Sunday Snippett 7-31

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Mark 3:28-29

"Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin." NASB

 

Mark adds something which the other two evangelists (Matt. 12:30-32 and Luke 12:10) do not in this first statement about God's readiness and ability to forgive all sin and blasphemy: "Whatever blasphemies they utter."  More literally this should be translated: "and blasphemies, (the reports that men will give which will hurt God's reputation among men) whatever these blasphemies may be if they shall blaspheme."  The Lord is here declaring that no matter how careful we are, we can never live in such a perfect way as to always cause others to believe all that they should about our God whom we represent among them.  Our actions portray a different God than what our mouths proclaim.  Many times we give the wrong impression to others about our Lord whom we profess to follow.  These wrong reputations of God, blasphemies, will be forgiven.  (my emphasis)  We who love Him allow His Holy Spirit to convict us of our shortcomings in adequately representing God among others.  As a result of that conviction, there is the removal of the harm which we have done to the testimony of God.

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