From what I understand, and I’m sure 100 Christians will give a 100 different answers, is that the unforgivable sin is basically deciding that you don’t want God. I think when Jesus is talking about blaspheming the Holy Spirit, he is talking to some Pharisees who are literally saying he is able to do what he does by the power of the devil instead of the power of god. They are literally accusing him of being possessed by a demon, as he is casting out demons (yet, a house divided cannot stand). They are trying to give credit to anything else except God so they don’t have to acknowledge that he really is who he is.
I believe, that blaspheming the Holy Spirit is to say, anything else but you god. I see who you are, I know all about you, but get away from me.
I’ve struggled for a long time with how to handle sin. Especially because I have OCD. I always fear that I have sinned one too many times, that I have committed the worse sin because I still have struggles. Yet, I have come to understand, that all of my sins have been forgiven. The debt has been payed, and I am truly a new creation. That is the heart of the good news. I can appreciate this and try to do better out of love and appreciation for what Jesus has truly done for me. Not out of fear that if I mess up I’m going to make god really mad. We have been made perfect and holy, without blemish and spot, once and for all time. God sacrificed his son for this, because it’s such a great gift. It’s a new covenant, not filled with regulations of law, but of freedom in the spirit.
I still sin. EVERYBODY DOES. I still confess my sins, and ask god to help me to do better. He does. But not because I think if I don’t confess this or that, I won’t be forgiven. I already am. If I wasn’t, what about the sins I have forgotten to confess, or didn’t realize I even committed? I confess because it opens to healing, and I acknowledge to god that I realize the sin I committed is not in agreement to the new creation I am. As a new creation, sin will never make me happy. I used to let the condemnation I feel afterwards make me think that I have messed up my whole relationship with god, but I realize now that I feel that way not because the sin is just incompatible with who I am now in Christ. It doesn’t belong. It’s
The grace of god is amazing, and was shown to us through Jesus on the cross. I have begun to understand this better, I think, and has really changed the way I read the Bible, especially the letters of Paul. I suggest Colossians and Galatians, if you want to know who you are in Christ.
I hope you have a great day, to all the lords people out there. God bless. He loves you.