Comments by Joan Boney:
When I asked God, "What grieves the Holy Spirit?" I was reminded of the following scripture.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
I believe we grieve the Spirit of God when we do works of our own flesh which are not authored by God. Often we are trying to make ourselves look good to other people. Or we are doing something to show our own flesh that we are really "nice" people.
Romans 7:18 Paul says: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:
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Ephesians 4 shows us how we are to live and what we are to do on this earth.
Paul says:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
(Mostly my flesh wants to tell them things they will want to hear rather than telling the the truth. But that is my flesh and usually God doesn't let my flesh get by with doing that.)
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
(Devil brings thoughts and ideas to us. We must not act on those thoughts or ideas for this gives place for the devil to operate in our lives. God brings thoughts to us and devil brings thoughts to us. We learn the difference and resist those thoughts brought by the devil and we follow those thoughts brought by God.)
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
(edify: to build, especially in things of God)
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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Here is truth: Often we don't want to speak the words of God, the truth, for that might make us look bad to the human and they might be offended with us.
What we want to do is to speak things that please the human and makes the human feel good about that which he has done or is doing.
Also by speaking those "good" things, we see ourselves as "nice" people.
But instead of yielding to our flesh, we yield to the Spirit speaking what HE wants us to speak, and doing what the Spirit wants us to do, because we know that the Spirit carries the will of God to us.
I Cor. 2:11-13 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak,
Therefore we know the Spirit of God shows us the will of God in the matter at hand and we speak and do that instead of yielding to our own flesh and what our flesh wants us to do and say.
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Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus says:
(Unless God authors our work, we do evil even in our "good" works.)
22 Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
22 Many will say to ME in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in THY name? and in THY name have cast out devils? and in THY name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from ME, ye that work iniquity.
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If we follow the Spirit we will do what the Spirit shows us to do and that will be the will of God. And God will be exalted in that which we do and in that which we say.
John 6:63 Jesus says: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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