What was the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
Jesus had cast our evil spirits thereby demonstrating that the Kingly Rule of God had come upon them. But the Scribes had seen it, and knew in their hearts that it was of God, but they deliberately closed their minds to it. They so hated Jesus that they claimed that He cast out spirits by Beelzebul, a prince of demon.
Jesus pointed out that this must mean that the Devil was at war with himself. His kingdom would thereby be destroyed. If they persisted in this attitude they would be in danger of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.
In other words He was pointing out that the clear evidence of the Spirit at work was being refused because of blind prejudice. They were refusing to accept clear evidence of His working.
Thus they were hardening their hearts against truth in its most manifest form, and if they continued to do this the Holy Spirit would cease from working upon them because they had built up an impenetrable barrier against Him and His truth.. Then they would have 'blasphemed against the Holy Spirit'. They would have made it impossible for Him ever to convict them.
It was an unforgiveable sin because it closed them off completely from the work of the Holy Spirit and His revelation to them of the truth in that He had given them unassailable evidence, and they had closed their minds to it.
Jesus had cast our evil spirits thereby demonstrating that the Kingly Rule of God had come upon them. But the Scribes had seen it, and knew in their hearts that it was of God, but they deliberately closed their minds to it. They so hated Jesus that they claimed that He cast out spirits by Beelzebul, a prince of demon.
Jesus pointed out that this must mean that the Devil was at war with himself. His kingdom would thereby be destroyed. If they persisted in this attitude they would be in danger of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.
In other words He was pointing out that the clear evidence of the Spirit at work was being refused because of blind prejudice. They were refusing to accept clear evidence of His working.
Thus they were hardening their hearts against truth in its most manifest form, and if they continued to do this the Holy Spirit would cease from working upon them because they had built up an impenetrable barrier against Him and His truth.. Then they would have 'blasphemed against the Holy Spirit'. They would have made it impossible for Him ever to convict them.
It was an unforgiveable sin because it closed them off completely from the work of the Holy Spirit and His revelation to them of the truth in that He had given them unassailable evidence, and they had closed their minds to it.