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Introduction to Topic
When a skydiver steps to the edge of the aircraft door and leaps away from the plane, she knows there is no turning back.
She’s gone too far, and if she should forget to strap on her parachute, nothing can save her and she will certainly plummet to a frightening death.
What a tragedy!
But there is something even worse that can happen to a person.
Indeed, it is far worse to come to the point of no return in your relationship with God.
Yet millions are approaching this point and have no idea!
Is it possible that you’re one of them?
What is the awful sin that could lead to such a fate?
Why can’t God forgive it?
today as we venture into God’s word let us ask the Holy Spirit for guidance
Let us Pray.
What is the sin that God cannot forgive?
Matthe
matthew 12:
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The sin God cannot forgive is “blasphemy against the Spirit.”
But what is “blasphemy against the Spirit”?
People have many differing beliefs about this sin.
Some believe it is murder; some, cursing the Holy Spirit; some, committing suicide; some, killing an unborn child; some, a denial of Christ; some, a heinous, wicked act; and others, worshiping a false god.
The next question will shed some helpful light on this crucial matter.
What does the Bible say about sin and blasphemy?
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The Bible says that all kinds of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven.
So none of the sins listed in question 1 is the sin that God cannot forgive.
No single act of any kind is the unpardonable sin.
It may sound contradictory, but both of the following statements are true:
A. Any and every kind of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven.
B. The blasphemy or sin against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Jesus Made Both Statements
Jesus made both statements in , so there is no error here.
To harmonize the statements, we must discover the work of the Holy Spirit.
What is the work of the Holy Spirit?
John 16:
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The work of the Holy Spirit is to convict us of sin and to guide us into all truth.
The Holy Spirit is God’s agency for conversion.
Without the Holy Spirit, no one feels sorrow for sin, nor is anyone ever converted.
When the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, what must we do to be forgiven?
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When convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit, we must confess our sins in order to be forgiven.
When we confess them, God not only forgives but He also cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
God is waiting and ready to forgive you for any and every sin you could commit (), but only if you confess and forsake it.
What happens if we do not confess our sins when convicted by the Holy Spirit?
proverbs 28
Terrible Danger of Resisting the Holy Spirit
Resisting the Holy Spirit is terribly dangerous because it so easily leads to total rejection of the Holy Spirit, which is the sin God can never forgive.
It is passing the point of no return.
Since the Holy Spirit is the only agency given to bring us to conviction, if we permanently reject Him, our case is thereafter hopeless.
This subject is so important that God illustrates and explains it many different ways in Scripture.
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If we do not confess our sins, Jesus cannot forgive our sins.
Thus, any sin that we do not confess is unpardonable until we confess it, because forgiveness always follows confession.
It never precedes it.
When the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin or leads us to new truth, when should we act?
A. “I made haste, and did not delay to keep Your commandments” ().
B. “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” ().
C. "Behold, now is the accepted time behold, now is the day of salvation." .
D. “Why are you waiting?
Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord” ().
The Bible repeatedly states that when we are convicted of sin, we must confess it at once.
And when we learn new truth, we must accept it without delay.
What solemn warning does God give about the pleading of His Holy Spirit?
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God solemnly warns that the Holy Spirit does not indefinitely continue pleading with a person to turn from sin and obey God.
At what point does the Holy Spirit stop pleading with a person?
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The Holy Spirit stops talking to a person when that individual becomes deaf to His voice.
The Bible describes it as hearing but not hearing.
There is no point in setting the alarm clock in a deaf person’s room.
He won’t hear it.
Likewise, a person can condition himself to not hear an alarm clock ring by repeatedly shutting it off and not getting up.
The day finally comes when the alarm goes off and he does not hear it.
Don't Shut Off the Holy Spirit
So it is with the Holy Spirit.
If we keep shutting Him off, one day He will speak to us and we will not hear Him.
When that day comes, the Spirit sadly turns away from us because we have become deaf to His pleadings.
We have passed the point of no return.
God, through His Holy Spirit, brings light and conviction to every person.
What must we do when we receive this light from the Holy Spirit?
prover
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The Bible rule is that when the Holy Spirit brings us new light or conviction of sin, we must act at once—obey without delay.
If we obey and walk in the light as we receive it, God will continue giving us light.
If we refuse, even the light that we have will go out, and we will be left in darkness.
The darkness that comes from a persistent and final refusal to follow light is the result of rejecting the Spirit, and it leaves us without hope.
Can any sin become the sin against the Holy Spirit?
A. Judas (John 12:6)
B. Lucifer’s (Isaiah 14:12-14)
C. The Pharisees’ (Mark 3:22-30)
You Cannot Choose the Consequences
When the Spirit makes His appeal, we can choose to respond or refuse, but we cannot choose the consequences.
They are fixed.
If we consistently respond, we will become like Jesus.
The Holy Spirit will seal, or mark, us in the forehead as a child of God (, ), and thus assure us a place in God’s heavenly kingdom.
However, if we persistently refuse to respond, we will grieve away the Holy Spirit—and He will leave us forever, sealing our doom.
After King David had committed a terrible double sin of adultery and murder, what anguished prayer did he pray?
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He pleaded with God not to take away the Holy Spirit from him.
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