Nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, norĪnything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God Romans 8:38-39: " For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water'." John 7:37: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and John 3:36: "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal Testament that "whoever believes" in Jesus "will be saved." This means that believers cannot be in a Third, we have numerous statements throughout the New Jesus and repent of your sins, you do not fit the description. Who is committed in his or her resolve never to embrace Jesus, even though they Like Mark 3:22-29, this passage refers to the hard-hearted unbeliever to restore them again to repentance." This means that if you have repented of sin For our discussion, the most significant point is the Scripture's teaching that such a person is not able to repent : "it is Had a first-hand experience of God's blessing in the church but has not Testament Israel (here, from Psalm 95), this describes a church member who has There is much debateĪbout who exactly is being described here, especially the descriptions of such a person having "been once enlightened," "tasted the heavenly gift," "shared in the Holy Spirit," and "tasted the goodness of God and the powers of the age to come." I have argued in my Hebrews commentary that using the imagery of Old Second, according to Hebrews 6:4-6, a person who hasĮntered such an eternally condemned state of hardened unbelief cannot beīrought to repentance. Of denying Jesus despite compelling evidence, provided by the Spirit, that he is the Son of God and Not, then, about using blasphemous words against the Spirit but rather the sin The sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit is Rejection of Jesus, it brings eternal consequences in condemnation. Those who realized that he was in fact the Son of God and Messiah. This was an intentional rejection of Jesus by Person cannot, by definition, believe on Jesus and be saved. What makes this sin so damning is that the The Holy Spirit in Jesus' life to the power of Satan. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is notĭenying the Holy Spirit or saying blasphemous things in general regarding This helps us to know what this particular sin is. Spoke of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It was after answering in this way that Jesus True, arguing, "How can Satan cast out Satan?" and pointing out that in such aĬase Satan's house would be "divided against itself" (Mk. Scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, 'He is possessed byīeelzubul,' and 'by the prince of demons he casts out demons." Jesus went on to prove that this could not be Jesus was performing his miracles by the power of Satan. Of this sin, he was referring a group of religious leaders who claimed that Let me offer three reasons why this is theįirst, let's be clear as to what blasphemy against the Has committed the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and therefore can This raises the question: is it possible that a Christian Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin." In light of these verses, many believers inĬhrist fear that they will go to hell because of an event when they spoke orĮven thought blasphemies against the Holy Spirit. Man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of This clause is found in Mark 3:28-29, where They have been led to believe that a certain prior action in their lives hasĮffectively triggered a special clause that will keep them from heaven. They have committed a special sin that places them in an unpardonable Many Christians live under the affliction of fearing that
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