Dean wrote: >* Please resend the previous post. ------------------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit Dean, you asked about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I can't remember if I answered you or not. I do not believe that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit can be forgiven... ever. Nevertheless, I do NOT believe that Dave Hansen blasphemed the Holy Spirit when he questions the spirit that motivates street preachers in Salt Lake City. When Jesus Christ ministered, he was motivated by the Holy Spirit to do many things. Yet, a person could blaspheme Jesus Christ and still be forgiven. Why is that? Because as a man, Jesus might minister in a way that is misunderstood. Both Jesus and men are used by God to minister judgment and God's wrath. This can be readily misunderstood. Sometimes people have personality conflicts too. So, for example, if Jesus got in someone's face, they might blaspheme him, and while he might have been led of the Holy Spirit in what he said or did, that does not mean that the person blaspheming him was blaspheming the Holy Spirit. When Jesus warned about blaspheming the Holy Spirit, it concerned the miraculous healing of deliverance which he was doing. The work of the Holy Spirit is pure in this way. The Holy Spirit does not directly condemn people. The Holy Spirit uses men to do that work. What the Holy Spirit does do directly is very pure... for example, healing. When a man sees another person delivered of a devil and set free of his bondage, if he calls that miracle a work of the devil, that man is clearly dangerously close to blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Clearly such a work cannot be done except by the Holy Spirit, and its fruit is so good and acceptable that the only ones who would blaspheme it would be those who hate the very nature of God Himself. So if you, for example, were to heal a paralytic man who was severely deformed, causing him to rise out of his wheel chair in Salt Lake City right there at the Mormon Temple, and Dave Hansen said, "Dean did that by the power of Beelzebub," then I would say that he perhaps was crossing that line of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. But if a preacher were led by the Holy Spirit to waive Mormon underwear around and use it to attract attention in order to preach Truth to Mormons attending a convention there, and Dave Hansen blasphemed that, well, while I might disagree with his perspective, it would be a forgivable sin because it is based upon a misunderstanding. Furthermore, his words are directed toward the preacher, a man, not toward the spirit behind the man, the Holy Spirit. I hope this helps. Let me know. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
