> [Original Message] > From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 12/15/2003 12:31:18 PM > Subject: [TruthTalk] Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit > > Dean wrote: > >* Please resend the previous post. > ------------------------------------------ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of David Miller > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [TruthTalk] Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit > > Dean, you asked about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I can't > remember if I answered you or not. I do not believe that blasphemy > against the Holy Spirit can be forgiven... ever. Nevertheless, I do NOT > believe that Dave Hansen blasphemed the Holy Spirit when he questions > the spirit that motivates street preachers in Salt Lake City. > > When Jesus Christ ministered, he was motivated by the Holy Spirit to do > many things. Yet, a person could blaspheme Jesus Christ and still be > forgiven. Why is that? Because as a man, Jesus might minister in a way > that is misunderstood. Both Jesus and men are used by God to minister > judgment and God's wrath. This can be readily misunderstood. Sometimes > people have personality conflicts too. So, for example, if Jesus got in > someone's face, they might blaspheme him, and while he might have been > led of the Holy Spirit in what he said or did, that does not mean that > the person blaspheming him was blaspheming the Holy Spirit. > > When Jesus warned about blaspheming the Holy Spirit, it concerned the > miraculous healing of deliverance which he was doing. The work of the > Holy Spirit is pure in this way. The Holy Spirit does not directly > condemn people. The Holy Spirit uses men to do that work. What the > Holy Spirit does do directly is very pure... for example, healing. When > a man sees another person delivered of a devil and set free of his > bondage, if he calls that miracle a work of the devil, that man is > clearly dangerously close to blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Clearly such > a work cannot be done except by the Holy Spirit, and its fruit is so > good and acceptable that the only ones who would blaspheme it would be > those who hate the very nature of God Himself. > > So if you, for example, were to heal a paralytic man who was severely > deformed, causing him to rise out of his wheel chair in Salt Lake City > right there at the Mormon Temple, and Dave Hansen said, "Dean did that > by the power of Beelzebub," then I would say that he perhaps was > crossing that line of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. But if a preacher > were led by the Holy Spirit to waive Mormon underwear around and use it > to attract attention in order to preach Truth to Mormons attending a > convention there, and Dave Hansen blasphemed that, well, while I might > disagree with his perspective, it would be a forgivable sin because it > is based upon a misunderstanding. Furthermore, his words are directed > toward the preacher, a man, not toward the spirit behind the man, the > Holy Spirit. > > I hope this helps. Let me know. Dean writes: Do you or do you not believe that the Holy Spirit has lead brothers like Ruben and others to Salt Lake City to preach to those Satan has deceived? Or are you saying that a sign has to be giving? Is it or is it not a miracle when one passes from death unto life-unto salvation- as I have wittinessed? DaveH suggested that the spirit that led us there was an unsavory spirit-this is blasphemy (ie.speaking evil-claiming that spirit to be evil) against that spirit. What would you think of me if I suggested that Jesus wasn't the son of God-would you consider me saved? I await you answers-but I suggest you pray before you reply as you also are on dangerous ground-for I have the right to call sin,sin and to call down the sinner? I am in your house-but I am a man of God in your house withstanding the false prophets in your house-whom you have invited in this house and we will both appear before God soon-again I ask you to pray. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
