What is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost?

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

To attribute the works of God and the Holy Spirit to being works of the devil would be blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.

Jesus said:  Mt. 12:31-32  All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 

 

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

 

As a new Christian in 1975, I went to the church my best friend and her husband attended.  The pastors of that church group were professors at Dallas Theological Seminary.

 

At I began attending this church, Believer's Chapel, the head pastor was teaching a seminar on the subject, "Tongues are of the devil."

 

One day, I was reading the Bible and saw the following:

 

The apostle Paul said, Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.  

(1 Cor. 14:39)

 

But at Believer's Chapel the pastor was teaching tongues to be of the devil.

 

The church I was attending at that time was being taught something exactly opposite to that which I was reading in the Bible!

 

I never went back to that church group.

 

I believe this pastor was committing blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.

 

A Baptist woman told me this story:  She went into her neighborhood grocery and saw a young man and she said to the grocer, "Who is that?"  He told her the name of the young man.  She said, "I'm going to marry him."  They did marry and they were married approximately 60-years until Jerry died.

 

I thought this was such a wonderful story and I said to my friend, "OH, that was a word of knowledge from God!"

 

My friend seemed frightened while I rejoiced.

 

I suspect she had been taught at her church group against the spiritual gifts of God.  (I Cor. 12, Rom. 12, I Peter 4:11)

 

Some churches teach against the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

 

On this podcast, I will give examples of some of the great works done in the church by the Holy Spirit and some of the blasphemy against God and the Holy Spirit as presented in the Bible.

 

 

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