It is well documented in the Bible that God does not like sin.  Sin is what separates a person from a saving relationship with God.  As rampet as sin is in the world I guess it’s hard to wrap a human mind around the fact that God will not allow the slightest sin to go unpunished.  Granted a little white lie sounds innocent enough, but it is still a sin in God's eyes and there you have your separation. 

 

The Bible lists the seven deadly sins; pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth.  Deadly because they are fatal to a person’s spiritual growth.  Then you have the Ten Commandments, carved in stone by the finger of God.  How many of those have we broken?  As a person grows in Bible knowledge, it becomes more evident when you are in the danger area.  I think that’s the work of the Holy Spirit that helps to steer you right and if you fail and sin, it is the Holy Spirit that will convict you so that you are prompted to repent and seek forgiveness. 

 

The Holy Spirit is in the world convicting people about God's truth and there are many who have disbelieved the Spirit's testimony. In so doing, they discount the truth of God and equate it with a lie, thereby associating the power of the Holy Spirit with the power of Satan, the Father of lies John 8:44. Once a person has rejected the truth of the Holy Spirit (who speaks of Jesus Christ and the plan of Salvation), there is no other way that person can be saved. The rejection of God's truth is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and cannot be forgiven in this world or in the world to come. It is impossible for a person to be saved who has rejected the truth of God as presented by the Holy Spirit.

 

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".

 

The definition of Blasphemy is the showing of disrespect toward something sacred. Blaspheming the Holy Spirit occurs when a person who knows better rejects the Word of God which the Holy Spirit is attempting to bring into the heart of that person. Hence this rejection or this refusal is telling the Holy Spirit that what he is trying to bring into the person's heart is not being believed, that it's not worth the effort or the time to even look into it or study it, that the very Word of God is not important, and that the beliefs and teachings of Jesus Christ are being rejected.

 

So we can see that the unforgivable sin is not only a sin, it is a way of life.  It is a lifestyle that is telling God that he is not wanted at all in a person's life.   The unforgivable sin is generally accomplished in two different ways.   First, there is a deliberate choice taking place. That is in the sense that the person has harden their heart to God, sealing their conscience to repentance.  The second way for one to commit the unforgivable sin is to simply stay in a state of continual neglect.  Here a person fails to pray, or read the word of God, or have fellowship with Christian believers. They ignore God and completely block him from their thoughts and thus successfully prevent the Holy Spirit from making any headway into their lives. 

 

Thanks to repentance and forgiveness, we can again come back to God through His Grace.

 

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