Unforgivable
Sin
Part One
[An Advanced Study]
[All verses
are from the King James version with explanations in
black]
Take your Bibles
tonight because I’m going to be dealing with one of the most difficult sections
in the Word of God or subject in the Word of God for almost every Christian
believer. And the thing that we’re going
to deal with tonight and endeavor to cover very accurately is the accuracy of
God’s Word on the unforgivable sin. If you’ll turn to II Corinthians, chapter 1.
The reason people
have never understood the unforgivable sin and that they have constantly
endeavored to explain it through the years as the rejection of the Lord Jesus
Christ is because they have never rightly divided the Word on this
subject. We have come to this matter of
the unforgivable sin by men’s commandments or the doctrines and commandments of
men. The teachings of what we have
received in Sunday schools and what our parents were taught before us in Sunday
schools and so, rather than to go to the Word of God, and let the Word of God
tell us what this unforgivable sin is.
We have just passed on the error from generation to generation. And you can become so engrossed within error,
that you think error is truth even if it’s the most untruthful thing in the
entire world.
In order to get to
this subject tonight, I believe the first thing I ought to set up with you is
the truth that there are two God’s. Very
few people believe this, because they don’t know anything about it. They’ve always figured there is one God and all the good and all the bad comes from the
same God. That’s why,
at least, when we used to have a big storm or something, then someone would say
well that’s an act of God. If it blows
the house away, that’s an act of God.
And then the true God got the blame for it. But the Bible says there are two Gods and of
course you and I in biblical research are only interested in the integrity and
the accuracy of God’s Word. And
therefore we’re not concerned about what people have said or what they think,
we’re concerned about what does the Word say.
And here in I Corinthians, I Corinthians,
chapter 1, verse 3.
Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father and
from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- I Corinthians 1: 3
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the true God. The true God is the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ. This is the true God of whom we
are born again when we accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and
Savior. This is the true God. When a man says to you, I believe in
God. That doesn’t cut any ice. You want to know which God. You want to know whether he’s
believing in the true God, which is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, or if he’s believing in the other god which is listed in II Corinthians
chapter 4.
II Corinthians chapter 4. And
in verse 3 we will begin reading.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost: -- II Corinthians 4: 3
In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of
them which believe not,…… II Corinthians 4: 4a
The god of this world, the god of this world is Satan, the devil,
Lucifer. This is the god of this
world. The God and father of our Lord
Jesus Christ is the true God. This god
of this world is Satan, the devil. He is
the god of this world. Now that gives us
two Gods, class, right? One the true God, the other the counterfeit. Now, those of you who have taken the
foundational classes and have worked the Word know how Satan got to be the god
of this world. You know how, but just to
review some of these things for you tonight, let’s go to Genesis chapter
one. Genesis chapter
one. And we’re going to see that
the god of this world, the ruler of this world, the one who had dominion,
authority and power over the whole world originally was man. God had given this rulership
to man, Adam. In Genesis chapter 1 verse
26, we read:
And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our
likeness: and let them [mankind] have
dominion [authority, rulership] over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air,
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth. -- Genesis 1: 26
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female [Adam
and Eve] created he them. -- Genesis 1: 27
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it: and have dominion [rulership,
authority] over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth
upon the earth. -- Genesis 1: 28
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you
it shall be for meat. [for food] --
Genesis 1: 29
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
wherein there is life,
I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. -- Genesis 1: 30
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning
were the sixth day. -- Genesis
1: 31
Here is the record and also in the second chapter of the dominion authority and power which God originally gave to Adam and Eve. This was conferred upon them. He formed, made, and created man. And at the time when man came to be, Adam and Eve, he gave them this dominion and authority. There was only one who was above man and that was God. And man was God’s under-ruler. He had dominion, he had authority, he had power over all of God’s creation. Then, if man had this in Genesis chapters 1 and 2, the logical question that is how in the world did Satan get it who is the arch enemy of God. How did Satan get this power which was originally given to Adam and to Eve? And it’s very simple. We’re going to read it from the Word after a bit in Luke chapter 4. But it’s as simple as taking this booklet The Third Heaven. Let’s say that the printing department finished it and they gave it to me. They conferred it upon me. Now, I have freedom of will, right? Now I can take this and give it to whomsoever I will. Right? Now just think of that spiritually and you have exactly what happened in Genesis and how Satan got to be the god of this world. God had chosen Adam and Eve and he had given them this dominion, this rulership, this authority, this power. But Adam took this which God had given to him, the rulership, this authority. Adam took this and transferred it, or gave it away to God’s arch enemy who is the devil, Satan. This is why it says in the gospel of Luke, in the fourth chapter of this gospel, in verse 5:
And the devil, taking him [Jesus] up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. -- Luke 4: 5
And the devil said unto him, [Jesus] All this power will I give thee, [this is what the devil said to Jesus] and the glory of them: -- Luke 4: 6a
Now before we read any further, let’s settle one thing again. Can you give anything away if you haven’t got it? No. Now had Satan, had the old devil, not had all the kingdoms of the world, all this power, which we originally read here in Genesis had been given to man - had Satan not have those kingdoms, this power, this authority, this rulership, do you think Jesus would have reciprocated with an answer? He certainly would have. He would cut him off in short order. But the reason Jesus did not cut Satan off in short order is because he knew that the devil was telling the truth. He showed to Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in a moment in time. And he said all these kingdoms, all the power, all the glory thereof will I give to you. Then he makes this tremendous statement and boy there it is. Just sets like a diamond in that verse. The glory of them. Verse 6.
And the devil said unto him, [Jesus] All this power will I give thee, [this is what the
devil said to Jesus] and
the glory of them: for that is delivered
unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. -- Luke 4: 6
Who delivered it to him? Adam, who had it. Adam, so he is the one who delivered. That word ‘delivered’ is that diamond in that verse that sets there and he gives all the explanation as to how he got it. Satan never earned it, he never stole it, he never took it away. It belonged to Adam. Adam took it and he said, okay Satan you can have it. He sold it out and that’s how Satan got it. That’s how he got to be the god of this world. That’s why he can run the show in this world today just as he wants to run it as long as there is no believer around the place to contradict him. And many times even born again sons of God are believers in the new birth, but they have not renewed their mind to understand the Word of God, so Satan still runs the show, for them too. But this is how Satan got this dominion, authority, and power. Now you must understand this and rightly divide the Word here or when we get to this subject now of the unforgivable sin, you’ll never understand it. In Genesis, chapter 3. You see, the unforgivable sin is called also in the Bible, and we will see all of this later on. It’s called the sin against the Holy Ghost. It is called blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Those are the three words that are used. The unforgivable sin, the sin against the Holy Ghost and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. But to get to this, we will go to Genesis chapter 3 verse 15.
And I will put enmity between thee [talking to the
serpent here, the devil] and the woman,
[talking to Eve] and between thy seed [the
seed of the serpent] and her seed; [the seed
of the woman] it shall bruise thy head,
[this seed of the woman is going to bruise the head of the seed of the serpent] and thou [the serpent]
shalt bruise his heel. -- Genesis
How many seeds are there? Two. One is of the seed of the serpent. The other is the seed of the woman.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. -- Genesis 3: 15
Now the reason I am able to put this together so quickly in here is because I know the rest of the Word of God. I know that seed does not come from the woman’s side. Seed comes from the man’s side. But the seed of the woman as it says in the Word of God was Jesus Christ. Christ is the seed. That’s the seed of the woman. Now that Christ hurt the head of the old devil. He bruised his head in what Christ did here. Like we were talking about this morning when he led captivity captive like it says in the book of Ephesians. He bruised the head of the devil. But in the process of bruising that head, Satan bruised his heel. This is why the whole world has not come back to that position that it will ultimately come to that we read about in the book of Revelation. Because Jesus Christ will have to come back, set up his rulership, his kingdom, his authority and the last enemy to be destroyed is death and all of those matters must come to pass. But the thing I’m after in this verse above all is to get you to see that there are two seeds. One is the seed of the serpent. The other is the seed of the woman which is Christ. And both of these seeds are spirit, both are spirit. The devil is a spirit, right? Christ, the anointing of God in us is spirit, right? This is why there are two seeds, but both of them are spirit.
Now, we go
to John. The gospel of
John. Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John. The natural man is a man of body
and soul. Originally when God formed,
made, and created man, man was body, soul and spirit. But he was disobedient to God, the day thou eatest thereof, he broke that commandment the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die. He lost his connection with
God. He lost his spirit and from that
day on he was simply body and soul. This
man of body and soul is called a man of the flesh. He’s called the carnal man. He gets his information by way of the 5
senses. This man, in body and soul
category, has will.
He has freedom of will. All of
these things are in the body and soul man.
Now, this man of body and soul, by the freedom of his will can
reciprocate or respond to the true God.
Now every person when he is born into this world is nothing more than
body and soul. And when this person of
body and soul reaches age of accountability and this is dependent upon
environment, upon training, and will fluctuate.
But when that person reaches that place of accountability, this person
of body and soul becomes responsible, by the freedom of his will, to determine
what direction he is going to go. Now
having freedom of will, let’s say I am 20 years of age. Now by my freedom of the will, I hear the
Word of God and Romans
That faith comes, how? By hearing and hearing one thing. What? The Word. I hear the Word and this man of body and soul, does he have a mind? Surely. Having a mind, he can believe what he hears and by his will, he can make a decision for the Lord Jesus Christ.
And so when I confess with my mouth Romans 10: 9, 10. If I confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus and believe God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness, with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. -- Romans 10: 9
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. -- Romans 10: 10
So when I carry this out, then I am born again of God’s spirit and being born of spirit then I am body, soul, and spirit. This first birth of my body and soul is because I’m a natural man. I am the child of my earthly parents. When I am born again, I am a child of my godly father, my heavenly father and then again I am body, soul, and spirit. Now I am a child of God and I am born of his seed. It is Christ in you, Christ in you, the hope of glory. Christ in you, the hope of glory. And this Christ in me, this seed which is the spirit of God, born within me, this is called in the Bible eternal what?, life. It’s eternal life. Shall never more come into condemnation, passed from death unto life. Passed out of the judgment. Passed by the wrath of God. All those other things. Why? Because I am now His son, born of His seed. Now that’s very, very important. Because, this natural man of body and soul, does he have spirit in him? No, now this man of body and soul, if you just reverse the order of how he gets saved by the true God, reverse the order and you can see how a man can get saved by the wrong God. By Satan, who is the god of this world.
There’s a man of body and soul, 20 years old, let’s say. And I start moving among people who are born of the wrong seed. Men who worship Satan. Men who believe the lies of Satan. Men who follow devil spirits who believe in all of this spiritualism stuff, all this psychic stuff, so I start going to their meetings and I hear these things and what I hear I believe. Then I confess with my mouth Satan as the true God. Then what am I? Born of the seed of the serpent. Then do I have spirit in me? When I’m born of the devil’s seed, do I have spirit in me? Definitely. But the spirit within me is also seed, but it’s not the seed of the true God, it’s the seed of the serpent, the seed of the devil and this seed is not eternal life, it is eternal death. Can you ever get rid of this spirit, the seed? Nope. This is why when a man is born of the wrong seed, he’ll absolutely believe he is right. He’ll absolutely think he’s right. And he will say that the things that come from the true God come from the devil. And the things that come from the devil, he won’t know anything about. He won’t believe in the devil even and all the rest of them. But every time, if it’s from the true God, if it’s the true God, the one who is born of the seed of the serpent will say well that that is of the devil. Now we go to John chapter 8.
Now you remember I read to you from the Word of God the two seeds in Genesis 3: 15. Now in John 8, I am going to show them to you. And I’m going to let Jesus Christ show them to you because Jesus is the one who got in the fight over the whole situation and he has it written here in his wonderful Word. So it will be as clear as day to everybody here. We’ll start reading with verse 12 of chapter 8 and pick out some of these.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, them who? The first thing you have to find out is to whom is it written. And in verse 3 of chapter 8, you will find out that it’s written to whom, the scribes and Pharisees. These were the men who were the heads of the temple. They belonged to the Sanhedrin, the ruling group of men that were in the seats of authority at the head of the temple. These were the Pharisees and among those Pharisees, some of them were scribes. Now, Jesus said I am the light of the world. Verse 12. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. – John 8: 12
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. -- John 8: 13
Immediately you can see something must be wrong. Was Jesus Christ’s record true? That’s right. But these other people believed that he was lying, that it wasn’t true. That the record he bore was counterfeit. Jesus answered and said unto them. Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true. For I know whence I come and whither I go. But you, you cannot, you cannot tell whence I come and whither I go. The reason they could not tell, as we shall see later on, was that they were born of the wrong seed, the wrong spirit. Now, verse 18
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. -- John 8: 18
Then said they [the Pharisees and scribes] unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if he had known me, ye should have known my Father also. -- John 8: 19
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: -- John 8: 20a
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye
shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: [if someone dies in their
sins, can they ever be saved? No, sir,
you’ve got to get rid of those before you die or you will never make it. Jesus pointedly said to them, you’ll never
make it because they would die in their what?
That’s what it says. And he says
very plainly Whither I go,
ye cannot come. – John
Where did he go? Heaven. The Scripture says that Jesus Christ arose from the dead on the day of the Ascension and he ascended up into heaven. And the Scripture says he’s coming back. And for those who are born again of God’s spirit, he’s going to gather his church and take them to heaven. Now he said very plainly to these Pharisees and scribes they are never going to get there. There has to be a reason why he could already tell them then that they’ll never make it. He said whether I go you cannot, you absolutely cannot come. Look at how logical these Jews are now. Those are the born again of the wrong seed.
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. -- John 8: 21
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. -- John 8: 22
You see,
these people, born of the wrong seed, these Pharisees and scribes thought they
were going to heaven, boy, they thought they had it made sitting on seats of
gold and everything else, rulership. They were absolutely convinced they were
right. Yet they were dead wrong. For Jesus said whither I go, you cannot
come. Right? And therefore they said well the reason we
can’t go where he says he’s going is because he must be planning to commit
suicide. And they had taught their
people that if anybody committed suicide that that person couldn’t ever go to
heaven, he’d have to go to hell. Just
could never make it. This is sometimes
even true in denominations that you know of today. That if someone commits suicide they will not
allow them to be buried from the church or in the main part of the
cemetery. Still a
carryover. Well, they just don’t
understand body, soul, and spirit.
That’s all.
Verse 23 class, as plain as day.
And he said unto them, [the Pharisees and scribes] Ye are from beneath; you are from beneath, I am from [of] above: Ye are of beneath. Well, who is the one that runs this old world? Satan. And if they were from or of that one that’s beneath, they must have been born of the seed of the devil, the seed of the serpent.
I am from above, he was born of God. God created in Mary’s soul life and this is why Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary as the Bible says. Verse 23 says further, ye are of, of, of, of, of this world.
If ye are of this world, you’ve got the seed of the one who runs the outfit, right? And the God of this world this world? Satan. Amen. That’s what it says, that’s what it means. You see, as a man of body and soul, I am not of this world, understand?
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. -- John 8: 23
As a man of body and soul, I am of my earthly father and mother, right? I am the son of my earthly daddy and mommy. You are the son or the daughter of your earthly father and mother. You are, if you’re of this world, you’ve got to be born again and you have to be born again of the wrong seed to be of this world. Jesus said, I am not of this world. Verse 24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: [reason being – they were born of this world] for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. -- John 8: 24
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. -- John 8: 25
They understood not [they understood not] that he spake to them of the Father. -- John 8: 27
That’s tremendous, isn’t it? You see, there were also others there who believed God’s Word. They were not born of the wrong seed. Because to those he said in verse 32. He said to those who were there in the temple who believed:
And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. -- John 8: 32
They answered him, [now the Pharisees again are back at him] We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? -- John 8: 33
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. -- John 8: 34
Now he’s talking to who? The Pharisees. He’s not talking to a person who commits sin, who is just body and soul who isn’t born of the wrong seed. He is talking to these people who are born of the wrong seed. And the committing of the sin is that they could not serve any other god because they are born of the wrong seed. That’s the sin.
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