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“I’ve been told that it is possible to commit the unpardonable sin today. Since there
was a time in my life that I blasphemed the Holy Spirit, did I lose my salvation?”
We have said it often and it bears repeating, while all Scriptures are for us,
they are not all written to us, nor are they all about us. We must rightly
divide the Word of Truth to determine the will of God for the Church today.
Perhaps the easiest way to distinguish between the two programs of God is
to simply lift the Pauline epistles out of the canon of Scripture for a moment.
Paul’s letters are written to us, the members of the Body of Christ.
All other Scriptures follow the prophetic theme and present Israel as
the centerpiece of God’s plans and purposes. When our Lord gave the
pronouncement regarding the unpardonable sin in Matthew_12:31,32,
he was addressing Israel under the old economy.
Since Paul’s revelation was yet a secret hidden in The Mind of God, the
warning does not apply to those living under this dispensation. According
to Paul’s gospel, if you have trusted Christ as your personal Savior, you
are forgiven in Him (Eph. 1:7) and beyond the reach of judgment:
"
(P Sadler)
Thus: "[Christ] In Whom we Have Redemption Through His Blood, The
Forgiveness of sins, According To The Riches Of His Grace" (Ephesians_1:7)
GRACE And Peace...
“I’ve been told that it is possible to commit the unpardonable sin today. Since there
was a time in my life that I blasphemed the Holy Spirit, did I lose my salvation?”
We have said it often and it bears repeating, while all Scriptures are for us,
they are not all written to us, nor are they all about us. We must rightly
divide the Word of Truth to determine the will of God for the Church today.
Perhaps the easiest way to distinguish between the two programs of God is
to simply lift the Pauline epistles out of the canon of Scripture for a moment.
Paul’s letters are written to us, the members of the Body of Christ.
All other Scriptures follow the prophetic theme and present Israel as
the centerpiece of God’s plans and purposes. When our Lord gave the
pronouncement regarding the unpardonable sin in Matthew_12:31,32,
he was addressing Israel under the old economy.
Since Paul’s revelation was yet a secret hidden in The Mind of God, the
warning does not apply to those living under this dispensation. According
to Paul’s gospel, if you have trusted Christ as your personal Savior, you
are forgiven in Him (Eph. 1:7) and beyond the reach of judgment:
“There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1)."
them which are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1)."
(P Sadler)
Thus: "[Christ] In Whom we Have Redemption Through His Blood, The
Forgiveness of sins, According To The Riches Of His Grace" (Ephesians_1:7)
GRACE And Peace...