How Can the Holy Spirit be Sinned Against?
The Bible warns of six sins one can commit against the Holy Spirit. Some of them can only be committed by nonbelievers, while others could be committed by believers. 1) Lying to the Spirit. “These people draw near to me with their mouth.. .but their hearts are far from me.” (Isaiah 29:13) Lying to the Holy Spirit means to pretend to be something you are not-to go through the motions of the Christian life without really meaning it in your heart of hearts. 2) A believer can grieve the Holy Spirit. “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” (Ephesions 4:30,31) Grieving the Holy Spirit means to make sad or sorrowful. When we allow bitterness to poison our lives or we slander others, we are grieving the Holy Spirit. 3) A believer can quench the Holy Spirit. “Do not quench the Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 5: 19) Quenching suggests extinguishing
