THE UNPARDONABLE SIN

As a child I lived in constant fear of committing the “Unpardonable Sin.” Every time I failed I prayed real hard that I had not crossed the line.

One kind friend told me, “If you are worried about having committed the unpardonable sin that means you have not.” Those words settled me down a bit because I stayed worried.

Later as an adult I became very secure in my relationship with God but I still probed around for the answer to what that sin is.

Matthew 12: 31,32
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.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

It said “all manner of sin” except speaking against the Holy Spirit. I had used the Lord’s name in vain—wasn’t that an act of “speaking against the Holy Spirit”?

The answer came so very clear. The terminal act of speaking against the Holy Spirit is to reject His drawing us to Jesus—the forgiving Savior.

I knew that was it.

The only sin God will not and cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting the Holy Spirit and not asking for forgiveness of our sins!

In a way, that means every sin that we do not ask God to forgive is an “unpardonable sin.”

The days of my youth would have been a lot less troubled had I known this then.

How magnificent God’s plan of salvation is!