Ephesians 4: 30: "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." The Holy Spirit is a person who can be grieved. What is it that grieves Him? It is the offenses that have been listed. When a Christian lies, it grieves the Holy Spirit. When a Christian has impure thoughts, it grieves the Holy Spirit. What happens when any person is grieved? It breaks the fellowship. The Holy Spirit will not work in your life when you have grieved Him, when fellowship with Him has been broken. “Whereby ye are sealed”--- this tells us that we can grieve the Holy Spirit, but we cannot grieve Him completely away, because we are sealed in Him. How wonderful this is! You were sealed in the Holy Spirit at the moment you became a new creation in Christ. What an amazing gift we have received! “Unto the day of redemption”—He seals you until the day when He will present you to the Lord Jesus Christ. A believer cannot unseal His work which continues to the day of redemption, but the believer may grieve Him. Take great comfort in this promise.
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