Point of no return

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TITLE: Point of No Return
TEXT: Mark 3:28-30
PROPOSITION: Every sin confessed will be forgiven.
QUESTION: What?
KEY WORD: Definitions
READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:
        1. Much misunderstanding about the unpardonable sin.
        2. What is it? Have I done it?
        3. Examine the definitions of this subject.

Specifics of this incident
        A. The charge - He casts out devils by Beelzebub. 22
        B. The response - 3 arguments
                1. Can Satan cast out Satan? house divided 23-26
                2. Robber must overpower to rob the house. 27
                3. All sin is forgiven. 28
                        [a] I John 1:7 "cleanse from ALL sin"
                        [b] I John 1:9 "IF we confess"
                        [c] ALL sin CONFESSED is forgiven.
        C. The result
                1. Blaspheme = contemptuous speech, rail, revile
                        [a] Not just "to speak against"
                        [b] IS: Total, complete rejection, contempt
                2. Holy Spirit
                        [a] God the Father - Patriarchal Age
                        [b] God the Son - Mosaical Age
                        [c] God the H. S. - Christian Age
                3. Never has forgiveness. WHY?
                        [a] Will not seek forgiveness. Heb. 6:4-6
                        [b] Will not confess sin. I Jn. 1:9
                        [c] NOT - Unpardonable BUT - Unpardoned

Learn some important truths
        A. There is a point of no return. Don't pass it.
        B. God is ALWAYS ready to forgive.
        C. We are not always ready to seek forgiveness.
        D. Reject, reject, reject - run out of offers.
        E. If you are concerned - have not gone too far!