Daily Dose of God's Word For August 21st

Daily Dose of God's Word For 8-21

Memory Verse: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called Ephesians 4:4

Mark 3

From the statements of Jesus we learn the following concerning the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: 

1. The sin was against the Holy Spirit. The accusation was made by the Pharisees was not only against Christ; ultimately it was against the Holy Spirit who was performing the miracles through Christ. 

2. Those who sin against Jesus can be forgiven. But sinning against the Holy Spirit, who personifies the power of God, is unforgivable. There could no question that the miracle had been through the power of the Holy Spirit. Those who attribute the Holy Spirits work to Satan cannot expect to be forgiven. 

3. The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is more than one particular sin; it is a continuous state of being. The religious leaders were constantly attributing the works of Christ through the Holy Spirit, to the devil. This revealed the evil condition of their hearts. 

4. The consequences of blaspheming the Holy Spirit meant eternal damnation. There could be no forgiveness in this life or in eternity.  From the statements of Jesus, we learn the following concerning the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_439.cfm

Pray 

Lord God, help us to live out your gospel in the world. We pray for those who do not know your love, that they would be wooed by your goodness and seduced by your beauty. Form us into a family that runs deeper than biology or nationality or ethnicity, a family that is born again in you. May we be creators of holy mischief and agitators of comfort . . . -people who do not accept the world as it is but insist on it's becoming what you want it to be. Let us groan as in the pains of childbirth for your kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. Help us to be midwives of that kingdom. Amen. (http://commonprayer.net)