The Unforgivable Sinverse were there. This is the verse in the Bible that was always brought up when I was in Christian high school.

I would talk with people of certain other theological persuasions and they'd be like, hey, effectively, if you doubt or question or skeptical of anything we say is from the spirit,

you are blaspheming the Holy Spirit and that is the unforgivable sin because in Matthew 12

or something it says something like that.

And I was terrified of that.

That was a very effective argument against me,

because who wants to be against God?

Who wants to argue with the Holy Spirit?

I mean, I'm pro-God. I would like to be on his side with things.

And early on in my you tubing I did a series called Matt Whitman Ruins Treasured Verses of the Bible

and I thought about doing this one, but I think I was still so gun-shy for being lambasted over it as a high

school kid that I elected not to. Maybe I need to go back and do it now.

Context. Here's where we're at. We're in Matthew chapter 12. We've had two Sabbath controversies.

The tension has been ratcheted up. Jesus withdraws because the Pharisees are plotting to

murder him. And as he goes out into more remote places, people follow him.

He's still healing people.

And Jesus actions here, as well as his attitude,

is orientation toward those who are weary and burdened,

harried, and helpless like sheep without a shepherd, the crowds,

his attitude toward them is described by Matthew as being in fulfillment of the first of the

four servant songs from Isaiah, songs that predict the life and the works

and the role of the Messiah.

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