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sin will never come to God for forgive-
ness.
This is true. He who has committed
the unpardonable sin is hardened, im-
penitent and either indifferent to the
mercy and love of Christ and his tender
pleadings, or filled with malice and hate
toward God and his truth,
For the unpardonable sin is the sin
AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST.
Note the following Scripture, Matt. 12:
22-32. “Then was brought unto him
one possessed with a devil, blind, and
dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that
the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
And all the people were amazed, and
said, Is not this the son of David?
“But when the Pharisees heard it,
they said, This fellow doth not cast out
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of
the devils. And Jesus knew their
thoughts, and said unto them, Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought
to desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not stand : And
if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided
against himself ; how shall then his king-
dom stand? And if I by Beelzebub
CAST OUT DEVILS,
by whom do your children cast them
out? Therefore they shall be your
judges.
“But if I cast out devils by the Spirit
of God, then the kingdom of God is come
unto you. Or else how can one enter
into a strong man’s house, and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the strong
man? and then he will spoil his house.
“He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me scat-
tereth abroad.
“Wherefore I say unto you,
ALL MANNER OF SIN
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the
THE WATCHMAN
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto
men. And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be for-
given him: but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world, nei-
ther in the world to come.”
Note (1), Jesus had performed the
miracle of casting out a devil by the
Spirit of God. Verse 28. (2), The
Pharisees called the Spirit of God the
spirit of the devil; and this they did
knowing perfectly well that Jesus was
the Son of God, and that he fulfilled the
prophecies of the Scripture in every way.
For the Pharisees knew their Scriptures
thoroughly. Many could repeat every
word of the Old Testament.
And when the religious leaders and
teachers of the Jews had thus
WILFULLY AND KNOWINGLY
called the Spirit of God the Spirit of the
devil then Jesus uttered these most terri-
ble words ever spoken to man: “Where-
fore 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
SHALI, NOT BE FORGIVEN
him, neither in this world, neither in the
world to come.”
The key text to this great and solemn
question is found in Mark 3:28-30.
“Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be
forgiven unto the sons of men, and blas-
phemies wherewith soever they shall
blaspheme: but he that shall blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost hath never for-
giveness, but is in danger of
ETERNAL DAMNATION :
because they said, He hath an unclean