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NASB | Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:24 But the Pharisees heard it and said, "This man casts out demons only by [the help of] Beelzebul (Satan) the prince of the demons." |
Subject: blasphemy against the holy spirit.... |
Bible Note: Hello Ray/capitalizer Good to hear from you! You said... "You wrote about "rejecting Him who is the one who". As a person who is interested in capitalizing pronouns of Deity, I would think that it should read "the One who". We know that they are "one" in essence, but you are talking about the one Person, the Holy Spirit." I believe you are correct. I hesitated when typing this but moved on based on the fact that Him was the subject, but now I realize the ONE should have also been capitalized. thanks "But on your second point.. "The other thing that I would point out is that the Pharasees did not call Him an unclean or evil Spirit but rather, they said that He "has" an unclean spirit." You are correct that the Pharasees were saying the Spirit within Christ taking authority over the demons was not the Holy Spirit of God, but rather Beelzebub, or Satan. Thus they were calling the Holy Spirit demonic or 'unclean'. With that stated, please reread my original statement, with some emphasis in parenthesis added. I believe it will make sense to you, but if not, we can talk more. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is not recognizing Him(the Holy Spirit-added as of this post) as the Spirit of God, rejecting Him(the Holy Spirit-added...) who is the One (capitalized because I believe this is the Holy Spirit of God-added) who draws us to Christ. If we reject the Holy Spirit calling Him evil as the Pharasees did, we can't come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Do you agree? God bless |