The topic of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is way too long for a daily devotional. There are too many references to even list them all. But they all point to getting good and evil backwards—calling Holy things evil and evil things good. It makes sense that this would be a fatal error since it’s aligning with the other side.

Luke 12:8–12 (ESV)

“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And 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. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Jesus makes a distinction here that isn’t easy to sort out. 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. Also, the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

So, speaking a word against the Son of Man is forgivable, but denying Him isn’t. Also, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit isn’t forgivable. It seems that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and denying Christ are related, if not equivalent.

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