What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

Answer 1

The only unforgiveable sin as written in the New Testament.Matthew 1231-32Wherefore 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. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.Mark 329But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.Luke 1210But unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

Answer 2

One of things it means is saying that the Holy Spirit is the devil. This is a hardness of the heart which cannot be forgiven for the person has denied who God is and attributed him with evil. Therefore the person will never seek repentence for they do not know God or accept him.

Answer 3

Almost no one. This requires an almost certain knowledge of God and Jesus Christ and then to turn away, putting him to open shame, and crucifying him anew. Not too many people are qualified.

There is a lame movement where people record themselves saying that they deny the Holy Ghost, but they have never had it, so are ineligible to deny him.

Answer 4

A blasphemy is a very deadly sin.

answerThe true biblical definition of blasphemy is to speak against with contempt. The worst of which would be the only unforgivable sin, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Calling things that are of the Spirit evil is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 12:31) Answer 2:

In the context of the Gospels, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is deliberately and consciously attributing the Spirit's work to the devil when you know better. It is rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit, who is the primary agent in convicting of sin which leads to repentance, forgiveness, and the rebirth in the spirit (John 16:8-11; Titus 3:5). If you reject the Spirit's work in leading to the Forgiver, you cannot be forgiven.

Answer 5

it means making fun of, like if you see christians in church raising their hands in praise and your like look at those stupid christians acting like they can actually feel god moving in this room. that is blasphemy

Answer 6

Blasphemy is defined as a reference to one or more gods in a manner considered objectionable by a religious authority. Since Christians regard the Holy Spirit as God, it is possible to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. However, just saying something bad is not necessarily blasphemy - on this definition, it also must be considered objectionable by a religious authority.

So, if I say that Jesus and the Holy Spirit do not exist, as I do, this is not blasphemy on any sound religious authority. I have not said something that must be considered objectionable by any reasonable religious authority.

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a specific sin that is more than simply insulting the Holy Spirit in ways usually associated with blasphemy. It involves a final and complete rejection of Christ as Saviour, since the Holy Spirit is the one that bears witness to Him. There is also a view that it is attributing the work of Jesus to the power of the devil, which is the context in which Jesus mentioned it.

So, saying something bad and disbelieving in the Holy Spirit may be considered blasphemous, but it is not necessarily the same as the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit which is a specific term used in conjunction with the unforgivable sin.

Answer 7

Not allowing the holy spirit to speak through them when Jesus comes back.

Another View:

Blasphemy is "an act of effrontery in which the honour of God is insulted by man" (New Bible Dictionary).

We are told not to blaspheme (Colossians 3:8) but if we do, like the Apostle Paul did (see 1 Timothy 1:12-13) we still can be forgiven via repentance. That being said, the question seems to be about the 'unpardonable sin' or blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

The unforgiveable sin is found in Mark 3:28-29. This has to do with denying the authority and power of God. Mark, in verse 30, explains that Christ was responding to an accusation from His detractors, who said, "He has an unclean spirit". They meant that His authority came from Satan, not from God. Although these accusers knew that Christ was the Son of God, they accused Him of being a fraud. Christ warned them that they were in danger of committing a sin for which there was no forgiveness.

Of course God is willing to forgive all of any sin since one is not lesser or greater that the other. Like the Apostle Paul, the sinner must repent - heartfelt repentance or face the 2nd death in the Lake of Fire at the Judgment Process (Matthew 10:28; Revelation 20:14-15).

It is believed by some evangelicals, that if one accepts the call of the 'first fruits' and later turns back willfully to their old sinful ways, in effect discounting the call of Salvation by God's Grace, these 'few' will not be forgiven as there is no other covering for their sins - these had been led to Christ by the Father and their sins have been covered by the death and resurrection of Jesus which they now discount (see Hebrews 10:26).

Answer 8

That's a good question, and different people have different interpretations. The phrase occurs in The Bible in the following context: Jesus had been "casting out spirits," and some of the Pharisees accused Jesus of doing so by the power of "Beelzebul, Prince of Demons." Shortly after this Jesus says that all sin and blasphemy against the Son (Jesus) will be forgiven, but that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. Many feel that the comment is directly related to the accusation, and that "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is what the Pharisees were doing when they attributed something done by the power of the Holy Spirit to something done by the devil. Others suggest that it amounts to acknowledging that God is sovereign and that He offers forgiveness, and rejecting that forgiveness anyway. The main argument for this seems to be that in every other case where forgiveness is mentioned it's suggested that anyone who asks forgiveness will be forgiven. In this interpretation, it's not so much that the sin itself is inherently unpardonable as that anyone who commits it will not ask forgiveness, since it's already been rejected.

Answer 9

In simple terms blasphemy is when you know and experience the HG but then turn around later and deny it existed. Some say it doesn't exist but they do it ignorantly and foolishly.