Mark 3:28-30 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
A couple of Sunday's ago, we dug into this passage as part of our reMARKable sermon series at Grace. The nature of the "unpardonable sin" has haunted many of God's people across the centuries out of fear that perhaps they were or might one day be guilty of committing it. As we saw in our study, there is no need to fear. For a genuine Christian could never do so. For this sin that God will not forgive is the ongoing, continual rejection of the witness of the Holy Spirit to the Savior’s person and work. A person who has truly been "born of the Spirit" (John 3:5; Titus 3:5-6) would never be in such a state.
However, this does not mean that we cannot "grieve" the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) or put out his fire within us (1 Thessalonians 5:19). So ... all this said, we must seek to "keep in step with the Spirit" (Galatians 5:25) and be "filled" with Him (which simply means to be under his influence [Ephesians 5:18]). Of course, the way to do this is to know God's Word and live it out! For ultimately, it was the Spirit of God who inspired the writers as they wrote the Bible ... so that at the end of the day what they wrote was what God wanted written (2 Peter 1:21). So as we order our lives by the blueprint for life as outlined in the Scriptures, then we in turn ... "walk in step" with Him!
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
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