Unforgivable Sin

                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              

On one day this past week, the current president was on all the world's media, claiming
that he is "the chosen one," "the King of Israel," and "the second coming of God."

For we who believe those titles belong to Jesus Christ ALONE, it was a manifest spiritual
attack.  An ultimate line has been crossed, now that the enemy has publicly forced the
question, on every hearing and seeing person in the world, who is the Messiah.

And it's the definitive question for Christians, whose entire identity is that they proclaim
Jesus Christ is the son of God, and Savior.

I e-mailed various friends and family, and posted on facebook, pointing this out: simply
because many Christians I know have been deceived to "approve" (Romans 14:22), for
political reasons, the current president's evil ravings and deeds; and deceived to believe
that criticism of him, even scriptural criticism, is only , really, about politics.

It would be spiritual blindness, and nothing else, to take his current blasphemies, and
scriptural criticism of them, as somehow political.

Praying for some of the people I wrote to, I was encouraged that most have the Biblical
background to know who Jesus is, so I greatly hope they will not make the wrong choice,
and believe this man's blasphemies.

But there's no guarantee.  Some have been so spiritually blinded, for so many years, by
satan's political manipulation of their thinking, that it may be they can not even perceive
"their" politician, or opposition to him, as anything but politics.  That's why I'm praying
for them.

I'm also certain my friends know scripture's teachings that we should all ask God's forgive-
ness of our many sins, bad choices, and foolishness.  I don't doubt all of them have at some
time felt the need to repent, have experienced God's forgiveness, and have been grateful
to Him for it.  All Christians have.

So I have great hope too that they will all repent having followed this liar and murderer,
whom Jesus warned us is a son of satan (John 8:44).  Hope  that his revealing himself as a
world-class blasphemer will be a shocking enough reality-check to make them all re-affirm
their confession that jesus is Lord, and the ONLY-begotten Son of God.

The enemy has now forced that ultimate issue: and it is an issue especially for Christians.

I say "ultimate," because I don't believe there is forgiveness for a wrong, or bad, or foolish
choice on that question.  God forgives us all those things solely because of Jesus.  If we do
not affirm that Jesus IS God's "chosen one"...on what other basis could God forgive us ?

Jesus clearly identified unforgivable sin as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Luke 12:10,
Matthew 12:31-2, and Mark 3:28-9).  I'm not directly addressing here what Jesus means
by "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit"...and that would be the only way to understand
what He says is unforgivable sin.

But the spiritual attack on Him this past week may throw some light on understanding
how a sin can be unforgivable.

So I'm praying that none of my friends fall into satan's very manifest snare...that all will
repent they have followed satan's deception, and turn away from following it one step
further.  I'm afraid that one further step may be the one that crosses the line from which
no one can return.

God, give all Your people wisdom today !  God, forgive us and lead us back to You !!