An unforgiveable sin?

[Craig1974]

Blaspheming the Holy Spirit: The "Unpardonable Sin"

Can this sin be committed today?

[Craig1974]

To blaspheme means to speak against. I believe, at least as I understand it currently, is that if you refuse to believe the words of the Holy Spirit ie The Bible and you speak against it by calling it a bunch of stories and a book simply written by men and you go to your grave believing this, you will not be forgiven for this.

Thoughts?

[D. White]

Here is a part of a sermon I gave that covers this matter...

In Acts chapter eight we have an example of a man named Simon. After believing in Christ he was baptized, and thus he became a Christian and a member of the church of Christ. But a little later when he had sinned, the apostle Peter told him to repent of his sin and pray to God for forgiveness. Simon, realizing that he had sinned, asked Peter to pray to the Lord for him (Acts 8:22-24).

The fact of the matter is that as Christians we can sin and do wrong. This is not to say, however, that one should purposefully and intentionally sin. But, in becoming Christians, we do not cease to be humans; and as humans, one is always susceptible to sin in one way or another. The most wonderful fact, however, is that, because we are in Christ and under the cleansing power of His blood, as Christians we have the confidence and the assurance that if we repent of our sins and confess them and pray to God for forgiveness, He is faithful to forgive us our sins.

The apostle John in his epistle mentioned two types of sins a Christian can commit. He said, "If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death, I do not say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin and there is sin not leading to death" (1 John 5:16,17).

The sin, not leading to death or separation from God, is the sin Which one is willing to repent of and confess. As one does these things and prays to God for forgiveness, God will certainly forgive him, regardless of what his sin might have been. But the sin leading to death is the sin one is not willing to repent of and confess. If one continues to persist in sin, even after being told or shown about the wrong he is doing, or if one knows that he/she is living in sin but is not willing to change his life, then others should not pray for forgiveness of such sins - God cannot forgive unless a person is willing to repent.

To pray for forgiveness for someone who is determined to continue in his sin is to ask God to do what is opposed to His very nature. Such a sin, unrepented of, will lead one to death which is the eternal separation from God in hell. But as long as there is life, it is not too late to realize and correct one's sinful condition, asking God for forgiveness. These are the two types or categories of sin. May we never, as Christians, so harden our hearts and be filled with such pride that we will not repent whenever we do wrong or also be so hardened that when we are corrected, we turn our back on the correction, either.

...alot of Christians believev that if you speak against the Holy Spirit that you will be lost and some do just that...put someone in hell before they die. But they forget that whil they have the blood running warm in thier veins, they still have a chance to be saved by repenting of that unbelief. It is only after anyone has left this life that they will lose the chance at salvation if they don't repent.