#12567 How Do You Know You’ve Committed the Unforgivable Sin? - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How do you know you’ve committed the unforgivable sin?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of sin and forgiveness, while also addressing varied topics such as the validity of the Immaculate Conception, the order of the New Testament gospels, and the moral implications of assisted suicide. Each question reflects the complexities of faith and understanding within the Catholic tradition.
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Questions Covered:
- 00:56 – How do you know you’ve committed the unforgivable sin against the spirit?
- 08:13 – I’m in a bit of a crisis. I was set on being Catholic. Then I learned about the Immaculate Conception. How can we verify a tradition if it wasn’t a common teaching in the early church? I’ve heard there were seven popes that denied that teaching.
- 28:42 – Do any NT manuscripts possess the 4 gospels in a different order?
- 33:39 – My friend wishes she could have used assistant suicide with her parents. How could I explain to her that this is not a good option?
- 43:18 – How do I counter my SDA friend’s argument saying since Paul was an acceptable prophet, Ellen White is also a valid argument?
- 50:19 – My 11 YO wants to know, at what moment did God decide when to create humans or the universe in general?
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| 0:17.8 | Welcome to Catholic Answers Live. Edgar Lojano here. |
| 0:22.7 | Side's about to jump and. Give them one second. |
| 0:29.2 | But here we haven't asked me anything with Tim Staples. So hang on one second. And we will actually ask the question. The second hour are going to be with Tom Nash. So two full hours of an |
| 0:33.2 | ask me anything. Let's jump right in. Tim. Do it. First of all, good to see you. Good to be with you, |
| 0:39.1 | my brother. All right. So anytime we talk about God forgiving people, amen. We always say God |
| 0:45.5 | forgives anyone, but there's one scripture verse where we hear about the unforgivable sin of the Holy |
| 0:50.2 | Spirit. Matthew 1232. All right. Didn't have to even quote it. You got it for me. What is |
| 0:55.7 | that unforgivable sin against the spirit? Yeah, that's a very important question because I know |
| 1:02.1 | many times in the past, even before I was Catholic, a misunderstanding of this particular text |
| 1:10.5 | can lead to a lot of pain in people's lives. |
| 1:14.9 | You know, I can remember one fellow in particular who was convinced that he had committed the unpardonable sin, |
| 1:23.2 | and so he was on his way to hell, and there was nothing he could do about it. |
| 1:27.6 | And let me tell you, I mean, I helped this guy out of that. |
| 1:32.3 | This was back before I was Catholic. |
| 1:35.4 | But, I mean, he literally, I mean, he lost weight. |
| 1:40.2 | He was scared. |
| 1:41.3 | He couldn't eat. |
| 1:43.3 | He couldn't sleep. And I remember talking to him about it and |
| 1:47.3 | uh him saying well you know man because he went to the doctor i'm sorry to to belabor this a little bit |
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