Matthew 12:31 Why I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men… I. WHAT THE BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST, MENTIONED BY OUR SAVIOUR, IS. II. WHAT IS THE TRUE SENSE OF OUR SAVIOUR'S DECLARATION THAT THIS ONE SIN SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN? III. WHY HE PASSED SUCH A SEVERE SENTENCE UPON THIS ONE SIN. IV. WHAT SINS DO OR, DO NOT, APPROACH TOWARDS THAT WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT? 1. The case of unbelievers. (1) Unbelievers ignorant of the gospel, or its proper evidence, are not blameable for their unbelief: nor surely inexcusable, though they should add reproachful words to it, speaking evil of things they know not. (2) But such unbelievers who through contemptuous negligence refuse to consider the doctrine of Christ, or from a vain opinion of the sufficiency of their own reason, reject it, put themselves in the high road towards the sin here condemned. (3) If they have, since they came to a full use of reason, deliberately confessed Christianity, and then forsaken it and become scoffers at it, this case is worse than if they had never believed. 2. The case of believers. Some have maintained that any deliberate sin amounted to it. This against Scripture. Sometimes good men have entertained irreverent thoughts; but this when under disturbance of mind, and had not command of their thoughts. (T. Secker, LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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