The "Unforgivable" Sin

[mgt23]

[youtube:35tpembs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RP6mQK4N8[/youtube]35tpembs]

I have mixed feelings about this guy. I like the way he points out the hypocrisy in our day to day priorities. But i cant help but think that if you confront him about jews, how would he react?

[sullivan]

I don't know what his reaction would be but I suspect it won't be postive. As for the video, its full of that vile fake sincerity that seems to be the speciality of the born-again fundie.

[mgt23]

.....yeah like he's trying to be cool. Felt too slick.

[Christopher Marlowe]

Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

Ver. 31.
The blasphemy[2] against the Spirit, or against the Spirit and the Holy Ghost. St. Augustine takes notice, that this is one of the most difficult places in the Scriptures. According to the common exposition, here is not meant a sin committed by speaking against the third person of the blessed Trinity, the Holy Ghost, but that sin by which the obstinate Jews wilfully opposed Christ, and attributed those miracles to Beelzebub, which he performed by the Spirit of God, of which they could not be ignorant, but by a wilful blindness. (Witham)

--- The sin here spoken of is that blasphemy, by which the Pharisees attributed the miracles of Christ, wrought by the Spirit of God, to Beelzebub, the prince of devils. Now this kind of sin is usually accompanied with so much obstinacy, and such wilful opposing the Spirit of God, and the known truth, that men who are guilty of it are seldom or ever converted; and therefore are never forgiven, because they will not repent. Otherwise there is no sin which God cannot, or will not forgive to such as sincerely repent, and have recourse to the keys of the Church. (Challoner)

--- Therefore I say: this therefore is not referred to what immediately precedes, but to what is said in verse 24. (Maldonatus)[12:22 Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David? 24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. ]

--- Whosoever he be, says St. Augustine, that believeth not man's sins to be remitted in the Church of God, and therefore despiseth the bounteous mercies of God, in so mighty a work, if he continue in his obstinate mind till death, he is guilty of sin against the Holy Ghost. (Enchir. lxxxiii. ep. 50. in fine.)

[mgt23]

of which they could not be ignorant, but by a wilful blindness.

.......yeah and ive even know of jews being invited into christian evangelical meetings to perform "healings" and not a single evangelical comments on the fact they are jewish and not christian. They are treated as rock stars with more authority than pastors....mini-christs in a word.

[Christopher Marlowe]

of which they could not be ignorant, but by a wilful blindness.

.......yeah and ive even know of jews being invited into christian evangelical meetings to perform "healings" and not a single evangelical comments on the fact they are jewish and not christian. They are treated as rock stars with more authority than pastors....mini-christs in a word.

That seems to be how things are shaping up. People are getting their faith from the Jew TV.  

Acts 19:13-20 Now some also of the Jewish exorcists who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this. 15 But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? 16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many of them that believed, came confessing and declaring their deeds. 19 And many of them who had followed curious arts, brought together their books, and burnt them before all; and counting the price of them, they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word of God, and was confirmed.