(August 26, 2013 at 1:41 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: @Drich, I'm not speaking for monkeyman here, but as someone who has been through almost exactly what he's been through. Your words mean nothing. When you blaspheme, you want certainty that you'll be ok. Your words are not certainty, you're just another Christian (even worse, you're just another Christian on the internet). The dictionary definition of blasphemy is not certainty. Nothing is certainty until god appears himself and says what it is. Even then you'd wonder if that is the devil sent by god to trick you because having committed the sin, you have been forsaken by god.
Here's an option: Do the research yourself. If this plagues you or anyone else then maybe God is put it on your heart to seek Him out starting here.
First thing you need to do is get a good Concordance/Lexicon to work with. Blueletterbible.com is a reliable one. Then start by looking up the passages and defining the all of the and terms words being used.
Then you need context to put these terms into the picture Christ is trying to illustrate. Start by reading the two books "Blaspheme of the Holy Spirit" is mentioned in, focousing on the exchange between Christ's works (More over how these words are accomplished/What force is healing the sick and feeding the hungry.) and the Pharisees reaction to it. Then to pull it all together read Where it finally comes to a head in Christ's message about Blaspheme of the Holy Spirit.
-Or- Simply ask someone who has already done this leg work and maybe ask questions about whatever you find unclear in his work..
