Unforgiveable - Luke 12:8-12
February 14, 2009
Luke addresses the ‘unforgiveable sin’ in the context of Jesus’ teaching about persecution. In order to understand this oft-debated passage, one must place it in the context of the Pharisees’, Lawyers’, and Scribes’ infuriation over Jesus’ condemnation of their hypocrisy and arrogance. Luke’s purpose for writing his Gospel is again found here as he seeks to steady those God-lovers whose faith has become wobbly because of their persecution for proclaiming Jesus or their passing denial of Jesus when suffering persecution.
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The unforgiveable sin is an
The unforgiveable sin is an intentional rejection of the illuminating work and presence of the Holy Spirit that therefore makes a proper confession of Jesus as Lord and Savior impossible ergo making salvific forgiveness impossible. The constantive aorist for the Greek verbal form of the word "blasphemy" indicates this to be a life habit as exemplified by Caiaphus the High Priest Such blasphemy is an intentional disregard of the Holy Spirit's power and majesty. It is characterized by arrogance in speech, making a joke of God, delusions of autonomy, and a lack of self-restraint. Alexander the coppersmith of 1 Timothy 1:20 is another example. I hope this is clarifying...Jerome