John Ben Regesh, J. D.

 

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1/17/10  The Unpardonable Sin

One of my associates was looking up the "unpardonable sin" and whether it can occur today. She came across two websites and e-mailed me her results and asked if they were right. I went to both sites and read their explanations and replied that they were not correct. She is an altruistic person who replied that there are people trying to look that up and I should do a Blog on it. I value her and her opinion in my endeavors and so here it goes:

The unpardonable sin that most people refer to is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. The scriptural passages are as follows:

Matthew 12: 30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. 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. (NIV); and

Mark 3: 22And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub.

By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."

23So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house. 28I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. 29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." 30He said this because they were saying, "He has an evil spirit." (NIV)

One of the websites said that it could not be committed today because Jesus is not alive today and therefore His spirit could not be blasphemed and they pointed to Mark 3:30 while the other site pointed to:

John 3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." (NIV)

Their contention was that there was only one unpardonable sin and that was not believing in Jesus Christ. That statement is not true because if one turned and believed in Jesus Christ he or she would be saved and their disbelief would be pardoned. The poor souls that wrote that blog have no understanding of Who and What Jesus Christ is. They have ignored John 1: 1-3.

As to Jesus not being here, Jesus Christ is God and to my knowledge He is still alive and well. The Holy Spirit is eternal and if you go to Matthew instead of just Mark you will see where Jesus says, "Anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come." So yes, the unpardonable sin can be committed today.

So why is the sin "unpardonable"? To understand the sin you must begin to understand the Holy Spirit and that is no easy task. In the Secret Book of John the Holy Spirit came about because she is God's Awareness of Himself. However, She is much more than just the Awareness of God, She is the Spirit of God and therefore the Spirit of His Word too. In law we often speak of the words or the law and then we speak of the "spirit of the law" or the meaning behind the law. When you say that the spirit behind the law is bad, you are saying that the persons who passed the law did so with evil intent. So when you blaspheme the Holy Spirit of God you are saying that God is evil and God, Himself in Isaiah 5 tells us,

"20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter."

If you know not the difference between Good and Evil, you are truly lost. In secular law we call this insanity. In the spiritual realm you are condemned for all eternity because once there you have no compass to tell you how to get back and the Light has completely left you. You spend eternity in darkness cursing everything including yourself.

Personally I wish to stay so far away from Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit that I never say the Holy Spirit guided me, or the Holy Spirit inspired me, or anything about the Holy Spirit. Why? Because if the Holy Spirit did that I am fine but; if perchance, the Holy Spirit did not do it, then am I not using Her name in vain. How close is using God’s name in vain to blasphemy, and do you really want to find out? 　

 

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