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Bible Meditation No. 1772
🔆 AATHAVAN
— Sunday, 14.12.2025
God has not called us for
impurity but in holiness. Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting
man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. (1 Thessalonians 4:7–8)
The Bible declares that our
God is holy. Since we are His children, He desires that we live holy lives just
as He is holy. The apostle Peter reminds us of this by quoting from Leviticus: “You
shall be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:16; Leviticus 11:45; 19:2)
Yes, beloved, it is God’s
will that we become holy like Him. We read: “For this is the will of God,
your sanctification.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3)
However, God knows that in
our human weakness, we cannot live such a holy life by our own strength. That
is why He has given us the Holy Spirit—to lead us in the path of holiness. It
is essential that we listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. If we fail to
listen and walk in obedience, we are not merely resisting the Spirit, but dishonouring
God Himself who gave us His Spirit. This is exactly what the apostle Paul
teaches us in today’s verse: “Therefore, the one who rejects this is not
rejecting man, but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.”
Furthermore, the risen Lord
Jesus told His disciples that they would receive power from the Holy Spirit to
live as effective witnesses for Him:
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even
to the remotest part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
Beloved, God has called us
not to impurity but to holiness. He desires that we live as His witnesses. For
this very purpose, He has given us the Holy Spirit as our Helper. Therefore, if
we disregard Him, we are dishonouring not a human being, but God who gave us
His Holy Spirit. Did not Jesus Himself warn us? — “Therefore, I say to you,
any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the
Spirit shall not be forgiven.”
(Matthew 12:31)
Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
is not only speaking or acting disrespectfully against Him; living in
disobedience to His leading is itself dishonoring the Holy Spirit. Therefore,
let us choose to live in reverence and obedience, never despising the Holy
Spirit.

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