What is exactly denying the holy spirit or Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit?

Question

i learned that it was a sin that was unforgiveable, and i thought i did it because during some hard times i lost my temper and screamed and cursed at God. I thought i was going to hell for it. Also i then learned that thats not what it means and that what i did is forgivable and that its Blasphemy AGAINST the holy spirit or denying the holy spirit that is not forgivable. so my question is what exactly does that mean and how is it done? please answer with serious answer and Athiest please dont answer if its not about this question. thank you for your help :).

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit is a member of the Godhead, of equal importance as the father and son.



Now, Jesus freed us from the bondage of sin by dying on the cross. After freeing us he returned to heaven and transfered the authority he gained on earth to us. (the authority we originally had in the garden)

This authority, and the process of becoming completely free from sin, is administerd to us by the Holy Spirit who is on earth with us now.



To blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, is to deny and hold everything Christ did for us in contempt. The Holy Spirit is what Christ gave us, its why he died, so that we could be free. To Mock the Spirit, is to mock Christ's work and the salvation he provided which in a way is a self condemnation.



If you were to die to give someone a precious gift, I think its justifiable to not forgive those who mock it.

(In my head, that's basically why its bad)



Mechanically, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit would be holding Him and his Gifts in contempt, openly speaking against Him or the things of the Holy Spirit, attributing traits to Him that are not of Him (like anything evil for example) etc.



The Holy Spirit is a big deal, we have a duty to get to know our comforter who Christ sent us, and we should respect him as any member of the Trinity.

Answer 2

Question: "What is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?"



Answer: The concept of “blasphemy against the Spirit” is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. The term blasphemy may be generally defined as “defiant irreverence.” The term can be applied to such sins as cursing God or willfully degrading things relating to God. It is also attributing some evil to God, or denying Him some good that we should attribute to Him. This case of blasphemy, however, is a specific one, called “the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” in Matthew 12:31. In Matthew 12:31-32, the Pharisees, having witnessed irrefutable proof that Jesus was working miracles in the power of the Holy Spirit, claimed instead that the Lord was possessed by the demon “Beelzebub” (Matthew 12:24). Now notice that in Mark 3:30 Jesus is very specific about what they did to commit “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.”



This blasphemy has to do with someone accusing Jesus Christ of being demon-possessed instead of Spirit-filled. As a result, this particular incidence of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit cannot be duplicated today. Jesus Christ is not on earth—He is seated at the right hand of God. No one can witness Jesus Christ performing a miracle and then attribute that power to Satan instead of the Spirit. The closest example today would be attributing the miracle of a redeemed person’s changed life to Satan’s power rather than to the effects of the indwelling Holy Spirit.



The blasphemy of the Spirit today, which is the same as the unpardonable sin, is the state of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in unbelief. Continual rejection of the Holy Spirit’s promptings to trust in Jesus Christ is the unpardonable blasphemy against Him. Remember what is stated in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Further on in the same chapter is the verse “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him” (John 3:36). The only condition wherein someone would have no forgiveness is if he is not among the “whoever believes in Him,” for it is he who “rejects the Son.”



Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/blasphemy-Holy-Spirit.html#ixzz2bjBgjNJn

Answer 3

Hi! I am a born again Christian of many years and a Bible teacher also. The unpardonable sin was committed at the time Jesus was casting out demons from a man who was both blind and dumb. Now, when the Pharisees saw it and heard it they openly wilfully, deliberately, knowingly, intentionally, accused the Lord before all present of working the miracle by the power of Satan. Here was where the unpardonable sin was committed. It was knowingly attributing the miraculous workings of the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) to be the workings for Satan. Jesus made the truth here extraordinarily clear when He said, "If I had not done among them the works (miracles) that none other had done then they had not sinned. "Now they have seen both Me and My Father and hated both Me and My Father and now that have no cloak for their sin." (Here cloak means covering or forgiveness). Also there had to be a two-fold heavenly witness present which there was. Jesus said "I am the Son of God." (witness one) "The works that I do are not Mine but My Father's in heaven." (witness two) Jesus went on to say "All manner of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men except blasphemy against the Holy Ghost in this world and the world to come." Note here that the word "world" actually translated into the word "age" as it was in the age of the Lord and His disciples and the later age of the apostles that they had power to work miracles however with the passing of the apostolic age, (age of the apostles) all miracles, visions, prophesies etc., ceased as there was by then no further need of them as the Scriptures were by then complete. Today, the only unpardonable sin is rejecting the Lord Jesus as Savior as since the end of the apostolic age the circumstances under which the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Ghost could be committed ceased to exist accordingly, since that time it has not been possible for any one to commit it. I trust this has helped. God Bless!

Answer 4

I think this sin cannot be duplicated since the time of Christs resurrection.

I understand it to be directed to those who after witnessing, firsthand, the miracles

of Christ Jesus, claimed He did those miracles by the power of demons.



There still is an unforgivable sin these days, and that sin is the rejection of Christ Jesus.

All other sin can be forgiven, except that one.



No Savior, No Hope.

Answer 5

Blasphemy is when you mock and/or make fun of God.

Answer 6

Speaking evil of him