Question:
Please give an example of unpardonable sins. Be as explicit as possible.
Answer:
Let us emphasize: An unpardonable sin is an unrepentable sin. Any soul that hates sin, that is sorry for his sinning, sorry that he has grieved God and the Holy Spirit, and longs to put away the sin, however deeply he has sinned, has not committed an unpardonable sin; for all these desires, feelings, emotions, longings, are begotten of the Spirit, to win him back to God (See John 16:8).
Why ask for instances? No two cases can ever be just the same. But when King Saul turned from God, the only One who could save, to a familiar spirit, he committed the unpardonable sin because there was a rejection of the means of salvation. 1 Chronicles 10:13, 14. When the chief priests said, “We have no king but Caesar,” they rejected the only One who could save them. John 19:15; Matthew 23: 37, 38. When the scribes called that power — the Holy Spirit — in Christ, which cast out demons, Beelzebub, they set aside the only power that could save, and they could find no forgiveness because they could never discern its source. Mark 3:29, 30 (See also Matthew 12:31-32).
It is the blood of Jesus Christ and the sanctifying power of the Spirit which saves. If we turn from these, what hope have we? Hebrews 10:29. That is not to the discouraged soul but the sin-loving, Christ-hating soul. Here are three texts for every discouraged heart that has failed again and again: “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” Ezekiel 33:11. “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” Hebrews 10:38. “The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.” Psalms 147:11. Read also Isaiah 55:7; Micah 7:18, 19.
All forgivable sins are repentable sins, but sin continued under light, blessings used in a selfish way contrary to the appeals of the Spirit of God only harden the heart all the more and render it more and more unresponsive to every true appeal. That is true in the case of the wicked. How much more does it become true of one who has truly known God and yet turns away from Him and indulges in the things that are wrong! There is always hope for every soul, always repentance for every soul who stands where the Spirit of God can convict him of his sin. There is never repentance when one identifies himself with the sin and continues in it despite the appeals of the Holy Spirit.
