Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

Fear God

Jesus is continuing to describe the unsaved from the saved

those who are believers and followers of Jesus.

and those who are just coming to see a show

Jesus is still giving warning to be saved

giving the dire consequences of refusing to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved

He has given warning of coming judgement

John the Baptist has been sent by the Father to give warning to repent

He was mocked, ridiculed, and

Jesus God the Son is now giving warning to repent and turn to God

Jesus is mocked, ridiculed, blasphemed, and murdered.

but Jesus warns the people of blaspheming the Holy Sprit

their last chance of being saved

Luke 11:15 LSB

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

we saw a few weeks ago that Jesus spoke of this unpardonable sin when the Pharisees attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to satan

some scholars say that blaspheming the Holy Spirit was something that the ancient Israelites did and could not happen today

some say you can lose your salvation because you have blasphemed the Holy spirit

when you begin with bad theology and salvation is something that you do

and there is no change because you are trying to reform yourself to be what a follower of Jesus you think looks like

the preacher has to make sure that you conform because he does not want to lose you

he does not want you to loose your salvation

so he has to find warnings in the Bible to scare you into conformity

you need to be brain washed

you need to be scared straight

lets look at our scripture for this morning

read Luke 12 8-12.

Confess and Deny

V 8

Jesus is going to continue to give examples of saved and unsaved

to confess Jesus is to have a lifestyle of holiness

that shows love, joy, peace, patience,

someone who is a witness to the mighty work of Jesus on the cross

demonstrates the power of God in the life of the individual

demonstrates the change of disposition, the being made into a new creation

demonstrates the adoption of God into the family

this person Jesus will confess about in front of the angels in Heaven

but on the other hand

V 9

this verse goes along with the other quote of Jesus

Matthew 7:21–23 LSB

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

we did wonderful things in your name

depart from me you who practice lawlessness

we cast out demons in your name

depart from me you who practice lawlessness

we healed people in your name

depart from me you who practice lawlessness

you have not done the will of my Father

you have not put your faith in me

you deny me when your faith is in yourself

you have

Blasphemed the Holy Spirit

V 10 people have spoken against God’s prophet John the Baptist

people have spoken against Jesus

Peter denied Jesus 3 times

but Peter under the conviction of the Holy Spirit repented

Judas betrayed the Lord and in his guilt hung himself unrepentant

there is a difference here both turned on Jesus

one repented under the conviction of the Holy Spirit

turn to Acts 7 starting in V 45

Stephen is reciting the history of the Jewish people

and culminates with V 51

resisting the Holy Spirit

I believe at this point these men could have gone in a different direction

they could have taken the narrow way and be saved

but they chose to blaspheme the Holy Spirit and kill the messenger

Saul we know Jesus met up with him again

the Holy Spirit is the last you can say no to

there is a time when when God says enough is enough

you have spoken in your heart against the Holy Spirit

Words Of Encouragement

V 11

the Holy Spirit to those who believe and are saved

to those who have repented

Has given a great encouragement in the life of persecution that all believers will face

when they bring you

not an if

when you are questioned about your faith

the Holy Spirit is in us to teach us what to say

the Holy spirit is our guide

our comfort

The Holy Spirit convicts the heart to salvation

if someone does not blaspheme and reject this conviction

or The Holy Spirit gives great comfort to those who belong to Jesus