1st Thessalonians 5:19 and what it means to All People?

1^st Thessalonians 5:19 and what it means to All People?

By: Anthony Joseph Hopkins/ March 6, 2020

        Praise The Lord Saints!!  Praise The Lord Everyone!!  How are you doing today?  Fine, I hope.  I would like to ask everyone a very important question.  What does 1^st Thessalonians 5:19 Mean?

 The word quench means to put out as of a fire.  The word quench also means to drown.  I want to say that for 18 years, I was solely responsible for quenching my Holy Spirit by drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.  I am beginning to realize that my Holy Spirit, which is inside of me, is very important.  It enables me to know the truth from Jesus Christ.  I will admit that I was hearing voices that were not the Holy Spirit for the past 10 years.

Next, I want to inform all of you that it is not very easy hearing voices that are not the Holy Spirit.  This actually means that you are losing your mind.  I know that; the voices that I have heard for 10 years were principalities, and powers.  I know that I was not aware that I was hearing voices.

I know that it is not very easy hearing something that consists of curse words, and other vulgarities that are from an unknown spirit.  I know that this is not very easy to deal with right now.  During the time that I was involved in active addiction, I was putting out the Spirit’s Fire.  I know that I still have a whole lot to learn.  I still have a very long way to go in my Christian Walk right now. 

Further, I want to say that I love people.  I love everything that God has created with His Word.  Everything was spoken from the Mouth of God.  He even knew my own existence.  He knew me when I was inside of my Mother’s womb.  He knows everything about me more than man himself.  If someone tells you that they know all about you, they are telling a lie.  If this person knew me, then, they would actually know my own existence.  Back to the subject at hand, I was smothering my Holy Spirit by drinking beer and wine on a daily basis for 18 years. 

Moreover, I want to inform all of you that my life has not been very easy growing up in the streets of Dayton, Ohio.  My mother and my stepfather used to drink alcohol on a daily basis.  I did not know any better because I actually started drinking at an early age.  My own family members do not even know exactly what I was doing at the time.  I have kept things to myself.  I rarely drunk anything in front of my younger siblings.  I did not like for my nieces and nephews to drink alcohol. 

In Addition, I was responsible for quenching my Holy Spirit by drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.  This is the truth because I graduated from high school 3 years late.  I was solely responsible for being a Juvenile Delinquent.  I will admit that I was anti-social by all means.  At that time, from 1979 -1986, I was very anti-social.  I was a follower of the streets.  I did whatever the world was doing.  I am telling the truth because I do not want my nieces and nephews to follow my footsteps in life.

Also, I want to inform all of you that I earned bad grades in school.  I really hated math.  I hated authority.  I want to inform all of you that my nieces and nephews are following my footsteps.  Therefore, this message is for them.  This message is for everyone who is living in darkness by choice.  It is not very easy for people to attend church, and adhere to the New Covenant.  I know that there a millions of people are getting tattoos and piercings on their bodies.  This is very sad!!  God does not like it when we defile and destroy our own bodies.

Finally, the Holy Spirit is very important to all of us.  The Holy Spirit that is inside of all of us, is solely responsible for helping us.  The Holy Spirit is not supposed to be quenched over our own foolishness.  Please take care of yourselves.  God loves you and so do I.

Faithfully Submitted,

Anthony Joseph Hopkins