Quenching

This is generally applies to “quenching the Spirit” (1 Thess. 5:1919Quench not the Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)). The word means to “put out,” like a lamp (Matt. 25:88And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. (Matthew 25:8)) or candle. Any arrangement that stops or prevents the action of the Holy Ghost in a Christian assembly would come under this head. Grieving the Spirit is somewhat different, and consists in a line or course of conduct with which He cannot go.