Luke 12:8-10

Luke 12:8-10 “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

1 John 3:24 Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.

Hebrews 10:29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

These are grave words: anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. How interesting to note that God will forgive people for blaspheming the name of Jesus, and people do all over the world and in every culture, but will not tolerate denigrating the Holy Spirit. Lots of people believe in Christ as some Superman or divine-like person or mighty prophet, but they do not believe and trust in him with their whole hearts to the point the Holy Spirit comes to abide in them. This Spirit is the Spirit that makes you alive to God. He is the transmitter of your thoughts and your life to God. Without him, you do not have an intimate relationship with the Lord. God's Spirit communes with God's Spirit. We Christians just get on the line. We, who Jesus loves, are infilled with the Spirit so that we can be in an intimate relationship with God, so that we can know him.

If we make fun of the Holy Spirit or if we do not believe in his existence or if we disregard his work, we are left without an intimate contact with God. If we negate the Holy Spirit, we are lost in our own selves, our own hope, our own strength, our own world. How do we really know that God exists, that Jesus is real? We know through the Holy Spirit, abiding within us. How do we understand the new life God has given us? Again, the Holy Spirit, abiding within us, expands our knowledge of spiritual truths. We who are Christians are children of the WORD, Jesus Christ. We eat of him, drink of him, participate in him. And we do that through the indwelling Holy Spirit.

We have life because we are IN CHRIST and HE is in us. All of this takes place through the ubiquitous Holy Spirit. He is the amniotic fluid of our existence. Jesus says, we cannot make fun of the Holy Spirit who harbors life, for without him new life will never come forth. He protects every Christian and He perfects that work that God has begun in us. As Jesus says, we must be born again. The Holy Spirit makes sure that new life prospers and comes to maturity. If we reject the Holy Spirit, we reject the means of new life, eternal life. Rejection of God's best plan for us will bring the judgment of death.

Many wonderful Christians fear they somehow have blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Well, if you believe "NEW LIFE" COMES FROM GOD THROUGH TRUSTING AND RELYING ON JESUS CHRIST, you have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit. Every believer struggles and works through fear and doubt, but they do not reject the Spirit of God. Today, rest assured that you are alive in Christ. Allow the Spirit to comfort and to guide you. The Holy Spirit, who is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, will perfect the work He has begun in you and present you spotless before the Father, for He rejoices in your proclamation of faith.