“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” Ephesians 4:30 (NASB)
When we came to believe in Christ Jesus as our Savior and by faith and grace we were adopted into God’s family, God’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit came to dwell in our heart. We have God with us at all times because He lives in us this way. It is very easy to grieve Him. Sin is as easy as it is wicked and when we sin by thought or action, by commission or omission, God’s Spirit cannot bear it – we have grieved the Holy Spirit. He grieves with sorrow for us because He knows the distress and grief these wrongdoings will cause us in our soul. Our promise: it is by the Holy Spirit we are sealed for the day of redemption. Such grace and love from God are given to us without measure. C. H. Spurgeon preached, “Again, if we neglect prayer; if our closet door is cobwebbed; if we forget to read the Scriptures; if the leaves of our Bible are almost stuck together by neglect; if we never seek to do any good in the world; if we live merely for ourselves and not for Christ, then the Holy Spirit will be grieved.”*
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*Spurgeon, C. H., Sermon No. 278 (1998). 365 Days with Spurgeon (Volume 1) (p. 289). Leominster, UK: Day One Publications.
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