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    The Modern Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit; has John MacArthur blasphemed the Holy Spirit?

    I started watching the video of MacArthur below when I saw the title of the video. I was going to see how long it took him to use Matt. 12 (Luke 11) as one of his arguments against Pentecostals/Charismatics and not realize he's doing exactly what Jesus accused the religious leaders of doing. It only took him a little over 5 minutes. Here are a few quotes from the video, within the first 5 minutes or so:

    I am not here to defend the Holy Spirit, he can defend Himself. But I am here to say that the reproaches that are falling on His holy name are falling on me as well. And mostly this comes in the professing church from Pentecostals and Charismatics, who feel they have free license to abuse the Holy Spirit, even blaspheme His holy name. And they do it constantly. How do they do it? By attributing to the Holy Spirit words that He didn't say; deeds that He didn't do; and experiences He didn't produce. Attributing to the Holy Spirit that which is not the work of the Holy Spirit.

    Endless human experiences; emotional experiences; bizarre experiences; demonic experiences; are said ti come from the Holy Spirit: visions, revelations, voices from heaven, messages from the Spirit through transcendental means, dreams, speaking in tongues, prophecies, out body experiences, trips to heaven, anointings, miracles...all false, all lies, all deceptions, attributed falsely to the Holy Spirit.

    It is a reckless kind of movement, it is a shameful and dangerous sin to heap such abuse on the Holy Spirit.

    A way to perceive this would be to see this as a contrast to what we see in Matt. Chapter 12 for example. The leaders of Israel committed the unpardonable sin. And what was that unpardonable sin? It was attributing to satan the work of the Holy Spirit. What is going on today is the opposite: attributing to the Holy Spirit the work of Satan.

    He doesn't realize here that what he said thinking it was opposite, is saying exactly the same thing Jesus said. MacArthur is attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil (I'm not saying everything Charismatic/Pentecostal is legit, but there are many legit Holy Spirit works in the things he condemns as being the devil).

    Has MacArthur blasphemed the Holy Spirit? He sure seems to have IMO. If so, and it cannot be forgiven, will it keep him out of heaven?



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    The man has blasphemed God and most likely the Holy Spirit when saying pentecostals speaking in tongues are speaking tongues of demons in his book Charismatic Chaos. I heard him say that on a radio program spring of '85 and it blew me away. He assassinated my innocence as I was still a younger believer. There was such an outcry of what he said and what he wrote that he had to print a second run with a retraction. The man would have stoned Stephen if back in that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    The man has blasphemed God and most likely the Holy Spirit when saying pentecostals speaking in tongues are speaking tongues of demons in his book Charismatic Chaos. I heard him say that on a radio program spring of '85 and it blew me away. He assassinated my innocence as I was still a younger believer. There was such an outcry of what he said and what he wrote that he had to print a second run with a retraction. The man would have stoned Stephen if back in that day.
    So he actually took that about tongues out of the book? Or take it out and made a statement?

    'Assassinated my innocence...' A good way to put it. Isn't there something about a millstone concerning that?

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    So he actually took that about tongues out of the book? Or take it out and made a statement?

    'Assassinated my innocence...' A good way to put it. Isn't there something about a millstone concerning that?
    Best I recall there may have been a mention as it being a revision but I do not recall an explanation of any sort. I purchased the book 8yrs later to try to understand a bit more but destroyed the book before taking it to the trash.

    Millstones, yes. I would not want to be near that man on The Day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    Best I recall there may have been a mention as it being a revision but I do not recall an explanation of any sort. I purchased the book 8yrs later to try to understand a bit more but destroyed the book before taking it to the trash.

    Millstones, yes. I would not want to be near that man on The Day.
    You were talking about wolves in sheep's clothing the other day. He is one of them.

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    You were talking about wolves in sheep's clothing the other day. He is one of them.
    Yes

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    I can understand his blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It is about as clear as I have ever heard and it saddens my heart. However, not only him but what about the many followers of his teachings who in their heart have said "amen" to it. Thus the blasphemy is multiplied many times over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    I can understand his blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It is about as clear as I have ever heard and it saddens my heart. However, not only him but what about the many followers of his teachings who in their heart have said "amen" to it. Thus the blasphemy is multiplied many times over.
    Many will be lost along with J Mac because they not only agreed with his teaching, they embraced it.
    Many will also be lost because of J Mac's teaching that a believer can take the mark of the beast in their right hand or on their forehead and still make it to heaven.
    If you put God First, you have Him at Last.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty View Post
    Many will also be lost because of J Mac's teaching that a believer can take the mark of the beast in their right hand or on their forehead and still make it to heaven.
    Never heard that one.

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