Christ’s Sake

“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:30-32)

God, for Christ’s sake, forgave us.

Christ, for our sake, died for us.

The Holy Spirit, for everyone’s sake, seals us unto redemption.

And what is being asked of us? Do away with evil speaking, be tenderhearted and forgiving with one another. Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit.

What is the Holy Spirit? What else could it be but the essence and attributes of God? It is righteousness. Therefore it is unrighteousness, or sin, that grieves the Holy Spirit.

Bill Hitchcock