Are you christian, catholic or follow a religion based on the bible?

Yes,

I am Christian and Catholic and follow a religion based on the Bible.

Blasphemy against the Spirit

- Therefore, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven (Matthew 12:31)

Is the sin of attributing to Satan

- But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man drives out demons only by the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons." (Matthew 12:24)

What is the work of the Spirit of God

- But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. (Matthew 12:28)

We really do not know why Jesus said this sin is unforgivable.

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew12.h...

With love in Christ.

<<Are you christian, catholic or follow a religion based on the bible?>>

Catholic, which does adhere to Biblical teaching.

<<Then I hope you know that if you have ever once denied the holy spirit's existence (ever!), blasphemed against the holy spirit (in any way) then your going to your hell and there's nothing you can do about (eternal sin)>>

Not quite. First one must be aware of the fact they are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Second, one must also be aware of the mortal nature of said sin. Third, regardless of the awareness of those two conditions, one still freely chooses to sin with full consent of the will.

That's when a mortal sin constitutes "go to hell" material.

<<Its funny how few Christians etc... know this.>>

First: More people are aware of it that you think. It's just that they aren't "fully aware" of it.

Second: There's nothing funny about it at all. I don't laugh at the prospect of a soul going to hell. It's just not funny.

<<This has been a public service announcement >>

Really?

Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book?

If the meaning of the Bible is so clear, so easily interpreted, and if the Holy Spirit leads every Christian to interpret it rightly, then why are there over 23,000 Protestant denominations, and millions of individual Protestants, all interpreting the Bible differently?

Since YOU must admit that your interpretation is fallible, how can you in good conscience call anything heresy or bind another Christian to a particular belief?

How did the early Church evangelize and overthrow the Roman Empire, survive and prosper almost 350 years, without knowing for sure which books belong in the canon of Scripture?

Have a nice day.

There are the ones that may learn historic Greek and Hebrew. One quandary along with your plan is that the committees date again to the origins of Christianity. The religion has been socially built considering the fact that its inception. The canon constructed out of what used to be being practiced within the facilities of the religion. Another is if we had been to obey Jesus most effective we might must discard just about all the new testomony. There's a centuries lengthy hole among the existence and dying of Jesus and the gospels. Virtually all of it's the recollection of a couple of guys, now not contemporaneous with christ's existence. So although we do move to the customary texts we're nonetheless handling assertions. "...however faith caved and is inclined to make concessions to maintain fans." This must be your first clue that might be faith is mistaken. If we had been to comply with a doctrine centered strictly at the bible must we then enable slavery? It's endorsed within the bible. What approximately rape? It's appropriate. Should females have rights? They have none within the bible. It is time for the tip of faith.

wow what was the point of this?

i detect a hint of bitterness toward people who dont have the same beliefs as u. thats sad.

This has been a public service announcement.

Have a nice day☺

Denying that Jesus is the Christ until death is blaspheming the holy spirit bro.

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To be in heaven with a bunch of evangelical christian fundies would be Hell.

I believe your wrong and will attempt to show you biblically why...

Dispelling faulty assumptions.

A. Over the years, I have discussed this text with several people, read many commentaries and consulted numerous sermon outlines. I have discovered two often made assumptions that are simply not supported by the texts. Before we can understand what blasphemy of the Spirit is, we must make sure the scales of assumption are cleared from our eyes.

B. Assumption #1: Jesus accused the Pharisees of committing blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

1. Not one of the texts claims Jesus was accusing the Pharisees. Read them backwards, forwards and upside down, but you will not find Jesus saying the Pharisees had committed this sin. Yet, many Christians assume that is what Jesus did.

2. Most assume this because in both Matthew 12 and Mark 3, Jesus was responding to the Pharisees’ accusation that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Satan.

3. However, note three reasons why this assumption does not follow from the text.

a. Firstly, prior to mentioning blasphemy of the Spirit in both Matthew 12 and Mark 3, Jesus mentions other blasphemies. It makes more sense to link the first mention of blasphemy to the accusation. Thus, one would conclude that Jesus was accusing the Pharisees of the other blasphemies and warning them not to go further and commit blasphemy against the Spirit.

b. Secondly, Mark’s statement in Mark 3:30 does not apply simply to mentioning blasphemy of the Spirit, but to Jesus’ entire reply from vs. 23 through vs. 29.

c. Thirdly, if these Pharisees had indeed committed the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, which would not be forgiven, what would be the point of mentioning it to them?

4. Instead of accusing the Pharisees, it makes much more sense to believe that Jesus was warning the Pharisees. They had committed blasphemy against Christ, accusing Him of being in league with the devil. Jesus warns them not to commit blasphemy against the Spirit.

Assumption #2: Jesus said “shall be forgiven” and “shall not be forgiven,” but He meant “can be forgiven” and “cannot be forgiven.”

1. I understand the desire to change the meaning of the words Jesus used. But, we are not allowed to simply change the Scripture’s words just because they do not fit our package.

2. We know the importance of words in scripture from passages such as Matthew 22:32. Here Jesus argued for the resurrection by noting that God said, “I am” instead of “I was.” Also, Paul, in Galatians 3:16, argued that Christ was the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham because the scripture said the promise was to Abraham’s “seed” not “seeds.”

3. Unless proven otherwise by scriptures, we must assign the most natural meaning to the terms “shall be forgiven” and “shall not be forgiven” in these texts.

II.What blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is not.

A. It is not a sin for which one might seek forgiveness but never be able to receive it.

1. Some Christians believe exactly this. I have some notes a sister gave me during a discussion regarding these passages. She wrote, “Those who spoke against the Holy Ghost during Christ’s ministry (during the Mosaical age) and continued to do so. (sic) These persons soon found themselves in the Christian Age-dispensation. If they sought forgiveness they could not receive it.”

2.However, this contradicts all of scripture’s teaching. I John 1:9 said if we confess our sin, God is faithful to forgive our sins, making no exception for blasphemy against the Spirit. In II Peter 3:9, Peter claims God wants everyone to come to repentance, making no exceptions. Ezekiel 18:23 claims God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but wants them to turn from their ways, making no exceptions. No sin exists for which a person can repent and be refused forgiveness. Therefore, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, in this context, cannot be a sin which will not be forgiven despite the person’s repentance and pleading.

it is not a momentary action which forever consigns a person’s soul to hell no matter what.

1.Many people are frightened that they might commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. We should find comfort in knowing that this sin is not a one time, momentary action which forever condemns us to hell no matter what we do after that.

2Luke 12:10 helps understand this point. In this passage, Jesus was not responding to the Pharisees, but was speaking of ways of life. In Luke 12:8-9, Jesus spoke of those who confessed Him before men and those who denied Him before men. Neither of these verses referred to momentary actions, but to ways of life. After all, if referring to momentary actions, we might ask which statement applied to Paul. For part of his life he denied Christ. For another part he confessed Christ. Would Jesus deny him or confess him to the Father? We know he would confess Him because of his repentance and changed way of life. From this contextual connection, we can learn

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