“They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes.”
Ezekiel 6:9, NLT
Hollywood talks about “the force,” but the Bible reveals something far more than that. The Holy Spirit is personal, not something but Someone. Even though He is a Spirit and has all the attributes of God, He also has a personality and can be offended.
- He grieves, Ephesians 4:30
- We can quench His Spirit, 1 Thessalonians 5:19
- He is outraged (some translations say insulted), Hebrews 10:29
It’s also critically important to understand the jealousy of God. Twelve times in the OT we read this about God. (To be jealous can be good, and it can be bad.) Here’s just one verse:
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”
Zechariah 8:2
in the Hebrew the word for jealous means “to become intensely red.” It has the thought of a face becoming flushed with deep emotion. This shows that God truly loves His covenant people. He’s concerned for them.
We find that the Holy Spirit is disturbed by faithlessness.
We can insult Him. We can grieve Him.
God can be hurt by our decision to ignore Him and sin. He’s disturbed by our commitment to anything but Him. This is the essence of idolatry and that hurts Him. God insists that we turn to Him first, and by faith and the power of the Holy Spirit, live under the control of the King.
We can become traitors. Does God weep?
“If we be married to Christ, and He be jealous of us, depend upon it this jealous husband will let none touch His spouse.”
Alaska Bible Teacher 