Dr Tom Hover
August 3, 2025
Matthew 12:22-30 / Matthew 12:1-21
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN / The Sabbath Confrontation
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
INTRODUCTION: There is a sin that can never, never, never, no, not ever be forgiven in this world or the world to come. There is a sin you dare not, you must not commit. It is an unpardonable sin. There is a sin if you commit it, you will be just as lost, just as damned, just as predestined for Hell as sure as you are sitting in your seat right now. There is a sin if you commit it; it would be as if the iron gates of Hell had just clanged shut behind you. It is an unpardonable sin that will not be forgiven you in this life or in the life to come; and I believe this important subject needs to be preached on more now than ever before.
I. THE MEANING OF THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
(The Unpardonable Sin Is Not)
A. IT IS NOT A MORAL SIN murder, adultery, drunkenness, etc.
Isaiah 1:8, I John 1:9
B. IT IS NOT A VERBAL SIN
Some people think they can use God’s name or Jesus’ name in vain but they can’t use the Holy Spirit they seem to think that they can trifle with God and Jesus but not the Holy Spirit. God is God, Jesus is God, The Holy Spirit is God. To use one in vain is just as bad as the other! Exodus 20:7. Now when you commit the unpardonable sin words may be involved and generally words are but just as you can pray without moving your lips you can blaspheme God without moving your lips.
C. IT IS NOT AN INTELLECTUAL SIN Psalm 14:1,53:1
D. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IS A SPIRITUAL SIN
Well, it is the rejection of Jesus, but it is more than the rejection of Jesus, because all of us rejected Jesus before we received the Lord Jesus. There was a time in everybody’s life that they did not believe in Jesus and later did. Unbelief is forgiven. (So, What Is the Unpardonable Sin?????)
It is the willful rejection of Jesus Christ. It is the stubborn rejection of Jesus Christ. It is the determined rejection of Jesus Christ against Great Light. It is knowing who Jesus is, and having the Holy Spirit speak to your heart. The Office work of the Holy Spirit is to make Jesus Christ real to you. When the Holy Spirit makes Jesus Christ real to you then you are in a dangerous place The unpardonable sin is not committed primarily in the bar room or in the house of prostitution or at some drug, alcohol, and pot party club or place, but it is primarily committed in a church. Matthew 12:22-30 Explain the Scripture - Who was Beelzebub?
II. MARKS OF THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
(When A Person Commits the Unpardonable Sin) Actually, though it was one sin, but we might say it had three parts to this sin.
A. THEY SINNED AGAINST REDEMPTION
B. THEY SINNED AGAINST REASON Matthew 12:25
C. THEY SINNED AGAINST REVELATION Matthew 12:28
III. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
(The Results of The Unpardonable Sin)
A. IT DEADENS THE SPIRITUAL SENSES Romans 11:8
B. IT DELUDES THE SINNER II Thes.2:10-12, Matthew 25:29
C. IT DAMNS THE SOUL John 12:37 & 39 turn and read
Verse 38 “yet they believed not” John could hardly believe it.
Verse 39 “Therefore they could not believe. “They would not and then they could not!!! This sin deadens and deludes it also damns the soul. It is an unpardonable sin!
PM SERVICE 6 PM
The Sabbath Confrontation Matthew 12:1-21
I. THE CONFRONTATION OVER KEEPING THE SABBATH
Matthew 12:1-13
A. Notice the Confrontation Over the Meal Matthew 12:1-8
B. Notice the Confrontation Over the Miracle Matthew 12:9-13
II. THE COUNCIL FOR KILLING WAS FOILED Matthew 12:14-15
A. The Council Came with Evil Dissidents Matthew 12:14
B. The Council Came with Evil Desires Matthew 12:14
III. THE COUNSELING GIVEN BY JESUS Matthew 12:16-21
A. It Was a Decree with Particulars Matthew 12:16
B. It Was a Decree That Was Prophetic Matthew 12:17
