Salvation 101 - Part VII - Unpardonable or Not?
30 "This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you're not on my side, you're the enemy; if you're not helping, you're making things worse. 31-32 "There's nothing done or said that can't be forgiven. But if you deliberately persist in your slanders against God's Spirit, you are repudiating the very One who forgives. If you reject the Son of Man out of some misunderstanding, the Holy Spirit can forgive you, but when you reject the Holy Spirit, you're sawing off the branch on which you're sitting, severing by your own perversity all connection with the One who forgives. (Matthew 12:30-32) I remember long debates after class while I was in Bible College. One of the most stimulating was always on the question what exactly was the "unpardonable sin". If you have not already heard me say this, every passage of scripture has to be taken in context if it is to be true to its meaning. Holding out one passage and not considering