Daily Dose 04/30/2020
The Unforgivable Sin
https://testflight.apple.com/join/om8voNVmThen they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him so that he could both talk and see. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
“Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Sometimes believers worry that they have accidentally committed the unforgivable sin, but only those who have turned their backs on God and rejected all faith have any need to worry. Jesus said they can’t be forgiven. Not because their sin is any more or less worse than any other, but because they will never ask for forgiveness. whoever rejects the prompting of the Holy Spirit removes himself or herself from the only force that can lead him or her to repentance and restoration to God.
The Pharisees had already accused Jesus of being in league with the devil (Satan) (Matt 9:34). They were trying to discredit Him by using an emotional argument. Refusing to believe that Jesus came from God. They said he was from Satan. Jesus easily exposed the foolishness of their argument. Jesus said “Even blasphemy against me or any other sin can be forgiven- all except one: speaking against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come. Can you ask God for forgiveness? Here is how, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. Ask Jesus to forgive you today, don’t be afraid. God bless you.
