The Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

God can forgive any and any amount of sin. Even Hitler could have been forgiven all his sin. There is only one sin that cannot be forgiven. And I think it is this:The work of the Holy Spirit (according to Jesus) is to convict the world (everbody) of sin, righteousness and judgment. Convict meaning to convince. A person convinced of these things is a person convicted of these things.Our conscience attempts to convince us that we have done wrong (that we have disobeyed our conscience: sin). We call it a guilty conscience. Our conscience also trys to convince us that we have done right (that we have obeyed our conscience, that we have acted righteously). We call it a clear conscience (although we might wriggle out of a sin by justifying our actions and call THAT a clear conscience: its not of course - it is denying what our conscience it telling us. Suppressing the truth and so burying the healthy, but uncomfortable sense of guilt).Our conscience also tries to convince us that this life is not the only life and one day we will be called to give an account for our actions. These things are all the work of the Holy Spirit acting on us (which we call conscience). And this work has the ultimate aim of bringing us to salvation. For a man who is convinced of what is right will also be convinced that he does not do right at times. And such a man, if brought to the conviction that he will, in fact, face judgement, will (absolutely guaranteed) cry out to God for mercy. And God will grant him mercy. That man will be saved on the spot.So, that is the aim and task of the Holy Spirit. To bring a man to salvation. A person who blasphemes the Holy Spirit does so by denying and rejecting and cursing the action of the Holy Spirit on him. He denys his sin, he denies what is right preferring to set up his own standard for right and wrong - and he denies that he will ever be called to account for his sin. If he does so successfully, then patently the attempt of the Holy Spirit to lead a man to salvation must fail - due to the mans own actions preventing that.The unforgivable sin then, is the sin of refusing Gods demand that a man repent and be saved. This is achieved by denying the Holy Spirits attempt bring about a condition within the man so that he can do this (for a man cannot do it on his own). The man sins unforgivably by refusing Gods command. He does this by means of refusing forgiveness for his sins - in other words. Such a sin cannot be forgiven, legally and technically because unless sin is admitted and foregiveness requested (and foregiveness will always be granted) then on the account of the holder it remains.Committing this sin is effected by refusing salvation. It is unforegivable because salvation cannot be forced on a man who does not want it. This sin cannot be forgiven simply because the man doesn't want forgiveness."Thy will be done" God will tell that man at Judgement This for example is not unforgivable. Were this attitude contained in a mans dying breath then it would be the case that this person has persistantly refused the Holy Spirits attempt to save him.Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by iano, : No reason given.