Anxious of What God Thinks?

“¹⁰And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,…” – Luke 12:10 (ESV)

And there you have it. If we happen to, in the heat of the moment, use a word or two against our Savior, we will be forgiven.

There are a couple of pieces I dug into. First, “a word”. This is not to be misconceived as a tirade of expletives at every turn of every day. We all have moments of lapse and regret for our misgivings. But to consciously continue with those misgivings is where the issue is. Second, “will be forgiven”. We will be when we repent and take accountability for those words.

“¹⁰…but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” – Luke 12:10 (ESV)

And there is the second part. Continued misgivings without any repentance and deliberate turns away from God is not forgivable.

“…the persistent and unrepentant resistance against the work of the Holy Spirit and his message concerning Jesus—this, Jesus says will not be forgiven. The person who persists in hardening his heart against the work of the Holy Spirit…” – ESV Commentary

Our concern with whether or not we have blasphemed, that in itself is repentance. We do not have to know what it was we spoke against Jesus, we simply need to know that we did and we will be forgiven.

“²³Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! ²⁴And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” – Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV)

Have you spoken out against our Savior? Are you repentant of your misgivings? Are your anxious of what God thinks?