There seems to be a mixing of terms. Also, there may be some minor confusion about something in particular. The LORD Jesus Christ made it plain that there are all manner of sins and blasphemies that can be forgiven. It does not say these can ALWAYS be for given, nor that they necessarily will be forgiven, nor that forgiveness would be given absent repentance.
There may be a point at which the unregenerate sinner has sinned away the time he had to seek God or to be reconciled with God. Further, there are things mentioned that could bring a sinner to a point that has no way back to living a right life, and repenting from the direction of the life of the sinner. Some preachers of the past centuries would say this was "
sinning away the day of grace."
Being reprobate qualifies as such a condition. There are many ways to achieve this status before the LORD, and neither forgiveness nor a return from this condition is considered to be possible.
T H E
BARREN FIG-TREE;
OR,
THE DOOM AND DOWNFALL OF THE FRUITLESS PROFESSOR:
SHOWING, THAT THE DAY OF GRACE MAY BE PAST WITH HIM
LONG BEFORE HIS LIFE IS ENDED;
THE SIGNS ALSO BY WHICH
SUCH MISERABLE MORTALS MAY BE KNOWN.
By J O H N . B U N Y A N.
London, 1688
Barren Fig-Tree - aChristianSpirit
When a soul is made aware of the truth of the scriptures, it is upon him to run from his sin, and run to God in repentance.
THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN;
OR,
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN THAT GETS TO HEAVEN:
TOGETHER WITH THE WAY HE RUNS IN, THE MARKS HE GOES BY;
ALSO,
SOME DIRECTIONS HOW TO RUN SO AS TO OBTAIN.
By J O H N . B U N Y A N.
Heavenly Footman - aChristianSpirit
Another wrong thing being done by society is to obscure these principles from our children, when we remove the fact that a game or race will have a winner. Anyone who is not THE WINNER will be a loser to some degree. Often, there has been honor bestowed upon the next few to finish a race, or those who finish close behind the winner in the competition. However, this newer idea is to keep our children from realizing the consequences of failure in any degree for any pursuit. Full reality of true principles will prevail eventually.
All this is to say that the person concerned with being right in God's eyes will not be slothful, lazy nor careless about seeking the LORD. He will realize there is a Strait Gate to be found and entered. He will realize that few find it, and they that do may try to enter, but not be able.
Matthew 7
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Luke 13
24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
At some point, God will be done with every sinner. Either the sinner will yield, and repent, or the sinner will be cut off. Once cut off, there is no reconciling them to God. It is a legal matter to be handled at the Great White Throne Judgment. There are a multitude of ways that can happen.
I am trying to show
the distinction of these MANY ways people sin away their opportunity to be reconciled with God
from a particular act that immediately seals their doom regardless of what else happens. When all unrepentant and unregenerate sinners are judged at the same judgment, it is easy enough to confuse all the things that happen to secure their individual fates.
When scripture says that all manner of sins and blasphemies may be forgiven, that does not say all people who sin and blaspheme will be forgiven, nor that they can be forgiven at any time. The term "
all manner" means the categories of sin and blasphemy are open to forgiveness outside of this particular category, as stated in
Matt.22.
If you are not able to do a particular thing that is not to be forgiven, it is not in the same category. That is why the treatment of the sin of taking the mark of the Beast. The same thing is true of these people, but that is not something we are even able to do at this point. All the 1900 years since this was described have transpired without this choice being offered to the whole population of the world as a way to escape the wrath of the Beast! To describe all the things that will be done in that time is to open a huge area of discussion that is only part of how we distinguish these categories of sin or sinners.
I trust the LORD can show each of us His truth as we submit to Him.