Commonly we heard in pulpits and
in believers the
phrase "There is not a sin that God cannot forgive" or "there
is not a sin that does not fit under
the cross of Christ", Phrases that I have used many
times too in my preaching, but the questions for this study remains;
Is there a
sin that God cannot forgive? What do you
think? Now here I give you my response; yes! There are sins that God cannot
forgive!
With this
answer I am sure that I have risen up disagreements between you and me, but
this is only the beginning of my writing and in order to understand this true,
we must introduce together into this topic. Let me talk first about;
The Immutability
of God:
One of the characteristics of God is that He is immutable,
meaning that He does not change. God is the same yesterday,
today and forever. With this truth we must recognize that God is
Perfect and
likewise He can not contradict Himself; because if He contradicts himself his
immutability is lost then He ceases to be God. His immutability is affirmed in the
following scriptures:
Deuteronomy
32: 4 “He is the
Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does
no wrong, upright
and just is he”
Numbers 23:19 “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human
being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfil?
1 Samuel
15:29 “He who is
the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human
being, that he should change his mind.”
Malachi 3: 6” I the Lord do not change”
James 1: 17 “Every good and perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change
like shifting shadows”
Matthew 24:
35 “Heaven and
earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away”
Hebrews 13:8
“Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday and today and forever” John 10:30 “I and the Father are one”
Now that we are scripturally agree to the immutability of God, let see the definition of the Unforgivable Sin.
Unforgivable sin, sin of death;
Are those
wrong doings being practiced by people which bring the consequence of death, an
I am referring not to the physical death, (because in
the end we all die) but to the spiritual death which means "the eternal
separation between God and man"
known as the condemnation of the
sinner's soul.
1 John 6: “16
If you see any
brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and
God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I
am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is
sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death”
Here John identified in his letter that "there is a sin that leads to death"
and this falls
into the characteristic of being the
unpardonable sin that carries the consequence of eternal death.
Mark 3: “28 Truly I tell you, people can be
forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of
an eternal sin”
Here Mark also identified as
unforgivable sin the "Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit," which also brings punishment and eternal judgment.
John 3: “16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”
So with these passages discussed above, we can see that Scripture tells us that there are unforgivable sins from which if you want to receive God's forgiveness and eternal life you should escape them.
With this I
am saying that all sin is
curse, no matter the
size or type of sin, such a curse brings
condemnation as expressed in Romans 3: “23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
which means that the course on sin brings course on people, as listed here;
“17 Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbour’s boundary stone.”
“18 Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”
“19 Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”
“20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonours his father’s bed.”
“21 Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.”
“22 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.”
“23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.”
“24 Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbour secretly.”
“25 Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an
innocent person.”
“26 Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this
law by carrying them out.”
Leviticus 20:
“13 if a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
“13 if a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Galatians 3:
“10 for all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith
“10 for all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith
The
difference between sin and sinner;
Sin are all actions contrary
to the holiness of God and Sinner
is the person who
practices sin or do the actions that
are contrary to God's will. So we
know that sin is a curse,
so he who practices sin falls under the curse of
sin. Under this concept I want to add that, God do not forgiving sin itself, but forgives the sinner. Sin remains of satanic
possession and still cursed. Because of this concept it is worthy to define the meaning of
the word ‘sin’. Sin, according to the biblical concept is defined as the
transgression of God's laws which means to be in rebellion against God. We must
remember that Satan is the one
who brought and introduced sin
into the world to put the creation itself against God and consequently
the human being against God.
I want to call attention to the mistake that many people
called Christian falls, it is to believe that you can accept the salvation
of Christ and live under the curse of sin. Throughout this writing I have used several biblical texts that give us a list of sins, among them we have (as some examples); hate, killing, stealing, adultery, hate, homosexuality, lesbianism, etc. You cannot say that a person can receives God's forgiveness through Christ and can continue
living under the curse of sin.
No! It cannot be like that! This idea leads us to;
The false conversion;
It is practiced by those who
claim to have been converted to
Christ but their actions do not
reflect the result of their
conversion and they still live lost
in the sin. This type of believers
just made a full turnaround of 360 degrees in relation
to their position of his sin.
This is a false conversion to God
as it was operated as Isaiah said; “These people come near to me with their
mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me". You
cannot come to God and continue living in
the curse of sin. This is the "false
conversion" where sin is not yet being forgiven because. Romans 8: "1
there is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit "but those who do not walk in the Spirit remain under
the same condemnation of sin.
The True
Conversion;
What is the true conversion? It
is the one in which the person who receives Christ as Lord and Saviour and
as a result the circumcision
of the heart operates, meaning that this person gives a 180
degrees turn in relation to his sin. As a result the sins are left behind
and God's operates in his life. The
scriptures give a good description of the true conversion;
Galatians 2:
“20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no
longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me”
it is there any sin that God cannot forgive?
Now it is
also time to think in this; it is there any sin that God cannot forgive?
At the
beginning of this writing I made this question and my respond to it was; Yes!
There are sings that God cannot forgive. Let me explain; to forgive the sin
itself would be like God telling Satan; I forgive you and I absolve all your
evil weaknesses. If this happens all the wrong doings will become good
doings. This can not be because then the
sacrifice of Christ at the cross would be invalid. It would be like turning the laws of the
Ten Commandments that instead of
condemning the wrong it would become a blessing to
the sinner. God is an unchangeable God, He cannot change His
laws; sin will still be sin and will still be the jail of Satan for
mankind.
The Unforgiving or unpardonable sin;
I do not want
to leave any doubt or confusion on this issue, so let me now spend the last
lines of this writing to clarify that "all sin" is of
death, eternal death, when the sin has
not yet been forgiven by the
blood of Christ; because "without
the blood of Christ which cleanses there is no forgiveness. Hebrews 9:”22 in fact, the law requires that nearly
everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is
no forgiveness” For that reason the message of the Gospel consist in preaching
the good news of forgiveness, the rejection to such message leaves the sin
alive and with the power to condemn.
The sin of unbelief;
Hebrews 3: “12 see to it, brothers and sisters, that
none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living
God” unbelief is the # 1 sin, that God cannot
forgive, Unbelief is caused by
a heart hardened by the deceitful author of sin, Satan this sin is followed by the list of
all sins.
Now going back
to my previous statement; "there is no sin that does not fit under the cross of Christ" this is very true,
because if a person receives Christ
as Lord and Saviour the miracle of forgiveness happens and every
sin is forgiven by God under the
true conversion. That is true Christianity! Luke 19: “10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to
save the lost.”
True
Conversion to Christ, brings
the "circumcision of the heart" that results in action; forgiveness and turn away from sin.
Hope this writing has been a
great help and blessing to
your life, maybe you are one of the people
have received Jesus Christ as personal
Saviour and are still living and practicing the "deadly
sins" which you never left behind because your
conversion was not sincere.
Yes "there is no sin that does not fit under the cross of Christ" but you
never took them to the cross
of Christ. Remember that every sin that is not
forgiven is sin of death, eternal death.
Why not now make the decision to escape from the sin
of death with a sincere
conversion to Christ. This means
you have to give a 180 degree turn in your life and leave behind the sin
of death; Adultery, infidelity, homosexuality,
lesbianism, drug addiction and so on... well you have now the answer.
Ask Jesus
to come into your life and receive God's forgiveness;
Ask Jesus for forgiveness in prayer; Jesus after reading this writing I have realise that I have been wrong, please forgive me. Today I repent of those sins of death and I bring them right now to you, please Jesus forgive me and come into my life, help me to walk with you to make a new life. Amen!
Ask Jesus for forgiveness in prayer; Jesus after reading this writing I have realise that I have been wrong, please forgive me. Today I repent of those sins of death and I bring them right now to you, please Jesus forgive me and come into my life, help me to walk with you to make a new life. Amen!
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