What is the Unpardonable Sin? | Matthew 12:31-32
What is the Unpardonable Sin?
Matthew 12:31-32
Matthew 12:31-32
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.
What is the unpardonable sin? Many have grappled with this question. Some have taught that the unforgivable sin is murder - the taking of another’s life. Others have taught that this sin of no return is adultery - violating the marriage union. However, as serious as these sins are, King David committed and was forgiven of both.
Jesus said that the “blasphemy against the Spirit” is the sin that will not be forgiven. These words were spoken to the religious leaders who were equating the works of Jesus with the works of Satan. These leaders were attributing to Satan the power of the Spirit exercised through Jesus.
Be assured, you have not committed this sin. Blasphemy against the Spirit is a specific sin that “cannot be reproduced today, for it required Jesus’ presence on earth with His performing miracles through the Spirit’s power.”1 The only unforgivable sin is a person’s refusal to trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior before he leaves this earth. That rejection is the eternal sin.
Lord, I pray that no one reading this will commit that final sin. Work in the heart of every reader to bring them to you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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.
What is the unpardonable sin? Many have grappled with this question. Some have taught that the unforgivable sin is murder - the taking of another’s life. Others have taught that this sin of no return is adultery - violating the marriage union. However, as serious as these sins are, King David committed and was forgiven of both.
Jesus said that the “blasphemy against the Spirit” is the sin that will not be forgiven. These words were spoken to the religious leaders who were equating the works of Jesus with the works of Satan. These leaders were attributing to Satan the power of the Spirit exercised through Jesus.
Be assured, you have not committed this sin. Blasphemy against the Spirit is a specific sin that “cannot be reproduced today, for it required Jesus’ presence on earth with His performing miracles through the Spirit’s power.”1 The only unforgivable sin is a person’s refusal to trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior before he leaves this earth. That rejection is the eternal sin.
Lord, I pray that no one reading this will commit that final sin. Work in the heart of every reader to bring them to you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
God Bless!
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