If the Holy Spirit's job is to convict the sin of those who do not believe in Him, then I believe the unpardonable sin was and is not believing in Jesus Christ.
John 16:[SUP]
7 [/SUP]Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: [SUP]
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Of sin, because they believe not on me; [SUP]
10 [/SUP]Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; [SUP]
11 [/SUP]Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged
Mark 3:[SUP]
22 [/SUP]And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. [SUP]
23 [/SUP]And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? [SUP]
24 [/SUP]And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. [SUP]
25 [/SUP]And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. [SUP]
26 [/SUP]And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. [SUP]
27 [/SUP]No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. [SUP]
28 [/SUP]Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: [SUP]
29 [/SUP]But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. [SUP]
30 [/SUP]
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
I can see why people take that reference to mean a direct insult towards the Holy Spirit, but I see it as a direct insult in not believing in Jesus Christ in spite of His work manifested through the Holy Spirit.
If the only sin that matters is the one that the Holy Spirit will convict of which is not believing in Him, then there is no other sin for the Holy Spirit to convict of.
A young girl had sinned against the Person of the Holy Spirit by saying something derogatory if I recall correctly. Then she became a Christian. She was worrying about this that she would never be forgiven and thus not saved.
I had said that by believing in Him, you are saved since it is by NEVER believing in Him is how one is never saved.
John 3:[SUP]
18 [/SUP]He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
It is that sin of never believing in Him that the Holy Spirit will consider as unpardonable. Every other sin is; stupid and ignorant as those other sins are.
The poster "trofimus" had replied to what I had posted in a form of a question below:
Generally, yes.
But Christ used it in the context of pharisees saying that his power is from the evil one, even though they could not deny evidence for so many miracles.
I do not think that this can be reproduced today, specifically. We would have to witness God in flesh between us performing various kind of miracles and from the deep evil in our hearts we would have to attack him.
To which I had thanked him for sharing his opinion, and that someday we may know the answer for sure, but I do wonder if God can say something and then later change what He has said in light of the New Covenant and so I believe a sinner is saved by believing in Him and any derogatory comment made after salvation cannot be the unforgiveable sin that Jesus was talking about because of this promise.
John 6:[SUP]
39 [/SUP]And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. [SUP]
40 [/SUP]And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
And this one too;
1 John 1:[SUP]
9 [/SUP]If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
So I believe the unpardonable sin is not believing in Jesus Christ and at that time Jesus had said that being present, it would be applicable again if like after the millennium reign of Christ when Satan stages his last rebellion after being let out of the pit, I reckon if anybody that sided with the devil says those things about Jesus when on earth as the King of kings, would be committing the unpardonable sin then too.
Which would explain his reference to the next world....since they cannot be saved by faith in Him when they see Him.
Nobody can commit that sin now though because Jesus is not present with us to be insulting Him in unbelief by what power He does those miracles.
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