1. I am confused about the one unforgivable sin. Is it saying bad things against the holy spirit or fully knowing God and going against him?
2. What scripture says God will not let anything happen to you that you can not bear? Or is it just a christian saying?
3. Is it true God will punish or chastise us? Is it also true he will let us go through things for a testimony of him?
Thank you to anyone and everyone who may answer, thank you very much!
First, about not letting anything happen to you that you cannot bear, the actual bible verse says the following:
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (1 Cor. 10:13).
Now notice specifically what it says in Corinthians: He will not let you be TEMPTED beyond what you can bear.
Human beings can only withstand so much temptation. At some point, every man and woman will break. G-d knows this, and thus he will never allow his people to encounter a temptation they are not capable of refusing.
However, this has nothing to do with the pain and suffering in life. Children die. Families break apart. The closest of friends will betray and harm you. Many things in life we can't bear, but G-d will carry you through those things.
Second, yes it is true that G-d will bring punishment on his children. Just like you hopefully punish your children when they do evil. I remember lying to my father as a child, and my father paddling me for it. I learn to not lie.
If G-d does not punish and discipline you when you do evil, then you should wonder if you are even his child. Just like my parents never punished other people's children, why would G-d punish children that are not his?
Remember that as a Christian, you represent G-d in this dark cruel sinful world. Just like an ambassador that harms the reputation of the United States when he acts badly, so you harm the reputation of G-d when you act badly. G-d will not allow you to harm his name, without consequences.
Third, as for the unforgivable sin... I am of the opinion that the topic is too complex for me to answer. In general, if you are worried enough to ask about the unforgivable sin, then you likely don't need to worry about it. The people who are engaged in the unforgivable sin, are not asking about it, because they don't care. I think that is in fact why, it is the unforgivable sin.
You need to talk to your pastor of your Christian congregation if you want to know about the unforgivable sin, because each congregation has a slightly different view.
Fourth "Is it also true he will let us go through things for a testimony of him?"
Of course. All throughout the world, and all throughout human history, Christians have been persecuted for their faith.
I could list a thousand examples of this, but the most recent, and horrifying to me, was the Coptic Chrisitan's beheaded by ISIS in Libya. They were poor men, looking for work to earn money for their families in Egypt. ISIS caught them in Libya, and cut their heads off on a beach.
This is the reality of Christian living for most of the world. Only in western culture, have people found suffering for faith to be a strange idea.
And by the way, I want to also mention that G-d still works in this world on behalf of his people too. Yes some are martyred, but other times G-d steps in and saves his people.
I'm not sure if it was Pakistan, or where, but a Christian Woman was caught with burned sections of the Qur'an. She was put on trial for burning the Qur'an, and faced the death penalty if convicted.
If you read the book of Esther, you remember that Haman tried to setup the Jews to be slaughtered, and G-d through the chain of events in Esther, turned the entire situation around, and had Haman and the enemies of the Jews destroyed instead.
The police investigated the charges against Rimsha Masih, and found that the torn pages from the Qur'an, had been planted there by Hafiz Mohammed Khalid Chishti, the man who accused Rimsha. Chishti was arrested, and was charged with the exact blasphemy law, that he framed Rimsha with, because he desecrated the Qur'an when he was tearing it up.
The story of Esther has played out in our day.
