Do not Grieve the Holy Spirit (Top 21 Ways) – 3
Experience the Parakletos
The Parakletos
(the Holy Spirit) is the sweetest person in the world! The Holy Spirit has many
currencies. One aspect of Him is that He comforts. You can download and read my
books, The
Currencies of the Holy Spirit, 77 Ways to
Experience the Spiritual Forces, and Knowing the Holy Spirit for
more profound revelation about the Holy Spirit.
The books are free on my
blog. With my little experience with the Holy Spirit, I have understood that a
man can live without a woman if he has a strong fellowship and relationship
with the Holy Spirit. The same applies to women. A woman can live without a man
if she knows the Holy Spirit. One reason people cannot experience the Holy
Spirit is because of deception.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me
with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their
heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah 29:13 KJV
The Holy Spirit needs our
heart. He wants our faithfulness. When we honor the Holy Spirit from our hearts,
He reveals Himself. The Holy Spirit is real to those who are sincere. We might
have some weakness.
However, our sincerity
opens the door for the Holy Spirit to reveal His love, joy, peace, gentleness, and
grace. Make time for the Holy Spirit because He is the sweetest person in the
world!
I cannot explain the Holy
Spirit in words. However, I describe the Holy Spirit as the best comforter. We
sometimes become lonely when our loved ones depart. As emotional beings, we often
become sad, angry, and offended when things don’t move as expected.
We sometimes grieve
because we cannot connect with our family and friends. However, you will not be
lonely if you have a strong connection with the Holy Spirit. When you
fellowship with the Holy Spirit, He will give you unexplainable joy and peace.
One of the ways I
fellowship and relate with the Holy Spirit is through anointed and biblical
spiritual songs. I encourage you to download and read my books, How to Worship God
in Spirit and Truth and The Mysteries and Power
of Spiritual Songs,
for more profound revelations.
Have you asked yourself
why Apostle Paul commanded the Christian believers to soak into spiritual songs
and hymns (meditate on Colossians 3:16, Ephesians 5:1, Acts 16:25, James 5:13).
Spiritual songs are one of the best ways to connect with the Holy Spirit.
Do not assume that you
cannot live without family and friends. The truth is, you can live without a
partner if you know the Holy Spirit! Nothing in this world will bother you if
the Holy Spirit knows you.
You may not have cars,
mansions, helicopters, private jets, and adequate money. However, the Holy
Spirit is enough! If you have the Holy Spirit, you have everything (meditate on
John 14:16;26).
The Holy Spirit will give
you the wisdom to cater for yourself and those connected to you. The joy and
peace we receive from the Holy Spirit cannot be compared to the temporal joy
the world can give (meditate John 14:27).
Money, cars, and things in
this world can make us happy for a temporal season. Our family and friends can
make us happy for a short time. They can make us happy for a season because
they are limited. They also have their problems. However, the Holy Spirit does
not have “problems.” We are the ones who give problems to the Holy Spirit.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20 KJV
Christ Jesus (the Holy
Spirit) stands at the gates. He desperately needs us. The devil has nothing
good. He came to steal, kill, and destroy (see John 10:10, 1 Peter 5:8). The
devil has no free lunch.
He takes whatever he
gives. When the devil gives you a car, he will demand a jet plane (blood). The
devil is a deceiver, liar, and thief. Don’t fall into the traps of the enemy. Build
a strong fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit will not
leave nor forsake us when we abide in the Word (Hebrews 13:5). However, we must
know that some behaviors and virtues create a wide gap between the Holy Spirit
and us.
This is one reason I am
writing this article. In my previous article, I
shared seven ways we grieve the Holy Spirit.
Kindly read that article for more profound revelations. Grieving the Holy
Spirit comes in many ways.
To grieve the Holy Spirit
means to sadden Him. In other words, grieving the Holy Spirit means making him
sorrowful. Grieving the Holy Spirit means making him angry. To grieve the Holy
Spirit means to hurt and displease Him.
Our actions can make the
Holy Spirit's heart heavy like some people get a “broken heart” when their
loved ones reject them. The Holy Spirit can also get a broken heart when we do
certain things.
Just like some
organizations have started grieving because Ghana wants to pass the anti-LGBTQ
bill and make it a law (LGBTQ means Lesbianism, Gay, Bestiality,
Transgender and Queer).
Some countries, financial
institutions, and organizations grieve because Ghana is doing the right thing. Like
a teacher and his best student, the teacher grieves when the best student fails
the exams.
One reason the teacher
grieves is because He taught the student well. The teacher believes that his
students will not fail. Parents also grieve about their child's poor
performance in school because they spent money and adequate resources on the
child.
In the same way, our
actions can make the Holy Spirit sad and angry. The Holy Spirit does not
identify with evil. This is one reason we call Him the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit is Holy. Anytime the Holy Spirit grieves, it’s a sign of our disobedience.
You might be ignorant of your actions. You might not know that your actions grieve the Holy Spirit because of demonic control, spiritual blindness, and death. Fly with me as I share five ways we grieve the Holy Spirit.
Knowing these truths will help you
repent from habits that grieve the Holy Spirit. Your relationship with the Holy
Spirit will strengthen when you know these truths. Kindly share the link to this article so others can grow in wisdom.
Five Ways We Grieve the Holy Spirit
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1. Teaching human philosophies grieve the Holy Spirit
One unique feature about
humankind is our ability to think and make decisions. Some animals are more
intelligent than others. For instance, crows, elephants, gorillas, sheep, dogs,
and cats have good intelligence and emotional quotient.
That is how God created
the animals. Some animals are wiser and more emotional than other animals.
However, no animal intelligence can surpass human intelligence. We have the
mind of God because He created us in His image and likeness.
God has planted natural knowledge
in us. We use this knowledge to govern ourselves and the environment. However,
some people have corrupt wisdom. They acquire demonic knowledge from evil
spirits.
Some write this dark
knowledge in books and share it online and offline. Most often, this knowledge
challenges the Holy Bible. Acquiring and teaching knowledge that challenges the
Holy Bible grieves the Holy Spirit.
Most often, an unbeliever’s
knowledge is corrupt. This is one reason we must be careful when reading
certain books. Listening to people who are not born again can grieve the Holy
Spirit. Watching the videos of people who are not born again can grieve the
Holy Spirit.
The more you acquire the
knowledge of unbelievers, the more it connects you with their souls. Since the
Holy Spirit cannot share you with unclean spirits, apply wisdom when reading
certain books.
Apply wisdom when
listening to certain people. Apply wisdom when watching certain videos because
their words can create a demonic belief in your soul, leading to spiritual
defilement. Their deceptive words can change your philosophy.
You begin to follow and
teach others when you believe in these corrupt ideologies. Today, many
preachers teach the evil philosophies of unbelievers. Instead of the preachers
teaching from the Holy Bible, they teach the corrupt doctrines of men.
As stated, God has given
us wisdom. We can obey and teach others if our acquired wisdom agrees with the
Holy Bible. However, ideas that have no root in the Holy Bible are corrupt.
When you teach dark ideologies to people, the Holy Spirit grieves.
For instance, LGBTQ
challenges the Holy Bible (meditate on Romans
1:18-32). Advocating and empowering the LGBTQ community grieves the Holy
Spirit. Talk of the spiritual, medical, psychological, financial, social,
physical, emotional, and economic dangers of LGBTQ.
These are some of the
corrupt human ideologies some people advocate as “human rights.” Stop promoting
destructive ideologies because it grieves the Holy Spirit. One reason the Holy
Spirit grieves when you teach unbiblical philosophies is that that knowledge
does not glorify the Trinity (meditate on 1 Corinthians 3:19).
Those ideologies glorify
humankind and evil spirits! Any knowledge that opposes the Holy Bible is
corrupt. Do not teach from such books, videos, and audio tapes. It doesn’t
matter how famous that person, book, video, or audio tape is. As far as the
book or ideology does not have its foundation in the Holy Bible, it’s corrupt.
This does not mean that
what the school teaches is corrupt. Some worldly knowledge may not be biblical.
However, it does not challenge the Holy Bible. We can weigh such information
with the knowledge that God has given us.
We can judge the content
by the criteria of the Holy Bible. However, if the knowledge in the schools,
books, websites, blogs, videos, audio is sensual, it’s corrupt. This is one reason
my books have their foundation in the Holy Bible. You can meditate on these
Holy Scriptures for more profound revelations.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him
shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and
lie not against the truth.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and
every evil work.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James 3:13-17 KJV
- What books do you use to preach and teach?
- What videos do you use to preach and teach?
- What audio tapes do you use to preach and teach?
- Do you teach from the Holy Bible?
- Do you teach from books that have their foundation in the Holy Bible?
Nature even teaches us
that LGBTQ is a demonic ideology. I have not seen two male dogs mating before.
In the same way, I have not seen two female cats mating before. It’s the male
and female! Think through because some philosophies, books, videos, and audio challenge
the Holy Bible and grieve the Holy Spirit.
2. Using the world’s system to build the Church grieves the Holy Spirit
As stated in the previous
article, we don’t use the principles of the world to build the Church. We use the
principles of the Word to build the Church (see 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Today, many
preachers use the dark systems of the world to build the Church.
Many church leaders have
ignored the Holy Spirit, prayers, fasting, the Holy Bible, group meetings,
offertory, tithes, and worship. Ignoring the foundational biblical principles
and using the corrupt systems (marketing) of the world to build the Church
grieves the Holy Spirit.
The Church is one of God’s
Kingdom on earth. The Holy Spirit is the leader. The Holy Bible is our guide. When
we ignore the Holy Spirit and the Holy Bible and use deceptive principles of
the world in our churches, the Holy Spirit grieves. Are you using the Word's or
the world's principles to build the Church? Think through because the Holy
Spirit is grieving!
3. Doubt in Christ Jesus and the Holy Bible grieves the Holy Spirit
…without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews
11:6 KJV
One of the Holy Spirit's
currencies is faith. I encourage you to download and read my books, 77 Powerful Currencies of the Spirit World and 77 Ways to
Experience the Spiritual Forces, for more profound
revelations.
The books are free on my
blog, back to my point. Faith is one of the keys to activating the Holy Spirit.
I love the way Pastor David Yonggi Cho defines faith. Pastor David
Yonggi Cho states, "Faith is believing in the Word of God and
acting on that Word as led by the Holy Spirit.”
The Holy Spirit cannot
walk and live with faithless and fearful people. When we doubt the Holy Bible, we
grieve the Holy Spirit. As stated in the Holy Bible (see Hebrews 11:6), we
cannot please the Holy Spirit without faith.
The Holy Bible did not
say that we cannot please the Holy Spirit without money, cars, helicopters,
houses, and children. Having those things is good. However, these temporal
things cannot please the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Bible states
that without faith, we cannot please God (the Holy Spirit). This means faith is
a vital key to connecting with the Holy Spirit. I encourage you to download and
read my books, How
to Walk and Live in the Spirit and How
to Unlock the Gate of Faith, for
more profound revelation about faith.
The books are free on my
blog. The enemy of faith is fear (see Matthew 14:25-31). Fear works with doubt.
Therefore, anyone who walks and lives in fear attracts doubt. When fear and
doubt become part of you, you grieve the Holy Spirit.
When we walk and live in
fear, we limit the Holy Spirit (meditate on Matthew 13:58). Do not be a faithless
and fearful Christian believer because it grieves the Holy Spirit. Exclude
yourself from partial Christians.
You cannot believe in God
and doubt the Holy Bible and Christ Jesus. True Christians believe in the Holy Bible, Christ Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. True Christian
believers believe in the Trinity.
Are you grieving the Holy
Spirit because of your fear and doubt in the Word of God (the Holy Bible)?
Believe in the Holy Bible. Christ Jesus is God Almighty. Believe in Christ
Jesus with all your heart. The Holy Spirit will draw closer to you! However,
doubting the Holy Bible and the Holy Spirit makes the Parakletos grieve.
4. Total faith in the creation more the Creator grieves the Holy Spirit
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when
good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in
a salt land and not inhabited.
Jeremiah 17:5-6 KJV
And he [Christ Jesus] did not many mighty works there because of their
unbelief.
Matthew 13:58 KJV [Emphasis added]
The Holy Spirit wants us to
believe in His vessels. However, He does not want us to put our faith in
humankind. Putting our faith in humanity grieves the Holy Spirit. There is a
difference between faith and believe.
I encourage you to
download and read my book, How
to Unlock the Gates of Faith,
for more profound revelations about faith, believe, trust, and hope. As stated
in the Holy Scriptures, Christ Jesus could not do mighty works in Nazareth
because of their unbelief (see Matthew 13:58).
In the previous point, I
stated that fear and doubt grieve the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit grieves when
we take our faith in God and place it in humankind. The Holy Spirit grieves
when we put our faith in the blessings instead of the one who blesses us.
Let’s assume you buy a phone for your child. Instead of the child thanking and cherishing you, the child ignores you and cherishes the phone. Won’t you grieve? Some people have lifted their cars, money, business, family, and temporal assets above the Holy Spirit. Adoring anything above the Holy Spirit makes that thing an idol. We call it idolatry. The Holy Spirit grieves when we put our faith in creation instead of the Creator.
- Do you value your husband more than the Holy Spirit?
- Do you value your wife more than the Holy Spirit?
- Do you value your children more than the Holy Spirit?
- Do you value your business more than the Holy Spirit?
- Do you value your education more than the Holy Spirit?
I remember interviewing a
friend in America. He is over sixty years old. I asked him how he could live
without divorce with his wife for so many years. He said his wife knows he
loves the Holy Spirit more than she does.
His wife knows that from
her heart. He further stated that his wife loves Christ Jesus (the Holy Spirit)
more than him. The older man said he loved his wife. His wife also loves him
dearly. However, the marriage couples have prioritized Christ Jesus (the Holy
Spirit) above the relationship.
He revealed that this wisdom
key keeps the family moving. If we love ourselves more than the Holy Spirit, we
grieve the Holy Spirit. If we love anything more than Christ Jesus, we grieve
the Holy Spirit. Do you value anything more than the Holy Spirit? Repent
because you are grieving the Holy Spirit. Meditate on these Holy Scriptures for
more profound revelations.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:22 KJV
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to
jealousy with their graven images.
Psalms 78:58 KJV
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:5 KJV
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God:
Exodus 34:14 KJV
5. Watering down the Holy Bible grieves the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit grieves
when we fail to preach the hard truth. Most preachers don’t want to lose
members, so they don’t preach the truth (the pure Word). Some preachers
misinterpret the Holy Bible because they want a large congregation.
Because some preachers
fail to give “meat” to the believers in the Church, the Holy Spirit grieves.
Some preachers only give “milk” to their members. The Holy Spirit wants us to
mix the milk with meat so that the Christian believers will become strong.
Analyze the body. You
will see that it needs a balanced diet. Feeding the body with one variety of
food can lead to kwashiorkor. Imagine a mother constantly feeding her child
with porridge. That child will not grow well!
Can you eat rice
continuously without any other food for a year? You will become tired of the
rice! You will desire other food because the body will become tired of rice. You
will be malnourished if you keep eating rice.
In the same way, our soul
and spirit need spiritual protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and nutrients. Many
Christians are carnal, soulish, nominal, religious, and babies because their
“pastors” only preach sweet (encouraging) words.
It’s good to encourage
the members. However, if we don’t straighten the members with the truth, they
will fall into the enemy’s trap. The Holy Bible is a two-edged sword. It
defends and offends (meditate on Hebrews 4:12).
Preaching and teaching
the truth will offend some people. That’s the hard truth! Children often want
their freedom. They want their parents to love and provide for them. However,
if the parents fail to rebuke the child from certain habits, the child will
grow to become an irresponsible adult.
Preachers who don’t
rebuke the sins of their members using the Holy Bible grieve the Holy Spirit. Encourage
your members. However, don’t ignore the truth. The members will be free by
preaching and teaching the truth (meditate on John 8:32).
Christ Jesus encouraged
and rebuked his disciples. Many “Christians” are becoming lawless because of false
doctrines and false grace (once saved, always saved). Teach the whole
truth. Stop picking certain scriptures to suit your false doctrine.
Encourage the members
with the truth. However, preach and teach the whole scriptures. Do not be a
one-sided preacher who only knows about love, mercy, and grace. The Holy Bible
also talks about repentance, holiness, righteousness, purity, sanctification, heaven,
hell, prayer, fasting, and the Holy Spirit.
Balance the gospel. You
have preached about money, faith, mercy, and grace for a long time. It’s
time to preach and teach about holiness, fasting, prayers, righteousness, repentance
from sin, purity of life, and sanctification.
The Church is like a
garden. If you don’t remove the weeds, it will destroy the seeds. Use the
cutlass (the Holy Bible) to eliminate the weeds (sinful behavior). The seeds
(members) will be strong in the Lord if you use the cutlass well.
Like fire, it can burn materials
and cook food. Failure to use the fire to burn the bad materials in the house
will make the room stink. Know how to use the fire (the Holy Bible) to burn harmful
material.
Like gold, we use fire
(heat) to remove the impurities. The fire (the Holy Bible) refines the gold
(the Christian believer). We can use the same fire to prepare delicious meals. Know
how to use the fire, preacher man.
The Holy Spirit is
grieving because you are not using the fire well. You only know how to use the
fire to cook delicious meals. However, you are not using the fire to refine the
gold. The Holy Spirit is grieving because of impurities in the gold (the
Christians in your community).
The Church is a community
of sinners and saints. How do you expect the sinners to repent if you don’t
preach and teach repentance messages? Christ Jesus' first message was repentance
from sin (see Matthew 4:17).
Preach about the dangers
of hell. There are a lot of scriptural references that talk about the danger of
hell and the wrath of God on sinners who remain in their wickedness. Let the
people know about the judgment of God.
Do not water down the
Holy Scriptures. Doing that grieves the Holy Spirit. The Holy Bible is a two-edged
sword (meditate on Hebrews 4:12). Use the Word wisely because the Holy Spirit
is grieving!
I may continue on this
topic in the next article. I encourage you to download my series of books
on the Holy Spirit. The books are free on my blog. Kindly share the link to this article so others can receive the knowledge that
brings deliverance.
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