Intense and prolonged discussion can take place when it comes to what is commonly referred to as the unpardonable sin! God has clearly
revealed that there is one sin which is unforgivable, and persons committing that sin will not ever be forgiven.
Just what is this unforgivable sin? Note what Jesus said in Matthew 12:32 > "...whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be
forgiven him, either in this age or or in the age to come." So then, this sin that is unpardonable involves speaking against the Holy Spirit. How does one speak against
the Holy Spirit?
The answer is really quite simple. If I tell you something that is true and you respond by saying that it is not true and you do
not believe it, you are calling me a liar, right? The Holy Spirit is the Author of a volume of information which we refer to as the Bible. God took a period of 1,500 years
and used 40 or more persons to bring it all together! Note 2 Timothy 3:16,17 > All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
This is how it is > a person is reading the Bible and he reads about Jonah being swallowed by a great fish which God had prepared for
that moment in Jonah's life. Three days later the great fish vomited Jonah out of its mouth and Jonah survived alive through the experience! But the Bible reader responds
by saying, "I don't believe this nonsense -- if it really happened, the guy would never have survived!" So, what is the fellow really doing? The Holy Spirit is the
One Who recorded the event and reported it as actually taking place! But the fellow reading about the account says he doesn't believe it and in so doing is calling the
Holy Spirit a liar! This amounts to speaking against the Holy Spirit!
Each time a church pew sitter, pastor, theologian, scholar, seminary or college professor declares an event reported in the
Scriptures as not really happening, that individual is calling the Holy Spirit a liar! I have a link posted at the bottom that gives details about the responses some
have made to a number of reported events in both the Old and New Testaments. I hope you will take time to read it and realize that this thing of calling the Holy
Spirit a liar is on the increase.
Here are a few examples of how people speak agaist the Holy Spirit and in reality are calling Him a liar!
The Holy Spirit says there were an Adam and an Eve. Further, we are given details as to what they did after they were created and due to their initial rebellion against God, sin and death have invaded the entire human race.
But an assortment of pastors, theologians, and scholars (hereafter referred to as the PTS crowd) say they didn't really exist -- that Adam and Eve are simply part of a myth which attempts in "story form" to explain the origin of the human race!
The Holy Spirit says there is a powerful spiritual being originally known as Lucifer but now commonly identified as Satan or the Devil. This vicious being is the archenemy of God and he succeeded in persuading 1/3 of the angels to follow him in his effort to dethrone God and rule the creation! (Isaiah 14; Revelation 12).
The PTS crowd says there is no such individual existing. Depending on who is doing the talking, there are different explanations as to the non-existence of Satan and why there is something called "evil" in this present world. As is often the case when dealing with the assortment of PTSers, it takes a heap more faith to believe it their way than the way the Bible tells it!
The Holy Spirit says there was a mighty judgment in the form of a universal flood in which only 8 humans and a selected group of animals and fowl survived.
The PTS bunch says no such thing ever happened. In fact this group of skeptics in most cases writes off the first 11 chapters of Genesis as being pretty much myth and fairy tale stuff. In their view only those of a very low-brow intelligence take those events as actual historical happenings.
For a more complete list of how people call the Holy Spirit a liar go to
- The Holy Spirit vs. An Unsavory Assortment of Pastors, Theologians, and Scholars!"
An appropriate prayer....
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It is time for You to act, O LORD, For they have regarded Your law as void. Therefore I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold! Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way…. I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, because they do not keep Your word.
Psalm 119:126-128, 158 NKJV
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November 5, 2004
by Clayton D. Harriger
Retired Elder in Full Connection
Western PA Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church
Former pastor of
Gipsy Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) November 1999 through November 2019
Gipsy PA
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