The Unforgivable Sin
The Bible has this to say about God forgiving the sin of blasphemy:
Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin. [Mark 3:28-29]
There has been a rash of videos being posted on YouTube starring people willing to say that they deny the Holy Spirit in exchange for a free DVD. This is a very sad commentary on our culture that people are willing to tell the world that they deny their Creator for free stuff. There is still hope for these people, because this so-called “Blasphemy Challenge” is not what they think it is.
Saying the words is not the sin. Living a lifestyle, a consciously chosen lifestyle, that denies God’s active hand in your life and in the world around you, that is the Unforgivable Sin. Read the verse in context and see for yourself! The key to the entire passage is verse 30: “for they [the scribes] had said ‘He [Jesus] has an unclean spirit.’” The scribes are saying that Jesus is from the devil! They are doing far more than denying the existence of God: they are now denying the work of God, and in fact saying that the very work of God, done right in front of them by Jesus, is demonic!
John 6:29 reads: “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent” (emphasis added). Denying the work of God in the world around us is not a condition of words or expression; it is a condition of heart and will reflect in everything you do, think, and speak. It boils down to this: Unbelief, and living the requisite lifestyle–nothing more and nothing less–is the Unforgivable Sin.
please look at Matthew 12:37
I think their words go further than they know.
Very true, but remember that I can speak the words “I deny the Holy Spirit” should I choose, but not sin because my heart doesn’t truly believe that.
The assumption is that the words come from the condition of the heart. Apologist J.P. Holding agrees: