Unpardonable Sin
Some
believe they have blasphemed against the Holy Ghost and cannot be
saved. Therefore, it is very important to know what blaspheme against
the Holy Ghost means. Many have seen this passage in different ways.
However, we must remember that the final authority for truth is always
the Bible not what any man thinks. To understand the passage, we must
ask several questions concerning this sin.
First: Let us look at what blaspheme means:
1. to speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner.
2. To revile; execrate.
3. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence: disrespectful.
Second:
God,
Jesus, and The Holy Ghost are as one, they are the Trinity. That leads
us to the next question can you blaspheme against the Holy Ghost
without blaspheme against God and Jesus?
Third:
lets first look at what blaspheme against the Holy Ghost is not.
The
apostle Paul is a good place to see what blaspheme against Holy Ghost
is not because of the things he did before he was saved.
1. The
church is made up of believers that have been saved and the Holy Ghost
is within every believer. So, can you be disrespectful to the church
without being disrespectful or blaspheme the Holy Ghost? Paul was very
disrespectful to the church and the believers of the church before he
got saved. Let us look at what he did to church. In Acts ch 9. Saul,
which was later, named Paul, was breathing out threading and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, putting them in prison, men and
women. In addition, Paul was at the death of Steven a preacher for
Jesus and consenting to it.
In 1 Timothy 1:12-15 Paul said: And
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that, he
counted me faithful, putting me in the ministry; who was before a
blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy,
because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was
exceeding abundant with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. This
is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief.
Yes,
Paul had disrespect for the disciples and the church. That is not
blaspheme against the Holy Ghost even though the Holy Ghost was within
the people Paul persecuted.
2. Peter denied even knowing Jesus
even though he was a believer. In fact, when they came to arrest Jesus
Peter cut off the high priest servant’s ear with a sword. However,
later on after they had arrested Jesus they took Him to Caiaphas the
high priest. Peter followed afar off into the palace of the high priest
and he sat with the servants and warmed himself by the fire. Some maids
came by, saw Peter, and said to him that he was a follower of Jesus and
Peter denied it and said he was not even though earlier he had cut off
a servant of the high priest ear when they came to arrest Jesus.
Another maid came and said to Peter that he was a follower of Jesus and
Peter denied knowing Jesus again, another maid came by and said are you
not a follower of Jesus. Peter again denied knowing Jesus and began to
curse and swear.
Jesus and The Holy Ghost are as one, so did Peter blaspheme against the Holy Ghost? No,
People
in the bible and in our world today have blasphemed God, Jesus, the
church, and believers etc. Yet many of them change their minds and
repent.
Let us look at some of the things Jesus said.
1. Jesus said all sins would be forgiven. Whom, where and when would they be forgiven
2. He said blaspheme against Holy Ghost would not be forgiven.
Refresh your minds on what the word blaspheme means with the definition I gave in the beginning.
When
Jesus was on the cross suffering for the sins of the world He said
these words Father forgive them for they know what they do. The past,
present, and future was represented there at the cross. When Jesus asks
the Father to forgive them for they know what they are doing, I believe
the Father did as Jesus requested.
Your sin and my sin is what Jesus was crucified for.
Up
to the present, there are people that are disrespectful to the church,
God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost yet some repent and get saved.
In
short, here is what I believe Jesus meant when He said all sins and
blaspheme shall be forgiven, but he that blasphemes against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven.
Jesus said on the cross Father
forgive them for they know not what they do. The world’s sins is what
Jesus was crucified for. Since the Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are
one (The Trinity) how could a person blaspheme one without blaspheme
all three?
Answer: There is a difference in the ministry of the three; Jesus came to give his life a sacrifice for the sins of the world.
The Holy Ghost comes and convicts men, women, and children of their sin telling them to receive Jesus as their savior.
JOHN 14:26
26.
BUT THE COMFORTER, WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND
IN MY NAME, HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR
REMEMBRANCE,
WHATSOEVER I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.
JOHN 15:26
26.
BUT WHEN THE COMFORTER IS COME, WHOM I WILL SEND UNTO YOU FROM THE
FATHER, EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHICH PROCEEDETH FROM THE FATHER, HE
SHALL TESTIFY OF ME:
JOHN 16:7-11
7. NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE
TRUTH; IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY: FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY,
THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM
UNTO YOU.
Note: The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost had not come
yet, and would not until after Jesus death, burial, resurrection, and
went back to be glorified with the Father. Then the Father would send
Him, and this happen in Acts ch 2 when the day of Pentecost was fully
come. According to this the Holy Ghost was not on earth to blaspheme
against.
8. AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGEMENT:
9. OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME;
10. OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER, AND YE SEE ME NO MORE;
11. OF JUDGEMENT, BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED.
To
reject the calling and conviction of the Holy Ghost and not repent is
blaspheme against the ministry and work of the Holy Ghost. The world
that does not believe in Jesus, to die in that state there is never
forgiveness. That does not mean if you reject today the conviction of
the Holy Ghost that you cannot receive Jesus as your savior tomorrow.
However, once you reject you are in danger of eternal damnation and if
a person dies in that state, they will go to hell without hope of a
better day.
For example: Let’s pretend you are at the white
throne judgment you are not going to be put into hell for breaking the
ten commandments of God because Jesus said on the cross forgive them
for they know what they do.
If a person says to God, I never had a
chance to be saved or I have never rejected Jesus, or I never blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost. God will say do you remember the time when that
preacher was preaching telling you to trust and believe in Jesus for
your Lord and savior but you refuse to do so. That was the Holy Ghost
within that preacher convicting you of sin telling you to turn to
Jesus, repent, and believe the gospel but you would not. Therefore, in
reality, since you rejected forgiveness there will be none.
Personally
I believe if a baby dies he/her will go to heaven even though he/her
was not born again because the Holy Ghost had never convicted him/her.
In fact, until a person hears the gospel preached and is convicted by
the Holy Ghost I believe the lord Jesus forgiveness applies. To
blaspheme the Holy Ghost is simply rejecting the gospel message. The
Holy Ghost not only works through preachers to convict sin but through
every born again person of God. The reason people do not get to heaven
is that they reject the Holy Ghost message to believe in Jesus. To
reject Jesus forgivingness there is no forgiveness.
I realize there are many teaching on the unpardonable sin but to me the above is the correct one.
The sin of the world that will cause people to die and go to hell is not believing and accepting Jesus as savior.
There are many scripture that give assurance of salvation if one will believe in Jesus.
There are many scripture that give assurance of salvation if one will believe in Jesus.
John
3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
There is no footnote saying unless he has blaspheme the Holy Ghost.
Romans 10:8 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Your comments are welcome.