In other words, you must know you are doing it to be accountable for it. For you to be accountable for that final punishment, you must first be fully informed in advance of the behaviors that would lead to that punishment. A sin of ignorance may bring an immediate penalty or curse for breaking his rules (such as the many curses that Philistines suffered after they captured and touched the untouchable Ark of the Covenant in 1Samuel 5 or the curses on Abimelech for unknowingly taking Abraham’s wife in Genesis 5), but not the ultimate penalty of the Second Death. He will not damn you eternally for a sin done in ignorance. You can know for sure you did not because God is reasonable, fair, and just. Understanding Accountability For Punishmentīut what if in the past you were acting as an enemy of God, much like Paul while he was a Pharisee before his Road to Damascus conversion? How do you know for sure that you did not commit the unpardonable sin then, especially when you did not know enough to realize what it was? Their evil desires and animosity for Jesus caused them to commit many intentional sins and all could be forgiven—except blaspheming acts that were done by the power of the Holy Spirit.Īs long as you have always been neutral or friendly towards God, you could not have possibly committed the unpardonable sin. In fact, Jesus plainly said that they did not serve God (John 7:17-19), but followed men and their traditions (Mt 15:3-9) because Satan was their father (John 8:44).
They saw him as a threat to their position, power and glory which was their primary concern, not serving God (John 11:47-48). This fits with the audience that the verse above was directed at, the Pharisees (Mt 12:24). The Pharisees were doing everything they could to contradict, undermine, and trap Jesus, a man sent by God by their own admission (John 3:2). He said that as believers seeking to serve God, “if you are worried you have committed this sin, then you have not done it.” In other words, the people who might commit this sin are the people who are enemies of God, not the ones worried about what God thinks. I remember the answer my pastor gave back in church during the 90’s to this question. Matthew 12:31 (HCSB) — Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Which of us have not read this verse and wondered the same thing:
And that is half the reason why I get so confused and study so much. What is your perspective on that particular subject? I have to say personally that I wonder if I have done that myself. My question is in regard to the “unforgivable sin”.
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