Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

[keslc]

This was something I never understood (blasphemy of the Holy Spirit). I mean people would say it was the unforgivable sin, but I never KNEW what that meant exactly. Well in Bible study we studied the passage mentioned in the title of the thread (Matt 12:22-37) and it was like a light clicked on and slapped me over the head! Even though I read it many times before, this time I got it!

What I gathered was that (in the simplest terms) it meant crediting something you know the Holy Spirit has done to Satan. It was what the pharisees were doing in verse 24. As we were discussing this my husband says, "well, that's a pretty stupid thing to do" and we were all like yeah it is! See, because I never really knew what it meant and I couldn't grasp the concept of an "unforgivable" sin, I (and I'm sure others) worried whether they had done it. Like I worried about a time when something traumatic happened and I yelled at God and told him I hated what he did, but later took it back and was sorry and asked forgiveness, I worried that what I had said was unforgiveable. So really a better example of the unforgivable sin would be if I had a disease and asked God to heal me and when he did, I thanked Satan for the healing or told people it was because of satan's power I was healed (yeah, I'd say pretty stupid thing to do!) That is what the pharisees were doing. They were calling Jesus in essence the son of satan (prince of demons) and crediting that power ( not Jesus authority as the son of God) with driving out evil spirits.

Ok, sorry for my ramblings, but I was just excited to finally understand something I didn't and I was amazed and thankful for God leading me through my study! (don't know why that should amaze me, but it does!)

Blessings to all!

[artsylady]

Okay. I get it now. Thanks. I never really knew exactly what it meant either.

[Kabowd]

Isn't that what alot of ppl do when they see unexplained things happen though? For instance, I see alot of ppl knocking certain televangelists who have "healing ministries" and such. Now, I'm not saying I agree with those ministries..however, this is one of the reasons I think we should be cauteous about calling one another "of satan" and such. Unless we know for sure that it is satan at work, I think we need to be very careful about labeling ppl that way.

[artsylady]

I hear more people saying it's fake or not real at all when it comes to a lot of these healings, but you made a good point about not attibuting it to satan, if it is atually from God.

[Guest koppen]

Isn't that what alot of ppl do when they see unexplained things happen though? For instance, I see alot of ppl knocking certain televangelists who have "healing ministries" and such. Now, I'm not saying I agree with those ministries..however, this is one of the reasons I think we should be cauteous about calling one another "of satan" and such. Unless we know for sure that it is satan at work, I think we need to be very careful about labeling ppl that way.

Right on Tess...this is why I refrain from answering anything concerning lambasting an evangelist or minister...I do not want the Lord to ask my why I spread such things about his servants....That is VERY scary for me!...Also the fact that I know that the Lord will deal with those that need to be delt with!

[sachi]

Right on Tess...this is why I refrain from answering anything concerning lambasting an evangelist or minister...I do not want the Lord to ask my why I spread such things about his servants....That is VERY scary for me!...Also the fact that I know that the Lord will deal with those that need to be delt with!

Yes, I totally agree

If we have problems @ a ministry we need to bring the concerns to the Lord nd leave the matter in God's hands.

I noticed on this board several posts with ongoing dialogues about certain TV preachers. Its in poor taste for a board of this quality, patriculalry a Christian Website, I think ...

[larryt]

Right on Tess...this is why I refrain from answering anything concerning lambasting an evangelist or minister...I do not want the Lord to ask my why I spread such things about his servants....That is VERY scary for me!...Also the fact that I know that the Lord will deal with those that need to be delt with!

Yes, I totally agree

If we have problems @ a ministry we need to bring the concerns to the Lord nd leave the matter in God's hands.

I noticed on this board several posts with ongoing dialogues about certain TV preachers. Its in poor taste for a board of this quality, patriculalry a Christian Website, I think ...

I'm not sure which TV preachers you are refering to but there are some that teach outright blasphemy and are heretics. Shall I name names? When Jesus refers to he blasphemy of the Holy Spirit the works that were in question were undeniably the work of God and God alone.

Mt 12:22

[shammah]

I think that Jesus knew that the Pharises were envious; I think Jesus knew that these men had followed and seen things that only God could do! I think Jesus knew that these men knew God was really working miracles through Jesus, and the Apostles through Jesus Name. So Jesus saw in their hearts that they were deliberately calling what they themselves witnessed to be from God,( the miracles, words, and fruit of the Spirit) Evil ! They were knowingly calling the Holy, evil, to protect their own ministries! Woe to them that call good evil, and evil, good!

Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is a deliberate act of calling the working of God through the Holy Spirit, evil, or from the devil.

That takes a very prideful, envious, and hateful heart to blaspheme the Holy Spirit; it's deliberate and very hard for a true Christian to commit.

Many people think that these tv evangelist/prophets/healers, are bogus, maybe even from the devil! Maybe they even think these ministers are Satans decieving ministers of righteousness , with lying signs and wonders, and these ministers know their master is the Devil!

But you see this really could be true! And some of these ministers really are now allowed to do signs and even miracles to decieve Christians!

Now its best not to accuse them since there is no true biblical order in most of these churches to call them to account; they would just throw you out!

But if someone did call them out being convinced they were false and needed to be exposed; even if this man was wrong in his accusation ; he has commited an offence and a sin, but he did not knowingly call the working of the Holy Spirit , Evil ! This man was decieved; but it's been more often than not today that the stuff we see on tv is at best bad doctrine, but there is so much counterfeit garbage, the true Holy people of God are very hard to find.

Blessings to you all.

[gypc]

What we must understand is that healing, salvation and casting out demons is the work of God. Just because someone might be a false prophet or teacher they can still have miricles in the name of Jesus.

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

These people were doing great things in the name of Jesus but to their destruction, they were also workers of iniquity.

[Adstar]

I make sure i never accuse someone of being possessed by a demon especially when they claim to be a Christian. Disagreeing with what a preacher is teaching is Not blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is saying that a Holy Spirit indwelled Christian is possessed by a demon. Its calling the Holy Spirit a demon, that