The Apostle Paul warned us about grieving The Holy Spirit!
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the Life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
In other Words, Paul relates to us with the Wisdom given directly to him from the Lord, we should not live like the unbelievers around us who walk in their empty delusions. Their corrupted logic has been clouded because their hearts are so far from God—their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness keeps them from the true knowledge of God. Because of spiritual apathy, they surrender their lives to lewdness, impurity, and sexual obsession.
Apathy is a lack of interest, emotion, or motivation that can affect a person’s behavior and ability to engage with the world around them in a spiritual sense.
20 But you have not so learned Christ,
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the Truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and Holiness.
25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak Truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
26 “Be angry, and do not sin“: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
27 nor give place to the devil.
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Notice that we must act in putting away all sin and unrighteousness. We are not to be passive, apathetic, and indifferent. It takes our full commitment to correct our thoughts and actions.
It is critical for us to align ourselves with The Holy Spirit Who is The Personal Representative of GOD on earth. Paul warns us:
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by Whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. *****
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. Be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with Him! For God has re-created you all over again in His perfect righteousness, and you now belong to Him in the realm of true Holiness. So, discard every form of dishonesty and lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the Truth, for we all belong to one another.
It is up to each of us to not grieve The Holy Spirit! Do not limit His ministry in your life.
Before Stephen’s death, he spoke by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 7:
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
Paul, by The Holy Spirit, also warned us in 1st Timothy chapter 4:
1 The Holy Spirit has explicitly revealed: At the end of this age, many will depart from the true faith one after another, devoting themselves to spirits of deception and following demon-inspired revelations and theories.
2 Hypocritical liars will deceive many, and their consciences won’t bother them at all!
Do not depart from reliance on The Holy Spirit as many will in these last days!