{The Holy Spirit}[1st August 1989]

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In all three Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is recorded as saying* that all human sins and all blasphemies may be forgiven – even speaking against the Son of Man (and, by implication, blasphemy against God the Father); but blasphemy, or speaking, against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, ‘either in this world or the next’ (M[at]t[hew].

In my view, this is an indication that Jesus believed the Holy Spirit to be the purest, and in that sense the highest, expression of (or for) God.

*M[at]t[hew] 12:31-32**

M[ar]k 3:28-30

L[u]k[e] 12:10

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‘Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.’

Matthew 12:31-32 (Authorised (King James) Version)

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