Week 12: Last Week we read how we can resist the Holy Ghost.
A Study on the Holy Ghost
̶ Week 12 of 38 ̶
By David Wilson
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18. He can be blasphemed.
Matthew 12:31-32
31 Wherefore 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.
32 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.
What is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? Finis Jennings Dake states: “It is any insulting remark or curse, even attributing to Satan the words of the Holy Ghost. It is unforgivable if it is done maliciously and knowingly.”
Hebrews 6:4-9
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, in my opinion and according to scripture, is this: After a person has been enlightened, has tasted of the heavenly gift, and has been made a partaker of the Holy Ghost, if they deny the reality of their experiences, they have committed blasphemy. These are people who know what it is to be saved and set free from sin, to be filled with the Holy Ghost and feel the very presence of God. If, knowing all that has happened to them, they turn their backs on God and publicly deny all they have experienced, saying, “God is not real; the Holy Ghost baptism isn’t real. It’s all lies,” is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost and will never be forgiven in this world, neither will it be forgiven in the world to come.
19. He can be quenched.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Quench not the Spirit.
To quench the spirit is to repress or suppress the emotional moving of the Holy Ghost.
(Next week we will read about the difference between personality and corporeity.
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