The Awe of God by John Bevere
Week 7: What Grieves God
Read Chapters 16–18 of The Awe of God. Key passages: Ephesians 4:30; Isaiah 63:10; Hebrews 3:7–11.
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A person who truly fears God will be deeply attentive to what grieves Him — these chapters move from abstract reverence to the very practical question of how our daily choices affect the heart of God.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bevere takes seriously the biblical language of grieving and quenching the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30; 1 Thessalonians 5:19). What does it say about the nature of God that He can be grieved? How does this truth affect the way you think about your daily choices?
2.Bevere lists specific behaviors in Ephesians 4 that grieve the Spirit — unwholesome talk, bitterness, anger, slander, malice. Are you more inclined to take these seriously as 'big sins,' or do you treat them as relatively minor? How might the fear of God recalibrate your view?
3.Bevere discusses Israel's repeated pattern of grieving God in the wilderness (Hebrews 3; Psalm 95), and how their hardened hearts were connected to a loss of holy fear. What warning does Israel's story carry for the contemporary church — and for you personally?
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