Ask & You Shall Receive/Think You've Blasphemed The Holy Ghost?
Tuesday's Devotion (2-21-06)
"If a son shall ask bread of any of you
that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a
fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a
scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?" Luke 11:11-13 (KJV)
Some of you have children, some of you don't. I have
nephews and nieces that I treated as my own. If they would've been starving, and
if I would've had food to give them... I would have given them the food, no
problem! Fortunately enough, they weren't starving. Thing is that some of us are
starving, starving spiritually. Those that are starving spiritually are
thinking, "I've done too many wrongs, God can't forgive me now." I want you to
know that we all have, "Done too many wrongs," but the truth is that you all
have you do is ask God for forgiveness, all you have to do is ask for the Holy
Ghost, and if you do... Then no matter what you've done, you shall receive! That
is a promise. If you can ask for forgiveness, and if you can ask for the Holy
Ghost, then you can receive both! There isn't one loving dad that wouldn't give
to his children when they are in need, and that goes a million times more for
your Heavenly Father!
If you have friends or family that believe that they can't be saved, then please
send them to read this. Send them to read, because I have an important question
for them. Why? Why can't you be saved? If the murderer on the cross next to
Jesus can be saved, and if the people who have done things like: Rape, theft,
prostitution, etc can be saved... So can you! The only unforgivable sin is
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Many think that they've committed this sin,
but only few really have. If you can ask for forgiveness, then you haven't
committed this sin! If you committed this sin, then your heart would be darkened
beyond repair, I'm convinced of this by the Word of God. Some say that nobody
knows what this blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is, but I know what it is. The
Bible tells us exactly what it is... It's speaking against the Holy Ghost, or
the Holy Spirit, whichever you prefer to call Him. You can blasphemy the Father
and the Son, and still be forgiven, BUT if you blasphemy the Holy Spirit, then
you can't be forgiven and you are condemned for sure. If you have read this far
into today's devotion, and if you're worried that you've committed this sin,
then I can pretty much guarantee that you DID NOT commit this sin. The deception
of thinking that we've committed this sin is one of Satan's most powerful tools.
He wants you to believe that you did it so you'll give up, he wants you to
believe it so that you'll do it because you think you have anyway. Trust me, I
know all about this mind trip. You just have to tell Jesus, "If I did this
thing, I'm going to follow you anyway, and I'm going to seek your Holy Spirit
anyway. If you send me to Hell, I will praise you there!" Say it and mean it! It
does take away from Satan's tactic... Because his tactic is designed to make you
quit on Jesus.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message, and for all things.
Please forgive us of all our sins, and we forgive all those who've wronged us.
Please fill us with your Holy Spirit. Keep us from this evil and unforgivable
sin. We trust that you'll never let the enemy win over us. We are protected by
your Spirit, and by your Son's blood! In Jesus name. A-men!
God bless!
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