UNFORGIVABLE SIN

BIBLE STUDY WRITTEN BY

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JANICE L. WILLIAMS

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MARK 3:29 NKJV "BUT HE WHO BLASPHEMES AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT NEVER HAS FORGIVENESS, BUT IS SUBJECT TO ETERNAL CONDEMNATION"

PHARISEES DISPUTING WITH JESUS

BIBLE STUDY FOR

AUGUST 5TH-12TH, 2009

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SCRIPTURES PRINTED IN RED ARE WORDS SPOKEN BY JESUS

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THE FOLLOWING BIBLE TRANSLATIONS WERE USED FOR THIS BIBLE STUDY:

• KJV = KING JAMES VERSION
• NKJV = NEW KING JAMES VERSION
• NLT = NEW LIVING TRANSLATION

MATTHEW 5:20 NKJV *"FOR I SAY TO YOU, THAT UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

STONE THROWING PHARIESEE 

LET'S REVIEW SOME WORD DEFINITIONS FOR THIS BIBLE STUDY:

• HOLY SPIRIT - THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD, THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY: IN CHRISTIANITY, THE  HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON.  HE COMFORTS, GRIEVES, REPROVES, CONVICTS, GUIDES, TEACHES, FILLS, AND EMPOWERS CHRISTIANS.  HE IS NOT THE FATHER, NOR IS HE THE SON, JESUS CHRIST.

• blaspheme - 1.  swear impiously: to swear in a way that insults religion  2. insult religion: to treat God or sacred things disrespectfully through words or action
• impious -  1.  religion showing lack of religious respect: not showing due reverence for God or something holy  2.  disrespectful: showing a lack of respect for somebody or something
• condemnation -  1.  give somebody a legal sentence: to make a judicial pronouncement stating what punishment has been imposed on a person found guilty of a crime, especially in the case of a heavy penalty or a death sentence  2.  consider somebody guilty: to judge that a person or thing is to blame for something  3.  pronounce something or somebody as bad: to state that something or somebody is in some way wrong or unacceptable
• leaven - rising agent: a substance used to make dough rise, especially yeast or other fermenting agents 
  2.  something that enlivens [Jesus referred to the leaven of the Pharisees, as a warning to be aware of the rise and spreading of hypocrisy among church leaders [Luke 12:1 NKJV]
• Pharisee - 1.  Judaism member of ancient Jewish religious group: a member of an ancient Jewish religious group who followed the Oral Law in addition to the Torah and attempted to live in a constant state of purity  2. or phar·i·see - self-righteous or hypocritical person: somebody who is self-righteous or hypocritical, especially with regard to adherence to rules and formalities
• hypocrisy -  feigned high principles: the false claim to or pretense of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings
• reject - not accept something: to refuse to accept, agree to, believe in, or make use of something
  
• denounce - announce termination of: to make a formal announcement of the end of a treaty or other agreement
  
• Beelzebub  - devil: the Devil, or one of the chief devils in hell [Pre-12th century. Via Latin from Hebrew ba’al Zeu, literally “Lord of Flies,” a Philistine god.]

MATTHEW 12:14 THRU 32 NLT

14/ THEN THE PHARISEES CALLED A MEETING AND DISCUSSED PLANS FOR KILLING JESUS.  15/ BUT JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING.  HE LEFT THAT AREA, AND MANY PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM.  HE HEALED ALL THE SICK AMONG THEM, 16/ BUT HE WARNED THEM NOT TO SAY WHO HE WAS.  17/ THIS FULFILLED THE PROPHESY OF ISAIAH CONCERNING HIM:  18/ "LOOK AT MY SERVANT, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, HE IS MY BELOVED, AND I AM VERY PLEASED WITH HIM.  I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE WILL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE NATIONS.  19/ HE WILL NOT FIGHT OR SHOUT; HE WILL NOT RAISE HIS VOICE IN PUBLIC.  20/ HE WILL NOT CRUSH THOSE WHO ARE WEAK, OR QUENCH THE SMALLEST HOPE, UNTIL HE BRINGS FULL JUSTICE WITH HIS FINAL VICTORY.  21/ AND HIS NAME WILL BE THE HOPE OF ALL THE WORLD."  22/ THEN A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN, WHO WAS BOTH BLIND AND UNABLE TO TALK, WAS BROUGHT TO JESUS.  HE HEALED THE MAN SO THAT HE COULD BOTH SPEAK AND SEE.  23/ THE CROWD WAS AMAZED.  "COULD IT BE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF DAVID, THE MESSIAH?"  THEY WONDERED OUT LOUD.  24/ BUT WHEN THE PHARISEES HEARD ABOUT THE MIRACLE, THEY SAID, "NO WONDER HE CAN CAST OUT DEMONS.  HE GETS HIS POWER FROM SATIN [BEELZEBUB KJV BIBLE], * THE PRINCE OF DEMONS."  25/ JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS AND REPLIED, "ANY KINGDOM AT WAR WITH ITSELF IS DOOMED.  A CITY OR HOME DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS DOOMED.  26/ AND IF SATIN IS CASTING OUT SATIN, HE IS FIGHTING AGAINST HIMSELF.  HIS OWN KINGDOM WILL NOT SURVIVE.  27/ AND IF I AM EMPOWERED BY THE PRINCE OF DEMONS,* WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN FOLLOWERS?  THEY CAST OUT DEMONS, TOO, SO THEY WILL JUDGE YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE SAID.  28/ BUT IF I AM CASTING OUT DEMONS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS ARRIVED AMONG YOU.  LET ME ILLUSTRATE THIS.  YOU CAN'T ENTER A STRONG MAN'S HOUSE AND ROB HIM WITHOUT FIRST TYING HIM UP.  ONLY THEN CAN HIS HOUSE BE ROBBED!*  30/ ANYONE WHO ISN'T HELPING ME OPPOSES ME, AND ANYONE WHO ISN'T WORKING WITH ME IS ACTUALLY WORKING AGAINST ME. 

31/ "EVERY SIN OR BLASPHEMY CAN BE FORGIVEN--EXCEPT BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN.  32/ ANYONE WHO BLASPHEMES AGAINST ME, THE SON OF MAN, CAN BE FORGIVEN, BUT

 BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN, EITHER IN THIS WORLD OR IN THE WORLD TO COME.

WHAT A SLAP IT MUST HAVE BEEN IN GOD'S FACE, TO HAVE THE HEALING AND DELIVERANCE POWER  OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ATTRIBUTED TO SATIN OR DEMONIC SPIRITS/DEVILS;  ESPECIALLY BY THOSE WHO PROFESSED TO BE RIGHTEOUS, MEN OF GOD. 

• 1st    RECEIVED JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR

&

• 2nd  RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (IN JOHN 14:12 KJV JESUS SAID, "HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO"). 

JESUS TELLS US IN JOHN 10:10 NKJV * "THE THIEF (SATAN) DOES NOT COME EXCEPT TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY.  I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.

JESUS MADE IT VERY CLEAR; FOR EVERY SIN, AND EVEN DISRESPECTFUL WORDS AND DEEDS WE SAY AND DO AGAINST GOD; GOD'S MERCY, PATIENCE, LOVINGKINDNESS AND FORGIVENESS, IS EXTENDED TO US [ONCE WE REPENT].  BUT, TO DISRESPECT/BLASPHEME THE HOLY SPIRIT; THIS IS THE ONE SIN THAT SHALL NEVER BE FORGIVEN BY GOD, IN THIS WORLD OR IN THE WORLD TO COME. 

HEBREWS 6:4 THRU 6 NLT * 4/ FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTORE TO REPENTANCE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED---THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE GOOD THINGS OF HEAVEN AND SHARED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, 5/ WHO HAVE TASTED THE GOODNESS OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE POWER OF THE AGE TO COME---6/ AND WHO TURN AWAY FROM GOD.  IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING SUCH PEOPLE TO REPENTANCE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE NAILING THE SON OF GOD TO THE CROSS AGAIN BY REJECTING HIM, HOLDING HIM UP TO PUBLIC SHAME.

[THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE IS REFERING TO THOSE WHO WERE ONCE SAVED AND MATURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST AND OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEN WILLFULLY DENOUNCED OR REJECTED CHRIST FOR SOME OTHER WAY.  THEY CAN NOT BE RESTORED TO REPENTANCE.  THIS DOES NOT REFER TO A BACKSLIDER WHO HAS NOT WILLFULLY DENOUNCED OR REJECTED CHRIST.  TO YOU GOD IS SAYING CONFESS, REPENT OF YOUR SIN, AND COME BACK HOME TO GOD WHO LOVES YOU.]  

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