(16) THE UNPARDONABLE SIN

(MATT. 12:31-32)- All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. (1 John 1:9)- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness./ Confession must be accompanied with repentance. We may sin again in the same manner, but we had better not plan on sinning again. (Gal. 6:7-8)- We can't mock God. We'll reap what we sow. (1 John 5:16)- There is a sin unto death and there is a sin not unto death./ One sin unto death, of course, is that a person never becomes a christian. If we are a born-again christian, we arent charged with sin. (Rom. 4:8)- Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin./ But, we are still responsible for repentance, confession and forsaking sin. (Rom. 6:23)- The wages of sin is death./ For an unsaved person, it's eternal death. For a saved person it can mean physical death. (1 Cor. 11:30)-For this cause many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep./ Paul is correcting the church at Corinth for abusing the Lord's Supper. If a christian continues in sin, the Lord can't use him and may just take him home. A sin not unto death is sin that we commit and repent, or sin by failing to do what we know God wants us to do, the sin of omission. There is a sin that is unpardonable, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In (Matt. 12:31-32), the pharisees attributed Jesus miracles to Satan instead of the Holy Spirit. The general opinion is that the pharisees did commit the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. (Acts 3:14-17)- Peter preached on Pentecost, saying he realized that they and their rulers killed Jesus in ignorance. In which case they could be forgiven. In my lifetime I've heard much blasphemy against God and Jesus, but never against the Holy Spirit. I believe that God forbids Satan to tempt anyone to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. If a person does this, they must decide and do it because they have thought about it and willed to do it. Con