THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

Our Lord’s words about the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit arose from the ascription by the Jewish leaders of His works to “Beelzebub,” implying that “He had an unclean spirit.” Whether they KNEW intelligently He was actually working by the Holy Spirit is not said, but they were no doubt speaking deliberately against the Lord, and that was a very heinous sin, leading on to His cruel death at Calvary. Could a more dreadful sin be imagined? Yes, there was one greater. That could be forgiven, and many of His murderers were indeed forgiven on repentance (Acts 2:38), through the testimony of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. What, then, is this more grievous sin, for which there is no forgiveness? It is the deliberate rejection of the testimony of the Holy Spirit; it is the sin of apostacy. When this sin has been reached, “It is impossible to renew again to repentance” (Hebrews 6:6). It is not that those guilty want to repent and are refused, but it is impossible to get them to want to repent. They become adversaries (see Hebrews 10:27). One thing seems certain, that no one who desires forgiveness has committed the unpardonable sin. Where there is the desire, confession is still available, with immediate forgiveness and cleansing for the Lord’s sake (see 1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:1, 2).

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• Can the Sin against the Holy Spirit be committed to-day?
• Do we need to ask God to give us the Holy Spirit?
• Do we pray to the Father or to the Son or Holy Spirit as well?
• Do we pray to the Holy Spirit or only to God the Father?
• Does God ever refuse to forgive in this life? If one is COflSCIOUS of having resisted the call of Go
• How does the Holy Spirit lead a meeting of the church?
• How does the Holy Spirit work differently in the New Testament compared to the Old Testament?
• How is the Spirits filling different from His anointing?
• How long will the Spirit abide with believers?
• In what ways does the Spirit of God lead us?
• Is it right to pray to the Holy Ghost?
• Is preaching the same as prophesying?
• Is the Holy Spirit who is meant by the phrase "He who now letteth" in 2 Thessalonians?
• Is the Holy Spirit's "coming upon" a person in the OT similar to the "indwelling" of the NT?
• Is the Spirit
• Is the Spirit of God equal to the Father and the Son?
• Specifically, how does the Spirit lead us in our gatherings?
• Was the descent at the time of Pentecost gradual?
• Were all the followers of Christ indwelt by the Holy Spirit before the day of Pentecost?
• What are the differences between "the Spirit of God" and "the Spirit of Christ"?
• What are the marks of the Spirit
• What does praying in the Spirit mean?
• What does the "unity of the Spirit" mean in Ephesians 4?
• What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
• What is the filling of the Spirit?
• What is the sealing of the Holy Spirit?
• What is the the teaching of the Keswick Convention?
• Why does the Bible refer to the Spirit as "itself" rather than "himself"?
• Will the Holy Spirit leave the world at the Rapture?