Understanding The Person Of The Holy Spirit – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega 

Ephesians 4:30 (KJV); And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Corrupt words grieve the Holy Spirit. 

In Colossians 4:6, the Bible says, ‘Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.’

The Message Version of this scripture renders it thus, ‘Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.’

There have been many instances when Christians have said the vilest things about fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord. I’ve been in ministry long enough to see some men die from stab wounds resulting from words spoken against them. Most unfortunately, some of these words have been spoken from the pulpit itself by men of God, either against other ministers or against their own church members.

The reason why some struggle to demonstrate the Spirit is because they have breached this principle countless times. They think they can corrupt others with their speech and still experience the manifestation of the Spirit. How can you hate a brother you see and claim to love a God you do not see?(1 John 4:20). When you grieve a brother or sister, you grieve the Spirit in him or her too. 

The reason we preach grace is because every communication of the Spirit of God ministers grace because He seeks to edify men and not to corrupt them.

Purpose to be kind in your speech. It is part of the virtue that must flow out of you because you know God. 

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 4:6, 1 John 4:20

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The reason we preach grace is because every communication of the Spirit of God ministers grace because He seeks to edify men and not to corrupt them.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I receive it in humility, it works in me to bear fruit that abides forever. My lips minister grace to my hearers. I am conscious that the same Spirit in me is the Spirit in my fellow brothers and sisters of the faith.This consciousness defines my language, speech and attitude towards a fellow believer. In Jesus’ name, Amen