Title: Rethink the Way You Think (3 of 9)
Series: Correcting Misconceptions of The Unpardonable Sin
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Why do bad thoughts enter our minds? Why is it so hard to get our minds out of negative ways of thinking? Many years ago, I was speaking with a man who was tormented with uncontrollable thoughts about God's anger.
"I try to make myself stop thinking these blasphemous thoughts, but it keeps coming into my head. No matter how hard I try, I can't stop it, even though I hate thinking this way," he said.
It began with a sermon he heard about God's wrath. The sermon focused on blaspheming the Holy Spirit, and the preacher warned the audience that if they even thought blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, their souls would be doomed.
This is when his problem began. He worried that he might do this, and sure enough, a thought popped in. He stressed out about it, confessed his sin to God, but the thoughts kept coming. By the time he spoke to me, he was convinced he was destined for hell, and his thoughts were continually on blasphemous things.
As we have seen in the previous study, this doctrine comes from misapplied scriptures. If that wasn't bad enough, these erroneous doctrines have taken the warning of the Pharisees speaking against the work of the Spirit, and it has morphed into condemnation for a thought.
Jesus never said that a bad thought would condemn you to hell. In fact, the focus of His comments to the Pharisees was based on these religious leaders using their influence to turn people away from God. He said, "Woe to you...You did not enter yourselves, and those who were entering, you hindered." This is what made the blasphemy so great. It wasn't merely their rejection, but that they were trying to keep people from responding to the call of the Spirit. And somehow we have turned the gospel of peace into the gospel of fear, putting believer ...
Series: Correcting Misconceptions of The Unpardonable Sin
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Why do bad thoughts enter our minds? Why is it so hard to get our minds out of negative ways of thinking? Many years ago, I was speaking with a man who was tormented with uncontrollable thoughts about God's anger.
"I try to make myself stop thinking these blasphemous thoughts, but it keeps coming into my head. No matter how hard I try, I can't stop it, even though I hate thinking this way," he said.
It began with a sermon he heard about God's wrath. The sermon focused on blaspheming the Holy Spirit, and the preacher warned the audience that if they even thought blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, their souls would be doomed.
This is when his problem began. He worried that he might do this, and sure enough, a thought popped in. He stressed out about it, confessed his sin to God, but the thoughts kept coming. By the time he spoke to me, he was convinced he was destined for hell, and his thoughts were continually on blasphemous things.
As we have seen in the previous study, this doctrine comes from misapplied scriptures. If that wasn't bad enough, these erroneous doctrines have taken the warning of the Pharisees speaking against the work of the Spirit, and it has morphed into condemnation for a thought.
Jesus never said that a bad thought would condemn you to hell. In fact, the focus of His comments to the Pharisees was based on these religious leaders using their influence to turn people away from God. He said, "Woe to you...You did not enter yourselves, and those who were entering, you hindered." This is what made the blasphemy so great. It wasn't merely their rejection, but that they were trying to keep people from responding to the call of the Spirit. And somehow we have turned the gospel of peace into the gospel of fear, putting believer ...
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