*EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️
Thu/28th/July/2022
*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach)
_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_
*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (140)*
_"And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come"_ (Matthew 12:32)
The immediate meaning of that refers to something only those who saw Jesus in person could do: to see a miracle from Christ and attribute it to satan. In the most literal sense, that's a sin which no one today can commit. In a broader sense, to "blaspheme the Holy Spirit" for most people implies a continual rejection of the Holy Spirit's call. Those who call God a liar by rejecting His call have no hope of forgiveness. Emphasizing this point, Jesus adds that speaking against Him is forgivable. Those who criticize, reject, or even lie about Christ can change their mind and be forgiven. In part, Christ repeats and expands on what He said in the previous verse.
During Jesus' life and ministry on earth, many people spoke against Him. Some of them later came to faith in Him as the Savior and Son of God. Jesus' own family said He was out of mind (Mark 3:21). After Jesus was crucified, resurrected, and returned to heaven, however, His earthly family is shown to have believed in Him and joined with Jesus' other followers (Acts 1:14). The Apostle Paul, in fact, was at one time a hateful persecutor against the Christian Church (Acts 22:1-10).
Every person begins life not having yet trusted in Christ. Forgiveness for that unbelief comes when a person believes and puts their faith in Jesus. He or she is forgiven any words spoken against Him. The point here marks a difference between speaking a word against Christ and speaking against the Holy Spirit. Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit as a person. The Holy Spirit's work is different than that of the Father and the Son. The Spirit is the One who leads people to faith in Jesus, who makes it possible for sinful humans to see who Christ is and trust in Him. Broadly applied, to speak against the Holy Spirit is to continually reject Him and the work He is doing. A rejection of the Holy Spirit is the acceptance of hell's invitation. You choose hell over heaven. You choose to reject God's forgiveness through Christ.
*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️
_Jesus will not allow for any faith in Him that doesn't include faith in the work the Holy Spirit is doing to demonstrate that Jesus is truly the Son of God and Messiah._
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*Excellence is within you. Bring it out >>*
#1521 ELK.
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