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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Subject: Once Save; Always Saved? |
Bible Note: Greetings Doug! Great comments! A similar take I have heard on this passage is that the blasphemy was that the Pharisees were attributing the Holy Spirit's work to Satan. A couple of contextual points would seem to bear this out. 1) In Mt. 12:24, the Pharisees say, "....It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons." 2) Mt. 12:25-29 deals with how demons are driven out. 3) Mt. 12:32 deals with sins of speech. 4) Mt. 12:34 deals with words spoken from the overflow of the heart. 5) Finally, Mt. 12:36-37 deals with being judged for idle words. All of these contextual points seem to indicate that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is what the Pharisees were doing in Mt. 12:24, when they claimed that the Holy Spirit's work was done by the power of Satan. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |