Sunday, June 18, 2006
UNFORGIVEABLE SIN
Matt. 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. 32. "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.
Mark 3:28-30. "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" 30. because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
We continue to see to see Jesus in action even though we are told that He has not yet had a chance to eat from His journey. He has not lent His adversaries the opportunity to speak but continues His exhortation. Truly – amen – I say to you, reflects a deep solemnity; a gravity that commands a supreme attentiveness to the information that will follow.
This information pertains to sin, which is any infraction to God’s law that necessarily must be reconciled by forgiveness or punishment. Included is the revelation that many sins lend themselves opportunity to have forgiveness but there is a sin that remains eternally without any hope for remedy.
Our attention turns to the word blasphemy because blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. This word is a direct transliteration from the Greek – blasphemia – and in the most general sense it is used as insolent language directed at God or one’s fellow man. In our language today we tend to take this word in a more focused infraction against God. This would be tantamount to defaming Him or pulling Him down to the secular realm or a willful degradation of Holy things. This infraction meets its remedy in Lev. 24:16 `Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
Mark 3:28-30. "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" 30. because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
We continue to see to see Jesus in action even though we are told that He has not yet had a chance to eat from His journey. He has not lent His adversaries the opportunity to speak but continues His exhortation. Truly – amen – I say to you, reflects a deep solemnity; a gravity that commands a supreme attentiveness to the information that will follow.
This information pertains to sin, which is any infraction to God’s law that necessarily must be reconciled by forgiveness or punishment. Included is the revelation that many sins lend themselves opportunity to have forgiveness but there is a sin that remains eternally without any hope for remedy.
Our attention turns to the word blasphemy because blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. This word is a direct transliteration from the Greek – blasphemia – and in the most general sense it is used as insolent language directed at God or one’s fellow man. In our language today we tend to take this word in a more focused infraction against God. This would be tantamount to defaming Him or pulling Him down to the secular realm or a willful degradation of Holy things. This infraction meets its remedy in Lev. 24:16 `Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
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