Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is called the unpardonable sin. A sin that will not be forgiven in this age or the age to come. It is imperative we understand this passage of scripture. One of the most significant revelations concerning faith is in this passage of scripture.
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can someone enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Jesus made it clear in Matthew 12 that when He was talking about a Kingdom, a house, or a city divided against itself, He was talking about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Not a different Kingdom, but itself. It -SELF! He then said if Satan casts out Satan he is divided against HIMSELF.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is speaking against, being in rebellion against, or simply not agreeing with the Holy Spirit in YOU. The Holy Spirit is God’s Kingdom representative in YOU.
Jesus went on to say that if you enter a strongman’s house you first had to bind the strongman, then you could plunder the House. The strongman is SELF, the carnal nature, the old man of sin. Self must be bound and crucified. Ephesians 4 tells us that there is only one Spirit, one faith, not two. Not in the Kingdom.
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
We try so hard to be sold out to God, not recognizing that we have been bought out, Spirit, soul and body. We are not our own! We have been bought with a terrible price! And yet we struggle to be completely submitted.
If we are not with Him 100% we are against Him. Not my words, His.
When we don’t give God 100% of what He paid for, we are a withholder and a scatterer, and we disqualify ourselves from Kingdom authority, Kingdom resources, and Kingdom promise. God doesn’t trust His power with one who doesn’t trust Him or is opposed to Him.
Flesh is enmity toward God. Self and selfishness are born of the flesh.
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
If our flesh is God’s enemy, our flesh should be our enemy as well. When selfishness and pride rises in our heart it is the flesh trying to find expression through words and actions. When we give flesh control and give it a voice, we allow it an opportunity to express itself. This is divisive, it is double mindedness. It is allowing the enemy expression in the Kingdom. It is speaking against the Holy Spirit.
If we serve two masters, God and Self, we will hate one and love the other. We will love God and hate ourselves. How are we to love others and be an ambassador of the Kingdom if we don’t agree with the Holy Spirit in us. God is in us, trying to get out, trying to find expression through our life. Christ in us is His hope of glory.
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
The glory of God is any attribute of God being made seen and known to others.
Christ in us, the hope of making God seen and known.
I think often we are the ones wanting to be seen and known instead of letting Him shine, letting Him be sanctified in the sight of the people. His glory is to be seen and known through His people.
When we refuse to let Him shine in the sight of others, we bring a reproach on the Kingdom and disqualify ourselves from inheritance, now in this age, and future rewards in the age to come at the judgement seat of Christ.
Moses gives us a vivid example, and an Old Testament type of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit that helps us understand this passage of scripture.
6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them, 7 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.” 9 And Moses took the staff from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. 12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” 13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.
WOW!
Moses had a moment of pride during a supernatural manifestation of God in the sight of God’s people. He took partial credit for bringing water from the rock the first time and didn’t speak to the rock like God commanded him but struck it like he did the first time.
God called it unbelief because Moses didn’t hold Him alone up as holy, instead he held himself up in the sight of others. This disqualified Moses from entering the Promise Land on Earth. It didn’t keep him out of Heaven, but We can surmise that he would get less rewards there because of this incident.
This is exactly what happens to us. We like to take credit for the results and put the responsibility for obedience on others. Instead, we should take full responsibility for obedience but take no credit for the results.
Anything we “accomplish” in the name of the Lord for selfish or prideful reasons disqualifies us from full entrance into the Kingdom of God on earth and disqualifies us from any rewards for those accomplishments at the judgment seat of Christ. This what Jesus meant when He said this sin will not be forging in this age or the age to come.
If you have wondered if you have committed the unpardonable sin, you likely have. Pride and selfishness are sneaky devils. They creep in slowly through deception and trickery. Understanding this verse helps us be aware of the devil’s schemes and keeps us from stumbling.
Pride must be silenced. Self must have no voice. God must be sanctified in us so that He can shine through us.
JC
