The point of blaspheming the Holy Spirit is that the scribes attributed the work of the Holy Spirit through Jesus to be the work of the Devil. That cannot apply only to Jesus Himself, because the Apostles and others also preached and performed miracles under the anointing and power of the same Holy Spirit, and Jesus gave us the same Holy Spirit so we could continue the work. If a person is called to preach the Gospel, or Pastor a church, or be an Evangelist, Prophet, or Apostle, there should be an anointing, an unction of the Holy Spirit on them and in them, otherwise, they shouldn't be doing it. If they are operating under the anointing, and demonstrations of God's power are taking place, then they are doing the same work that Jesus did, and someone calls those demonstrations the work of Satan, they are committing that sin.
This is not a sin that one can do in ignorance, nor is it one that can be committed by one who has no knowledge of supernatural or spiritual power. Someone could commit that sin today, but it would be someone who either (1)was at one time a professing Christian, and had tasted of the power of the Holy Spirit, or (2) one who was familiar with spiritual power, and willfully refused to acknowledge the the true source of the work of the Holy Spirit, but rather called it the power of Satan or Beelzebub.
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? [Matt. 12:22–23].
In other words, “This is our Messiah. He has the credentials.” This was a tremendous miracle He performed, just as great as the raising of the dead if not greater. The continued miracles of Jesus in healing and casting out demons convinced the people that He was the Son of David, the Messiah. But what did the Pharisees say?
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils [Matt. 12:24].
This is the question of the unpardonable sin. Follow this very carefully.
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges [Matt. 12:25–27].
They would never say that their own people cast out demons by Beelzebub.
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you [Matt. 12:28].
“The kingdom of God is come unto you” in the presence of the Messiah. Christ is saying, “I am here! My power to cast out demons is My credential.”
Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come [Matt. 12:29–32].
There is no sin committed yesterday that the Lord would not forgive today because He died for all sin. The Holy Spirit came into the world to make real the salvation of Christ to the hearts of men. If you resist the working of the Spirit of God when He speaks to you, there is no forgiveness, of course. There is no forgiveness because you have rejected salvation made real to you by the Holy Spirit. And it is the work of the Spirit of God to regenerate you.
In Mark 3 the Lord amplifies the matter of the unpardonable sin by saying that it attributes the Spirit’s work to Satan, that Christ had performed these miracles by Beelzebub when actually He was doing them by the power of the Spirit of God. You see, they were rejecting the witness of Himself and of the Holy Spirit.
In our day that particular sin cannot be committed because it could only be committed when Jesus was here upon the earth. There is no act of sin that you could commit for which there is no forgiveness. Of course, if you resist the Holy Spirit, there is no forgiveness because He is bringing forgiveness. It is like the man who is dying from a certain disease, and the doctor tells him there is a remedy for it. The man refuses to take the remedy and dies, not from the disease but from refusing to take the remedy. There is a remedy for the disease of sin, and the Holy Spirit applies it; but if you resist it, there is no remedy. That is the only way sin can be unpardonable today. Now the Lord says:
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh [Matt. 12:34].
“O generation of vipers”—you may remember that John the Baptist had called them the same thing.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things [Matt. 12:35].
“What is in the well of the heart will come out through the bucket of the mouth,” someone has said. This scathing denunciation of the religious rulers by Jesus reveals that He has rejected them. Had they committed the unpardonable sin? At least the break with these enemies is final and the wound will not be healed.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment [Matt. 12:36].
“Idle word” means blasphemies.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned [Matt 12:37].
You will be “condemned” because you are speaking the thing which is in your heart.
BigMack