The Gift I. Grieved A. Gods Mercy Limited by Grief. B. No Excuse C. Lack of Interest in God = Grief D. A Jealous God Vexed = An Angry Adversary E. Things A Man Does Can Grieve God. F. Hard Heart = Angry Grief. G. Grace Resisted = God Grieved II. Guaranteed A. A Guide for the Ride- 1. Perfection is the Purpose of The H.S. 2. Growth Intended 3. Intercessor B. H.S. is Grieved at a Lack of Growth- III. Gaining in Grander Conclusion:

1. The Gift
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Rom 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 14:18
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to
you.
John 14:26
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you.
Eph 4:30
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.

2. I. Grieved
A. Gods Mercy Limited by Grief.
Gen 6:3
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always
strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Gen 6:6
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart.
The H.S. is the heart of God.
B. No Excuse
Ps 78:40
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness,
and grieve him in the desert!
They dared him and grieved him. “the desert” is no
excuse to take out the frustration of the flesh on God.

3. C. Lack of Interest in God = Grief
Ps 95:10
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this
generation, and said, It is a people that do err in
their heart, and they have not known my ways:
[Heb 3:10, 17]
D. A Jealous God Vexed = An Angry
Adversary
Isa 63:10
10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and
he fought against them.
E. Things A Man Does Can Grieve God.
Ezek 16:43
43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of
thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things;
behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way
upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou
shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine
abominations.
F. Hard Heart = Angry Grief.

4. Mark 3:5
5 And when he had looked round about on them
with anger, being grieved for the hardness of
their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth
thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand
was restored whole as the other.
G. Grace Resisted = God Grieved
Acts 7:51
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your
fathers did, so do ye.
H.S. was making overtures to the man who was in
the wrong, but he Resisted!
Eph 4:30
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.
II. Guaranteed
A. A Guide for the Ride-

5. 1.Perfection is the Purpose of The H.S.
Eph 2:15
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even
the law of commandments contained in ordinances;
for to make in himself of twain one new man, so
making peace;
2.Growth Intended
1Cor 14:20
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in
understanding be men.
H.S. is interested in developing men, not babysitting
toddlers.
3.Intercessor
Rom 8:26
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for as we
ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Matt 10:20
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of
your Father which speaketh in you.

6. Gal 4:6
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father.
B. H.S. is Grieved at a Lack of Growth-
1Thess 5:19
19 Quench not the Spirit.
2Tim 1:6
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that
thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by
the putting on of my hands.
Eph 1:13
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard
the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:
in whom also after that ye believed, ye were
sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 4:3
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling;

7. Eph 4:11-12
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ:
Heb 11:40
40 God having provided some better thing
for us, that they without us should not be
made perfect.
1Pet 4:10-11
10 As every man hath received the gift,
even so minister the same one to another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of
God.
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let him
do it as of the ability which God giveth: that
God in all things may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Col 1:28

8. 28 Whom we preach, warning every man,
and teaching every man in all wisdom; that
we may present every man perfect in
Christ Jesus:
Eph 4:30
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.
III. Gaining in Grander
Not an expiration date, but an improvement date.
Eph 1:13-14
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom
also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that
holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchased possession, unto
the praise of his glory.
Luke 21:28

9. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass,
then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh.
1Cor 1:30
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption:
Conclusion:
Jas 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of
turning.
‘Don’t bite the hand that feeds you’
Quench not the Spirit.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption.
The Gift
I. Grieved

10. A. Gods Mercy Limited by Grief.
B. No Excuse
C. Lack of Interest in God = Grief
D. A Jealous God Vexed = An Angry Adversary
E. Things A Man Does Can Grieve God.
F. Hard Heart = Angry Grief.
G. Grace Resisted = God Grieved
II. Guaranteed
A. A Guide for the Ride-
1. Perfection is the Purpose of The H.S.
2. Growth Intended
3. Intercessor
B. H.S. is Grieved at a Lack of Growth-
III. Gaining in Grander
Conclusion: