1365. "Grieve Not, Quench Not, Resist Not"
"Grieve Not, Quench Not, Resist Not"
The Mission of the Indwelling Spirit (2Co_3:18).
Grieve Not the Spirit (Eph_4:30).
The Mission of the Enduing Spirit (Act_1:8).
Quench Not the Spirit (1Th_5:19).
The Mission of the Convicting Spirit (Joh_16:8).
Resist Not the Spirit (Act_7:51).
The Holy Spirit has a threefold mission. He is sent to indwell the believer, He is sent to endue the believer, and He is sent to convict the unbeliever.
Individuals may express a threefold attitude toward the Holy Spirit.
Believers may grieve Him, and quench Him; and unbelievers may resist Him.
There is, of course, another attitude which believers and unbelievers also may take toward the Holy Ghost. Instead of grieving Him, they may please Him; instead of quenching Him, they may yield to Him and obey Him; instead of resisting Him, they may open their hearts and receive Him.
The first two divisions will discuss how the Holy Spirit indwells the believer, with the express purpose of transforming his life into the image of Christ, and how the believer may grieve Him.
The third and fourth divisions will discuss how the Holy Spirit desires to serve and magnify Christ through the lives of His children; and how the believer may quench Him.
The fifth and sixth divisions will show how the Spirit deals with the unsaved, seeking to bring to them the knowledge of the crucified and risen Lord, and how the unbeliever may resist Him.
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR