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NASB | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy [every evil, abusive, injurious speaking, or indignity against sacred things] will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the [Holy] Spirit will not be forgiven. |
Subject: i'm still not getting this |
Bible Note: Hi Ray, I don't care to comment on the other thread. There seems to be doubt of the trinity, and this is a topic I don't want to address. I understand the 'delima' brookelynn seems to have encountered, having worked through that delima with the Holy Spirit I realize this is a progressive understanding. Like a puzzle... You said.. I want you to consider that the multitudes, scribes, Pharisees, and kinsmen were not rejecting the Holy Spirit. In remembering Acts 19:2 I wonder if they had "even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." Rather, they were rejecting the spirit [sic] that they perceived was in Him." You have a good point. The person of the Holy Spirit was not truly understood until Pentecost. Even the disciples who were specifically instructed of His coming and purpose could not truly understand. However, the Pharasees and the people did understand that only one of 'spiritual authority' could cast out demons. They were indeed rejecting Jesus as one with God given authority and attempted to reduce Him to the level of a demon possessed man Himself. But Jesus' rebuttal clearly informs them of the magnitude of their rejection, calling evil the only One who can draw them to the Father. Jesus is the Way, but the Holy Spirit enables us to go the Way through the revealing of Truth and by the supernatural work of the new birth. You said... I believe that Jesus cast out demons by the spirit of God. That is, by the finger of God. Psalm 8:3,4a, "When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou has ordained; What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him?" I agree! The finger of God is the Holy Spirit. In the beginning..Genesis...God the FAther spoke (the Word) 'light be' and light was. The Holy Spirit was moving.... Genesis 1 2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. All the trinity was active in creation... The same Spirit infilled Jesus and empowered Him, the Word, to cast out demonic forces.... John 14 That same Spirit was sent to infill us! God bless |