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Regarding assurance: You likely haven’t committed this sin if you’re concerned about it. Those genuinely worried they’ve blasphemed the Spirit can be confident they haven’t, since those who actually slander God’s Spirit never worry about the implications. Believers sometimes fear accidental commission, but only those who have completely rejected God need worry—and they won’t seek forgiveness because they’ve rejected the very force that leads to repentance. The presence of genuine sorrow for sin and desire for forgiveness indicates you haven’t committed this offense.

==Twisting the meaning?==

In 2 Peter 3:14-17, we are told that we need to:

''...be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.<ref>New American Standard Bible (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 2020), 2 Pe 3:14–17.</ref>

William Branham taught that if you spoke against him after he died, this would be blaspheming the Holy Spirit. He also stated that when a minister denied that the [[The Houston Photograph|Houston Photograph]] was not God, this also blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. '''Isn't this distorting the meaning of what Jesus said, while at the same time pointing to himself?'''

=Quotes of William Branham=

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''Today there is no reverence. Oh, what little there is, is just very little. What you see ... people laugh at what's called Christianity. What's going to happen to that man, when God sends something to the earth, and they see a thing operating just exactly with the Word, and then men talk about it, and make fun of it. Do you know what the Bible said? Jesus said, "It's blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, and will never be forgiven." '''"Oh," they say, "that's of the devil." Be careful what you say, brother, sister. Be careful what you say, sinner. There's no forgiveness for it.''' Jesus said, "To speak a word against it would never be forgiven in this world, or the world to come."<ref>64-0215_Influences_Tulare, California, USA #39</ref>

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''And Jesus here told them, said, "You can say those things and call me Beelzebub. That . . . I'll forgive you for that. '''But when the Holy Ghost comes after I'm gone, then it's unpardonable to blaspheme that.''' And when he comes he [which is not a thought, now; it is a person. "He" is a personal pronoun. He is a person.] ... <ref>63-1103_Go, Wake Jesus_Tucson, Arizona, USA #28,</ref>

And Jesus here told them, said, "You can say those things and call me Beelzebub. That . . . I'll forgive you for that. '''But when the Holy Ghost comes after I'm gone, then it's unpardonable to blaspheme that.''' And when he comes he [which is not a thought, now; it is a person. "He" is a personal pronoun. He is a person.] ... <ref>63-1103_Go, Wake Jesus_Tucson, Arizona, USA #28,</ref>

''Jesus said, "I'll forgive you for that." (See, calling the Word of God—the works of God an evil spirit.) He said, "I'll forgive you for that, but someday the Holy Ghost will come, and one word against it will never be forgiven, neither in this world or the world that is to come (or that great day); it will not be forgiven." So you see, that's written plain in the Scripture; so when people come to that day, no matter how intellectual, how big a denomination they belong to, it's condemned; they have to be! '''They've blasphemed the Holy Ghost, calling it holy roller and something another that had an untasty name or something like that.''' And God's church had to bear it all the time.<ref>63-0728_Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #141</ref>

'''''A man picked up the picture of the angel of the Lord the other day, a Baptist minister, and laughed at it, see. That's blasphemy. There's no forgiveness for that.''' That's what Jesus said. It's blasphemy when you see it doing the very works that Christ did, and He said when they seen that works in Christ—He was the sacrifice—and they called Him "Beelzebub," a devil, because He was doing it. And now they say —He said, "I forgive you for that, but when the Holy Ghost comes to do the same thing, you speak a word against it, it'll never be forgiven you, in this world or the world to come." See? Just one word is all you have to say against it. See?<ref>63-0714M_Why Cry? Speak!_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #54</ref>

''And Jesus said, "I'll forgive you for that, but when the Holy Ghost is come, now, you speak a word against it, and it'll never be forgiven you." Remember, it will and cannot, by no means, no mercy.... '''When you blaspheme and call the Spirit of God, the Word of God, that's been vindicated by the Spirit (see, the Word says so; the Spirit's a-vindicating it), and you call it an unclean thing, you've crossed the line between mercy and judgment and can never be forgiven for it.''' That's the reason I indict this generation of guilty of crucifying, '''blaspheming, the manifested Son of God, as was promised by all the prophets, and Christ Himself to be in the last days, like it was in the days of Noah and the days of Sodom. Blasphemy, which they crucify to the people the Son of God afresh. He's the vindicated Word. One word against it can never be forgiven.''' Now, what are you going to do then? Where're you going to stand? They're condemned, just waiting the hour of God's wrath to be poured out.<ref>63-0707M_The Indictment_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #87</ref>

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 Regarding assurance: You likely haven’t committed this sin if you’re concerned about it. Those genuinely worried they’ve blasphemed the Spirit can be confident they haven’t, since those who actually slander God’s Spirit never worry about the implications. Believers sometimes fear accidental commission, but only those who have completely rejected God need worry—and they won’t seek forgiveness because they’ve rejected the very force that leads to repentance. The presence of genuine sorrow for sin and desire for forgiveness indicates you haven’t committed this offense.
+==Twisting the meaning?==
+In 2 Peter 3:14-17, we are told that we need to:
+''...be diligent to be found spotless and blameless by Him, at peace, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.<ref>New American Standard Bible (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 2020), 2 Pe 3:14–17.</ref>
+William Branham taught that if you spoke against him after he died, this would be blaspheming the Holy Spirit. He also stated that when a minister denied that the [[The Houston Photograph|Houston Photograph]] was not God, this also blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. '''Isn't this distorting the meaning of what Jesus said, while at the same time pointing to himself?'''
 =Quotes of William Branham=
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 ''Today there is no reverence. Oh, what little there is, is just very little. What you see ... people laugh at what's called Christianity. What's going to happen to that man, when God sends something to the earth, and they see a thing operating just exactly with the Word, and then men talk about it, and make fun of it. Do you know what the Bible said? Jesus said, "It's blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, and will never be forgiven." '''"Oh," they say, "that's of the devil." Be careful what you say, brother, sister. Be careful what you say, sinner. There's no forgiveness for it.''' Jesus said, "To speak a word against it would never be forgiven in this world, or the world to come."<ref>64-0215_Influences_Tulare, California, USA #39</ref>
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+''And Jesus here told them, said, "You can say those things and call me Beelzebub. That . . . I'll forgive you for that. '''But when the Holy Ghost comes after I'm gone, then it's unpardonable to blaspheme that.''' And when he comes he [which is not a thought, now; it is a person. "He" is a personal pronoun. He is a person.] ... <ref>63-1103_Go, Wake Jesus_Tucson, Arizona, USA #28,</ref>
-And Jesus here told them, said, "You can say those things and call me Beelzebub. That . . . I'll forgive you for that. '''But when the Holy Ghost comes after I'm gone, then it's unpardonable to blaspheme that.''' And when he comes he [which is not a thought, now; it is a person. "He" is a personal pronoun. He is a person.] ... <ref>63-1103_Go, Wake Jesus_Tucson, Arizona, USA #28,</ref>
+''Jesus said, "I'll forgive you for that." (See, calling the Word of God—the works of God an evil spirit.) He said, "I'll forgive you for that, but someday the Holy Ghost will come, and one word against it will never be forgiven, neither in this world or the world that is to come (or that great day); it will not be forgiven." So you see, that's written plain in the Scripture; so when people come to that day, no matter how intellectual, how big a denomination they belong to, it's condemned; they have to be! '''They've blasphemed the Holy Ghost, calling it holy roller and something another that had an untasty name or something like that.''' And God's church had to bear it all the time.<ref>63-0728_Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #141</ref>
+'''''A man picked up the picture of the angel of the Lord the other day, a Baptist minister, and laughed at it, see. That's blasphemy. There's no forgiveness for that.''' That's what Jesus said. It's blasphemy when you see it doing the very works that Christ did, and He said when they seen that works in Christ—He was the sacrifice—and they called Him "Beelzebub," a devil, because He was doing it. And now they say —He said, "I forgive you for that, but when the Holy Ghost comes to do the same thing, you speak a word against it, it'll never be forgiven you, in this world or the world to come." See? Just one word is all you have to say against it. See?<ref>63-0714M_Why Cry? Speak!_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #54</ref>
+''And Jesus said, "I'll forgive you for that, but when the Holy Ghost is come, now, you speak a word against it, and it'll never be forgiven you." Remember, it will and cannot, by no means, no mercy.... '''When you blaspheme and call the Spirit of God, the Word of God, that's been vindicated by the Spirit (see, the Word says so; the Spirit's a-vindicating it), and you call it an unclean thing, you've crossed the line between mercy and judgment and can never be forgiven for it.''' That's the reason I indict this generation of guilty of crucifying, '''blaspheming, the manifested Son of God, as was promised by all the prophets, and Christ Himself to be in the last days, like it was in the days of Noah and the days of Sodom. Blasphemy, which they crucify to the people the Son of God afresh. He's the vindicated Word. One word against it can never be forgiven.''' Now, what are you going to do then? Where're you going to stand? They're condemned, just waiting the hour of God's wrath to be poured out.<ref>63-0707M_The Indictment_Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA #87</ref>
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-[[Category: Unfinished articles]]
+[[Category: Pointing to himself]]
+[[Category: False Doctrines?]]
+[[Category: Fear in the Message]]