SENSITIVITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit has a sensitive nature. This means He has feelings that can be affected by the actions of man. Because of the sensitive nature of the Holy Spirit, the Bible warns that you should not:
LIE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT:
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
…Thou has not lied unto me, but unto God. (Acts 5:3-4)
RESIST THE SPIRIT:
Resisting the Holy Spirit is not yielding to Him when He tries to minister in your life:
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
(Acts 7:51)
QUENCH THE SPIRIT:
You quench the Holy Spirit when you refuse to do what the Holy Spirit would have you to do. The word “quench” is used elsewhere in the Bible in reference to putting out a fire. When you quench the Holy Spirit it stops the flow of His power within you. It is like throwing water on a fire. The Bible warns:
Quench not the Spirit. (I Thessalonians 5:19)
GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
Grieving the Holy Spirit is doing something that the Holy Spirit does NOT want us to do.
The Bible warns:
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)
INSULT THE SPIRIT:
You insult the Holy Spirit by going back into sin after you have experienced forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ:
BLASPHEME THE SPIRIT:
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world neither in the world to come. (Matthew 12:31-32)
The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit has been called the “unpardonable sin” because according to this passage it is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness. To blaspheme means to speak abusive words which reject the power of the Holy Spirit as being of God and claim it is of Satan. If a person totally rejects the power of the Holy Spirit then he can never be saved because it is the Holy Spirit which draws sinful men to Jesus Christ.
VEX THE HOLY SPIRIT:
To vex the Holy Spirit means to irritate, annoy, provoke, or make angry. The Holy Spirit is vexed by the disobedience and unbelief of mankind.
But they rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit: therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them. (Isaiah 63:10)
