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Phil12123
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Let’s look at the verse again, in context:
**Matthew 12:
31. "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32. "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
33. "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34. "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35. "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36. "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37. "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.’’ **
**Just prior to saying the above, Jesus had healed one who was possessed of a demon, and the crowd marveled, but the Pharisees accused Him of casting out the demon by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons. In doing so, they were speaking against the Holy Spirit by Whom Jesus performed that miracle. Their accusation was not merely speaking against Jesus but against the power by which He worked the miracle.
Jesus knew their evil hearts and knew that what they said was evidence of their evil heart (“an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things”). Without the Holy Spirit no one can be saved (and therefore forgiven) because it is the Holy Spirit Who convicts of sin, leads to repentance, and then regenerates the repentant sinner. If one considers the Holy Spirit as Beelzebub (speaking it reveals the heart’s belief of it), he rejects the only means by which he can be saved, and consequently his sins, including that one, will never be forgiven. The Pharisees were so hard-heartedly opposed to the work of the Holy Spirit, through Christ, that their sin would never be forgiven. The few Pharisees that were not so opposed, like Nicodemus, did not speak against or oppose the Holy Spirit and in fact confessed that God had to be with Him (John 3:2) and so they were able to be forgiven, though they may have remained secret about it (e.g., John 12:42).
Someone who is worried about committing the unpardonable sin is more than likely not guilty of it, because a person who is like those who accused Christ in the passage, is not repentant or sorry for his sins, or worried he has committed any. Instead, he is ultimately crying out, “Crucify Him!!” which you are not.
You might want to re-read Jaypeeto4’s post, no. 32, which I think had many good points and should also comfort you that you are not in the same category as the Pharisees in the passage.
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**Matthew 12:
31. "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
32. "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
33. "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34. "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35. "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36. "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37. "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.’’ **
**Just prior to saying the above, Jesus had healed one who was possessed of a demon, and the crowd marveled, but the Pharisees accused Him of casting out the demon by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons. In doing so, they were speaking against the Holy Spirit by Whom Jesus performed that miracle. Their accusation was not merely speaking against Jesus but against the power by which He worked the miracle.
Jesus knew their evil hearts and knew that what they said was evidence of their evil heart (“an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things”). Without the Holy Spirit no one can be saved (and therefore forgiven) because it is the Holy Spirit Who convicts of sin, leads to repentance, and then regenerates the repentant sinner. If one considers the Holy Spirit as Beelzebub (speaking it reveals the heart’s belief of it), he rejects the only means by which he can be saved, and consequently his sins, including that one, will never be forgiven. The Pharisees were so hard-heartedly opposed to the work of the Holy Spirit, through Christ, that their sin would never be forgiven. The few Pharisees that were not so opposed, like Nicodemus, did not speak against or oppose the Holy Spirit and in fact confessed that God had to be with Him (John 3:2) and so they were able to be forgiven, though they may have remained secret about it (e.g., John 12:42).
Someone who is worried about committing the unpardonable sin is more than likely not guilty of it, because a person who is like those who accused Christ in the passage, is not repentant or sorry for his sins, or worried he has committed any. Instead, he is ultimately crying out, “Crucify Him!!” which you are not.
You might want to re-read Jaypeeto4’s post, no. 32, which I think had many good points and should also comfort you that you are not in the same category as the Pharisees in the passage.
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