Expert: Mr. McClellan - 9/28/2011

Question
Hello, my name is Hannah Sandifer.  When I was little, about 8-10, I told God I hated him.  I talked to my dad about it and he told me about blaspheme and now I'm so scared, because, Now please please listen to me and keep it in mind, I can't remember if I had said anything because I am 12 now. I am so scared. About 10 people have told me that I shouldn't have to worry because I do still get scared and I have heard that the holy spirit is your conscience and if I didn't have a conscience( or holy spirit ) in your heart than I wouldn't even be scared to go to hell because I would feel like I have done nothing wrong.   Please read this and write back as so as you can.   Thank you so much!!!!

Answer
Hello Hannah,
Do you still have any questions about what I said?


Hello Hannah,
Well, the things you've heard are not exactly correct so, just as you've asked me to do, I'm going to see if I can help you understand what the truth actually is according to what the writers of the Bible said.
For one, the Holy Spirit is not your conscience. Two, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a sin that can no longer be committed by anyone and Jesus said that God would forgive any sin a person could commit except that one. So, now there isn't a sin you can commit that God will not forgive as long as you sincerely repent of it and really try not to do it again.
Let me explain in more detail. First, spirits are like thoughts that enter your mind. You decide if you want to do what your thoughts tell you or not. If you think something bad it's like an evil spirit trying to get you to do something bad. If you obey the evil spirit it's sin. If you think something good, something unselfish, it's like a spirit of God telling you to do something and if you do it then God is pleased. So, good and evil spirits may be in you trying to influence you to do what they want you to do and you can choose to obey which ever one you want. If you usually make the wrong choice then it can be said that you belong to the Devil like a child belongs to its father because it is Satan that you tend to obey. You can't belong to God and to Satan at the same time.
Second, since "real" miracles (like those described in the Bible) don't happen any more you can't commit blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Here's why. Long ago, the Holy Spirit (God) worked real miracles through certain people it chose in order to prove beyond any doubt to people who actually witnessed them that the person doing the miracle was really representing God and telling the truth. Once God had made all the truth known (and this happened well before the end of the first century A.D.) he stopped giving people the power to perform miracles. Therefore, all the things that people think are miracles today are fake and the people doing them are frauds or liars who are just trying to trick people into following them. Only a person who actually witnessed a real miracle first hand and then denied that it was a real miracle and just a trick of the Devil could commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, a sin that God would never forgive because of the simple fact that the person had actually seen, with their own eyes, absolute proof of God and heard the truth about the way, the truth, and the life God wanted them to know. To deny that a real miracle had been done was unforgivable because miracles were the ultimate way God could prove himself to you so that you'd repent if you believed what the miracle was confirming. Understand? If you refused to accept that a miracle had been done then why would you repent? You wouldn't. If you'll read Acts, chapter 2 for example, you'll see that it wasn't until all those people had witnessed the miracles being done by the apostles that they decided that what the apostles were saying was true and from God (See John 3:1-3) and then about 3,000 of them repented and obeyed what Peter told them to do in verse 38. It was when they obeyed Peter's instructions that God forgave them and they were saved from their sins. They belonged to Satan until they obeyed God whose message Peter and the other apostles were preaching. As soon as they obeyed those instructions in verse 38 they were added to the church which is God's kingdom. Before that moment, they were not saved, not forgiven, not members of the church, not in the kingdom of God, not in possession of eternal life, were not obeying the Holy Spirit, and they were without the opportunity to begin living a new life of faith in Jesus. Read Romans, chapter 6.
Now, I sincerely hope that if you are not sure you understood what I just explained that you'll read it enough times that you are clear about it. If you still find it difficult, just write to me and tell me. I'll see if I can make it more clear. OK? There's a huge amount of popular but false teaching about what the Bible says and it can make it very difficult to understand exactly what the real truth is.
Sincerely,
Mr. McClellan