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skyeheart9Prayers: 8Requests: 7
December 4, 2019 at 4:53 amIf you blaspheme, is it over for you?
gsimoninPrayers: 5621Requests: 43
December 4, 2019 at 11:04 amNot if you stop the blaspheming and turn around in repentance. We have all done so. ~gail
felixculpa723Prayers: 2063Requests: 7
December 4, 2019 at 1:50 pmHeavenly Father, I pray that you would speak to this child, and impart the kind of wisdom that we as humans cannot.
sparrowPrayers: 10294Requests: 19
December 5, 2019 at 6:49 pmFather in heaven, The enemy is trying to fill your child with doubts and drive her away from you. You have said You will never leave us or forsake us. Rom. 8: 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Bless our friend with verses to cling to whenever a doubt voices itself. May she speak your truth. God has not given me a spirit of fear, but power, and love and a sound mind. Keep her in the Word Dear Lord. In Jesus name
SheilaTPrayers: 2920Requests: 24
December 6, 2019 at 9:20 pmIs there a sin that cannot be forgiven?
Yes, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is any sin that a person clings to by continually resisting the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Keep in mind that there is not one specific sin that is unforgivable, such as lying, stealing or murder, but rather a perpetual hardening of the heart and willfully sinning against God and man (1 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:15). In Acts 7:51, Stephen says the following to the Pharisees, “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.” In a nutshell, the unpardonable sin is any sin that a person doesn’t want to give up, confess, or even ask forgiveness for and additionally doesn’t want to hear any more about it from the Holy Spirit.Any sin mankind wants pardon for is forgivable. However, if we turn our backs on the voice of the Holy Spirit we begin to silence His convictions and eventually we cannot hear His convicting power. This effectively blocks the working of God in our lives because we have reached a point where we are unable to respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Consider this illustration of the unpardonable sin. Imagine you are tired of the Holy Spirit convicting you of a particular pet sin. You want to completely remove His promptings even though the voice is warning you of danger and lovingly trying to show you the right path. So what do you do? You begin building a theoretical brick wall to block your conviction. Each brick in the wall represents a singular time you reject the conviction of the Holy Spirit. As you continue to reject the Holy Spirit, the “voice” you hear gets softer and softer. You become more and more confident in your current pathway of life. Eventually, as you lay more and more bricks down you cannot hear the Holy Spirit anymore, thus effectively cutting off your way of repentance and therefore salvation.
The good news is this—if a person still desires forgiveness and confesses their sins, those sins will be forgiven and blotted out. As long as you are under conviction, which is the Holy Spirit’s job (John 16:8) and you want to be forgiven you are not guilty of the unpardonable sin
gsimoninPrayers: 5621Requests: 43
December 7, 2019 at 10:48 amSheila – That is an excellent response. Thank you. ~gail
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