Do not grieve The Holy Spirit and do not quench The Holy Spirit!
You and I are meant to be examples to those around us as being led by The Holy Spirit. Paul qualifies this walk by explaining what grieving The Holy Spirit entails.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 4:
25 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.
26 But don’t let the passion of your emotions lead you to sin! Don’t let anger control you or be fuel for revenge, not for even a day.
27 Don’t give the slanderous accuser, the Devil, an opportunity to manipulate you! 28 If any one of you has stolen from someone else, never do it again. Instead, be industrious, earning an honest living, and then you’ll have enough to bless those in need.
29 And never let ugly or hateful words come from your mouth, but instead let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them.
30 The Holy Spirit of God has sealed you in Jesus Christ until you experience your full salvation. So never grieve the Spirit of God or take for granted his Holy influence in your life.
We grieve Him when we have wrong desires, wrong actions, wrong attitudes, when we participate with the inferior, or when we participate with evil in any way.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Thessalonians chapter 5:
19 Do not quench the Holy Spirit.
In other Words, never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit. The word quench means: to extinguish, of fire or things on fire, to suppress, stifle of Divine influence.
You and I have the ability to suppress, stop the flow, the operation of The Holy Spirit in our lives, so don’t! We are to walk in full surrender of The Holy Spirit. In essence, we are to walk in both the character and power of The Holy Spirit.
Jesus never grieved or quenched The Holy Spirit during His earthly ministry. He lived as a man dependent on God. What was the result?
The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 21:
24 I, John, am that disciple who has written these things to testify of the Truth, and we know that what I’ve documented is accurate.
25 Jesus did countless things that I haven’t included here. And if every one of His works were written down and described one by one, I suppose that the world itself wouldn’t have enough room to contain the books that would have to be written!
Jesus expects a similar impact of the New Testament believer. He stated in John chapter 14:
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
13 And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-
17 the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
As we walk in the character and power of The Holy Spirit, we will do the greater works IN HIM and our works will glorify THE FATHER.