Is there a sin that God just won't forgive? ...If you're concerned you may have committed "the unforgivable sin" or "sold your soul" ...this is an important video you don't want to miss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u59bUlEGa...I get a chance to listen to many preachers... Greg Laurie is one of the few that can keep my attention. I always appreciate the perspective Greg offers to a subject, the no-nonsense approach has always been my favorite. He tends to speak on subjects that are relevant to many issues being pondered today... one such question is on the "unforgivable sin".
It is a subject that I have hashed over with many Christians and non alike... it seems many want to know... how far is too far? Or is there any hope for me? In this featured pod-cast, Greg Laurie answers the root-question underlying the surface... be prepared to have some spiritual "open-heart surgery" ...courtesy of
OnePlace.com.Jesus said... "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"—for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit." (Mark 3:29)
Jesus had just driven out unclean spirits... I know that many don't believe in that whole "mumbo-jumbo" ...yet it was apparent that the "authorities" of the day didn't doubt it, rather they were claiming that the power Jesus had to perform these miracles, had their source from the devil. Many scoff today about miracles in general... especially about the existence of demons... that will by no means keep someone from blasphemy of the Holy Spirit... to reject or to call the work of the Holy Spirit evil... is what Jesus was referring to. As long as someone is in rejection of the work of God, they soon won't be ready to receive Jesus' work of atonement in their lives either.
Greg Laurie says the things that keeps people from Christ is not so much the failed attempts to find Him... rather the fear that Jesus Christ may interrupt your lifestyle. Some people say that they don't believe in the "God of the Old Testament" because He is so harsh... but rather they believe in the "God of the New Testament" who is so loving...
is this the real predicament? IF "God is love" then how can God still judge "sin"
...much less an "unforgivable sin?"
It may surprise you... it is the "religious" ones, who resist God's work, that Jesus Himself warns could be guilty of an unforgivable sin... calling the very work of God the work of the devil. I have found that many who have yet to trust in Christ as their Savior... have very little against God, rather they fault the followers of Christ. Like Mahatma Gandhi is quoted as saying... "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians" why? Because many times we don't resemble our Lord.
Well then, does that excuse those who reject Jesus because of religious hypocrites?
No. The love of Jesus Christ is there for the seeker, and the miraculous is there for the humble... it is not the lack of evidence that keeps someone from Christ, only humility.
"How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?" (Hebrews 2:3-4)
"...blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is when unbelievers say no to the Spirit's work of showing them their need for Jesus and bringing them to faith. By resisting and turning their back on God's gracious offer of forgiveness, they can ultimately insult—and even blaspheme—the Holy Spirit and go beyond a point of no return. To resist the Holy Spirit's appeal is to insult God and to effectively cut off all hope of salvation."
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