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Tribulation (i.e. "the time of Jacob's trouble" - Jeremiah 30:7, Daniel 12:1,
Matthew 24:21). Once while me and a partner tried to explain eternal
security to a charismatic cult member in his driveway, a family member
walked outside to interject, and if I remember correctly, the first words out
of his mouth were "Turn to Hebrews 6 and Hebrews 10..." If those passages
mean what the cultists think they mean, then they can't possibly apply today.
According to Jesus, the second half of a verse can apply 2000+ years after
the first half (Isaiah 61:1-2 with Luke 4:16-21), so we should not be
surprised if the book of Hebrews (or any other book) switches back and forth
between Church Age doctrine and Tribulation doctrine without warning.
Read that last sentence again and never forget it.
2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
Warn the lost not to make obscure and enigmatic verses (2 Peter 3:16)
supersede simple and clear verses where one's soul is at stake. Cults do that
on purpose. (Ephesians 4:14)
"THE UNPARDONABLE SIN"
Charismatics and Pentecostals are taught to live in fear of committing the
"Unpardonable Sin."
Mark 3:28-30 "Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the
sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never
forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: Because they said,
He hath an unclean spirit."
In the Church Age, we are promised that "the blood of Jesus
Christ...cleanseth us from all sin" without exception. (1 John 1:7)
BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY GHOST IS ONLY UNFORGIVABLE
WHILE JESUS IS PHYSICALLY ON EARTH (before His ascension to
heaven and after His return from heaven). That's why He said "whosoever
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in
this world, neither in the world to come." (Matthew 12:32b) In that verse,