The Unpardonable Sin
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 7 October 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jesus warns of a sin that will not be forgiven. What is the unpardonable sin, and how do we know whether we have committed it? Today, R.C. Sproul investigates this grave warning from the Lord.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | They accuse Jesus of performing His works by the power of Satan. |
| 0:06.3 | Now, beloved, that's blasphemy. |
| 0:08.7 | It is blasphemy to accuse Jesus Christ of being satanic and of being in league with the devil. |
| 0:16.0 | And it's on this occasion that Jesus, knowing their thoughts, according to the gospel, takes |
| 0:21.9 | this opportunity to give this very severe warning to the Pharisees. |
| 0:32.3 | Where are you right now in your Bible reading? |
| 0:35.8 | Wherever you find yourself in scripture will inevitably |
| 0:38.9 | bump into a passage that's either hard to understand or hard to believe. And they're the kinds |
| 0:45.7 | of passages, hard sayings, that R.C. Sprole will be examining all week on renewing your mind. |
| 0:52.5 | If you'd like to study all of the hard sayings taught by Dr. Sprawl, |
| 0:56.5 | you can request a hardcover copy of his book, Hard Sayings, Understanding Difficult Passages of |
| 1:02.9 | of Scripture for a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org. We'll also give you digital access |
| 1:09.3 | to all of the messages in his hard sayings of Jesus series, |
| 1:13.4 | hard sayings of the apostles, the prophets, and the Bible. |
| 1:17.3 | Well, here's R.C. Sprawl on a challenging text and an often controversial topic among Christians, |
| 1:24.3 | the question of the unpardonable sin. |
| 1:29.2 | One of the most difficult passages in all of the New Testament, a passage that certainly |
| 1:35.0 | qualifies for the category of a hard saying, those passages recorded in the Gospels where |
| 1:42.1 | Jesus speaks about an unforgivable sin, which unforgivable |
| 1:48.3 | sin is identified as being blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. |
| 1:56.8 | Now let's take a look at one of the versions of that record, looking at Matthew's account of it, |
| 2:04.5 | where we read in Matthew chapter 12 this statement from Jesus. Therefore, I say to you, |
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