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I was reading the following in Mathew today:
Mat 12:31-32 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Earlier in my Christian Walk I believed that I had Blasphemed the Holy Spirit. I had a melt down after a relationship break down and told God “if this is how it is being a Christian; I don’t want to be one”. At that point in my life, I did not understand the faithfulness of God, so I began to believe that He had left me. This led to around 10-15 years of thinking I was destined for hell. I don’t have to tell you how hard that is to live with.
I took many years for God to restore me from the thinking that I was eternally doomed. So why do I bring this topic up? Well, I have since found that many people struggle with the thought that “maybe they have committed the unpardonable sin”, and it leads to hell in their lives. Often people think, “I keep thinking blasphemous thoughts”, or “I said some thing against God”.
But when you look a little deeper at the situation, these things we think are “Blasphemy”, are not. The bible clearly tells us that:
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And that the cross covers our whole lifetime of sins:
Heb 9:27-28 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.
So every sin from the point of birth, to the point of death is covered by Jesus sacrifice. So what is “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit”, the Pharisees had just witnessed Jesus power, a mighty healing of the Holy Spirit, but refused to acknowledge it. They chose to remain in their sins, rather than come to Jesus.
John 5:40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
I believe Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, the totally pushing away of all God’s drawing, be they miracles etc. We may do this 100 times, and God will still forgive us, and keep drawing, but eventually if we persist in unbelief that grace will run out. The Holy Spirit can only give so many miracles.
As for my situation, God kept sending people to me, and they all spoke one word of scripture over me. “I know the thoughts I think toward you says the LORD thoughts for good and not evil; to give a future and a hope”. This persistent drawing by God drew me back into relationship with God, for He is faithful to stick with us, and just to not deprive us of life when we seek it. So today if you feel you have turned God away, know that He is still there, He promises to never leave or forsake us. But we need to seek Him again.
2 Chronicles 15: 2 If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
Mat 12:31-32 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Earlier in my Christian Walk I believed that I had Blasphemed the Holy Spirit. I had a melt down after a relationship break down and told God “if this is how it is being a Christian; I don’t want to be one”. At that point in my life, I did not understand the faithfulness of God, so I began to believe that He had left me. This led to around 10-15 years of thinking I was destined for hell. I don’t have to tell you how hard that is to live with.
I took many years for God to restore me from the thinking that I was eternally doomed. So why do I bring this topic up? Well, I have since found that many people struggle with the thought that “maybe they have committed the unpardonable sin”, and it leads to hell in their lives. Often people think, “I keep thinking blasphemous thoughts”, or “I said some thing against God”.
But when you look a little deeper at the situation, these things we think are “Blasphemy”, are not. The bible clearly tells us that:
1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And that the cross covers our whole lifetime of sins:
Heb 9:27-28 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.
So every sin from the point of birth, to the point of death is covered by Jesus sacrifice. So what is “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit”, the Pharisees had just witnessed Jesus power, a mighty healing of the Holy Spirit, but refused to acknowledge it. They chose to remain in their sins, rather than come to Jesus.
John 5:40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
I believe Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, the totally pushing away of all God’s drawing, be they miracles etc. We may do this 100 times, and God will still forgive us, and keep drawing, but eventually if we persist in unbelief that grace will run out. The Holy Spirit can only give so many miracles.
As for my situation, God kept sending people to me, and they all spoke one word of scripture over me. “I know the thoughts I think toward you says the LORD thoughts for good and not evil; to give a future and a hope”. This persistent drawing by God drew me back into relationship with God, for He is faithful to stick with us, and just to not deprive us of life when we seek it. So today if you feel you have turned God away, know that He is still there, He promises to never leave or forsake us. But we need to seek Him again.
2 Chronicles 15: 2 If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
