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NASB | Mark 3:30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 3:30 [Jesus said this] because the scribes and Pharisees were [attributing His miracles to Satan by] saying, "He has an unclean spirit." |
Subject: Blasphemy against Holy Spirit |
Bible Note: Norrie: It's nice to "see" you again. I wrote a response to your post earlier, which was far and away superior to this one :-), but it flew out into cyber space and never landed on the pages of this Forum. .... Thanks for sharing the post you gleaned from another forum. The only thing wrong with it is that it's wrong! When we extrapolate on Scripture, trying to make it say what it in fact does not say, as the author of the post you quote apparently has done, we invariably run into all sorts of theological blunders and dead-ends. Jesus' teaching on the unpardonable sin is clearly given in Matthew 12:22-32 and Mark 3:20-30. I've never been quite able to understand why there has been such an aura of mystery about the nature of this particular sin or why it should give rise to so many wild and speculative interpretations. The thing that prompted Jesus' teaching was the Pharisees' contention that He was acting by the power of Satan, when His supernatural power was, in fact, a manifestation of the Holy Spirit in Him. Therefore, the fatal sin is the denial of the Holy Spirit's testimony to Jesus as Savior and Lord. The ultimate result of this is rejection of the Son of God. Jesus' teaching on the unpardonable sin is not synonymous with the teaching in Hebrews 6:4-6, as the author of your quote implies. Nor does it prove the doctrine of the perseverence of the saints and neither does it disprove it, as the author of the post you quoted seems to be attempting to show. It is so much better to listen carefully to what Scripture is speaking before making up our minds than to make up our minds and expect Scripture to agree with our conclusions! --Hank |