Grieving and Quenching the Holy Spirit

1 Thessalonians 5:19 (KJV) Quench not the Spirit.
Meaning of the word Quench:    Extinguish (a fire)
                                                         Put out, snuff out, smother.
Greek meaning:to extinguish, quench of fire or things on fire to be quenched,  to quench, to suppress, stifle of divine influence. 
Hebrew meaning:to quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished to be quenched, be extinguished to quench, extinguish.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (KJV)4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

9 gifts of the Spirit:

1. Wisdom
2. Knowledge
3. Discernment
4. Faith
5. Healing
6. Working Miracles
7. Prophecy
8. Tongues
9. Interpretation of tongues.   

If you are blessed with any of these gifts, never hold them back. You quench the Spirit (suppress the fire) when you do. Always flow in obedience to His word, move when He speaks. Let the gift of faith move, take the first step, then the Lord will take the next one! 

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

Meaning of grieve: to afflict, grieve, suffer, cause grief,

1. 1.  grieved, grieving to grieve to cause grief, cause sorrow.
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   3. To understand what it means to grieve the Spirit, we must first understand that this indicates the Spirit possesses personality. Only a person can be grieved; therefore, the Spirit must be a divine person in order to have this emotion. Once we understand this, we can better understand how He is grieved, mainly because we too are grieved.  
   4. Ephesians 4:30 tells us that we should not grieve the Spirit. We grieve the Spirit by living like the pagans (4:17-19), by lying (4:25), by being angry (4:26-27), by stealing (4:28), by cursing (4:29), by being bitter (4:31), by being unforgiving (4:32), and by being sexually immoral (5:3-5). To grieve the Spirit is to act out in a sinful manner, whether it is in thought only or in both thought and deed.
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      Both quenching and grieving the Spirit are similar in their effects. Both hinder a godly lifestyle. Both happen when a believer sins against God and follows his or her own worldly desires. The only correct road to follow is the road that leads the believer closer to God and purity, and farther away from the world and sin. Just as we do not like to be grieved, and just as we do not seek to quench what is good—so we should not grieve or quench the Holy Spirit by refusing to follow His leading. Amen!