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The last two Wednesday evening messages have covered complicated topics, and Lord willing, this morning we will have a better understanding:
Luke 12:4-7 teaches that Christians should witness to and/or help others when the Holy Spirit gives them thoughts to do so, and this theme carries over for Luke 12:8-12. Since this is the context of these verses, Luke 12:10 seems to mean that if a Christian doesn't help or witness to someone when the Holy Spirit gives them the thought to do so, they have blasphemed Him, and that means they can't be forgiven and are going to hell. This isn't the case, because Christians don't lose their salvation. (See chapter 38 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com) Failing to do what the Holy Spirit wants you to do is a sin, but Jesus said in Matthew 12:31 that all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men... The second part of that verse when taken into context with Matthew 12:22-32 and the history of the Pharisees who committed the unpardonable sin (the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit), means that someone can stubbornly and repeatedly chose not to accept Jesus as their Savior a certain number of times, and as a result, be unable to have their sins forgiven. (See chapter 36 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com)
Therefore, Luke 12:10, like Matthew 12:22-32, means that someone can refuse to become a Christian when the Holy Spirit urges them to do so a certain number of times, and they can become unable to have their sins forgiven. Someone, on the other hand, may believe they are a Christian but not really be one. A possible test that would prove this is if they refuse to say they are a follower of Jesus (Luke 12:8-9). Another test is if they are taken before non-Christian authorities and not be given the words to say to them from the Holy Spirit (Luke 12:11-12). People can clearly not be Christians but believe or say they are and never truly repent and accept Jesus as their Savior when the Holy Spirit urges them to do so. After a certain number of times of this, they are in danger of not being able to be forgiven (Luke 12:10). These scenarios seem to line up with the context of Luke 12:4-12.
More proof that not doing what the Holy Spirit wants Christians to do doesn't mean that they have committed the unpardonable sin, is that the Bible teaches that failing to do what the Holy Spirit wants them to do is a single sin called grieving the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:19). This also happened in the Old Testament in Isaiah 63:10, when after the people didn't do what the Holy Spirit wanted, God turned against them. Christians frequently don't witness to people the Holy Spirit urges them to witness to, for example, but that isn't committing the unpardonable sin. The very fact that the Holy Spirit urges Christians to do such things, gives them assurance of salvation (Romans 8:14), and if you read chapter 38 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com you will see that salvation can't be lost. Jude 1:24 adds, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy," This clearly reveals that salvation can't be lost.
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