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I believe Spirit blasphemy was a particular sin committed by a particular people (unbelieving religious Jews) at a particular time (during Christ on earth). I also believe one who is an unbeliever can become a believer, but one who has blasphemed the Spirit (which is not likely since the time of...

Hi ATP - I agree, but there is no sin which is forgivable if you die in it, and those who did blasphemy the Spirit were also in unbelief and in sin. Spirit blasphemy was a sin peculiar to the majority of the Jewish nation at the time of Christ and I do not think this sin has been repeated since...

Hi HR - Thanks for your reply, and I agree with your comment, but the sin mentioned in the article concerns that which can never be forgiven, by one who knowingly and willfully has committed it. This is a sin of which one cannot repent, but all others sins can be repented of if God works the...

The preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom by John the Baptist and the Messiah laid upon the chosen nation, Israel, the demand for a decision. This demand was openly present in all the early preaching of the Kingdom Gospel. The imperatives were “repent,” “believe,” “receive,” “confess,” and...

It sounds very easy and simple to say, “You must not be self-centered, you must be occupied with Christ,” but it is not always so easy to act on this oft-repeated advice. Some of the most acute spiritual distress that I have met with has been in souls who were most anxious to be “occupied with...

Hey MJRHEALTH - Thanks for the compliment!

One of the most significant lessons to learn in the first flush of our rebirth is that though we possess the Spirit of God we will not be readily equipped with the necessary knowledge to receive mature direction from Him until there is an ample amount of time in Word-study. One can possess...

It may be accepted that all believers, to one degree or another, have desires after holiness. But a Christian who is trying to be holy is legal*; working on himself to get something out of himself*, and thus far leaving out the Lord Jesus. Until what He has done for him and what he is in Him...

Welcome and thanks friend in Christ for the reply!

When the world put the Lord Jesus to death, the sentence of death was put on all that is in it; but we have complete deliverance out of it. The Lord Jesus took me down into death on the Cross. In Him I came out the other side, as dead to the flesh and the world*. I have got a new position where...

Faith is resting on the known mind of the Father which He has communicated, assured that whatever be the difficulties in the way of its fulfillment, or however great the opposition, it will ultimately be established. If everything here were in full uninterrupted righteousness, there would be no...

Hi FHII - Thanks for your reply and compliments! As you mentioned, the body in this life (1Cor 15:37) can never be sanctified, but it will be when it is redeemed (Rom 8:23); also Rom 8:11; Phil 3:21. In the new nature the believer is perfected and in this new nature (seed) he cannot sin (1John...

Considering the significance in the meaning of the above terms, I believe it would good to note the difference between them. Sanctification is a single work and is synonymous with holiness, which is to identify someone or something that belongs to God, which He has set apart for His pleasure...

This and all sites use their choice of translation when you present a Scripture passage. Don't know your intention of "Even if you’re not, you are still guilty" but that's okay, I don't take offense. Concerning determining interpreting Scripture, it's best to find other Scripture passages...

Not sure of what you're actually wanting to shared here but concerning bible translations, I only use KJV or NKJV when I presnt Scripture. The focus on the thread "The Book of Life" is on the truth that the believer has eternal life in Christ or has no life whatsoever in Him. May He continue...

"Many called, few chosen" intends the fact that the majority of mankind will not chose to "find eternal life" (Mat 7:13, 14). There are truths of God revealed in Scripture which may not have a title or a single word identification, but knowing what is in Scripture will disclose it, i.e...

Hi DPM - With me, omniscience is all knowing, and I do not find it said anywhere concerning partial-knowing, nor Him choosing not to know something as some might suspect. Concerning His "will" and "desire," His will involves that which occurs according to what He has chosen, i.e. those who...

Yes. In His omnipotence He makes it so, and in His omniscience He knows it shall be, and has known it from eternity past because everything God knows is from eternity, that is, He has always known it. Good point DM!

Hi PJM - The above is the only question I partly understand enough for a reply, but I do not think I can answer it sufficiently without you first understanding the term "born again." I hope you do not think I'm responding in this way to challenge or suspect what you may or may not know, because...

The most significant of God's three attributes (Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence) concerning the knowledge of the permanency of salvation is Omniscience, which means He has always possessed foreknowledge of all things, and everything He knows is from eternity past, to eternity everlasting...