They accuse Jesus Jesus of performing his works by the power of Satan.

Now, beloved, that's blasphemy. It is blasphemy to accuse Jesus Christ of being satanic, of being in league with the devil.

And it's on this occasion that Jesus knowing their thoughts according to the gospel takes this

opportunity to give this very severe warning to the Pharisees.

Where are you right now in your Bible reading? If you started a Bible in a year plan,

perhaps you're in Genesis and Matthew right now, but wherever you find yourself in scripture will inevitably

bump into a passage that's either hard to understand or hard to believe.

And they're the kinds of passages, hard sayings that Arceis-Braw will be examining all

week on renewing your mind.

If you are reading Matthew's Gospel right now, in only several chapters' time you'll come upon the first of five

hard sayings that we'll be considering this week. If you'd like to study all of the

hard sayings taught by Dr Sproll, you can request a hard cover copy of his new book

Hard Sayings understanding difficult passages of scripture for a donation of

any amount at renewing your mind dot org will also give you digital

access to all of the messages in his hard sayings of Jesus series hard sayings of the

apostles the prophets and the Bible.

Well, here's R.C. sprawl on a challenging text and an often controversial topic among Christians,

the question of the unpardonable sin.

One of the most difficult passages in all of the New Testament,

a passage that certainly qualifies for the category of a hard saying.

Those passages recorded in the Gospels where Jesus speaks about an unforgivable sin. Which unforgivable sin is identified as being blasphemy against the

Holy Ghost.

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