Yes, but that's not talking about us. The people who blaspheme the Holy Spirit are not even believers to begin with. If we were like them we wouldn't even be here talking about it right now.
I think that I know what you're talking about, I used to be concerned about this too. This is a bigger issue than the mark of the beast. I recommend this 10 part series by John MacArthur, start with: "The Doctrine of Election part 1". As John belts out his sermon, have a note pad ready and write down each verse he mentions and go back latter and read them for yourself. 5 point Calvinism is controversial and not that easy for everyone to understand but when you do it will give you a priceless sense of confidence that you'll wonder how you ever lived without. It really seems to be the thing that Jesus was talking about when He said:
"I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,
and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one.”
and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one.”
http://www.gty.org/resources/sermon-series/280
John MacArthur
The Doctrine of Election, Part 1
As you know, a couple of weeks ago, we completed our study in the wonderful epistle written by Jude, which ended with a promise that God is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before his presence with glory. And because that introduced to us the wonderful doctrine of eternal security, or better stated, the perseverance of the saints, or the preservation of the saints, we spent a few weeks talking about that doctrine. And in the discussions that I had with you regarding that, I said that the end is determined by the beginning. Our salvation is secure to the end because our salvation was predestined in the very beginning to be completed.
And we remember that Romans 8 makes a monumental and very clear statement to that regard. when in Romans 8 the apostle Paul writes, “For whom he foreknew, he predestined to become conformed to the image of his Son.” That is, all whom God predestined will become conformed to the image of his Son in eternal glory. And thus “whom he predestined he called, and whom he called he justified, and whom he justified these he also glorified.” And so, we said that the great undergirding foundational truth that secures our future is God’s decree in eternity past.
It is the fact that we are chosen for final salvation that makes our salvation secure.
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