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Many years ago I was certain I had committed the unpardonable sin, even as a believer. I had a very frustrated loose tongue moment and I said some things that had mention of the Holy Ghost in them in a not good way. I looking back, I believe God forgave me for it, but even to this day when things go bad I look back and wonder if some of it is the result of those words. Not necessarily unforgiven, just that it follows me as an event that should not have ever happend. Since I'm bringing it up I will post scripture references. Mark 3:22-30 22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons." 23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man's house. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin." 30 He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit." Matthew 12:31-32 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. 33 My understanding of this text is that since the Holy Spirit IS ABSOLUTELY the working force behind our salvation through Jesus, then blasphemy or denying the Holy Spirit's power effectively cancels out the ability to get saved by that individual's choice. Nearly as I can tell, what makes the sin unforgivable is the ongoing nature of the sin. If an individual however, has a change of heart later on and stops with those attitudes and thoughts, then they are allowing the Holy Spirit to do His work in their life. The two key phrases in the above passages are " blasphemes against" and "speaks against" which I interpret to mean any unbelief against the HS or attributing the power of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Another consideration is that since God is triune, then speaking against God Himself would also be speaking against the HS correct? Why does Jesus single out the Holy Spirit? In fact in these passages God is not mentioned at all only Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Thoughts? Can somebody help to unpack this a little better? I would think probably one of the most horrible realizations would be to realize you committed this sin and can't ever become a child of God, although I have been under the impression that those who commit the sin are so spiritually dead, this realization never occurs to them.