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declaring that through the power of the evil one, Moses and Aaron
had caused the death of good and holy men. It was this act that sealed
their doom. They had committed the sin against the Holy Spirit, a sin
by which man’s heart is effectually hardened against the influence of
divine grace. “Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man,”
said Christ, “it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against
the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him.”
Matthew 12:32
. These
words were spoken by our Saviour when the gracious works which
He had performed through the power of God were attributed by the
Jews to Beelzebub. It is through the agency of the Holy Spirit that
God communicates with man; and those who deliberately reject this
agency as satanic, have cut off the channel of communication between
the soul and Heaven.
God works by the manifestation of His Spirit to reprove and convict
the sinner; and if the Spirit’s work is finally rejected, there is no more
that God can do for the soul. The last resource of divine mercy has
been employed. The transgressor has cut himself off from God, and
sin has no remedy to cure itself. There is no reserved power by which
God can work to convict and convert the sinner. “Let him alone”
(
Hosea 4:17
) is the divine command. Then “there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.”
Hebrews 10:26,
27
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