Discussion Charistmatic Perspective on Unpardonable Sin

Dietrich Johnson said:

Can you give a little more clarity on what this might look like today? (for someone to knowingly lie about the Holy Spirit and commit the unpardonable sin). No need to be overly specific, but do you mean basically that someone who knows the Holy Spirit accomplished something instead attributes that to something other than the other Spirit (particularly the devil)?

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Watchman1 said:

My view on what I see written in the Bible is that a genuinely converted believer will never walk away from Christ. If that was possible, then many promises in the Bible are lies and the Bible is not worth the paper it is printed on.

It is interesting that here, election through God's grace and man's personal choice run side by side in parallel. Both are true according to Scripture. We don't see the merger here on earth, but we may see how both can be consistent with each other when we get into eternity.

This is where extremism causes confusion. Some believe that our salvation comes through personal choice alone, and others believe that it is through predestination alone. Yet in the Bible, there are clear Scriptures that show that both are true. I believe that salvation is all of God and that He will keep me from falling until I see Him in glory; yet I know that people will be judged in the Judgment through their personal choice about whether they chose to believe the Gospel or not.

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Dietrich Johnson said:

@jiminpa

From your perspective, is it enough to just blaspheme against the Holy Spirit once, or if one repents of that and rightly believes in the Holy Spirit's work, does that mean they haven't done the unpardonable sin?

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Dietrich Johnson said:

@jiminpa

From your perspective, is it enough to just blaspheme against the Holy Spirit once, or if one repents of that and rightly believes in the Holy Spirit's work, does that mean they haven't done the unpardonable sin?

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Dietrich Johnson said:

There have been a couple random references to OCD in this thread. Although I am thankful to not have OCD, I have sympathy for anyone who thinks they do.

That being said, as the OP, I wanted to get this thread back on topic.

It sounds like there is general agreement in this thread that from the charismatic perspective, there is a difference between the unpardonable sin Christ describes and what Hebrews 6 describes.

Beyond that, it's a bit fuzzy as to what commenters in this particular thread believe the unpardonable sin is.

If anyone would like to help provide clarity on what they believe scripture is saying the unpardonable sin is, I would be very grateful!

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