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What are intrusive blasphemous thoughts?
fears of omitting prayers or reciting them incorrectly. repetitive and intrusive blasphemous thoughts. urges or impulses to say blasphemous words or commit blasphemous acts during religious services.
What happens when you blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
Whatever blasphemies you utter, they too can be forgiven. In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus says that even sins committed against him, the Son of Man, can be forgiven. But “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” (v. Murder is a heinous sin, but not unforgiveable.
Are uncontrollable blasphemous thoughts harmful?
Likewise, the real danger with uncontrollable blasphemous thoughts is not that they are anti-God but that we become so obsessed with fighting them that we lose sight of how deeply in love with us God is and how much he approves of us because of the magnitude of what Christ achieved by bearing on the cross our every sin.
Is it blasphemous to question the pastor?
Often the pastor will quote Psalm 105:15 as a way of showing that to touch, harm, or question “the Lord’s anointed” is some sort of affront to God. Therefore, to question or challenge the pastor is considered to be some sort of blasphemous challenge to God Himself.
Is it common for us to mistake as our own thoughts?
Likewise, it is common for us to mistake as our own thoughts things whispered into our minds from spiritual powers that hate us and hate our Lord. Kate was so upset by those blasphemous thoughts because such blasphemy is disturbingly contrary to her own views of Christ.
Is it blasphemous to accuse someone of the unforgivable sin?
(Though even here, nowhere does the Bible say that such a statement is blasphemous. In Matthew 12:31-32, when Jesus accuses the Pharisees of being close to committing the unforgivable sin, this is not what the Pharisees were saying, and is not even close to anything they ever would have said…)