Answer (1 of 27): I have read The Bible back to back a few times.
Any sin can be forgiven if a person honestly confesses, repents, and asks God for forgiveness, as Jesus himself says in this passage: “People will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy” (Matthew 12:31), and as we read in 1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all.
. I must admit this passage has always concerned me, as there have been many short periods in my Christian walk that I have not always lived an exemplary.
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May | 5. Feb 23, 2018 · It’s easy to get worked up over this enigmatic “unforgivable sin” in the Gospels and miss the remarkable gospel expression of Jesus’s open arms that comes immediately before the warning: “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter” ( Mark 3:28 ). Titus 1:16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.
” According to this. “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. .
. Jesus Christ died for all sins, even willful sins, but if the readers of Hebrews turn back to Mosaic sacrifices, they will not find there any greater provision for forgiveness and they will face a severe judgment at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
Augustine argues that, since the Holy Spirit was dispensed to the church at Pentecost, the true unforgivable sin is the rejection of the church itself, since the Spirit and the church cannot be separated.
Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
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If blasphemy is actually a form of denial (which I think it is), it would have to be against the Holy Spirit, not against Jesus Christ.
. . Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
search. The Lord's Prayer. I worry about this, because I know I’ve not been a very good person, and some of the things I’ve done are probably on that list. . The Bible says that God is “ready to forgive” and that he “will forgive in a large way. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks.
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Our Lord is a gracious God who does forgive, and who is aching now for the pain you feel. I must admit this passage has always concerned me, as there have been many short periods in my Christian walk that I have not always lived an exemplary.
Faith that doesn’t change your life is dead.
Here is Jesus in 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.
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