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didn't realize this interpretation removed any threat. Is that why I interpret
the passage this way? If you'd be so kind, which is the correct contextual
interpretation and why?
That is a common interpretation, Slade, one which
gets rid of the threat to us today. There are many commentators who embrace
it; however, as with all interpretative matters, there are many also who do
not.
Thanks for your input.
Bill
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I
have a bit of a question. I know the average commentator will say that
blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is some thing humans can do now - today. The
person in green below (Bill, I think) claims Hebrews speaks of it
as a trampling underfoot the Son of
God. What if the definition is considerably more...
confined? If I may, please read the following passage:
The Scribes [...] were saying, "He is
possessed by Baalzibbul," and "He casts out the demons by the rulers of
the demons."
And [Yeshua] 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" (because they were saying, 'He has an
unclean spirit.')
Please pay close attention to the last sentence of Marcus 3:22-30.
Yeshua tells us what blasphemy against the Spirit of the Holy One is. Now my
question... Is this kind of sin that can be committed only by those who SEE
THE MIRACLES OF YESHUA AND CLAIM THEY ARE DONE BY
HASATAN?
-- slade
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Bill: I'm
not real sure where the problem is on this one, Izzy. But I will give it a
shot. There is in Scripture the mention (in various ways) of an
unpardonable sin, a sin for which there is no forgiveness. In Mark 3 Jesus
identifies it as the blasphemy of the Holy Sprit.* The preacher to the
Hebrews calls it a trampling underfoot the Son of God.** Peter says it is
a denial or refusal of the Lord who redeemed us.*** And John refers to it
as the sin which leads to death.**** All of these occurrences (and
there are others) have at their source a conflict between the
person of Christ and some faction or another of religious leaders,
men (or women, if we are speaking in terms of today) who claim a stature
or position of knowledge and authority. In each case these are
men who blatantly reject Jesus Christ -- they are called "false
prophets"; certain ones of them are "Pharisees"; they are
"anti-christs," "deceivers," "wolves in sheep's clothing." And in
each case there is a blatant refusal to accept Jesus as who he claims or
is claimed to be. And so, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, which is
described in each of these instances, is, I believe, a refusal on the
part of humans, and especially any who hold positions of religious
influence over other people, to receive the convicting witness and
testimony and call of the Holy Spirit as to the truth of Jesus Christ, his
salvific act, his personal and corporate identity, and/or his
divine nature. These are those to whom I
believe Christ was referring when he said he will say: "Away
from me, I never knew you" (I must also add that I believe until a
person, even one of these really rotten ones, takes his or
her last breath, there is still time to repent. Nevertheless, John
seems to indicate that at some point a person can become so hardened,
after so many wonderful but squandered opportunities, that he will
not and perhaps can not repent. See cf. 1 Joh 5 -- "I do not ask that
[you] pray for [the one who commits the sin which leads to
death]").
Bill
the scripture that I quoted above did not refer to blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit. Jesus said,
�unless you repent, you will all
likewise perish.� How much more
clearly can He state it? Can you admit that refusal to repent of sin IS a
rejection of Jesus? Can we agree on
that?
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