Blasphemy Of The Holy Spirit. The Big Lie !

Common Sense Commentary: "All liars shall have their  part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone...." Rev.21:8.

Whatever kind of "liar" God was referring to in this verse, is eternally doomed. That kind of "liar" is therefore exceptional to other kinds of lesser liars. This is the BIG LIE and is unforgivable.  The Scripture teaches that the only unforgivable sin is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.  All lesser lies are forgivable.  Every human being, with the possible exception of infants, has lied. Oh yes we have. A "little white lie"
and a "big black lie" are both  lies. Even an intentional exaggeration is simply a lie. Everything which is not absolutely true is a lie (intentional deception) or a falsehood told in ignorance (unintentional).  The good news is, "If we confess our sins, (to God) HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleans us from all unrighteousness." 1Jn.1:9.  There is just one unforgivable sin and that is the BIG LIE
which is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit  which Jesus explained in Matt.12:31-32.
"All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man (Jesus), it shall be forgiven him, but whoso speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." Eternally unforgivable.  Why would God forgive blasphemy against Jesus but not the Holy Spirit? The first is done in ignorance and unbelief. The second is done intentionally,  fully knowing the truth of the Gospel and lying about it. The world hears about Jesus in print, preaching, teaching or witnessing ... all done by other human beings and those lost souls don't know if what they hear is true or not. But when the Holy Spirit of God speaks to their soul ... internally, they know God is dealing with them and they need to respond .... but some resist, rebel, reject and often attack Him with Blasphemies.  Jesus said, in Jn.15:26, "When the Comforter is come ... the Spirit of truth ...he will testify of ME."  To reject and blaspheme that is the unpardonable sin, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the sin of rejecting the Holy Spirit's clear and certain, convincing of the unsaved sinner's heart and mind that he/she is a sinner and that Jesus Christ is, in fact, the only Saviour/ Son of God ... and they KNOW IT IS TRUE but reject it anyway and hate it.  Not to accept Christ as Saviour is forgivable until His Holy Spirit convinces the sinner beyond any doubt of his/her need for Christ and they still reject Him and speak against Him. That is rejecting the certainty of the Holy Spirit's convincing power and is not the same as hearing it from a preacher or witness  who uses only human words and may or may not know what they are talking about or how to say it.  That is excusable. But when the Holy Spirit works through that Christian, who delivers His Word, and convinces that lost soul of Christ, but he still rejects Him and stands against Him, that is not forgivable because he/she rejects, not the witness or a Jesus they are uncertain about, but the witness of the "HOLY GHOST" in their hearts, and know it is true but do not want Christ and become apostate ... "speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron." 1Tim:4:2.----  "Who being past feeling, (sociopaths) have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness and greediness. Eph.4:19.  This is, indeed, the BIG LIE and the BIG LIAR ... as the Scripture reveals in 1Jn.2:22, "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ, he is ANTI-Christ, that denieth the Father and the Son." Those are the liars who will "have their part in the lake of fire", who are "past feeling" because they rejected what the Holy spirit convinced them of and cursed Him for it.

Examples of this worst of all sins are seen in King Agrippa and the Religious Pharisees and Sadducees: When Apostle Paul was brought before King Agrippa, he asked, "King
Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest." Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:27-28. Agrippa had been convinced by the Holy Spirit that the Old Testament prophecies of Messiah/Christ were true but refused to yield his pride and accept Christ as Saviour. What would the people think of him as their King ... becoming a follower of Jesus?  This was also true of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  They were constantly reading the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah/Christ and knew that Jesus had fulfilled all those prophecies but rejected the convincing, conviction of the Holy Spirit and hated and persecuted Him. They were so steeped in "Religion" that they had no room for their Christ.

Apostle Paul said of them, "What if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar
(if they reject the "oracles" of God's Word).  Read it in Rom.3:3-4.

Very few people, if any but little children, are exactly what they appear to be ... totally transparent.  One lie does not make a habitual liar .... else would all be "ish kazab" as King Solomon referred to some in Prov.19:22 ..."A poor man is better that a liar." This word, "liar" is the Hebrew word "ish kazab" and means, "a man of lies" (plural) which means, a habitual liar. Jesus said, "The devil is a liar and the father of it." Jn.8:44. This Greek word, (pseustes), in conjunction with "father of it", means the devil is a habitual liar and the inspiration of all lies and liars.  His first appearance on earth in Genesis, to Adam and Eve, he was lying to them about God and calling God a liar. This explains people who lie and exaggerate habitually but are quick to point out other people's lies and exaggerations.

The Apostle John wrote, in 1 Jn.2:4, of those who make false professions of "accepting" Christ, when in truth, they do not ... "He is a liar and the truth is not in him."  Blasphemy ! Later in this chapter (1 Jn.2:22), the Apostle defined the kind of liar he was referring to... "Who is a liar... but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ/Messiah."  Remember, a liar is one who "KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY" tells an untruth. They have to Know the thing is not true or else it is simply ignorance... unintentionally telling a falsehood not a lie. So those of whom John speaks Knew that Jesus was their Messiah/Christ but denied He was Messiah.

Blasphemy done in ignorance and unbelief is forgivable. Done with knowledge, it is a lie and unforgivable.  Here is proof in this key verse of Apostle Paul's testimony: "I was a BLASPHEMER but I obtained mercy .... (why)... because I did it ignorantly in unbelief." 1 Tim.1:15. Paul thought his persecuting of Christians was doing God a favor. Jn.16:2.

In the final three and a half years of Great Tribulation, the lost, left behind, unsaved sinners, after the Rapture, who by that time will know that God, Jesus, and His Bible  are all true, and they were wrong, will not then be able to repent and accept Christ... "They gnawed their tongues for pain and BLASPHEMED  the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores, and they REPENTED NOT of their deeds." Rev.16:11. How terrible and unnecessary ... when they could have been saved. 

Even the devils recognized Jesus for who He was and cried out, "Thou art the Christ the Son of God." Lk.4:41.

Jn.1 tells us the Jesus "was the Light" .... and that he was "the true Light, which lighteth every man (human) that cometh into the world."

One of the most powerful, transforming and fearful 7 verses in the Bible (Rom.1:16-21) concludes with, "...When they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."

Pass it on. RB