Originally Posted by
HeRoseFromTheDead
You can't be alive without the spirit; and you don't receive the spirit unless you obey him; and you can't receive the spirit except by faith.
And we are witnesses of these things, and [so is] the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” Acts 5:32
We were given the Holy Spirit when we believe in Christ. To obey the gospel and believe in what Christ has done is obeying God in answer to the poster you are responding to.
Grieving the Holy Spirit to me is seen in Ephesians.....not walking in the below scripture. Not speaking words of grace and having bitterness, wrath, slander, malice, etc. - these all grieve the Holy Spirit within us.
Ephesians 4:29-32 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
[SUP]30 [/SUP] Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
[SUP]31 [/SUP] Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
[SUP]32 [/SUP] Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.