imagine your life is a video game and
you are in a pit that is many levels
deep whenever you sin it's like you jump
down a level when suddenly someone comes
along throws you a rope and tells you to
grab the Rope so he can pull you out you
know in your heart that he is a good guy
you contemplate whether or not you
should take the Rope but you decide not
to touch it and instead go deeper into
the dark pit but as you do this you
notice something interesting happening
every time you go deeper the Rope gets
longer no matter how deep you go into
the darkness the Rope is still there
even when it's too dark to see the Rope
is there and you can grab it at any time
so here's the problem most people think
of the unforgivable sin as a level that
is so deep not even God's saving rope of
Grace can reach it the idea that there
is some huge sin that the blood of
Christ cannot cover is Unthinkable to us
as Christians just look at this verse
here where sin abounds Grace abounds
much more this is why many respected
Bible scholars have suggested that the
unforgivable sin has nothing to do with
the length of the Rope but instead has
everything to do with time they say that
a person has a limited amount of time to
choose to grab the rob you can run as
far away from Christ as you want until
eventually you die then your ability to
grab the Rope is no more and this is
definitely true Bible says that man is
permitted to die once then comes the
Judgment you are only given One Life to
make your choice between Christ's free
Saving Grace or your sin but although I
agree wholeheartedly with this statement
I don't personally believe that that's
what the unforgivable sin is why because
it's not what the text says take a look
at Matthew 31 Jesus says that the
blasphemy against the holy spirit will
not be forgiven
the word blasphemy used here literally
means to speak evil against Jesus even
defines blasphemy in the next verse
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 is the
unforgivable sin as simple as saying
anything bad against the Holy Spirit
Well if all I had was this verse with no
context then I would have to agree with
this inter ration I'm going to tell you
exactly how Jesus defined the
unforgivable sin in a moment but first I
find it interesting how many people use
the unforgivable sin as an excuse to not
follow Christ I remember trying to share
the gospel with someone when he stopped
me mids sentence to tell me that he had
blasphemed the Holy Spirit he said he
was a lost cause and hell was inevitable
for him so he might as well just live it
up but the truth is that most people
have not actually committed the
unforgivable sin as you're going to see
in a moment it's extremely important
whenever reading the scripture to read
what is written before and what is
written after the passage in question
this is called context and it is one of
the most important tools we have to
study the Bible so let's take a look at
what led to Jesus saying these shocking
words about the blasphemy of the Holy
Spirit a demon-possessed man who was
both blind and mute is brought to Jesus
Jesus casts out the demon and heals the
man completely so that he can see and
talk the crowds of course are amazed and
no doubt remembered what they learned as
good Jewish boys and girls in Bible
School growing up the coming savior of
the world will open the eyes of the
Blind and work all kinds of Miracles and
so they asked the obvious question about
Jesus could this be the Messiah but
there were also some jealous religious
leaders in the crowd too they would have
known exactly what kind of Miracles the
Messiah was going to perform and Jesus
had done these Miracles right before
their eyes they would have known without
a doubt that Jesus was who he claimed to
be the Messiah who was prophesied in the
scriptures but that's not what they say
instead they spread lies they try to
convince the people that Jesus is not
the Messiah by saying he casts out
demons not by the power of God but by
the power of Satan Jesus then shares why
this is not logically possible and it's
at this point that Jesus says his famous
terrifying words every sin and blasphemy
will be forgiven men but the blasphemy
against the holy spirit will never be
forgiven So based on the context Jesus
was very clearly addressing the sin of
the religious leaders the Bible even
tells us that Jesus told them this
because they were saying he is possessed
by an evil spirit
so it's clear that the unforgivable sin
is whatever the religious leaders were
doing these religious leaders were shown
indisputable proof of who Jesus is they
knew without a doubt that this was the
power of God but not only did they
reject Christ but they told everyone
around them that it was actually the
power of Satan let's go back to our
video game illustration and remember
it's just an illustration it's not
perfect but it's the best I can do to
try and explain this imagine you have
gone super deep into this pit so far
that you can barely even see the light
at the top of the pit anymore but the
rope that you have stubbornly refused to
grab is still there you even give some
excuses to the others in the pit with
you that you are not really sure what's
at the top so you don't want to grab the
Rope to find out when suddenly a giant
Dove flies down into the dark pit picks
you up and flies you to the top of the
pit as your eyes adjust to the light you
can see the beauty and goodness of God
you can finally see the man at the top
for who he is a loving Savior and he's
reaching out his hand to help you out of
the pit but instead of grabbing his hand
you spit on his face break free from the
Dove and start making your way down the
dark pit again and on your way down you
tell everyone that the guy at the top is
actually an evil man trying to lead
people into the Flames of hell you do
and say all of this while knowing that
the opposite is true and so for this
reason although it Grieves his heart the
Savior accepts your full rejection and
removes the rope from you leaving you to
your decision you see the blasphemy of
the Holy Spirit cannot be committed in
ignorance only someone who has been
given full revelation of who Jesus is is
capable of committing this sin this is
why some scholars believe that the
Pharisees In this passage were the only
ones who were ever guilty of this sin
they were given full light but instead
called it Darkness although I personally
believe it's possible to commit this sin
I think it's highly unlikely because
most people have not been shown this
much light they can't hide behind the
unforgivable sin the Rope is still there
for them to grab no matter how far
they've run from God maybe you've been
like that man running from God and going
deeper and deeper into your sin you feel
like you've fallen so far from Jesus
that all you you see is your sinful
darkness and all you hear is the faint
echo of his voice but you need to know
something the Rope is still there God's
arm is not too short that it cannot save
you from whatever you've done in your
past you don't need to clean yourself up
before you come to him you need to grab
on to his grace because he loves you and
he has all the power to save you if
you'll just turn to him and for those of
you Christians who keep worrying if
you've committed the Unforgivable sin
your uncertainty proves that you haven't
committed it because like I said earlier
you cannot commit this sin in ignorance
you're already saved from the dark pit
and his loving arms are wide open to you
so Embrace him