31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
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 be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. (Matthew 12:31-33)
The key phrase in understanding what's going on here is, "for the tree is known by his fruit". This is where Jesus qualified what he was talking about. You see earlier on in verse 24 the Pharisees, witnessing his mighty power accused Jesus of casting out devils by the power of Beelzebub. It was not that blaspheming the Holy Ghost was unforgivable but rather that in the case of the pharisees, who witnessed the power of God through Jesus Christ, had such hard hearts that in spite of what they had witnessed they refused to believe opting rather to blaspheme the work of the Holy Ghost. Blaspheming the Holy Ghost in and of itself though a wicked and reprehensible act is not unforgivable, the context of the passage was that in the case of the pharisees their blasphemy of the Holy Ghost was the fruit which revealed their hearts by which they were condemned well before they actually blasphemed the work of the Holy Ghost performed through Christ. This means that if this is done in a frivolous manner it is no indication that one is beyond salvation.
I write this to encourage anyone who is worried that they might not be saved and are beyond being saved because of some sin they might have committed. The power of God to save is not limited by any sin and he will never turn away anyone who calls on his name in repentance for the remission of their sins. God bless.
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 be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. (Matthew 12:31-33)
The key phrase in understanding what's going on here is, "for the tree is known by his fruit". This is where Jesus qualified what he was talking about. You see earlier on in verse 24 the Pharisees, witnessing his mighty power accused Jesus of casting out devils by the power of Beelzebub. It was not that blaspheming the Holy Ghost was unforgivable but rather that in the case of the pharisees, who witnessed the power of God through Jesus Christ, had such hard hearts that in spite of what they had witnessed they refused to believe opting rather to blaspheme the work of the Holy Ghost. Blaspheming the Holy Ghost in and of itself though a wicked and reprehensible act is not unforgivable, the context of the passage was that in the case of the pharisees their blasphemy of the Holy Ghost was the fruit which revealed their hearts by which they were condemned well before they actually blasphemed the work of the Holy Ghost performed through Christ. This means that if this is done in a frivolous manner it is no indication that one is beyond salvation.
I write this to encourage anyone who is worried that they might not be saved and are beyond being saved because of some sin they might have committed. The power of God to save is not limited by any sin and he will never turn away anyone who calls on his name in repentance for the remission of their sins. God bless.