Blasphemy of the Spirit of God

Confusion, uncertainty and best guesses exists within Christianity about what constitutes “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit”, which is an unpardonable sin. Many believe that is disbelief and other are not sure what one does to actually commit such a grave sin. According to God, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (in Arabic, “shirk”) is the utmost disbelief mankind can commit. In fact, it is a flagrant violation of the most important commandment of all, the first commandment!

Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!”

Mark 12:28-32 “Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, asked Him, ‘Which is the first commandment of all?’ Jesus answered him, ‘The first of all the commandments is: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” This is the first commandment.’ And the scribe said unto him, ‘Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is One God; and there is none other but He.’”

On occasion the Spirit of God is referred to as the Angel Gabriel who is the primary Angel or Spirit that God uses to communicate His Will to mankind. However, when God speaks of committing (or sinning by) blasphemy of His Spirit (Arabic: Shirk) He refers to the practice of polytheism, which is the assigning, equating, or worshipping others (individuals or objects) along with Him or besides Him. In fact, this act is the epitome of disbelief and concealing the truth about God (kufr). Equating anyone or anything with God, as equal to, aside from or worthy of any form or level of worship, is blasphemy against the Spirit of God (in Arabic the word is ‘Shirk’) and if pursued intentionally is punishable by hell-fire. The Spirit of God is not a person nor a personality but the essence of God’s being as a singular God. Claiming God has any other person, object or personality beside Himself and offering worship to them is the utmost disbelief in God and denies the most basic fact that God is One God, alone in Deity and Unique among all creation. God allows mankind to repent from this sin while we are still alive in this world, but if we die committing it then God will not forgive us. All sin can be forgiven but God tells us that the sin of committing shirk will not be forgiven if one dies while in the state of committing this great sin.

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