE DOCTOR. THIS IS THE SAD RESULT OF GRIEVING THE SPIRIT: OUR LIVES ARE ROBBED OF HIS BLESSED MINISTRIES. WE LOSE THE COMFORTABLE SENSE OF GODS PRESENCE WITH US. THERE WAS A DAY WHEN DAVID DANCED FOR JOY BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD IN JERUSALEM.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 03:17:58 +0000
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