Holy Spirit, Come Fill Me: Part 5 – “What Makes God Sad?” Ephesians 4:30

Ephesians 4:17-32

God has emotions

• God has “regrets” – Genesis 6:6
• God is “brokenhearted” – Hosea 11:8
• God “weeps” – Jeremiah 14:17
• God gets “angry” – 1 Kings 11:9
• God “hates” – Romans 9:13
• God “loves” – John 3:16
• God is “jealous” – Exodus 20:5
• Jesus will “spit people out of his mouth” – Revelation 3:16

Why would God grieve?

• It always boils down to sin
• Genesis 6:6 “And the LORD was sorry that he made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart”
• Israel in Isaiah 63:10 “But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; there fore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.”
• Jesus weeping for Jerusalem in Matthew 23:37
• Look at this passage

How do we know we are grieving the HS?

• Closeness to God takes a hit — James 4:7-10
• The devil has more room to work in us — v 27
• We start to “Rot” — v29

What stops His grieving?

• Obvious answer is we stop sinning and confess sin
• Learn about Jesus — v20
  • Learning builds us up
• Absolutely trust in the Holy Spirit’s power

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