The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Mark 3:28-30, “’Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin‘”– 30 because they were saying,

“’He has an unclean spirit.’”

With all that the Bible shares of the enormity of the LORD’s love and forgiveness, we

all need to be careful to reverence Him properly and not to engage even in thoughts that somehow Satan and not the LORD is the producer of the mighty works that we see. One commentator says, “…blasphemy means…speech derogatory to His Divine majesty. When our Lord said to the palsied man, ‘Thy sins are forgiven,’ the bystanders complained that the words were blasphemous, for no one but God had the right to say them. To blaspheme is by contemptuous speech intentionally to come short of the reverence due to God or to sacred things; and this, according to Jesus, was the offence of the Scribes and Pharisees.” Another adds, “It is the state of heart which produces these utterances that are so perilous; and that state is known to Him who pronounced this stern warning.”

What had happened in the passage above was that “…they had attributed to the devil the work of the Holy Spirit. This is the unpardonable sin and it can be committed today by men who call the work of Christ the work of the devil…” (A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures).

Anyone who is worried about having committed the Unpardonable Sin, need not worry

because he has not committed it. Had he committed it, he would not worry. Our world today is so permeated with sinful acts! It is not easy to live for Christ. History shows that it never has been easy. Yet, “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound…” (Rom. 5:20).

When we receive the LORD Jesus Christ, He marks us with the Holy Spirit and we are

His forever! No born-again believer can ever commit the Unpardonable Sin. But sin

can and does numb and harden our hearts so that we fail to listen to His Voice and

do what He tells us to do. Even as a child, the LORD Jesus said, “…I must be about

My Father’s business” (Lk. 2:49b). That responsibility falls upon all of us; so, let’s

get busy!

Prayers of love are offered for you daily,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”