BLASPHEMY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Matthew
12:31-32 (New
International Version)
31And so I tell you, every sin and
blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit
will not
be forgiven. 32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be
forgiven,
but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,
either in
this age or in the age to come.
There
are two reasons
why a person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven,
viz,
1.The Holy Spirit is
the person of the Godhead who convicts an unbeliever of sin (thereby
causing
him or her to repent)... John
16:8 (English
Standard Version) 2.
Because the Lord
says so. Jesus is the Second Person of the Godhead and if God says you
cannot
be forgiven, then you cannot be forgiven. Blasphemy
of the Holy
Spirit is not the only SIN that cannot be forgiven.... 1
John 5:16-17 16
If anyone sees his brother commit a sin
that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life.
I refer
to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to
death.
I am not saying that he should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is
sin, and
there is sin that does not lead to death. NIV Sin
is missing God’s
mark and sin is synonymous with spiritual death i.e. separation from
God. Verse
16 above says that there is a sin that leads to death and here it is
implied
that the Apostle John refers to (the) sin which leads to eternal death.
He goes on to say that we should
not pray for (such a person). The Scriptures do not specify what sin is
being
referred to. And if you examine the text carefully the Apostle John was
referring to a Christian Brother (or Sister) who commits such a
sin. The
admonition here is for Born Again Christians to depart from Sin in the
first
place, for in so doing we will not commit that sin which leads to death. Last
but not least, a
Christian who has tasted the Fruits of Salvation and who chooses to
renounce
his or her faith, cannot come back to repentance again (as he or she
will be
crucifying Christ twice)...
8(A) And when he comes, he will(B)
convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Therefore, if an unbeliever cannot be convicted of sin, he or she
can never
repent
Heb 6:4-6
4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have
tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who
have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the
coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance,
because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again
and subjecting him to public disgrace.
NIV
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