The Ultimate sin - Blasphemy Mark 6:10-11
We must consider consequences of rejecting God and The Work of God in us and among us. We know that the unpardonable sin is rejecting God and dying without redemption - the ultimate consequence of blasphemy. We don't know what level of rejection is required here before God turns us over to a reprobate mind- resulting in the Spirit of God stopping His pursuit of a person. Romans 1:27-29 talks about Him turning us over to a debase or reprobate (KJV) mind. We cannot accept Christ unless drawn by the Spirit of God.
1. Blasphemy can be in the form of rejection of God completely.
2. It can come in the form of Mocking God including introduction of your own religion or setting yourself as the standard instead of God.
3. It can come in the form of persecution of the church as in the Apostle Paul's life. God gives us every opportunity to change our position before His wrath sets it as the men of Korah in Jude 11 and Numbers 16:1-3,31-35; that's where the ground immediately swallowed up 250 men who rejected God's plan and wanted to take the matters of Spiritual things and Priestly duties in their own hands.
4. God's Mercy keeps the consequences of God's wrath from being immediate.
5. The consequences of widespread spiritual rebellion can devastate a nation and cancel the effective worship of a whole church, state it nation. He knows how it spreads and gets into every aspect of our life.
So it can be in the form of literally outwardly blaspheming God or the work of the Holy Spirit among us through the church or individual. Only God knows when we have crossed that line with no hope of return.
