2006-09-19 01:50:27 · 12 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The fact that you are concerned that you might be guilty of this sin reveals your heart: you are NOT guilty of this sin. If you were, you would not be concerned, you would have a hardened heart.
Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Matthew 12:31,32
Blasphemy against the spirit in context is asserting that what the Holy Spirit is doing is from the natural or demonic. Basically unbelief.
2006-09-19 02:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and I don't think negatively of Muslims, Jews, Hindus, or any other belief. Also, I don't know of any Christians that would blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
2006-09-19 08:55:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the only unforgiveable sin, according to God. If that happens, it happnes with a sincere heart of blaspheme. If that is the case, I do not think the person was truly a Christian in the first place.
2006-09-19 09:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to worry about it as no one can blaspheme the Holy Ghost in this day and age as the circumstances no longer exist!
2006-09-19 09:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand what you're saying: it's only blasphemy if you're doing it against your own beliefs. It's like when Catholics couldn't eat meat on Fridays: it wasn't a sin if people of other faiths did it, but if a Catholic did it, it was a sin and therefore he was "worse off."
But, in the end, since I don't believe in any of this, nobody's any "worse off" in terms of an afterlife than anyone else is.
2006-09-19 08:59:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark 3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
2006-09-19 08:56:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would think so.
I believe that blaspheming the Holy Spirit means that you get real close to God (more than just feeling His presence or even just getting to know Him), and then you turn away (not just sin, which every one does) and denigh that He is real.
2006-09-19 09:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeps, because the Christian believes in the concept of Hell. I don't, so I can blaspheme whatever I want without going to Hell. Lucky me.
2006-09-19 08:54:13 · answer #8 · answered by Thinx 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oh, seriously... The fact that you assume that you are better than the above listed is proof that you are an arrogant @ss to begin with.
2006-09-19 08:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by Squirrel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they are in just the same place. Pretty much, just say you're sorry, confess and repent, stuff like that. No worse off at all.
2006-09-19 08:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by Suraya 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋