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The Black and White of the Unpardonable sin

Having heard several different ideas of the unpardonable sin

I decided to write on an obvious and extreme end of this

subject. I rather felt that by working from this direction

that any difficulties might become clear.

Some may wonder and worry if they have just gone too far and

committed the unpardonable sin. Jesus said, "but whoever

speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him,

either in this age or in the age to come."(Mt 12:32) A

statement like that should send immediate and strong fear

into anyone who claims the Christian label. For if we still

shoulder our own sins then we are in danger of what Christ

calls the "second death" (Rev 21:8.) This speaking against

the Holy Spirit is again mentioned in Luke 12:10 as

blasphemy but what is this blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

Well to understand we first need knowledge of what the

Spirit is for how can we avoid our wrongs in ignorance?

The Holy Spirit is the might, power, force, mission, mind,

and direction for Godly works that exists among the family

of God. This power emanates from God the Father. This is not

an exhaustive examination but let's touch upon some of these

points from scripture.

The spirit is power, notice, "And the Spirit of God was

hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let

there be light"; and there was light"Genesis 1:2. Is this

power or what? Clearly God's Spirit was there at creation

and only a word was needed to create the awesome sun our

tiny planet circles. Have you ever met someone you had real

magnetism? That is without doing anything could shape events

by what they say? The President has such power. Our

president can cause death and destruction, preserve life,

build cities and more simply by uttering words. There is

power in words. How much more of the power of God's word and

will called His Holy Spirit? Holy means something set that

is set aside for doing right and good. And God is righteous

and does all good. Counter to this observe that the spirit

in man is rarely holy. Man's spirit or force is usually bent

on vanity, greed and a host of other evils. But it is God,

His word, His power and His Spirit that drive events or as

God says, "So shall My word be that goes forth from My

mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall

accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing

for which I sent it" Isaiah 55:11. God speaks and things

happen.

His Holy Spirit or force is also put in certain men who God

decides can be used as vessels of good. Jesus said to His

disciples, "you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has

come upon you" Acts 1:8. And that event did occur on

Pentecost as described in Acts chapter two. Here scripture

shows the Spirit coming down as a power saying, "suddenly

there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind"

and "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to

speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them

utterance." Peter then stood up to say that the Spirit had

been poured out. And it is by that Spirit which was in them

that the Church began to do the works of God in both deed

and in word for now these individuals began to transcend

human knowledge unto Godly knowledge. The apostle Paul also

wrote of how the Holy Spirit "teaches" 1Cor 2:13 and is "in

you" 1Cor 6:19 giving these selected individuals the, "mind

of Christ" 1Cor 2:16 and to speak the words of the Father or

as Christ taught, "for it is not you who speak, but the

Spirit of your Father who speaks in you"Mt 10:20. But in all

of this it still remains that the Spirit of God is the

power, mind, will and strength which, "proceeds from the

Father" John 15:26.

So what does it mean to blaspheme? It is written in Mark

3:30 that the Scribes (the interpreters of the law) said

Christ had, "an unclean spirit" and by this were

blasphemers. But scripture says that the Spirit that was in

Christ was "of God" Mt 3:16. The Scribes attributed the good

will and intentions of God the Father to the intent and will

and desire of Demons. Just as God has a Spirit of pure good

and right and man has a spirit of vanity, the Demons also

have a spirit which is much lower yet as you will see. And

Demons do have spirits Luke 4:33 and Demons do have

doctrines or agendas, 1Tim 4:1. So the Scribes had words

saying of Christ that, "He has Beelzebub" Mark 3:22, meaning

the spirit in Christ from God the Father was evil. These

were just words but Christ said, "things which proceed out

of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man."

Christ taught that what evil is in your heart is just the

same as the action by teaching things like, "whoever looks

at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery"

Mt 5:28. In a few minutes you should see why these things

are being mentioned but first let's look at the definition

of blasphemy. The exact word used in Matthew 13:31 comes

from the Greek word "blasphemia" and it means to slander to

detract from and to do injury to by speech. It is the last

definition called injury that I want to focus in on which

will lead you to understand why this article is titled, "The

Black and White of the Unpardonable sin." Christ taught that

words that come from your heart are as bad as actions. But I

want to focus in on not just the words but the action of

unpardonable sin. The scribes had the words but we will see

the actions.

A few paragraphs back we saw that the Spirit of God the

Father works in Christ and in chosen individuals. This is

the body or the Church. The Spirit carries the direction of

the Church and its doctrines if you will. Demons have

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doctrines or direction counter to the truth. So here is the

black and white you've been waiting for. Satan is called

the, "adversary" who is "seeking whom he may devour" 1Pe

5:8. Revelation chapter 12 teaches that Satan both pursues

and persecutes the body of Christ. Remember the definition

of blasphemy and how it means to injure by words. Well in

Satan we see an individual who takes the injury to action.

Satan has a doctrine or agenda or spirit to do injury to the

Church. Another definition of blaspheme is the Hebrew

"naqab" which figuratively and literally means to poke

holes. Satan is seeking to poke holes in the doctrines and

direction of God's elect, the Church, thus attempting to do

injury or blasphemy to God's Holy Spirit. And what is

Satan's fate? Certainly it is never forgiveness as Christ

said. Certainly it is the lake of fire Rev 20:10 which is

called the "second death" verse 14. But Satan is not the

only one. For there are individuals among the Church whom

Jude says are, "twice dead" verse 12. These tares that bring

in their doctrines of demons are not simply backsliding

Christians. They are not sinners who trip and mess up and

need to repent from wrong. Rather they like Satan are active

in their agenda to do destruction to the Church. They

attempt to tear at well-established proven doctrine. They

attempt at division among the brethren. These are not

outsiders who have never agreed to the doctrines or knew the

truth but are like Satan and know the truth. And like Satan

hate the truth. Excerpts from 2Peter 2:15-21 say, "They have

forsaken the right way and gone astray...for whom is

reserved the blackness of darkness forever...they speak

great swelling words of emptiness, they allure...they

themselves are slaves of corruption...it would have been

better for them not to have known the way of righteousness,

than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment

delivered to them." It is clear from the preceding that like

Satan they knew the right way but turned from it. They have

doctrines counter to the truth. And their fate is never

forgiveness. They like Satan are unpardonable.

So the real impending message here is watch that you do not

begin to fight or poke holes at the Spirit of God, at His

work or against the work of those that have His Spirit. For,

"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living

God" Hebrews 10:31. Of course this may raise the question of

where is God's Spirit working? Who are the elect doing His

will? What are the direction and doctrines of God that are

among them? Is there one true Church on this earth right now

and could you recognize it? The answer to this will have to

wait for a following article.

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About The Author

Glenn Williams is editor at Cornerstone Evangelical Association. A site dedicated to teach Christians are not to separate from Old Testament laws yet still look to Christ for salvation. You can sign up for a free weekly newsletter at http://www.cornerstone1.org or mailto:subscribe@cornerstone1.org