Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

[larryt]

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.

Very well put.

LT

[keslc]

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.

I think this is a great post and you are right on!

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!

Matt 12:24-25 says it right there

"Now when the pharisees heard it they said, 'This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the prinice of demons.' But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: 'Every kingdom......" (bold mine)

The pharisees were being very deliberate, they weren't speculating, they knew who Jesus was, but deliberately called him the opposite of what he was.

[Guest Liv4Him2]

This is what my parish priest told me when I asked him what the unpardonable sin was:

There are six sins that offend the Holy Spirit. These are:

(1) Despair,

"By despair, man ceases to hope for his personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or for the forgiveness of his sins. Despair is contrary to God's goodness, to his justice - for the Lord is faithful to his promises - and to his mercy."

(2) Presumption of God's mercy,

"There are two kinds of presumption. Either man presumes upon his own capacities, (hoping to be able to save himself without help from on high), or he presumes upon God's almighty power or his mercy (hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit)."

(3) Impugning the known truth,

(Clarification: To "impugn" the known truth means to attack it by word or argument, to resist it, to contradict it, or even to oppose the known truth or to challenge it as false.)

(4) Envy the spiritual good of another,

(Clarification: Regarding the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians states, "All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually as the Spirit chooses." To envy the spiritual good of another is to question the Divine judgment of the Holy Spirit in His distribution of spiritual gifts. It is to be jealous of another person who has a gift different than one's own gift. Through envy, one rejects the gift that he has received from the Holy Spirit, determining in his own mind that the gift he has received is not good enough for him and he wants someone else's gift.)

(5) Obstinacy in sin,

(Clarification: To be "obstinate" means to resist the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, to be stubborn, to persist in sin, to be unyielding.)

(6) Final impenitence.

(Clarification: "Impenitence" means to be uncontrite, unrepentant, hardened, unconverted, to be without regret, shame or remorse.)