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John 16:8 And He (God's Spirit), when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me (i.e., Christ)...

Heb 6:4 "For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6 and then have committed apostasy (rejected Christ), to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt."

 

What Mr. Knight states is not what the Bible states...

 

The Holy Spirit convicts the sinner that he/she needs to put his/her faith in Christ. To reject this conviction is harden one's heart against Christ.

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18

 

Persistent belief is rejection of God's Spirit in His effort to convict the sinner of his need of Christ. It's just that simple. It's called "the sin of unbelief", but it's not the same as transgression.

Paul, in Romans 7:7, states that "I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'"

Sin is defined as the transgression of the law (i.e., the moral law - the Ten commandments). Since we are born in sin we naturally transgress. Transgression brings "the curse of the law". Christ has delivered us from under law by becoming a curse for us. Those who reject Christ invite death. Those who reject Christ wish to remain "under the law". To be under law means death - the 2nd death.

Again, persistent rejection of Christ is the unpardonable sin. It's the one sin that can't be pardoned because the sinner has rejected forgiveness in Christ Jesus.

 

To understand the gospel we must first understand from what Christ came to deliver us.

According to Matthew 1:21 Mary was to name her baby boy "Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

So clearly Jesus came to save us from our sins.

What does this mean?

We have two possible answers:

1. He came to teach us how to stop sinning so we could go to heaven
2. He came to deliver us from under the death penalty, the 2nd death, for transgressing the moral law.

I reject answer # 1 because this is legalistic. Therefore # 2 is the answer.

Christ came to save the human race from "the curse of the law".

Gal 4:4 "But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to Sonship"

 

The only sin that is unpardonable is the sin of unbelief and, just like faith is a willful submission to the truth as it is in Christ, unbelief is a willful rejection to the truth that is in Christ. ..

Apparently you did not persistently reject the Spirit of Grace, right? So you didn't commit the unpardonable sin.

The unpardonable sin is a sin against grace and not a sin against the law. The unpardonable sin is rejecting the spirit of grace and that’s how the Bible defines it

 

So Christ came to save the fallen, human race from "under law" to under grace. The question is how did He do it?

 

I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion at all....???

My point is you didn't persist...you didn't fully and ultimately harden your heart. If you did we wouldn't be having this conversation.

How does one "speak against the Holy Spirit"?

The Scribes accused Jesus of casting out demons using the power of Satan instead of the power of the Holy Spirit. Does that not prove a harden heart? What does a harden heart do? It ultimately rejects Christ doesn't it? And why? Because it has rejected the Holy Spirit who turns men's hearts towards Christ the Savior of mankind.

 

This discussion has become focused in on the unpardonable sin instead of the gospel. I'll start another discussion and I'll name it "the gospel according to Paul"