The unforgiven Sin

[tru_believer]

I was just wondering about the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. What exactly do you think it means? I think its like making fun of of people who have the gifts of the spirit.Well its stated like this....in mark3-28 I tell you the truth,all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29-But whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spiritwill never be forgiven ;he is guilty of an eternal sin.29-He said this because they were saying,"he has an evil spirit.This is the NIV.What are your thought??????

 

[daveleau]

If the context of that verse holds to be the Unforgivable Sin (and I believe it does), it means hardening your heart so much that you cannot accept Christ and attribute the acts of the Holy Spirit as actions of Satan.

 

[ghs1994]

The unforgivable sin is the attribution of the work of the Holy Spirit to the devil. The Pharisees claimed that Christ drove out demons by Beezelbub, therefore, the miracle that Christ did was a work of the Holy Spirit, which the Pharisees said was of Satan and not God. Obviously the Pharisees were trying to prove that Jesus was not the Christ and did not want to lose their positions of prominence in the Jewish Council. Unfortunately for those who attributed this work to the devil, did so in sealing their eternal fate seperated form God.

 

[butterflyinchrist]

Does it worry anyone else that, if you really think about it, it's so easy to do if you're not careful?

I've often wondered about this verse and I'm glad someone finally put it on here.
When I look back on my life it worries me because I can't remember everything I've said or everything that I have attributed to the Holy Spirit or to the enemy.

I think I'll be watching what I say from now on....

 

[daveleau]

The actions in the context were not easily done by Christians. These were people who hated the idea of Christ and their hearts were very hard. I think this had as much to do with the actual attributing acts to Satan.

 

[ghs1994]

I still have not concluded whether or not this can still be done today. If Christ died and rose to forgive all sins, then that would make this sin nullified to a believer. There is no sin too great that He would not forgive us. Paul also said he was the worst of sinners. The time that this sin occurred was before His death, which those people were under the law, not grace. Jesus said that even if they don't believe in Him, at least believe in the miracles. But they attributed them to the devil. So God would not forgive those who had done this.

 

[Dispy]

I was just wondering about the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. What exactly do you think it means? I think its like making fun of of people who have the gifts of the spirit.Well its stated like this....in mark3-28 I tell you the truth,all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29-But whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spiritwill never be forgiven ;he is guilty of an eternal sin.29-He said this because they were saying,"he has an evil spirit.This is the NIV.What are your thought??????

From the book "BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES" chapter 7, by Donald Webb.

THE BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

This subject of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is something that has been a considerable problem to many. We would like to interject here some brief comments on this issue. In Matthew 12:24-32 we find the exact definition of the unpardonable sin. The Lord had just healed a man possessed with a demon, and in verse 24 the Pharisees accused Him of casting out demons by Beelzebub or Satan. The Lord then laid a scathing rebuke against them for such a harsh judgment against Himself. He said in verse 28:

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you (Matthew 12:28).

The Lord was demonstrating through the power of the Spirit that He was able to bind Satan and take out of the world such as He wanted. Their accusation attributed Christ's power, the work of the Holy Spirit, to Satan. Concerning this very sin, the Lord said:

Wherefore, I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the age to come. (Matthew 12:31,32).

Several things should be noted about this sin. First, Christ has to be present and performing miracles that manifest the kingdom in order for one to commit this sin.

Second, the sin is that of attributing the Holy Spirit's power to Satan. No other sin will fit; this particular sin is the only one the context will allow. Third, no believer can commit this sin because believers are in Christ and all their sins are forgiven. Fourth, this sin could only be committed by an unbeliever in the age in which our Lord walked this earth or in the coming kingdom which He called the age to come. Such events cannot be applied to this secret dispensation of grace, but rather the millennium.

Believers need have no fear of committing this sin, and no one in this dispensation of grace can commit this sin because the Holy Spirit is not manifesting the kingdom with miraculous power. In this dispensation of grace God is not imputing men's trespasses unto them but is offering salvation by grace through faith to all.

Hope this is helpful.

God Bless.
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