The Unpardonable Sin

    I ordered ITL (Invintation To Listen) cards from BBN (Bible Broadcasting Network).
And BBN e-mailed me telling my order was confirmed, and to give out my ITL card personally, and tings like that. I noticed that who emailed me from BBN was a BBN Biblical adviser.  And I was reading in my Bible and found something titled "The Unpardonable Sin."  Then I e-mailed the kind Biblical adviser, and his response was very good. Here are the e-mails:

From me:

Your Welcome. Thank you, everyone who has worked at BBN and everyone who works at BBN, and the people who started BBN.

BBN is a blessing.

Since you are a part of BBN Biblical counseling I wanted to ask you what is meant by Mark 3: 28-30


"Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit."

Or

The Unpardonable Sin

“Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”— because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”


I think I understand what this means. I have never meant to blaspheme the Holy Spirit ever, but I might have on accident, and I have asked the Lord to forgive me. I am confused. I just read this in my Bible.

I need help.
Thank You so much! God bless you!

From George W. Quick, a Biblical adviser:

Dear Hannah,

Thank you for contacting BBN Radio.

"What is the unpardonable sin / unforgivable sin?"


The case of the “unpardonable sin/unforgivable sin” or “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. The term “blasphemy” may be generally defined as “defiant irreverence.” We would apply the term to such sins as cursing God or willfully degrading things relating to Him. It is also attributing some evil to God, or denying Him some good that we should attribute to Him. This case of blasphemy, however, is a specific one called “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” in Matthew 12:31. In this passage, the Pharisees, having witnessed irrefutable proof that Jesus was working miracles in the power of the Holy Spirit, claimed instead that He was possessed by the demon Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24). In Mark 3:30, Jesus is very specific about what exactly they did to commit “the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.”


There were four essential conditions that constituted the unpardonable sin.

1. The unpardonable sinner had to be alive during the time that Jesus lived on the earth.

2. The unpardonable sinner had to witness Jesus performing a miracle.

3. The unpardonable sinner had to attribute this miraculous power to Beelzebub.

4. The unpardonable sin had to be committed before the day of Pentecost.

While blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is still a grave sin, it is no longer an unpardonable sin. 1 John 1:7 says, "the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." This specific unpardonable sin against the Holy Spirit cannot be duplicated today.

Many people fear they have committed some sin that God cannot or will not forgive, and they feel there is no hope for them, no matter what they do. Satan would like nothing better than to keep us laboring under this misconception. The truth is that if a person has this fear, he/she needs only to come before God, confess that sin, repent of it, and accept God’s promise of forgiveness. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9). This verse assures us that God is ready to forgive any sin—no matter how heinous—if we come to Him in repentance. If you are suffering under a load of guilt today, God is waiting with His arms open in love and compassion for you to come to Him. He will never disappoint or fail to pardon those who do.

Thanks for listening to all Christian radio. God bless you.

George W. Quick
Director of BBN Biblical Counseling & Communications
"Giving the Winds the Bible Voice" in 8 languages

   Then I e-mailed BBN chat.  http://chat2.bbnradio.org/SightMaxAgentInterface/PreChatSurvey.aspx?accountID=7&siteID=5&queueID=17

Here are the e-mails from me and from the kind BBN chat operator. 

From me:

You all help me so much, and I know that God works trough you all. I was wondering about this: "Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit." Or The Unpardonable Sin “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”— because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.” I think I understand what this means. I have never meant to blaspheme the Holy Spirit ever, but I might have on accident, and I have asked the Lord to forgive me. I am confused. I just read this in my Bible. I need help. Thank You so much! God bless you all!

From BBN chat operator:

Hannah,

Thank you so kindly for your gracious words.

This text has confused many through the years, and I must admit the first time I came across it after I had been saved, it threw me for a loop, because I didn't understand the context of it. Our Savior obviously had not yet gone to the cross when He made this statement, since after His completed work there for us, the Scriptures say many times that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin. Paul spoke to the unbelieving Jews in Acts 13:38-39 and told them that in Christ is the forgiveness of sins, and all who believe on Him are justified from all things. From this, it seems clear that today once a person has believed in Christ and has His perfect work applied to us, we are forgiven and justified from all sin.

But even more, you mentioned that you may have on accident blasphemed the Spirit. I used to think something such as this may be possible as well, Hannah, but no one accidentally blasphemes anyone, certainly not the Holy Spirit. This refers to a state of heart that issues out in hateful and wicked speech, it is first an attitude of heart, then the words come from the heart. We remember that the Pharisees that hated our Savior were the ones that drew this warning from Him. Their hatred was so deep for Him, that though they knew better, they openly attributed His miraculous works that were obviously from the power of God's Spirit, to Satan instead. It would be hard to imagine more fierce hatred and hardheartedness that that. Also, He said they were in danger of such a fate, not that they were definitely going to suffer it. Even though they hated Him, our Savior still loved the world including them, and just as He prayed for forgiveness for His murderers from the cross, so He may have been here seeking to wake them up to the danger of their spiritual condition before it was too late for them then.

Anyway, we know that since that time Jesus has completed the work of our salvation, and once we have trusted Him, we know we have eternal life that of course, can never be taken away. We trust this helps to answer your question. If not, or we were not clear on something, you are welcome to call BBN at 800-888-

7077 and speak with a Biblical adviser about this further. May the Lord bless you.



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  If you read the unpardonable sin in the Bible.  Please don't worry to much.

Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us from our sin. We just need to believe He did, repent and ask him forgiveness for each of our horrible sins, and He will forgive us.

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."