Jesus said that there is a sin
which can never be forgiven...
"But he that shall blaspheme against
the Holy Ghost hath never
forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Mark
What does it mean to
"blaspheme against the Holy Spirit"?
In the book of Numbers, there are two kinds of sin. Sins
of ignorance which can be forgiven, and presumptuous sin which
cannot be forgiven.
Sins of ignorance can be forgiven because they do not involve
rebellion. Presumptuous sin is always
rebellion because it is sin
committed with knowledge that the act is
wrong.
SINS OF IGNORANCE (These were
forgiven)
Numbers 15:27
And if any soul sin through IGNORANCE, ....And
the priest shall make an atonement for the soul
that SINNETH
IGNORANTLY, .... and
it shall be forgiven him.
SINS OF PRESUMPTION (Not forgiven)
Numbers
PRESUMPTUOUSLY, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger,
the same reproacheth
[blasphemeth] the Lord; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
broken his commandment, that soul shall be
utterly cut off; his iniquity
shall be upon him."
What if deliberately committing sin IS to blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
In the Numbers text above where it
says that presumptuous sin is to
reproach the Lord, the Hebrew word for reproacheth
is:
1442 gadaph, a primitive root; to hack (with words), i.e. revile:
KJV-- BLASPHEME, reproach.
EVERY OTHER TIME this word is used, the KJV translates
it as
BLASPHEMED or BLASPHEMETH.
For example: Ezek 20:27
" Therefore, son of man, speak unto the
house of
them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your
fathers have
BLASPHEMED (1442)
in that they have committed a trespass
against me.
As you can see, they "committed a trespass"
and "blasphemed the
Lord. To sin presumptuously is to blaspheme the
Lord.
Now please bear with me as I expand
that idea further. When one
commits "wilfull sin" does one blaspheme
the Holy Spirit"? I know you
are very familiar with the following passage from the KJV...
Heb 10:26-29
26 For
if we *sin wilfully* after that we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,
27 But
a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that DESPISED Moses' law died without mercy under two
or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought
worthy, who hath trodden under foot
the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith
he was sanctified, an unholy thing,
and HATH DONE DESPITE unto the Spirit of grace?
In the Numbers passage above it is
clear that to sin presumptuously
(wilfully) is to blaspheme the Lord. In the Hebrews passage the wilful
sin is committed against the direct teaching of the indwelling Holy Spirit
(Spirit of Grace) by those who are
"sanctified" . Is this willful sin
blasphemy?
Notice that the phrase "hath
done despite unto the Spirit of Grace" is
directly compared to "despising Moses' Law
(verse :27 above) In the
OT those who sinned presumptuously
despised Moses' Law and
blasphemed the Lord.
In the NT, those who are born of
God and sin presumptuously despise
the indwelling Spirit of Grace. The
term "hath done despite" is from the
Greek:
2662 katapateo-
1) to
tread down, to trample underfoot, to trample on
2) metaphorically,
to treat with rudeness and insult,
to spurn, to treat with insulting neglect
If one who is born of God has truly
repented of committing sin
(chosen to
cease from sin) and then deliberately commits sin he has
despised the Holy Spirit, just as the OT the Israelites despised the Law of
God.
It is blasphemy!
The Peshitta Text (Aramaic) of the New
Testament confirms this fact
by translating Hebrews
"How much more punishment do you think he will receive who has
trodden underfoot the Son of God and has considered the blood
of
His covenant through which he had been sanctified as ordinary blood
and has
BLASPHEMED the Spirit of Grace."
Holy Bible from Ancient
Eastern Manuscripts - Lamsa
KJ Version "...done despite unto the Spirit
of Grace"
Aramaic Text "...blasphemed the Spirit of Grace
Only the one "born of
God" - who has received the indwelling Spirit of
God upon repentance - is able to
blaspheme the Spirit who "writes the
law on their hearts." If he
does, there remains for such a one only "a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall
devour the adversaries."
I pray that the reader who
disagrees will lay this before the Lord with
an open mind.
HK
Ezekiel 20:27-28
Therefore, son of man, speak unto
the house of
Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed
me, in that
they have committed a
trespass against me.