followHIM - What does it mean to resist the Holy Ghost? • followHIM Favorites • July 10 - July 16

Episode Date: July 6, 2023

Hank Smith and John Bytheway answer a question from this week's Come, Follow Me study.Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): https://followhim.coFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannelThanks to the followHIM team:Shannon Sorensen: Executive Producer, SponsorDavid & Verla Sorensen: SponsorsDr. Hank Smith: Co-hostJohn Bytheway: Co-hostDavid Perry: ProducerKyle Nelson: Marketing, SponsorLisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show NotesJamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic DesignWill Stoughton: Video EditorKrystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, WebsiteAriel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonaldhttps://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com/products/let-zion-in-her-beauty-rise-piano

Hello, my friends. Welcome to another Follow Him Favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the incredible John, by the way. Welcome, John. Thank you, Hank. It comes from Acts chapter 7. There's a moment where Stephen says to the people who are about to kill him, he says, you stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart, you do always resist the Holy Ghost. And the Come Follow Me manual has this question. What do you think it means to resist the Holy Ghost? Oh, it's such a good question. I put in my margin 1 Thessalonians 5.19 where Paul says, Quench not the spirit.

You've got this spirit and you dump cold water on it. You resist the Holy Ghost. And one of my favorite little analogies I heard way back when Elder Bruce Armaconkey said, We come into these congregations, sometimes the speaker brings a jug of living water that has in it many gallons and he pours it out on the congregation, and all the members brought was a single cup, and that's all they took away. And then he said this, or maybe they put their hands over the cup, and they didn't get anything to speak of. I thought, why would you put your hand over the cup? To me, that's an example of resisting the Holy Ghost.

This could make me uncomfortable because I know I need to do better in this area. So I'm going to resist that. Is that what you think that means? I think you're right on there, John. It reminds me of Amulek in Alma chapter 10, verse six. He says, I did harden my heart. I was called many times and I would not hear. Like you said, I put my hand right over the cup. It might be easy for someone today to just zone out on their phone. That would be a way to resist the Holy Ghost, right? I'm not paying attention. I go to church and I'm on my phone for two hours and I go home thinking, well, that didn't give me much. Well, actually, you were the one resisting the Holy Ghost. I'll bet many times as a seminary teacher, you've had a really nice moment is coming or feeling and somebody wants to spoil it.

And you think, don't do that. That's just a great moment. And sometimes I wonder if that could mean the same thing. So good counsel, don't resist it. This is the best friend you could possibly have is the Holy Ghost. And right here in chapter seven, they resist the Holy Ghost. They had crucified the Savior.

They now kill Stephen. You don't want to resist the Spirit over and over and over. You might get to a place where you're doing things you never thought you'd do. You would never do that. The Holy Ghost would try to warn you against. So, boy, and then the moment the Spirit acts, it was President Monson's strength. He'd get a prompting and he would just do it. I need to be more like that. He would act. He wouldn't resist. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you

get your podcasts. We're with Dr. Casey Griffiths this week. You'll love what he has to say about these chapters. And then join us back here for another Follow Him Favorites.