Greetings Juditha,

This does *not* mean that a soul rots in hell forever for ignoring the Holy Spirit.
That would be ridiculous because with all the noise and distractions in the world,
it's hard to hear anything subtle.
It must mean that we cannot get out of facing some sort of consequence. And
that's good news because it infers that anything else  can  be forgiven.

So even though at first reading, I started to hear the old fire and brimstone, it's full of good promise when read with love.

Thanks Juditha, I didn't remember it.

Love, Bets

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Exactly, nice post!

I believe that God and Christ are wise enough to understand why people make mistakes, and feel much joy and love when a person realizes his or her error. If you were a parent and one of your children that you love very much became confused and falsely spoke against you, wouldn't you forgive he or she if he or she discovered his or her error and tried to make amends?  What good would it do anybody to have he or she spend all of eternity in hell, if he or she is willing to admit his or her error and once again love and revere you?

If there is one thing God and Jesus don't have it's ego problems, which is the sort of thing that causes people to be unforgiving.

Why the verse states what it states I don't know. There must be an explanation.

Dude and Juditha.

The two earliest interpretations of the unpardonlable sin against the Holy Spirit define it as thechronic refusal to heed to inner voice of the prophetic Spirit (so the Teaching of the 12 Apostles and Irenaeus).  What this means in modern terms is this: if we harden ourselves to divine overtures, we will eventually become tone deaf to such overtures and they will cease to be part of our experience.   Instead, we will subject ourselves to a godless postmortem ordeal that mirrors our own choices and is based on the principle that like attracts like.   Divine forgiveness means the removal of self-imposed barriers to experiencing God's grace and reconciliation.   There is no room in this process of reconcilation for continued nursing og  guilt fieelings. 

I love Martin Luther's two-word motto that succinctly expresses the appropriate attitude: "Sin boldly!"  In other words, being frail humans, we cannot escape our learning curve in which we will inevitably repeatedly miss the mark.   So we have a choice.   We can grovel in self-loathing or we can sin with gusto, and then catch ourselves in our flaws, cheerfully embrace God's pardon, and press on in a guilt-free determination to make progress towards PUL with God's help.  Remember, Jesus' dictum, "Love your neighbor as yourself," is bad advice for a masochist.  It presupposes a robust self-image.  God's only interest in our sinful past and current frailties is this: how He can transform our weaknesses into spiritual strengths (2 Corinthians 12:8-10).   God does not view us in terms of our accumulation of demerits, but in terms of the magnificent creatures we might yet become by His grace.  In simple terms, Jesus' atoning death means this: God buries our sins in the sea of His forgetfulness and puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing!"   When we grovel in guilt, we are fishing in a No Fishing zone and are implying that Jesus falied to accomplish His mission.  In other words, we are insulting the grace of God.   

The danger of the way Dude expresses his piosition is this: it blurs the line between inordinate oride and healthy self-esteem and the line between loving humilty and both humiliation and a poor self-image.   Jeus warns of the thin line between true spirituality and counterfeit spirituality.

Don

Hi This is the one sin that cannot be forgiven.

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
In Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:22-30; Luke 12:10 Jesus refers to a sin against the Holy Spirit called blasphemy.  Jesus says it is one sin that can never be forgiven.  There is some disagreement of what this sin is.  Augustine of Hippo taught that this blasphemy is the rejection of the work of the Holy Spirit in a person's life.  If you continue to the very end to reject the Holy Spirit as it works in your life, you have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit.  Rejecting the voice of the Holy Spirit is rejecting the offer of peace with God.
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Looks like I'm in Gonzo City, then...

B-man

Hi Chumley I feel im getting some words for you here from spirit and im going to write what is given to me at this moment.

Here it is.    God knows of your silent pain,there is much for you to do as you travel your pathway of life ,which at the moment has seen many obstacles,but you will eventually come through the trees and out into the sunshine ,there is a vast crossroads forming around you at the moment of your earth life,but this consists of two things being that one is a baron feild but you will find the true path you are to walk along,time will put everything within its true place,we have heard and seen your words many times and we have seen that these words of many are just words of the war you are fighting inside yourself many times,God loves you as he loves all his children and your freewill was given from God ,for you to learn from many accounts in your life as it is and as it is to come so you are progressing as a spirit of Gods love,you will come towards the light of all knowledge one day and you will find your many answers to many of the questions you hold inside your soul.

Gods light love and blessings on you,for the long and winding pathway you must walk.

I have just wrote this word for word what i have just received from spirit,as i must write excactly what i receive.

Love and God bless you chumley     Love Juditha

Well Chumley, looks like you and me are going to get two prime seats right up close to the
furnace concert...Is this website now about christian interpretation of biblical passages and
such like? I thought this site was about the Astral planes and rescue/retrieval work. I was
always taught if you have a toothache you go and see the dentist, not the manager of the
local hardware store. Perhaps some of the posters don't know that there are many christian
forums, chat lines, websites, local churches, etc, etc, where they can get their questions
answers. ....But I keep forgetting that these people are the ones who go to a catholic mass
hoping to hear the local islamic Mufti give a sermon on the benefits of being an orthodox jew.
...Darth. May both sides of the force be with you...ps. There is always Don(Beserk) who will
always tell you that his interpretations of biblical script are the one and only true meanings
in that infamous book....You know, when jesus was crucified, he was really playing poker with
his diciples, and when Paul talks about his vision on the road to Damascus, it was only
his irritable bowel syndrome playing up.