Matt 12:30–32, 1 John 4:1–6

12:30
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
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For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
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At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them.

4:1
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptising more disciples than John
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(although Jesus himself was not baptising, but his disciples were),
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he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.
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But he had to pass through Samaria.
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Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
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Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

One thought:

To reject the testimony of the Spirit about Jesus person & work is to blaspheme the Spirit and therefore reject the truth.

Three questions:

How necessary is the Holy Spirit for the believer to know Christ?

Do you confess that Jesus is the Christ?

Unsure about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? Check this out – https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/you-asked-what-is-the-unforgivable-sin/

Prayer:

Praise God that through the Spirit we can confess Jesus as the Christ/Messiah. Give thanks that (if you confess Jesus as Lord) you have the Spirit and are a child of God. Ask God to help you ‘test the Spirit’ – being wise to those who claim to be believers.

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