![]() “Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”īut when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.” Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. So right from the start, it’s clear that the unpardonable sin is not only about words. ![]() They are in response to a specific situation, and to charges against him by the religious leaders of the day related to his actions in casting demons out of people who were demon-possessed. Jesus speaks about the unforgivable sin in all three of the Synoptic Gospels. Let’s look at the Bible passages that talk about the unpardonable sin. And we are not condemned for sins we are not committing. That’s because we are no longer committing the unpardonable sin. God forgives the sins of our past (see Ezekiel 18:21–23). When we change our heart and our actions, pardon is there for us. Our sins are unpardonable only as long as we continue to commit them. ![]() And I agree with that!īefore we dig deeper into this question, here’s a general principle to keep in mind: (See the Wikipedia article on “ Eternal sin.”) It is generally interpreted to mean active resistance to God by refusing to repent from sins and continuing to live an evil and rebellious life. “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.” (Mark 3:28–29)Įven most traditional Christian churches believe that the unforgivable sin involves much more than just verbally uttering blasphemies against the Holy Spirit. The idea of an unpardonable, unforgivable, and eternal sin is based on these words of Jesus in the Gospels: We’ll pick up these themes later in the article. But it is possible if you wholly commit yourself to walking the difficult and painful path out of those evil and sinful ways of life. And the key to attaining heaven is in loving God and loving your neighbor.Īchieving heaven will not be easy if you are deep into wrong and destructive ways of thinking, feeling, and living. Only you can banish yourself from heaven. It is not God who banishes you from heaven. And if you want to join that heavenly community, it remains your choice. God very much wants you to join the heavenly community. It breaks my heart to hear how many people believe they are already doomed to eternal hell because of what they’ve said or done.īut I am here to tell you that as long as you are still walking this earth, there is hope for you. You are not alone in thinking that you have committed the unpardonable sin, and there is no hope for you. What does it mean to blaspheme against the Spirit? Now I have been convicted and am sure that I have committed the unpardonable sin and am destined for hell. I tried counselling and medication and prayer groups yet I kept going back to drugs and sin. I even married a woman 9 years ago and I was unfaithful to her many times. Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Joe M:
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