Unforgivable?

[Sarah147]

Hello,

I have a question about a verse in Scripture:

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[url="http://bible.cc/luke/12-10.htm"]Luke 12:10[/url]

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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It is my understanding that ALL sins can be forgiven in confession. So, why does Scripture say that the latter sin will not be forgiven?



God bless you.

[Brother Adam]

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is often seen as the final rejection of grace, where one dies without reconciling to God. That would be a blasphemy towards the Holy Spirit who so freely offers salvation, yet we slap God's hand away.

"Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit consists in maliciously attributing to the devil the actions which have God as their origin. A person who does that prevents God's pardon from reaching him: that is why he cannot obtain forgiveness. Jesus understands and excuses the weakness of a person who makes a moral mistake, but he is not similarly indulgent to someone who shuts his eyes and his heart to the wonderful things the Spirit does; that was the way these Pharisees acted who accused Jesus of casting out demons in the name of Beezlebul; it is the way of unbelieving people act who refuse to see in Christ's work a sign of the goodness of God, who reject the invitation God offers them and who thereby put themselves outside the reach of salvation (Hebrews 6:4-5, 10:26-31) (Navarre Bible Commentary, Luke 12:10)