BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31

(KJV) Matthew 12:31

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

To blaspheme means to treat God with disrespect through our words or actions. It often involves speaking about or against God as if He is not God or even as if He is evil. In this context, the leaders were giving Satan credit for the miracles Christ was doing in the power of the Holy Spirit. In a broader sense, blasphemy against the Spirit involves continually and deliberately rejecting the Holy Spirit’s work, including His testimony about Christ, the truth of His Word and the problem of sin (John 16:7-11). Those who resist when the Spirit is speaking to their own consciences are, in truth, separating themselves from the only source that can lead them to forgiveness. The dangerous process that leads to blasphemy against the Spirit is as follows:

1. Continually grieving the Spirit (resisting His direction, doing something that displeases or defies God, Ephesians 4:30) leads to resisting the Spirit (Acts 7:51).
2. Resisting the Spirit leads to putting out the Spirit’s fire (stopping the work He desires to do in one’s life or church, 1 Thessalonians 5:19).
3. Putting out the Spirit’s fire leads to a hardened heart (Hebrews 3:8-13). 

Hardening the heart leads to a corrupt and perverted mind that is not open to God and that views good as evil and evil as good (Isaiah 5:20; Romans 1:28). When this heart attitude reaches a certain point – only God knows where this point is- the Spirit will no longer try to lead that person toward God (Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 29:18-21; 1 Samuel 2:25; Proverbs 29:1). And without the Spirit’s prompting, people will never be able to come to God or accept His truth on their own (1 Corinthians 2:14). For those who are worried about having committed “the unpardonable sin,” the fact that they still recognize the need to be forgiven and have the desire to turn from their sin is evidence that they have not committed the unpardonable sin. Anyone who is guilty of that sin would have no desire to be forgiven or to turn to God.

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1. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
2. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
3. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
4. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
5. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
6. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
7. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
8. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
9. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
10. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
11. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
12. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
13. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
14. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
15. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
16. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
17. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
18. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
19. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
20. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
21. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
22. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
23. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
24. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
25. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
26. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
27. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
28. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
29. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
30. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
31. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
32. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
33. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
34. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
35. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
36. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
37. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
38. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
39. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
40. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
41. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
42. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
43. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
44. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
45. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
46. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
47. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
48. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
49. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
50. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
51. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
52. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
53. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
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55. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
56. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
57. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
58. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
59. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
60. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
61. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
62. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
63. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
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65. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
66. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
67. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
68. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
69. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
70. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
71. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
72. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
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74. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
75. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
76. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
77. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
78. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
79. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
80. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
81. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
82. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
83. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
84. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
85. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
86. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
87. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
88. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
89. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
90. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
91. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
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93. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
94. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
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BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31

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To blaspheme means to treat God with disrespect through our words or actions.

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Margarita Crews

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