The Spirit of God is Not Silenced

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these His doings? do not My words do good to him that walketh uprightly? – Micah 2:6,7

The Spirit of the Lord is not straightened by the commands of men; for we find that the people said to their prophets, “Prophesy ye not.” When men spoke in the name of God, these people had grown so besotted, through their evil doings, that they bade them hold their tongues. They did not want to hear any more about God; they had given Him up; and they wished to have no more to do whit Him. What was said by the prophets was unpleasant. It provoked unhappy memories; it made them think of things that they would rather forget; so they said to the prophets, “Prophesy ye not.” “Here comes in the question of the text. These men speak under the impulse of the Spirit of God. What think you? Is the Spirit of the Lord to be straitened, shut up, put down, silenced, by the commands of men? They thought so; they thought that they had only to say to these men of God, “Be quiet. If you speak again, we will put you in prison, or we will banish you, or we will cut off your heads.” By those means they thought to stifle the voice of the Spirit of God, and make Him dumb in their midst. The question comes, “Have you done it? Can you do it? Is the Spirit of the Lord straitened?”

Beloved friends, this can never be. The Spirit of God is not straitened; for any man in whom He dwells must speak. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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