UNPARDONABLE SIN
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By John W. White
Hebrews 10:26-28
"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of
the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation,
which shall devour the adversaries. 28.
He that despised Moses' law
died without mercy under two or three witnesses:"
Numbers 15:30-31
"But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously,
whether he be born in the land, or a
stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
31. Because he hath despised the
word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall
utterly be cut off; his iniquity
shall be upon him."
Mark
3:29 "But he that shall
blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never [ouj
emphatic not] forgiveness, but is in danger [e]nocov, liable, subject to] of
eternal [aijw>n,
agelasting] damnation [kri>siv, judgment in Received Text and Griesbach MMS, or
aJmarth>ma,
sin, in Lachmann, Tischendorf MMS. preferred by the
Nestles Text]:"
Luke
12:10 "And
whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall
not [ouj,
emphatic not] be forgiven."
Matthew 12:32
"And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but whosoever speaketh against the
Holy Ghost, it shall not [ouj, emphatic not] be forgiven him, neither in this world [aijw>n,
age, dative case], neither in the
world
to come [in the age the
one coming, present active dative case participle]."
"BLASPHEME": This word is a transliteration of the Greek word
blasfhme>w. Blaspheme means to rail, reproach, or revile. The
phrase "Speaketh against" in Matthew
12:32 is used as the same expression as "Blaspheme" in
Mark
3:29 and Luke 12:10.
"NOT,
NEVER":
This is the
Greek word
ouj
and is the emphatic not rather
than the
mh>
which is the not used when one wants to change their mind.
"WORLD, ETERNAL": These words
are translated from the Greek words o
aijw>n which
is singular in number and should be translated
the age. This is not eternity, but
a single age; which in this context is the church age. Eternity is expressed
in Galatians 1:5
"To whom be glory for
ever and ever. Amen." The word "Ever" in Galatians 1:5 is translated
from the same Greek word as "World" and "Eternal" but is
plural in number. The literal translation of "Ever and ever" is "Unto
the ages from the ages." Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will
not be forgiven for two ages, the church age and the millennial age.
The lost are those who will not be forgiven unto the ages from the ages.
"TO
COME":
This word is
a present active singular participle. This phrase is referring to the age that
is coming after the church age. The age that is coming is the
seventh day or the millennial
age.
"ETERNAL DAMNATION": This
is an interesting phrase. The word
eternal [aijw>n]is
an adjective describing the
"Damnation" and the phrase could be translated "Agelasting
damnation." The word "Damnation" comes from the word "kri>vis"
which is the word for "Judgment" in
the Received Text and Griesbach Text. The word used in the Lachmann Text, and
the Tischendorf Text is
aJmarth>ma, which
is the word for "Sin" and is the preferred word in the Nestles Text. The
phrase "Agelasting judgment" would become "Agelasting sin."
John
14:26 "But
the Comforter [para>klhsiv] which is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
OUR
COMFORTER:
The word "Comforter"
is a compound word made up by the word "para>"
which means "beside;" and "kale>w" which means "to call." The verb form of
para>klhsiv is translated "to Exhort." The Holy Spirit is one
who is along side calling and
exhorting us according to the will of God.
OUR TEACHER:
The teaching method of the Holy Spirit is found in
Isaiah 28:9-10
"Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom
shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are
weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10. For precept
must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon
line; here a little, and there a
little:"
OUR
REPROVER: John 16:8 "And when he is come,
he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of
judgment:"
OUR GUIDE:
John 16:13 "Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth, is come, he will
guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will show you things
to come."
"ALL TRUTH":
This seems to a reference to the milk
of the word. He feed the babes in Christ as well as the mature.
Hebrews 5:13-14
"For every one that useth milk
..: for he is a babe. 14. But
strong meat belongeth to them that are of
full age,..."
"HE WILL SHOW YOU":
The expression "Things to come" is a reference to
the blessing of the
birthright and our inheritance. Hebrews 9:11
"But Christ being come an
high priest of good things to come,
..." Jesus Christ is the testator or his own will, verse 16.
Hebrews
11:20 "By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
things to come."
HE WILL GLORIFY THE LORD: John 16:14
"He shall glorify me:
for he shall receive of mine, and shall
show it unto you." (things to come).
OUR INTERCESSOR: Romans 8:26 "Likewise the Spirit also
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
INSPIRATION: 2 Peter 1:21 "For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost."
Numbers 12:1-2 "And
Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses
..." Miriam's name is first which implies that Miriam was the one who led
Aaron astray. Miriam is in type a false teacher as in
Revelation 2:20 "...
thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,
which calleth herself a prophetess,
to teach and to seduce
my
servants..." Numbers 12:2
"And they said, Hath the LORD indeed
spoken only by Moses?
hath he not spoken also by us? And
the LORD heard
it."
Numbers 12:9-10
"And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against them; ... 10.... and,
behold, Miriam became
leprous,..." As long as a person was leprous, they were unclean and
could not come into the camp. Numbers
12:6-8 "And he said, Hear now my
words: If there be a prophet
among you, I the LORD will make
myself known unto him in a vision,
and will speak unto him in a
dream. 7. My servant Moses
is not so, ... 8. With him will I speak
mouth to mouth, even apparently,
and not in dark speeches; and the
similitude of the LORD shall he behold:
wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" What the
Holy Spirit hears from God He speaks. The Holy Spirit does not get what He
hears from God by dreams and visions, but mouth to mouth. To speak against the
Holy Spirit is as the sin of leprosy.
Numbers 12:11 "And Aaron said
unto Moses, .... I beseech thee, lay not the
sin upon us, wherein we have
done foolishly, and wherein we have
sinned." Aaron prayed in verse 12
"Let her not be as one dead." and
then in Numbers 12:13
"And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying,
Heal her now, O God, I beseech
thee."
Numbers 12:14-15
"And the LORD said unto Moses, ...should she not
be ashamed seven days? let her be
shut out from the camp seven days,
and after that let her be received
in again. 15. And
Miriam was shut out from the camp seven
days: ..." Miriam was
healed of leprosy but was unclean
and shut out of the camp for seven days. This is in type what will happen to
those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit. They will not have an entrance into the
coming kingdom of our Lord. They will not be kings and priests, but shut out
until there is a new heaven and a new earth after the seventh day, the
millennium. Deuteronomy
24:9 "Remember what the
LORD thy God did unto Miriam ..."
Luke 17:32
"Remember Lot's wife." This
is a warning to those who are saved and part of the family of God. Miriam and
Lot's wife were both saved and suffered loss under the judgment of God.
One way the church blasphemes the Holy Spirit is to
make the Word of God ineffective by traditions which take priority over the
Word of God. Matthew 15:1-3
"Then came to Jesus scribes
and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2. Why do thy disciples
transgress the tradition of the elders? ...
3. ...and said unto them, Why do ye also
transgress the
commandment of God by your
tradition?" Matthew 15:6 "... Thus
have ye made the commandment of God
of none effect by your
tradition." Those who blaspheme the
Holy Spirit say in essence, that the Holy Spirit does not have the last word
as to our faith and practice. I believe these can be and are saved. They are
very bold as in Romans 1:25 "Who
changed the truth of God
into a lie, ...." When this begins
to happen, then God will not let them return again to the truth and then they
will begin to believe the lie as the truth.
Romans 1:28 "And even
as they did not like to retain [e]cw
present active infinitive, having] God in
their
knowledge [ejpi>gnwsiv,
high knowledge that only the saved can have],
God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things
which are not convenient [fitting];"
FALSE TEACHERS: 2 Peter 2:1 "But there were
false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be
false teachers among you, who
privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even
denying the Lord that bought them,
and bring upon themselves swift destruction." Paul said this would happen in the church in
Ephesus in Acts 20:29-30 "For I
know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you,
not sparing the flock.
30. Also of your own selves shall men arise,
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."
FABLES: 1 Timothy 1:4, 6-7
"Neither give heed to fables
... some having swerved have
turned aside unto
vain jangling; 7. Desiring to be teachers
of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm."
There will come a time when those in the churches will not endure sound
doctrine.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
"For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine; but
after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears; 4. And they shall turn
away their ears from the truth, and
shall be turned unto fables."
TRADITION: Colossians 2:8
"Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, ..." Colossians
2:18-22 "Let no man beguile you of
your reward ..., intruding into
those things which he hath not seen,..."
Those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit and change the
truth of God into a lie will not be forgiven in this church age nor in the
coming millennial age. James 3:1
"My brethren, be not many masters
[teachers], knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation." There are many teachers
2 Peter 3:16 "... that are unlearned and unstable
wrest [twist], as they do also the
other scriptures, unto
their own destruction."
Proverbs 13:13 "Whoso
despiseth the word shall be
destroyed: but he that
fearth the commandment shall be
rewarded."
BEWARE: 2 Peter 3:17 "Ye
therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye
also, being led away with the error of
the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness." May we be as those in
Acts 4:31 "And when they had
prayed, ... they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and
they spake the word of God with
boldness."
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