Let us take a closer look at Matthew 12:31-32 to see what it really says. It is said that if you commit this sin, then no matter how good of a Christian you have been up to that point and no matter how much you repent or confess afterward, you will not make it to heaven. The sin mentioned in this passage is often referred to as the unpardonable sin or unforgivable sin. Matthew 12:31-32 is often pointed to as proof that we can lose our salvation. We have all encountered the troubling passage in Matthew 12:31-32 which indicates that there is a sin which the grace of God does not cover. The limits of God’s grace never are reached.īut what about when someone commits the unforgivable sin? The point of all of this is to show that the grace of God runs deeper and wider than most of us will ever know. Ananais and Sapphira in Acts 5 and so many other examples in Scripture of genuine believers who fell away. Lot who committed incest with his daughters. Then there is the righteous man who commits unrighteousness and dies as a result of it in Ezekiel 18, and the man in 1 Corinthians 5 who was involved in an incestuous relationship with his mother in law. Some of them committed adultery, had multiple wives, committed murder, and fell into idolatry. Other men, like Solomon, Amaziah and Uzziah will most likely be in heaven, but did not live very faithfully to God during their lives. We have the examples of people in the Bible who murdered and committed adultery, and yet were said to be saved (Jacob’s sons). 6:20-21), and deny Christ and live faithless lives (2 Tim 2:11-13). 6:9-10), stray from the faith by teaching false doctrine (1 Tim. 5:12-15), stray from the faith by loving money (1 Tim. Others stray from the faith (1 Tim 1:5-6), shipwreck their faith (1 Tim 1:18-20), fall away from the faith (1 Tim 4:1-3), deny the faith (1 Tim 5:8), cast off initial faith to follow Satan (1 Tim. We read of some who do not continue in the Word of Christ (John 8:31), do not abide in Christ (John 15:1-8), become disqualified in the race of the Christian life (1 Cor 9:24-27), resist God’s correction up to the point of physical death (1 Cor 11:30-32). We read of others who believe only for a while and then fall away (Luke 8:13). The Bible talks about believers who commit idolatry (1 King 11:1-10). In fact, there are a whole host of other sins mentioned in the Bible that true believers have committed, yet we know from other Scriptures that these people will still be in heaven. Yet we know that he was forgiven and will be in heaven. He even used profanity and curses in denying any connection to Jesus Christ. The most famous example of someone who rejected and denied Christ is Peter. 10:4-5), and he will be in heaven as well. 16:29-30) committed suicide, and we believe he will be in heaven. Paul sometimes writes about adultery among church members who will make it to heaven, but will lose their inheritance and reward there. 11:4), as did many of the other kings and rulers of Israel. David, the man after God’s own heart committed adultery with Bathsheba (2 Sam. While not all Israelites had eternal life, some of those who did this will still be in heaven. They offered their children to false idols as human sacrifices. Yet we know from Ezekiel 16:21 that many of the Israelites did this as a form of idol worship. What about abortion? They didn’t really have abortion back then the way we do now, but if you believe, as I do, that abortion is taking the life of another human being, then we can call abortion the murder of babies. Yet we certainly all expect to see God in heaven. Did you know that God is a divorced person? We read in Jeremiah 3:8 that God divorced Israel. All Christians can Commit All Sinsīut did you know that there are people in the Bible who have committed one or all of these sins whom we all expect to see in heaven? Let me show you. Below is an the text of a sermon I preached on Matthew 12:31-32, which is where Jesus warns about the unforgivable sin. You can read a short summary of the book here and learn about the unpardonable sin. It is titled, Why you have not committed the Unforgivable Sin. I recently wrote a book about the unforgivable sin, which you can get on Amazon. They believe that if you are a Christian and you go back to living like you aren’t a Christian, or if you curse Jesus, or deny that you ever knew Him, then this is the unforgivable sin. Then I have talked with some who believe that the unforgivable sin is rejecting God. If a person commits suicide, then they are going to hell. Others think that suicide is the unforgivable sin. I have personally talked with Christians who were divorced, got an abortion, or committed adultery, and thought they had committed the unforgivable sin. Most Christians have wondered at some point in their life if they have committed the unforgivable sin.
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