Our Own Words Can Make Us Miserable | The Power of Your Words | Tony Evans Sermon Clip

let's go a little bit further in chapter 4 verse 30 do not grieve the holy spirit of god by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption here's our word sealed again do not grieve the holy the holy spirit of god by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption he now brings up grieving the seal okay the holy spirit is sealed into the life of every believer he's god's holy spirit the third member of the trinity he says do not grieve him to grieve somebody is to make them sad to grieve somebody is to make them unhappy to grieve somebody is to is to make them cry to grieve somebody is to bring bring that mournful atmosphere into their lives many a parent has been grieved by their child what their child did or been grieved by their mate what their mate did or what their mate said they've been made sad well the holy spirit is a person let me tell you about the per the emotional state of the holy spirit one of our sermons on the holy spirit refers to him as a dove a dove the holy spirit came down upon jesus as a dove let's review doves are very sensitive birds they're extremely sensitive just a look in their direction and they'll go they'll fly off quickly these pure white beautiful doves move quickly away when there is a threat of any kind they don't hang around and see they will to use human language cry quickly when a man says about a woman she's so sensitive a woman says about a man he's so sensitive in other words easily offended easily grieved easily made sad not not not thick-skinned he says do not grieve the holy spirit the holy spirit can be easily grieved he is the sensitive member of the trinity now why is grieving him important when you grieve a person using human terms what you have done is you have broken off the intimacy with that person if you make a person sad they can't be close to you they can't feel like communicating with you you've caused them hurt in pain they want to shy back from you because you've wounded them he says you have a seal this seal is the holy spirit do not make him unhappy do not make him sad so the question is what grieves the holy spirit how do you make him like a dove fly off and fly away well look at verse 29 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 go to now verse 31 let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice be kind to one another tenderhearted forgiving each other just as god in christ also has forgiven you so let me tell you what makes the holy spirit cry what makes the holy spirit mourn what makes the holy spirit sad in all of these verses and you can read verses 25 all the way through to the final verse of this chapter verse 32. grieves the holy spirit is when we use unkind words have malicious thoughts or bitter spirits unkind words malicious thoughts or bitter spirits when those things are operating in the life of the believer the holy spirit has been made sad he says let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth an unwholesome word is a word that brings damage to another person it's profanity cursing a person out it is uh uh offensive language ephesians chapter 5 verse 4 puts it this way he says let there be no filthiness or silly talk or cois-jesting jokes designed to hurt people which are not fitting but rather giving thanks what he is saying is when you use your mouth in cussing or cursing two different words cussing is profanity cursing is where you wish ruin on somebody when you say i wish you were dead you have pronounced a ruinous curse on them when you use humor to hurt so it really wasn't a joke you just made it sound like a joke because the goal was wounding things to make you laugh is not what he's talking about that's sheer humor he's talking about course jesting a joke with sandpaper on it in other words you you are seeking to wound with your words you need to know when you do that you have upset the holy spirit and where is the holy spirit he's sealed in you he says in verse 30 whom you were sealed until the day of redemption many of us need to gargle daily with spiritual mouthwash because we have dirty mouths and dirty speech and denigrating talk and far too many of us that's the way we roll we say we dare say well that's just the way i talk no it's like the lady said to her pastor she said pastor i i got a i got a bad use to my tongue and i want to put my tongue on the altar the pastor said lady lady we don't have an altar that big because she really had a bad mouth or it's like the uh uh the daughter who her father was a pastor and the daughter said darn she used the word don he said what what oh no we don't use that kind of word but to encourage you i'm gonna give you a quarter if you never use the word darn again the daughter looked at her daddy who was a pastor and said well shucks daddy i know some words worth a dollar because a lot of us feel that way a lot of us feel like we can go deeper deeper deeper we compete with the with the worst sailors in how we talk how we put down people even if it's not profanity we seek to hurt with our language and the holy spirit is offended because he's like a dove psalm 109 verses 17 and 18 says when you curse not not cusp but curse that is speak to a person's ruin when you do that you have created a boomerang and he says and it comes back on you so when you go after somebody else and which they're ruined you've actually invited that ruin upon yourself ah that'll make you think twice about what you say right that's why we've got to make sure that we watch our mouths that if we are concerned about our speech when you go to the doctor one of the first things he says is stick out your tongue he's not just looking for things on your tongue he knows that sticking out your tongue will indicate whether there are deeper things going on inside and the way we speak to one another the way husbands speak the wives wives speak to husbands parents the children saints the saints races to races even among christians it is showing by our tongue something much deeper is going on and that is the holy spirit is grieved inside of us he is grieved by bitterness he goes on to say where you intentionally carry around a bit of spirit wrath where you're seeking to hurt somebody else due to your anger you slander people you you try to destroy them with your tongue the absence of kindness to be hard-hearted and cruel mean-spirited and to hold grudges now just forgiveness doesn't mean you've reconciled reconciliation only comes when repentance is there but you must forgive so that you can go on why because you do not want to have a grieved holy spirit locked up inside of you let me say that again you don't want to have a grieved holy spirit sealed within you because you can't get rid of him so every believer has the holy spirit the holy spirit is locked up inside of you he is sealed so when you grieve him where is he going to express his grief inside of you because guess where he is he's inside of you how long is he inside of you tell the day of redemption so he's permanently inside of you which means if you grieve the holy spirit on a regular basis watch this now you are going to be an unhappy christian ah you know why a lot of christians are miserable because they got a mourning holy spirit operating within them the holy spirit's crying every day have you ever seen a wife who cries every day or a child who cries every day mourns every day because of how their loved one speaks to them did you know that a lot of us are living with a crying holy spirit a grieving holy spirit well guess where the holy spirit is he's combined with your human spirit so if you have a grieving holy spirit connected with your human spirit how do you think your soul is going to function you're going to have a miserable soul that's why you can be sitting next to a miserable saint or married to a miserable christian because they have a grieving sad unhappy holy spirit operating within them because of how they are functioning as a christian they're not being filled with the spirit they're not walking with the spirit and they are perpetually living in a spiritual icu intensive care unit because of their spiritual condition people want to know how can you be saved and be this miserable this much for this long because by your tongue or your attitude or your actions you've got a holy ghost crying all the time and if he's sad all the time and i'm using human language of tears to express the grief the sadness so if he's sad and he's sealed in you you're going to be sad so you see this holy spirit thing is not a not a a small thing just the opposite is true however if you make him happy you're gonna be happy by your speech by your attitude by your kindness by your forgiveness then he's smiling your soul is smiling so we can see a new grin on your faith face that's really the joy of the lord it's when the holy spirit settles things down in your soul because he's comfortable with you you can be in a relationship with somebody you're not comfortable with well a lot of christians don't make the holy spirit feel good but that can change simply by addressing what he says beginning in verse 25 to verse 32 of ephesians 4. so you need to read that like read it again and like re-read it again and then after you read it that time read it again so that you're not making the holy spirit sad so that you can be glad and you can free him up to do his work in your life

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Length: 14min 20sec (860 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 10 2020