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Wonderful Grace :: By Dennis Huebshman

Andy C

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“You don’t know what I’ve done! God could never forgive me.”

Quick question: Is this something you may believe or have even said in the past? This is one of Satan’s greatest ploys, and he wants as many people as possible to believe it and end up in the lake of fire with him and his demons. (ESV – all emphasis is mine)

We are living in what is called “Time,” which is something God created for humans on the earth, which He also created. Satan and the fallen angels (demons) were in “eternal time” and had already experienced God’s majesty. Pride is what took Satan out, and his eternal destiny is irrevocably set. The fallen angels decided to follow Satan rather than the Father, and they also will spend eternity in the lake of fire, specifically made for them (Matthew 25:41). They have no pathway to forgiveness.

Isaiah 14:12-14; “How you are fallen from Heaven, Oh day star, son of dawn. How you are cut to the ground, you who laid the nations low. You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to Heaven; above the stars of God, I will set my throne on high. I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the most High.”

Ezekiel 28:14; “You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the Holy Mountain of God, in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.”

Satan and his demons’ eternity is found in Revelation 19:20 and Revelation 20:10. As stated, the lake of fire was created for them, and they will be in it forever. They have no pathway to forgiveness, as stated above.

Humans right now have one unforgivable sin. Jesus said this sin was “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 12:31-32, “Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or the age to come.”

The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a deliberate and persistent rejection of God’s grace and the opportunity for Salvation before taking their last breath on this earth. It’s a refusal to receive and accept Jesus, which is also a rejection of the Holy Spirit’s witness about our Savior.

Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21, and Romans 10:13 all state that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. This must be done before passing from life into death. The thief on the cross is a good example of this. He asked Jesus to “Remember Me,” and Jesus told him that he would be with Jesus in paradise that very day (Luke 23:42-43).

 
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