The “Unforgivable” Sin . Most People Don’t Even Realize They Are Committing It

The unforgivable sin. There is a sin that is spoken of in the Bible that is the unforgivable sin. It is an expression that emerges from the synoptic gospels. You can find this sin in one of the most powerful chapters in all the Bible. The twelfth chapter of Matthew reveals to us a sin where there is no pardon in this life or the life to come. A lot of people worry and stress about whether they have committed this sin. The number of emails we receive from people who think they have committed the unforgivable sin is shocking. You would be surprised at the amount of people who are living in constant fear that they have committed this unforgivable sin, and what I have noticed is that there are a lot of people who do not exactly understand what the unforgivable sin is. For the record, the unforgivable sin is not idolatry, murder, perversion, adultery, or anything along those lines. The unforgivable sin is much more complex than that. Matthew twelve, verses twenty-two through thirty-four: Then one was brought to him who was demon-possessed, blind, and mute, and he healed him so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”

Now when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.” But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters abroad. Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” It is important to note who Jesus is talking to when he speaks of the unforgivable sin. He is not talking to believers, but he is talking to a group of unbelieving Pharisees. Now, how have they committed this sin? They have committed this sin by attributing the work of Jesus to the devil.

Matthew twelve, verse twenty-four: Now when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.” Notice how they did not mention the Holy Spirit at any point. They did not actively or consciously say anything against the Holy Ghost; what they did was attribute the work that Jesus Christ had done to the power of a demon, when Christ has done that work through the power of the Holy Spirit. In other words, these people looked at the work of Jesus and said, “That is the work of a demon. That is the work of someone who is energized by the very power of hell.” They are rejecting the power of the Holy Spirit working through Jesus Christ. In other words, they are rejecting that Jesus is the Son of the living God and essentially rejecting salvation. Now, the question is, can a christian do this? Can someone who has been born again stand back and look at the work of Jesus and say his work is the work of the devil? The answer is no. Therefore, a christian cannot commit the sin, and the people who have committed this sin don’t care if they have or have not because they see the work of Jesus as evil. You don’t need to go about being afraid of whether you have committed an unforgivable sin as a christian. Those who are committing the sin unto death are never remorseful about their actions; they act with full consciousness of their actions. People who turn to jesus christ in faith cannot commit this sin. People who turn to jesus christ in faith cannot commit this because they acknowledge who he is and they acknowledge that he is the way to god. Now, what I want you to take away from this message is that God is a god that can forgive you of your sins regardless of what you may have committed in the past. Don’t live in fear; you are not going to hell.

God is a forgiving god. Confess your sins today, and God will forgive you today. Matthew twelve, verse thirty-five: 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. Every single sin will be forgiven. What have you done in your life that still haunts you? Confess your sin today, and stop living in the past. You are beating yourself up for a sin that God has forgiven you about. Move on with your life, stop living in the past, stop living in the past. God has forgiven you, stop living in guilt, stop living with the weight of hell over your life. God in his very nature is a forgiving god. Don’t allow the spirit of condemnation to live in your life. One thing that I have learned through years of being a christian minister is that the devil knows if you are truly a born-again believer, there is nothing he can do to stop you from going to heaven, but what he can do is try to make your life miserable with the spirit of condemnation. There are so many christians who feel as if the sin they have committed are unforgivable; they are not. God is not angry at you if you are his child. God is not angry at you, God doesn’t hold hell over our heads; he loves us and cares for us. You were born sinners, and we all know the wages of sin, and sin always, always, always claims full price. But thank God you have a savior who came for sinners, sinners like you and me. Jesus came for sinners. You and I fall into the category of the people Jesus came for, so I encourage you today to turn away from your sins and confess them to the Lord so that you may be blessed.

God is a forgiving god. God is not a man that holds grudges. Confess your sins, repent from your ways, and be blessed of the Lord, be blessed of the Lord, be blessed of the Lord. Romans four, verse seven: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. When God forgave you of your sins the night you got saved, you were fully forgiven; your sins are forgiven. That should make you shout from the rooftops. Your sins have been forgiven, God will never bring them and slap you in the face with them. God will never blackmail you with your sins. If your sins are forgiven, they are forgotten and they are paid for, and Christ paid the cost of sin for us because the wages of sin had to be paid. But because of Christ you are forgiven. Aren’t you glad your slate has been wiped clean, and you are forgiven? Think of all the sins you have committed and know each and every one of them have been forgiven. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered, and your home is in glory, your citizenship is in heaven, your name is in the Lamb’s book of life. You have been sealed by the Holy Spirit of God to the day of redemption. You are forgiven, you are a chosen generation, you are a royal priesthood, you are a part of the holy nation, you’re his and he is yours. I mean, your mother and father may not forgive you for the stuff you did wrong. I mean, your husband or wife may not forgive you for something you did wrong, but aren’t you glad you are serving a god that doesn’t forgive you because other people have forgiven you? Our God says in first John, chapter one, verse nine: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us for our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Your family may hold your past against you for the rest of your life, but bless God you are forgiven.