No.
In fact, the concept of "unforgivable sin" quite convincingly PROVES that the holy spirit CANNOT be God (the Father). Blasphemy nearly always implies insult against a deity, so Jesus had to carefully describe the special form of blasphemy that actually DOES bear particular reprehension.
(Mark 3:28-29) Truly I say to you that all things will be forgiven the sons of men, no matter what sins and blasphemies they blasphemously commit. However, whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin.
The bible describes many accounts of humans who did insult Jehovah but who nevertheless seem to have been forgiven. For example, the apostle Paul himself plainly admits to committing blasphemy, yet his forgiveness was possible because he never denied the action of the holy spirit, or ascribed wrongdoing to the holy spirit.
(1 Timothy 1:13) Formerly I was a blasphemer and a persecutor and an insolent man. Nevertheless, I was shown mercy
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2007-12-07 21:37:58
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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Luke 11:20 called the holy spirit, God's finger. See parallel in Matthew 12:28. The holy spirit is a part of God, not a separate person of God. If you say " I clapped" most probably it means "I clapped with my hands". The instrument that was used to make the sound is the hands. God uses his spirit (his active force) in doing what he wants. If the spirit can be grieved, teach and speak the Bible points that it is God who was being grieved, who teaches and speaks. God uses his spirit to do those things. If you go against the workings of the holy spirit you are actually going against the workings of the owner of that spirit, the Father Jehovah. See 2 Cor 3:17
One of the things that the holy spirit is consistently called in the Bible is the “spirit of God” and also the “spirit of Jehovah”. (Mat 3:16, Zech 6:8). Now if the “spirit of God” is a person as the Trinitarians are saying, then they will have a problem, when they read Rev 4:5 where it states “. 5 And out of the throne there are proceeding lightnings and voices and thunders; and [there are] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, and these mean the SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD”
So now, Trinitarians are now believing in 7 more persons of God. But of course, as expected, in Rev 4:5 they will NOW change the meaning of the “spirit of God” to something else. And in that case, it is NOT a person.
E.W. Bullinger remarks in Appendix 9 of the Companion Bible for the meaning of the spirit:
The meaning of the word is to be deduced only from its usage. The one root idea running through all of the passages is invisible force.
The spirit is not a separate person of God, but a part of the Father. That's why in all the visions of God's people in the heaven, only two are present, the Son and the Father. That's why Jesus said that we have to exercise faith in the Father and the Son (John 14:1, John 17) not mentioning any other person, because the holy spirit is already part of the Father.
2007-12-05 10:44:39
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answered by trustdell1 3
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I'm not a JW but from reading scripture, it becomes apparent that no one can commit the unpardonable sin in this day and age. This sin was committed when the religious leaders of His day witnessed the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit and they knew in their hearts that the miracles performed were by the power of God. Despite such positive proof, they deliberately, knowingly, willfully, viciously, publicly accredited the miracles to be the workings of Satan. Here Jesus made the truth extraordinarily clear when He stated that "If I had not done among them the works that no other had done, they had not sin. Now they have seen both Me and My father and hated both Me and My Father, and now they have no cloak for their sin"
2007-12-05 03:18:40
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answered by mandbturner3699 5
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Fancy relying your beliefs on an old book, but hay live and let live but dont push them on other people or threaten them as you have be liver or again are you.!!!!
2007-12-05 02:01:46
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answered by Anonymous
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You have to be in the presence of the Lord to do that. Jesus is in heaven now and we can not commit such a sin as that.
2007-12-05 00:48:43
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answered by Anonymous
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