“…but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” Mark 3:29 NASB Blasphemes– [Today’s Word has been written by my friend, Matt Woodward] Have you ever wondered what it means to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit? If you’re like me, you’ve probably heard several sermons, teachings, or even…
“but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” Mark 3:29 NASB Never – Yeshua seems to employ a rabbinic idea in this warning. As we discovered, it could be translated, “but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness but is guilty of sin…
“but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” Mark 3:29 NASB Never – What a lot of grief this verse has caused! Scary. Condemning. Hopelessness. Just some of the reactions to Yeshua’s warning. But maybe we are reading these words through our own cultural glasses. Maybe…
There are 3 passages that we have to consider. We will briefly look at the first two and then concentrate on the passage in Mark. Matthew 12:31-32 Reference to the strong man’s house (Isaiah 49). The issue is about authority. Jesus comes with a sign that can only be interpreted as God acting among the…
but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin. Mark 3:29 (with parallels in Matthew 12:31-32 and Luke 12:10) Blasphemes – Do you think that God always forgives? Contemporary Christianity often presents the “all-forgiving” God, implying that no matter what you do, this God will always accept…
