“The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him, and said to them . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Monday 27th January 2025 – MARK 3:22-30.
So, today’s teaching declares sin against the Holy Spirit as being very fatal.
One common sin against the Holy Spirit is denial of the existence of God.
Now, minds shouldn’t quickly drift to atheist and supposed ‘free thinkers’ as only those who supposedly think otherwise about the existence of the Almighty God.
My dear friend, it will amaze you that even you and I who bear the names of saints as well as pious names in our ethnic languages also display tendencies of atheism.
Whenever we sin and come to a final conclusion that our sin(s) is/are so gruesome that God will not forgive us, we have allowed our emotions to cast doubts and aspersions on the Almighty God by denying the extent of His love and healing power.
That☝️, my dear friend typifies an example of sin against the Holy Spirit.
A classical example of such sin ☝️ mentioned above is the sin of Judas Iscariot – one of the Apostles of Christ Jesus that betrayed him.
Judas was remorseful of his actions. That was a very beautiful thing and the beginning of his would-have-been-but-never-was salvation.
However, despite his remorse, Judas was overwhelmed by his emotions, thinking that his sin is too grievous to be forgiven.
My dear friend, the only person that can no longer access forgiveness is the devil. Hence, he puts doubts into our mind whenever we make attempts to be remorseful of our actions. He’s working hard to take the children of God as many as possible to the kingdom where he’s doomed for damnation.
Have we ever want to pray or read the Holy Bible or even go church and we hear a tiny voice, supposedly like our conscience saying to us, “Taaah! Na wetin you think sey you wan do? Na devil like you nahim wan praise God? Abi you don forget wetin you jus finish dey do nan-nan like dis? Abobi, abeg make you just no mock God oo!
My dear friend, irrespective of how much sinful we may be or that we think we are, once we get the ministration to pray, no matter how weak and tiny the impulse of the ministration may be, but when the devil comes whispering that nonsense to us, all we need to do is to declare, “Get thee behind me Satan.”
E go work! The devil will run away! The plight of Judas Iscariot shall never be our lot no matter our sins.
Folks, have a fantastic day and a fulfilled week.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
-Akase F. Agabo
27th January 2025.