And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)INSULT THE SPIRIT:
You insult the Holy Spirit by going back into sin after you have experienced forgiveness through
the blood of Jesus Christ:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of
the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done
despite unto the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:29)For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of
the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come.If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to an open shame.
(Hebrews 6:4-6)BLASPHEME THE SPIRIT:
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven
unto men.And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven
him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven
him, neither in this world neither in the world to come. (Matthew 12:31-32)The sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit has been called the "unpardonable sin" because
according to this passage it is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness. To blaspheme means
to speak abusive words which reject the power of the Holy Spirit as being of God and claim it is
of Satan. If a person totally rejects the power of the Holy Spirit then he can never be saved
because it is the Holy Spirit which draws sinful men to Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit produces many visible confirming signs of God's power. Jesus was saying that
if a person could not accept these miraculous signs as proof of the truth of the Gospel, then what
could ever possibly convince them to believe?