Fear of committing the unpardonable sin

20 Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”

22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebub,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”

23 So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. 27 No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

The Unpardonable Sin
28 “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”— 30 because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”

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22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.

The Unpardonable Sin
31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 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.

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MaddKat said:

Hey guys, I'm back with the same issue. I'm still stressed about a job offer I received because I feel like I didn't earn it honestly. Basically, onw of the interview questions was where they asked me about a time where I had to get creative at work and how it helped my coworkers. My answer was about the process of getting insurance authorizations for appointments (how I had to do some research to get them) and it helped my coworkers because no one else had to do it, it looked good on a report, and that I got us caught up on that project from us being behind (which happened before I started working there).

My problem is that in describing all this, I said *I* got us caught up (which isn't true, I had help, except I forgot) and said/implied that I keep us caught up on it (I have not had time to work on this in a LONG time, and another gal has basically taken it over. We worked it out that she would work ahead and i would check to see if we got what the auths needed after she requested them. I occasionally have time to go back and check and see if we were sent what we need, but I'm only able to do a small check of a percentage of what actually needs to be checked).

I got offered the job. In fact, in the span of 4 days I got a phone call, interview, reference check, and job offer. That fast. This means that I can finally move out of state, finally, at age 26, move out from my parents house.

But I just feel awful. On the one hand, I feel like interviewers really don't care about the kind of thing I described, and if I had been more truthful and been like "when I USED to work on authorizations more," I still would have gotten the job.

But feel like if I DO take this job, then I'm ignoring God and committing the unpardonable sin, and that my life will be based on a lie from here on out. I've been turning this over and over in my brain, going back and forth. I think it would be foolish to turn this down, but at the same time, I'm scared because it feels like I'm turning my back on God. I don't have a clear head about this, so I'm hesitant to do ANYTHING. And its been over a week now and I'm still not sure. There's a lot of paperwork for them to process so it'll be a few weeks before I hear about a final "for sure" offer, so it's not like I'm sitting on this.

I just don't know what to do.

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MaddKat said:

Because I made it sound like I'm the only one responsible, making me look better than I am (for example when I said in the interview that it helps my team because no one else has to do it).

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MaddKat said:

Your answer is very helpful; I did send a clarification email about another thing when I was sending them my references, and while I felt my mind buzzing about the interview, at the time I didn't really start over thinking it until later. So basically, the time to clarify anything has past; unless it comes up when I'm talking to them on the job site. But thank you for chiming in; I do feel a bit better about the whole thing.

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William3 said:

I’m not sure if this thread is still active; however, I’ll post anyways. I’m having a really difficult time and I need to talk it out. I’ve been struggling with intense fear of the Unpardonable Sin. Let me say, by no means do I want to have ANY though against the Lord in any way, shape, or form. I would genuinely rather have the Lord take me before I committed such an evil sin…..that being said, my mind is weak. It’s like recently, the evil and vile thoughts have been ramped up to 11. I mean any blasphemy you can think of has probably gone through my head. I suffer from OCD, and I’d like to believe that it’s to blame. Simply put, my Obsession is the unpardonable sin and I have compulsions I do whenever I get a bad thought to try and “counteract it”. Recently, I’ve been trying to stop the cycle and just ignore the thoughts, thus stripping them of any power over me. For a few days, that worked. Now, I feel like I’m being accused of being careless. I’m not trying to be. I’m trying to just ignore any evil though that arises, so they don’t have any power over me. I’m just afraid because I feel like my mind is saying “you aren’t fighting them, so you agree with them” and “because you are ignoring them, that shows you don’t care and you probably wanted at least one of them”. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I’m fact, I’m trying to fight them by ignoring them. But what if? I’m just so afraid. I’m also afraid because the other day I was mad at the girl I’m with, and as per usual, I started getting hit with these evil thoughts. I tried to ignore them, but then it’s like I started hearing “You’re angry, and in your anger you blasphemed the Lord”. At this point, I’m just terrified in general. What if, in ignoring these thoughts, I thought one of them. I didn’t want to, but what if? I’m afraid because I can’t remember any of the thoughts because I was so busy trying to ignore them…..I’m scared out of my mind. Someone please help me.

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William3 said:

I’m not sure if this thread is still active; however, I’ll post anyways. I’m having a really difficult time and I need to talk it out. I’ve been struggling with intense fear of the Unpardonable Sin. Let me say, by no means do I want to have ANY though against the Lord in any way, shape, or form. I would genuinely rather have the Lord take me before I committed such an evil sin…..that being said, my mind is weak. It’s like recently, the evil and vile thoughts have been ramped up to 11. I mean any blasphemy you can think of has probably gone through my head. I suffer from OCD, and I’d like to believe that it’s to blame. Simply put, my Obsession is the unpardonable sin and I have compulsions I do whenever I get a bad thought to try and “counteract it”. Recently, I’ve been trying to stop the cycle and just ignore the thoughts, thus stripping them of any power over me. For a few days, that worked. Now, I feel like I’m being accused of being careless. I’m not trying to be. I’m trying to just ignore any evil though that arises, so they don’t have any power over me. I’m just afraid because I feel like my mind is saying “you aren’t fighting them, so you agree with them” and “because you are ignoring them, that shows you don’t care and you probably wanted at least one of them”. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I’m fact, I’m trying to fight them by ignoring them. But what if? I’m just so afraid. I’m also afraid because the other day I was mad at the girl I’m with, and as per usual, I started getting hit with these evil thoughts. I tried to ignore them, but then it’s like I started hearing “You’re angry, and in your anger you blasphemed the Lord”. At this point, I’m just terrified in general. What if, in ignoring these thoughts, I thought one of them. I didn’t want to, but what if? I’m afraid because I can’t remember any of the thoughts because I was so busy trying to ignore them…..I’m scared out of my mind. Someone please help me.

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EtainSkirata said:

Hey guys, I'm back with the same issue. I'm still stressed about a job offer I received because I feel like I didn't earn it honestly. Basically, onw of the interview questions was where they asked me about a time where I had to get creative at work and how it helped my coworkers. My answer was about the process of getting insurance authorizations for appointments (how I had to do some research to get them) and it helped my coworkers because no one else had to do it, it looked good on a report, and that I got us caught up on that project from us being behind (which happened before I started working there).

My problem is that in describing all this, I said *I* got us caught up (which isn't true, I had help, except I forgot) and said/implied that I keep us caught up on it (I have not had time to work on this in a LONG time, and another gal has basically taken it over. We worked it out that she would work ahead and i would check to see if we got what the auths needed after she requested them. I occasionally have time to go back and check and see if we were sent what we need, but I'm only able to do a small check of a percentage of what actually needs to be checked).

I got offered the job. In fact, in the span of 4 days I got a phone call, interview, reference check, and job offer. That fast. This means that I can finally move out of state, finally, at age 26, move out from my parents house.

But I just feel awful. On the one hand, I feel like interviewers really don't care about the kind of thing I described, and if I had been more truthful and been like "when I USED to work on authorizations more," I still would have gotten the job.

But feel like if I DO take this job, then I'm ignoring God and committing the unpardonable sin, and that my life will be based on a lie from here on out. I've been turning this over and over in my brain, going back and forth. I think it would be foolish to turn this down, but at the same time, I'm scared because it feels like I'm turning my back on God. I don't have a clear head about this, so I'm hesitant to do ANYTHING. And its been over a week now and I'm still not sure. There's a lot of paperwork for them to process so it'll be a few weeks before I hear about a final "for sure" offer, so it's not like I'm sitting on this.

I just don't know what to do.

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