Sayings about the holy Spirit
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Lk 12:8-12
[Jesus said to his disciples,] 8“I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. 9But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.
10“Everyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one
who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11When
they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do
not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are
to say. 12For the holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.”
Reflection:
Blasphemes
against the holy Spirit. Blasphemy is uttering words of reproach,
defiance, or hatred against God. It is great disrespect towards God and
anything related to God.
Jesus
says that “the one who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will not be
forgiven.” There are no limits to God’s mercy as God forgives anyone who
repents of one’s sin. But human as we are, we have free will, and it is
possible that some people can freely reject divine mercy by refusing to
repent or by deluding themselves to the point that they cannot
distinguish any longer what is good from what is evil. If people
repeatedly close their hearts to God, they can come to the point that
they can no longer recognize God and his ways, and they see evil as good
and good as evil (cf Is 5:20).
This
is what has happened to the scribes and Pharisees. They attribute
Jesus’ miracles to the work of the devil. They do not feel the need for
God’s Spirit, for his mercy and forgiveness, through the ministry of
Jesus. Thus, they are unforgiven because they have freely chosen to be.
Have you experienced difficulty in distinguishing
a person or his works as good or evil?
Can you sense the malice in some people’s reactions
to well-known religious personalities?
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