Quenching The Spirit

God is sovereign, meaning that he acts independently of outside forces and that his will cannot not be resisted. But, in his sovereignty, God has determined that man is allowed free will as seen in John 1:11, "He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him."

This means that God allows man the right and the ability to actually "quench the Spirit" (1Thess 5:19).  Not to say that man can stop the spirit from acting in the worldly or accomplishing His ends, but man can quench or resist the Spirit from working on and in his own heart. As Revelation 3:20 reveals, the Spirit of The Lord "knocks on the door," not knocks it down. 

God's sovereignty allows him to force his will upon us but his love offers us a choice. The right to accept or reject his will in our lives is both a great privilege and a grave responsibility. We can choose to accept the grace that allows us to become new creations (2 Cor 5:17) or we can choose to remain "without hope and without God in the world" (Eph 2:12).

The choice is yours.  The Bible pleads with you, "do not quench the Spirit" (1 Thess 5:19), but God allows you to decide on life in the spirit or death in the flesh. What are you doing with that choice?

Jus' Askn.