The Sin Against The Holy Spirit

Related Bible passages

• Matthew 12:31-32
• Mark 3:29
• Luke 12:10
• Luke 12:11-12
• 1 Corinthians 13:13

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The Sin Against The Holy Spirit

The only blasphemy that cannot be forgiven is that against the Holy Spirit, as told in Matthew 12, Mark 3, and Luke 2. I find in the Book of Luke a more advanced development of the theme than I do in Matthew and Mark. Mark is the earliest revelation of this theme, but each statement is followed by the strangest, most irrelevant theme in the three books. That which follows in the Book of Luke gave me my cue. He made the statement that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is not forgiven (Luke 12:8). You will think you are reading an entirely different chapter on a different theme. Then it goes right into this statement: “And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Luke 11-12). That little word “ought” reveals so much. It implies you need not say what you should say. “The Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say” – and that is the crux of the whole thing. Man is free and, because he is free he need not say what he should say.

The sin against the Holy Spirit is not a sexual act or any other common interpretation, but the refusal to confess one's faith (specifically, that 'Love is the greatest thing') when supernaturally prompted by the Holy Spirit in the presence of God. It is the exercise of free will to deny the divinely given truth, even when the words are provided. Neville believes this is practically impossible for man to do.

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