Matthew 12:31-32 — “Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come.
Even homosexuals have reason to repent...if they have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit.
I hate homosexuality as much as any sin, but, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is...the end of the line.
This a note of consideration for inclusion into everyone’s prayers and studying to show yourselves to be approved.
We all have only one shot at this. Except those that have blasphemed the Holy Spirit.
only the unsaved can commit blasphemy of Holy spirit- The Christian can not- blasphemy is an unforgiving sin/lifestyle of opposition to God/Christ, however, when a person is born again, He is forgiven of all sins so that he becomes sinless in the sight of the Lord- IF he could commit blasphemy later in life- obviously he could not have been forgiven of all sins at the point of salvation- IF he were able to later commit blasphemy, then He was NOT seen as sinless in the sight of the Lord, and he could never have gained salvation in the first place- The seal of salvation can not be broken- not even by us-
“him that cometh to me (Jesus) I will in no wise cast out.”
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44), and “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away”
Blasphemy can only be committed by the unsaved who affirm their final rejection of Christ by blaspheming the Holy Spirit- They were never saved- A Christian certainly can not come to a ‘final rejection’ because the ACCEPTED Christ at the point of Salvation- the unsaved person never did
Mark 3:29 says, “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin”
Note carefully that it says they WILL NEVER BE forgiven- The saved person has been forgiven- the unsaved who blasphemies will never be forgiven
But yes, we should all still study to show ourselves approved unto God- Our goal is to be conformed to the image of Christ- however, our salvation does not rest on anything we do or don’t do once we are saved-
one more quick point for those who might be worried about whether or not they are capable of blasphemy- most pharisees were blatant blasphemers- living lives of blatant sustained and public blasphemy of the Holy Spirit- They could never be saved or forgiven- Paul was a pharisee who none-the-less never committed blasphemy and later became saved- God was able to save Paul because Paul had never committed that particular sin as an unsaved person, and so God was able to save him later in his life- IF however an unsaved person commits blasphemy, he can never be saved- He willfully and permanently rejects the saving power of Christ
“Even homosexuals have reason to repent...if they have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit.”
Agreed. My point is in fact that homosexuality is not the final and irrecoverable state of sin. Indeed the Bible attests that some homosexuals do repent unto salvation:
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the opposite of “calling upon the name of the Lord”. Calling on the name of the Lord is how a person is saved. But this is often misunderstood as merely saying the “sinners’ prayer”. A believer is, by definition, one who calls (ongoing) upon the name of the Lord Jesus.
Can an unbeliever call Jesus Lord?
1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
A person can say the word “Lord” to describe Jesus, but he or she can not truly call Him Lord from a heartfelt belief without the enablement of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can be grieved. He can be quenched. And worst of all, He can be blasphemed. The Holy Spirit will come to a place in which He will “no longer strive with man”. This is a truly terrifying testimony because without His operation in the human truly calling on the name of the Lord for salvation is an impossibility.