Pete Rose:
“Then they brought Jesus a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. All the people were astonished and said, ‘Could this be the Son of David?’ But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, ‘It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.’ Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.’” —Matthew 12.22-28
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” —Jesus, Matthew 12.30
“Neutrality to Jesus is hostility toward Him.”
“And so, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” —Jesus, Matthew 12.31-32
Blasphemy: to speak evil of, to offer
indignity to God or to sacred things.
“‘But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, blasphemes the Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel. Because they have despised the Lord’s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.’” —Numbers 15.30-31
“Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison. When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, ‘I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,’ they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. The Lord will never be willing to forgive them; His wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven.” —Deuteronomy 29.18-20
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” —2 Chronicles 7.14
“Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.” —Jeremiah 36.3
“wants all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.” —1st Timothy 2.4
“Jesus is warning against looking at the work of the Spirit and declaring, ‘That must be the devil’s doing.’ If you do that, it’s not just that you won’t be forgiven; you can’t be, because you would have just cut off the very channel along which forgiveness would come. Once you declare that the only remaining bottle of water is poisoned, you condemn yourself to dying of thirst.” —N.T. Wright
The unforgiveable sin is to live in
“It is impenitence, the unwillingness to repent, that is at the root of the unforgivable sin. It is not careless acts; it is a hardened state.” —Dale Bruner
1. Any sin can be
2. Any sin can be forgiven, but it requires
“If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” —1st John 1.9
“Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that He may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.” —Acts 8.22
“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” —Jeremiah 31.34
3. If you’re worried about having committed the unpardonable sin, you
“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” —Romans 10.9-10