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this meant. He said that "the power of the world to
come" are spiritual gifts.
Jesus explained, "Those who have tasted of the
powers of the world to come are mature Christians who
have the gifts of the Spirit operating in their lives or
ministries." He explained that the baptism of the Holy
Spirit with the ensuing gifts is the earnest of our
inheritance in the world to come (Eph. 1:13,14; 2 Cor.
5:5).
So there are five Bible qualifications a believer
would have to meet before he or she could be guilty of
committing the unpardonable sin. You can readily see
that very few believers could qualify to be guilty of
committing this sin.
Jesus said this woman in the vision who denied Him
did qualify to be able to commit the unpardonable sin,
and He explained why. He said this woman had been
enlightened; she knew her need for a Savior. She had
tasted of the Heavenly Gift because she was born again.
Jesus Christ had been her Savior for many years.
This woman had also been filled with the Holy
Spirit and had been in the ministry for many years with
her husband. She knew the Word of God. She had
experienced enough spiritual growth so that she wasn't
a spiritual baby anymore on the milk of the Word. She
had tasted of the solid meat of God's Word. She had the
gifts of the Spirit operating in her life. Therefore, this
woman met every scriptural condition as one who could
commit the unpardonable sin.
Jesus told me He would have forgiven her if she had
just been tempted and overcome by the devil. He told
me that she didn't commit the sin unto death because
she went off with another man. He explained if she'd
had a hundred men, but had turned back to Him and