I've always been taught that there is no truely unforgivable sin; god can do all things! You might recall just before Jesus died, He said "father forgive them; they know not what they do". If He can forgive people who just finished torturing him to death, surely He can forgive a repentant christian who accidentally had what might have been a blasphemous thought!
I don't presume to speak for mobilesuitpilot, but I'm thinking she means dying after rejecting Him. As in not accepting Him before your earthly life ends. I do not believe she is saying that if you have ever in your life rejected Him, then you are condemned.
a Christian having a 'blasphemous' thought hasn't committed anything unforgiveable. Having it slip into mind isn't sin, dwelling on it would be, but its not unforgiveable
skynes wrote:It doesn't say anything in the passage about dying having rejected Christ, where does this come from?
CobaltAngel wrote:I've dwelled on it for like a week, but not out of hatred for God (of course) out of fear of losing him. I don't want to sin, but I'm so scared of lsoing him. What if he's already gone?
Ashley wrote:Ash's PERSONAL 2 CENTS here--I believe you can only lose your salvation if you continually ignore God for a long period of time.
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If you truly desire to walk with the Lord, if you really want to be saved, then I do not think God would allow you to screw yourself up somehow by not asking for forgiveness correctly or something like that.
CobaltAngel wrote:I've dwelled on it for like a week, but not out of hatred for God (of course) out of fear of losing him. I don't want to sin, but I'm so scared of lsoing him. What if he's already gone?
skynes wrote:Don't totally trust your feelings Coby, sometimes they lie, like now for example.
Go read Romans 8. Especially the last two verses.
Coby you are a righteous redeemed Child of God. Chosen by God to follow Him. An alien to the world, a co-heir with Christ, the list just goes on.
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The passage I was referring to was in Matt 12. In short it goes like this
v 22: Jesus casts out demon
v 24: Pharisees accuse Him of being in league with Satan.
v 26: Jesus says that Satan does not fight against himself.
v 31: Jesus says blaspheming the Holy Ghost is unforgiveable.
v 35: Jesus says that people are known by their fruits. Good produces Good etc.
From what the passage is about, I think the unforgiveable sin is to glorify Satan for an act of God when you know full well that it was God who did it!
I don't think it's possible for Christians to commit it. Jesus was talking to unsaved Pharisees when he said this, not His followers. Not once in scripture is this sin attributed to a believer, but there are bucket-loads of scriptures on how our sins are washed away, no longer existing, how we're Justified with Christ, how we have Christ's righteousness, how we are in Christ.
CobaltAngel wrote:Isn't there a verse in the bible that says thinking about something is as bad as doing it?
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