Parchment & Pen Blog

1. Lawrence says:

   August 3, 2008 at 10:37 pm

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   The idea that I hold concerning the unforgivable sin is that sin against
   the Holy Spirit will always produce negative consequences for the person
   committing that sin. A genuine believer can sin against the Holy Spirit. That
   sin, however, will be punished in some way. The sins we commit against
   our fellow man may go unpunished, but if we disrupt the work of the Holy
   Spirit in someone’s life or if we resist the work of the Holy Spirit in our own
   life there will be a resulting consequence. In the passage of Matt. 12, the
   disruption of the Holy Spirits work took the form of misrepresenting the
   source by which the healings took place and thereby placing doubt in the
   minds of the observers. Unbelievers may go on sinning against the Holy
   Spirit and never see the consequences in their earthly existence (parable
   of the rich man and Lazarus).
   The words “this age” would be referring to the time when the observance
   of the ceremonial laws to represent the Messiah’s perfect sacrifice and the
   observance of the moral law, representing His perfect righteosness
   were happening.
   The words “age to come” would be referring to the time after the fall of
   Jerusalem as described in Matt 24,25 and Luke 17:20-37.
2. caleb brown says:

   December 30, 2008 at 10:07 am

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   thanks for the discussion…great to hear some very wise and well-learned guys speak about this topic…helps me a lot…thanks again…

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