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圣经中包含了关于使圣灵忧伤和阻碍祂工作的警告。

亚拿尼亚和撒非喇欺哄了教会和圣灵。（参徒 5:1-10）他们卖掉了一块田产，保留了部分价银，把剩下的部分给了教会。当然，这本身并不是一件坏事，但后来他们对这份礼物撒了谎，说他们把所有的钱都捐了出去。他们想让人们被他们的慷慨所打动。但他们的欺骗是无法回避的。如果我们对神做出虚假的承诺，假装自己是在跟随圣灵，甚至是在吹嘘，我们就会陷入危险的假冒为善之中。

我们若跟随自己的私欲，就会息灭或压制圣灵。我们若不跟随圣灵的带领，就会抵制圣灵的火。我们可以拒绝按照神的心意使用圣灵预备好的恩赐。但如果我们做了这样的事情，我们怎么能指望自己成为对神忠心和有用之人呢？

我们也会因为悖逆神，随心所欲地行事而使圣灵忧伤。（参赛 63:10）我们可能会固执和刻薄。可能会缺乏善良和怜悯之心，可能带着苦毒和愤怒行事。也可能是病态的和不道德的。

我们怎样才能保护自己不受这些破坏性方式的影响呢？我们可以请求圣灵每天充满我们，引导我们，使我们能够与祂步调一致地生活。这样，神就能以奇妙的方式使用我们。

The Bible includes warnings about grieving the Spirit and hindering his work.

Ananias and Sapphira lied to the church and the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:1-10). They sold a piece of property, kept some of the money, and gave the rest to the church. That wasn't a bad thing, of course, but then they lied about their gift, saying they donated all of the money from the sale. They wanted people to be impressed by their generosity. But they could not get away with their deception. If we make a false commitment to God, pretending we are following the Spirit and even bragging about it, we fall into dangerous hypocrisy.

Following our own selfish desires, we can quench or suppress the Spirit. We can dampen the Spirit's fire by not following the Spirit's leading. We can refuse to use the gifts of the Spirit when they are available. But if we do things like that, how can we expect to be faithful and useful to God?

We can also grieve the Spirit by rebelling against God and doing as we please (see Isaiah 63:10). We can be stubborn and mean-spirited. Instead of being kind and compassionate, we can act with bitterness and anger. We can be unwholesome and immoral.

How can we protect ourselves from these destructive ways? We can ask the Holy Spirit to fill us and guide us each day so that we can live in step with him. Then God can use us in wonderful ways.