1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
IMHO if someone has committed the unforgivable sin their heart and conscious would be so seared and empty the farthest thing from their mind would be praying to God. To them the only purpose for the word "God" is as a curse word.1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
If the individual confesses their sin, then it means that they no longer are blaspheming the Holy Spirit - otherwise they would not believe that they were sinning. Once they realise what they've done and repent, God will forgive them. It helps to remember that God is far more gracious and merciful than we are.1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
The unpardonable sin is rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit, calling it the false testimony of someone/something else.If the individual confesses their sin, then it means that they no longer are blaspheming the Holy Spirit - otherwise they would not believe that they were sinning. Once they realise what they've done and repent, God will forgive them. It helps to remember that God is far more gracious and merciful than we are.
I know what it is. In context, (very important) it is calling the work of God the work of the devil. If you quit blaspheming, then you are no longer sinning. Remember the apostle Paul? He hated the gospel so much that he murdered those who preached it. God forgave him.The unpardonable sin is rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit, calling it the false testimony of someone/something else.
You can't be saved without the Holy Spirit, so rejecting him locks you up in condemnation.
Yes, if you quit rejecting the testimony of the Holy Spirit, you can be saved.I know what it is. In context, (very important) it is calling the work of God the work of the devil. If you quit blaspheming, then you are no longer sinning. Remember the apostle Paul? He hated the gospel so much that he murdered those who preached it. God forgave him.
So the Apostle Paul could not be saved. BummerMat_12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
That is why it is unforgiveable---Jesus said so, it is His call, not ours. They are unable to repent. They have grieved away the Holy Spirit, and are no longer able to come to repentance as it is the Holy Spirit that brings us to repentance, without it, we are not able to come to repentance.
So the Apostle Paul could not be saved. Bummer
What has Paul got to do with this? He had not grieved away the Holy Spirit or he would not have believed his vision and followed after God. If you are able to repent, you still have the Holy Spirit---if you don't have it, you can't repent.
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
It's a very specific sort of calling the work of God the work of the devil, though, as the statements serve as warning of what the Pharisee's were approaching. It is not merely misappropriation of credit, but conviction that spiritual wonders wrought by the Holy Spirit are in fact the devil's work. Whether this is something that can be recovered from and regretted is speculative at best, but the text says it will not be forgiven. Likely it is that it is a sin that sears the conscience and removes sensitivity to the things of God entirely rendering true conviction and confession of sins an impossibility, but in any case we know that it will not be forgiven.I know what it is. In context, (very important) it is calling the work of God the work of the devil. If you quit blaspheming, then you are no longer sinning. Remember the apostle Paul? He hated the gospel so much that he murdered those who preached it. God forgave him.
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." Well what if someone who commits the unpardonable sin confesses their sin?
If you want to be precise, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is attributing the work of the Holy Spirit to demons. This was a big issue at one time before Pentecostalism became mainstream. Some were saying that speaking in tongues is of the devil, for example. Some of those people, including the pastor of a church I attended, had a change of heart and repented. He began preaching the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as a separate experience - quite a change for a Baptist. Did God forgive him? I say yes. The Blasphemy ceases, so why would God continue to withhold forgiveness? God is far more gracious and merciful than many people believe Him to be.Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the deliberate and persistent repudiation of Jesus’ saving work. It occurs when an individual willfully and obstinately resists the Spirit’s testimony to Christ and His salvation and grace.
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is committed only in the context of an attitude of persistent unbelief and open hostility toward Jesus. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is not a single episode; it is a determined way of life.
No, you don't know that. Forgiveness is available when the individual quits blaspheming.It's a very specific sort of calling the work of God the work of the devil, though, as the statements serve as warning of what the Pharisee's were approaching. It is not merely misappropriation of credit, but conviction that spiritual wonders wrought by the Holy Spirit are in fact the devil's work. Whether this is something that can be recovered from and regretted is speculative at best, but the text says it will not be forgiven. Likely it is that it is a sin that sears the conscience and removes sensitivity to the things of God entirely rendering true conviction and confession of sins an impossibility, but in any case we know that it will not be forgiven.
If we take the words of Jesus seriously, we know it. He said "any blasphemy and sin can be forgiven. But blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven." There's no wiggle room, it will not be forgiven.No, you don't know that. Forgiveness is available when the individual quits blaspheming.