3284 Holy Spirit, resisting

The work of the Holy Spirit can be resisted through disobedience and unbelief.

Scriptural images of resisting the Holy Spirit

Grieving the Spirit Isa 63:10; Eph 4:30

Resisting the Spirit Ac 7:51 See also Ge 6:3; Ac 6:9-10

Blaspheming against the Spirit Mk 3:29 pp Mt 12:31 pp Lk 12:10 See also Heb 10:29

Quenching the Spirit 1Th 5:19

Lying to the Spirit Ac 5:3

Testing the Spirit Ac 5:9

Ways in which the Holy Spirit is resisted

Through sin Gal 5:17 See also Eph 4:30-31

Through rebellion Ps 106:33 See also Isa 63:10

Through hardness of heart Zec 7:12 See also Ac 7:51

Through spiritual blindness 1Co 2:14

See also