What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

RaymondG · Feb 21, 2017

Jim Langston said:
The other day in the forum Gifts of the Spirit someone suggested that either the abilities I have, or the memories of them, were from the devil. If this is not exactly blasphemy of tbe holy spirit it was extremely close to it, and I put them on ignore so I wouldn't have to hear it. I think the only reason they would do this was because they were not aware of what blasphamy of the holy spirit is.

There are certain ministers on T.V. who supposedly faith heal, and it would be blashamy of the holy spirit to say they are healing from power of the devil. However, I don't believe stating that they are charletons is blasphamy.

Yeah I remember. Didnt understand why she did that without saying why...Made me lose respect....not because of the validity of the statements...but to accuse on a public forum and leave the thousands of viewer clueless as to why the accusations were made. Well dont be discouraged, God has even greater gifts for you...he is preparing you with this criticism... When you are able to take the criticism with the same acceptance (or un-acceptance) and internal stability as the positive comments you will be able to do even greater things in the future.

I guess for the people who may already be blaspheming unknowingly, it is best that the way to do so is discussed.........not that anyone is going to agree on the act, but it couldnt hurt.

BeStill&Know · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

Mark 3:28-30: "Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemes will be forgiven for the sons of men. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.

Widlast · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

It is attributing the actions of God, the Holy Spirit, to Satan. Not exactly easy to do.
In other words, Bob sees God act in someone's life, Bob then jumps to the conclusion that Satan was the cause of the action.
(apologies to all Bobs).

Winken · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

Failure to listen to the Holy Spirit's calling that you should accept Jesus as your Savior. Rejecting that calling for your entire life, right on through death. That's it.

Get with it: Romans 10:8-13.

marineimaging · Feb 21, 2017

I don't think any true Christian is guilty of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit because we are seeking to understand and follow God. Even when we fail, that we turn away from our sins and try again and again and seek God and seek to be pleasing to Christ and try over and over again, I don't see blasphemy. That out of the way, people like those who openly and intentionally deny Christ, deny God, deny good, deny all that we try to stand for, spew hatred knowing it is hatred and reveling in it, that is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Those who flip off and curse and kill and spew hatred KNOWING they are doing it against Christ, that is blasphemy. If you have to ask, you can be pretty sure your aren't.

Episaw · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is to call something that he does a work of satan. Nothing more and nothing less.

Your Alli · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

Take a second with me ...

The bible is written given an account of men who served God and the events that occurred.

Each male that served God had a mother, or basically some female that was important to them, thereby important to God.

Now Christ whose earthly name is Jesus, fulfilled all that was written regarding Him (The Lord) by giving us words from God Himself.

So Christ fulfilled all that humanity couldn't, while honoring all men who served God, also honoring all the females that was also important, yet not mentioned biblically.

So blasphemy against the words given to us by Christ i.e the Gospels will never be forgiven.

Simply put, once a human being uses these words from the Gospel ... Words of God given to us by Christ, and that human has a complete understanding of that which he/she spoken ...leave them be ...

Your Alli

1stcenturylady · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
If your a Christian and think you've committed the unforgivable sin, you havn't.

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw """all""" men unto me.

(Jesus was crucified & will draw """ALL""" to Himself)

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

(Jesus say's after His resurrection & ascension He will send the Comforter/Holy Spirit)

8 And when he is come, he will reprove (will convict) the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

(The Comforter/Holy Spirit will reprove/convict/reveal our sin/righteousness & judment)

John 8:24 Jesus said; ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued "UNBELIEF". There is no pardon for a person who dies in "UNBELIEF".

John 3:18 But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(Unbelievers in the only begotten Son """ARE (already-right now) & WILL be CONDEMNED""")

Don't Believe =
NON-BELIEVERS= """UNBELIEF""" will face the wrath of God"

"""UNBELIEF""" is the only UNFORGIVEABLE SIN.

A full pardon for every sin is available to anyone that will:

Accept God's undeserved grace: Place your faith in the sacrificial sin atoning death, burial & resurrection of Jesus the Christ.

Romans 10:
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

HERES WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MOMENT YOU ACCEPT CHRIST:
Eph 1:3 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed ""ye were sealed with that holy Spirit''" of promise
(WHATS THE "GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION"? AFTER YOU BELIEVED IN THE SIN ATONING DEATH, BURIAL & RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. YOU WERE - "PAST TENSE"" SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT)

14 Which is the down payment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession
(YOUR SALVATION WAS SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT & IS GUARANTEED BY GOD. AT THE MOMENT YOU PLACED YOUR FAITH/BELIEF/TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST)

Tim 1:14 The Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you
(BELIEVERS ARE GIVEN THE HOLY SPIRIT> AS A DEPOSIT & A GUARD)

2 cor 1:22 Who hath also "sealed us" & "given the earnest" of the Holy Spirit in our hearts
(EARNEST = DOWN PAYMENT! UNTIL WE REVEIVED OUR NEW GLORIFIED BODY)
Eph 1:
13 salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were "sealed" with that holy Spirit of promise,
(BELIEVERS SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT)

2 Cor 5:5 God, who also hath given unto us the "earnest" of the Spirit
(EARNEST = A SALVATION DOWN PAYMENT! UNTIL WE REVEIVED OUR NEW GLORIFIED BODY)

Thanks, one of your references was a verse I've been looking for for a long time. LOL

ronandcarol · Feb 21, 2017

When you totally refuse the convicting of the Holy Spirit to repent. when you absolutely do not want anything to do with Jesus or God or any of it. when you totally don't give a damn about Jesus or God or anything at all to do with your salvation. If you refuse....then the Holy Spirit cannot help you!
ronandcarol

Presbyterian Continuist · Feb 21, 2017

Jim Langston said:
The other day in the forum Gifts of the Spirit someone suggested that either the abilities I have, or the memories of them, were from the devil. If this is not exactly blasphemy of tbe holy spirit it was extremely close to it, and I put them on ignore so I wouldn't have to hear it. I think the only reason they would do this was because they were not aware of what blasphamy of the holy spirit is.

There are certain ministers on T.V. who supposedly faith heal, and it would be blashamy of the holy spirit to say they are healing from power of the devil. However, I don't believe stating that they are charletons is blasphamy.

Firstly, healing evangelists are not faith healers. Faith does not heal anyone. Jesus heals as the result of a preacher obeying His command to "heal the sick".

Secondly, there are only two spirits that motivate people. There is no middle ground. Either it is the Holy Spirit motivating true believers in Christ, or it is another spirit motivating unbelievers. A genuine believer follow the command of Jesus to heal the sick is never a charlatan. A charlatan is someone who is false and knows he is false, not a ministry who sincerely believes he has a healing ministry.
Therefore, to call a Christian healing ministry trusting Jesus to heal people, whether it looks successful or not, a charlatan is the same as saying that he is operating from a spirit that is not of God, in other words, the devil (in some form or another), and therefore if it is not blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, it is pretty close to it.

The safest thing to do is to give all Christian healing ministries the benefit of the doubt so that one is kept safe from the kick back of touching one of God's anointed ministries.

Presbyterian Continuist · Feb 21, 2017

alucardr said:
It's dying in a state of unrepentant mortal sin, rejecting God's mercy.

That would be an unbeliever, rejecting Jesus Christ as his Saviour.

UpandDown · Feb 21, 2017

AJTruth said:
What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

REJECTING HIM.

1stcenturylady · Feb 22, 2017

Ken Rank said:
I am not arguing, I am just wanting to understand why you have taken a position that it is bad to talk about sin when God defines it in the same manner. Just confusing, that's all. I won't bother you again!

I feel bad for you. I for one didn't see you arguing, just defending yourself from being blind-sided. And certainly nothing you said was telling people how to sin. That was a false witness, so don't worry about it though I know it can hurt. You didn't deserve it.

Dan61861 · Feb 22, 2017

The Holy Spirit is declaring Christ to us. He reveals the Lord to the Lost. He convicts a sinner of unrighteousness. The Holy Spirit GLORIFIES CHRIST!

Jn 16:14-15 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things theat the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.

Jn 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

Jn 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.

The Holy Spirit was glorifying Christ in Mat 12, He was Testifying Christ was the Son of God by miricles. The actions of the Pharisees denied both, Christ’s glory and Christ divinity.

The Pharisees were denying Christ!

Now I do understand that the Holy Spirit does much more than this. He empowers us, regenerates us, teaches us, sanctifies us, fills us, leads us, produces fruit in us, yet none of that happens without coming to the knowledge of Christ.

There is a point, in a man’s life where he is given over to his sin. Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; What knowledge are they rejecting…Jesus! Gen 6:3 My Spirit will not always strive with man… We do know that God’s Spirit has been with man throughout the ages, Moses, Elijah, Elisha, David, John the Baptist and now the church. After the resurrection, His Spirit was poured out Acts 2:7. No one knows, how many times the Holy Spirit will declare Christ to a man. There is a point where a man completely rejects Christ. My Spirit will not always strive with man….he is given over to a reprobate mind.

The Pharisees were doing the exact opposite of this…1 Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.

Don’t just read the words of Mat 12, read the actions as well. The Holy Spirit was testifying, Glorifying Christ in Mat 12. In Mat 12:23, just before the Pharisees spoke, the people were coming to the truth. Is this the Son of David, (is this the Christ)! The Pharisees were reacting to the crowd….

The Pharisees were denying Christ!

Ken Rank · Feb 22, 2017

1stcenturylady said:
I feel bad for you. I for one didn't see you arguing, just defending yourself from being blind-sided. And certainly nothing you said was telling people how to sin. That was a false witness, so don't worry about it though I know it can hurt. You didn't deserve it.

Thank you for your kindness, but please, don't worry about it.

God gave at least 613 commandments, some are "do's" and some are "don'ts." While in English some of the don'ts are not explained, in a more pictorial language like Hebrew (or Aramaic), some of those simple words that come over as a simple "don't" in English, are very descriptive in the Semitic language the concept originated from. Even the simple phrase, "do not kill" carries the picture of "intent to take life for reasons that are less than self protection." That concept is in the word so even the simple "don't" in Hebrew is fairly detailed in terms of what not to do. That is God's style... and me taking the context around messiah's words when he said not to blaspheme the Spirit and sharing what was happening, and giving a second witness in those punished for the golden calf incident... is in that same line of reasoning. Some will get it, and some don't... that is just the way it is.

Blessings.

SPF · Feb 22, 2017

This is a good topic and a good question. In the most simple of terms we can say that no Christian commits the unpardonable sin and all non-Christians commit the unpardonable sin.

Think for a minute about Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. Do you think there is a sin you can commit that is so "big" or "bad" that it is too powerful for Christ to forgive? Consider for a moment what Peter did when Christ was arrested. Peter denied Christ. Not once, not twice, but three times! I'm reminded of school shootings where teenagers stood for their faith and were shot for it. Yet, Peter, the man who was with Christ for 2 years denied Him? That was terrible, but not unforgivable.

There is nothing that we can do that is so terrible that it is more powerful than Christ's atoning work on the cross.

The unpardonable sin is not and cannot be committed by Christians. Otherwise, sin is more powerful than Christ's work on the cross.

The only sin that Christ doesn't forgive is the choice to reject His atoning work. Thus, no Christians commit the unpardonable sin, and all non-Christians do commit the unpardonable sin.

Fred Manalo · Feb 22, 2017

Winken said:
Failure to listen to the Holy Spirit's calling that you should accept Jesus as your Savior. Rejecting that calling for your entire life, right on through death. That's it.

Get with it

Let me repeat one reply I just saw one give to a post like this:
"No.... It is calling the work of the Holy Spirit the work of satan."

Jim Langston · Feb 22, 2017

Oscarr said:
Firstly, healing evangelists are not faith healers. Faith does not heal anyone. Jesus heals as the result of a preacher obeying His command to "heal the sick".

Secondly, there are only two spirits that motivate people. There is no middle ground. Either it is the Holy Spirit motivating true believers in Christ, or it is another spirit motivating unbelievers. A genuine believer follow the command of Jesus to heal the sick is never a charlatan. A charlatan is someone who is false and knows he is false, not a ministry who sincerely believes he has a healing ministry.
Therefore, to call a Christian healing ministry trusting Jesus to heal people, whether it looks successful or not, a charlatan is the same as saying that he is operating from a spirit that is not of God, in other words, the devil (in some form or another), and therefore if it is not blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, it is pretty close to it.

The safest thing to do is to give all Christian healing ministries the benefit of the doubt so that one is kept safe from the kick back of touching one of God's anointed ministries.

I do believe that there are/have been faith healers along with the charletons and if one were to say a faith healer was from the devil, and they actually had the gift of healing, obe would be guilty of blashphamy of the holy spirit.

The reason I call them faith healers is from the bible.

Mark 5:34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

Luke 17:19 Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."

Mark 10:52 "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

I do not believe a charleton is blashpheming the holy spirit, but I could be wrong. Is sayng something from the devil is from God the samme as saying something of God is from the devil? I'll agree they are in the same vein, but I am not so sure God equates them.

*Cher · Feb 22, 2017

It's denying that salvation can only come through Jesus.

Ken Rank · Feb 22, 2017

SPF said:
This is a good topic and a good question. In the most simple of terms we can say that no Christian commits the unpardonable sin and all non-Christians commit the unpardonable sin.

You equate blasphemy of the Holy Spirit to not choosing Christ. Others have done that. But not choosing Christ is forgivable if that person changes their heart, therefore, it isn't that simple. Guys, blasphemy means to SPEAK EVIL OF, to SPEAK AGAINST, to SLANDER.... which is all something we VERBALIZE. This is NOT the concept of not making a decision, not repeating the "sinners prayer" (which isn't even in Scripture).... it is SPEAKING evil again... in this case... the Holy Spirit.

The context of Messiah's comment starts here...

Matthew 12:24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, "This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub (satan), the ruler of the demons."

With respect to you all, the idea that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is not making a choice for Christ sounds great, but it isn't what the words mean or what the context of the Scriptural reference is pointing to.

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