Grace For Your Day May 13
What is the unforgivable sin? That is a question that has troubled people for ages and scholars have come up with 4 ways to answer it.
I mention all of that because the fourth view is the correct one. According to the Bible, the unforgiveable sin is the act of concluding that the works that Jesus did are actually the work of the devil. As s a result, He is not our Savior. He is just an imposter which is what the some of the Jews concluded about Him.
Mark 3:20-29 says:
And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
“Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
The reason Jesus made such a strong pronouncement against these men is because they were not being neutral towards Him. On the contrary, they concluded that He was demon possessed and on the side of the evil one. In other words, they could not deny His miracles or ignore the fact that He was healing people so, instead, they chose to commit an act of “blasphemy.” Standing before the Light of the World, they defiantly closed their eyes to Who He was so Jesus pronounced that act to be unforgivable which is not something that can be duplicated today because Jesus is not on the earth. Therefore, no one can personally see Him perform a miracle.
Therefore, the only unpardonable sin that is committed today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. If a person does that, then he is committing an unforgiveable act. However, the good news is that if someone receives Christ as their Savior and believes in Him, there is still hope for them which is what we are going to talk about this week at Grace Fellowship Church.
This Sunday, we are going to talk about “The Unforgivable Sin” in order to address an issue that has troubled people for ages because Christians all throughout history have wondered if they have ever done what this passage is talking about. The answer is simple: Do you believe in Jesus? Then the answer is “No.” You have not.
Consequently, can God forgive you? Yes! Murder? He can forgive it. Adultery? He can forgive it. Lies? He can forgive it. Pride? He can forgive it. Hatred? He can forgive it. Greed? He can forgive it, if you just repent and turn to Christ for salvation. First John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Please join us as we talk about that this Sunday. The service will begin at 9:30 and the sermon will be recorded and posted on our You Tube Channel afterwards for all those who cannot be there in person.
– Jeremy Cagle
1). The unforgiveable sin is the act of committing a horrific sin such as murder or adultery.
2). The unforgiveable sin is the act of asserting something false about the Holy Spirit.
3). The unforgiveable sin is the act of attributing the miracles of the Holy Spirit to Satan.
4). The unforgiveable sin is the act of attributing the miracles of the Holy Spirit to Satan and, furthermore, refusing to see the truth behind them that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.
I mention all of that because the fourth view is the correct one. According to the Bible, the unforgiveable sin is the act of concluding that the works that Jesus did are actually the work of the devil. As s a result, He is not our Savior. He is just an imposter which is what the some of the Jews concluded about Him.
Mark 3:20-29 says:
And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
“Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
The reason Jesus made such a strong pronouncement against these men is because they were not being neutral towards Him. On the contrary, they concluded that He was demon possessed and on the side of the evil one. In other words, they could not deny His miracles or ignore the fact that He was healing people so, instead, they chose to commit an act of “blasphemy.” Standing before the Light of the World, they defiantly closed their eyes to Who He was so Jesus pronounced that act to be unforgivable which is not something that can be duplicated today because Jesus is not on the earth. Therefore, no one can personally see Him perform a miracle.
Therefore, the only unpardonable sin that is committed today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. If a person does that, then he is committing an unforgiveable act. However, the good news is that if someone receives Christ as their Savior and believes in Him, there is still hope for them which is what we are going to talk about this week at Grace Fellowship Church.
This Sunday, we are going to talk about “The Unforgivable Sin” in order to address an issue that has troubled people for ages because Christians all throughout history have wondered if they have ever done what this passage is talking about. The answer is simple: Do you believe in Jesus? Then the answer is “No.” You have not.
Consequently, can God forgive you? Yes! Murder? He can forgive it. Adultery? He can forgive it. Lies? He can forgive it. Pride? He can forgive it. Hatred? He can forgive it. Greed? He can forgive it, if you just repent and turn to Christ for salvation. First John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Please join us as we talk about that this Sunday. The service will begin at 9:30 and the sermon will be recorded and posted on our You Tube Channel afterwards for all those who cannot be there in person.
– Jeremy Cagle
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