(4) Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
(5) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
(6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
(7) Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
(8) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it
cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit‖. (John 3:1-8)
Any person not adhering to the call of the Holy Spirit for repentance is sinning against the Holy Spirit. If that
person continues with the hardening of his/her heart, he/she will eventually open his/her eyes in ―Hell‖.
For a comprehensive study on Y‘shua‘s teaching to Nicodemus, please see the study in the section, ―Still in
Jerusalem - during the Passover Feast Y‘shua teaches Nakdimon (Nicodemus)‖ under Matt 4:24 "...all Syria"
12:32-33 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men
―(32) 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. (33) Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt:
for the tree is known by his fruit‖.
The proof that Y‘shua was doing what was of YHWH was not that He said so, nor was it the miracles
themselves. (Satan and his demons can claim to be doing things of YHWH and perform wonderful deeds.)
Rather, Y‘shua's "litmus test" for the Pharisees was Torah.
He had previously told them to go properly understand what was meant in the verse, ―I will have mercy, and
not sacrifice‖. Why did He tell them to do this? Had they done so, they would have learned that they were
seeking their own righteousness and not submitting to YHWH's. (This is a purpose and function of Torah.)
They would have then known Y‘shua for who He was and His works as being of YHWH. Rather than doing
this, however, these legalistic Pharisees chose to view themselves as righteous, to walk away from the
Kingdom offer, and attribute the work of the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) to Satan.
The warning of the "unforgivable sin" is given in the book of Hebrews, only in a different setting. (Y‘shua had
died and was resurrected by this time, which holds additional significance.) Again, this has to do with
experiencing the work of the Ruach and rejecting it, when you have enough understanding to know better:
(4) ‖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,
(5) And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
(6) 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‖. (Heb 6:4-6)
There is a bit of a paradox here that needs to be addressed. Although Y‘shua says that this generation is
condemned, later in Acts chapter 3 (see above) Peter tells these people that they still have yet one more
chance. Anyone cognisant of the Hebrew Scriptures knows that this is common. The prophets, on more than
one occasion, told the people they were doomed as they would not listen while still preaching repentance to
them.
12:34- 37 O generation of vipers
―(34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh.(35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (36) But I say unto you, That every idle
word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (37) For by thy words thou
shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned‖.
Y‘shua was referring here to the legalistic Pharisees who would not, and refused to see him as the Messiah.
He was not speaking of all the Pharisees, as there were many Pharisees who were good and truly righteous
people. A Pharisee called Nicodemus himself said so: ―(1) There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: (2) The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know
that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be