query: in the bible what is the unforgivable sin

pos: Eternal sin is no longer able to repent, so one who is fearful that they have committed it has not done so. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, have a similar understanding of eternal sin. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said in the King Follett discourse: Eternal sin In Christian hamartiology, eternal sins, unforgivable sins, or unpardonable sins are sins which will not be forgiven by God. One eternal or unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit) is specified in several passages of the Synoptic Gospels, including , , and .

pos: Eternal sin Eternal sin In Christian hamartiology, eternal sins, unforgivable sins, or unpardonable sins are sins which will not be forgiven by God. One eternal or unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit) is specified in several passages of the Synoptic Gospels, including , , and . In Catholic teaching there are six sins that blaspheme against the Holy Spirit. They are: Several passages in the Bible are frequently interpreted as referring to the unforgivable sin: According to the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" §1864, there are no limits to the mercy of God, but anyone who deliberately refuses to accept his

pos: Eternal sin sin." As did St Augustine, the Catholic Church today teaches that only dying unrepentant for one's sins is the only unforgivable sin. Indeed, in "Dominum et vivificantem" Pope John Paul II writes "According to such an exegesis, 'blasphemy' does not properly consist in offending against the Holy Spirit in words; it consists rather in the refusal to accept the salvation which God offers to man through the Holy Spirit, working through the power of the Cross", and "If Jesus says that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven either in this life or in the next, it is because

pos: Holy Spirit in Christianity that God the Father would "give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him". The sacredness of the Holy Spirit to Christians is affirmed in all three Synoptic Gospels (, and ) which proclaim that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the unforgivable sin. Together, Luke–Acts contain over half of the references in the New Testament to the Holy Spirit although this author wrote approximately 25% of the content of the New Testament. The Acts of the Apostles has sometimes been called the "Book of the Holy Spirit" or the "Acts of the Holy Spirit". Of the seventy or so

pos: Holy Spirit in Christianity that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the unforgivable sin. The participation of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity is suggested in Jesus' final post-Resurrection instruction to his disciples at the end of the Gospel of Matthew (28:19): "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". The Holy Spirit is mentioned by all three authors of the synoptic Gospels. Most of the references are by the author of the Gospel of Luke; this emphasis is continued by the same author in

neg: Religious views on suicide the Romans. Each man killed his wife and children, then the men drew lots and killed each other until the last man killed himself. In this way, only the last man committed the sin of suicide. Nothing in the Christian Bible expressly prohibits suicide. In fact, the Bible does not condemn it and there are people in the bible who committed suicide. However, many Christian dogmas take an unfavorable view of suicide. Christianity also does not say that suicide is an unforgivable sin, although some other religions might. According to the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, suicide is objectively

neg: Blasphemy commentators both in Europe and North America. Christian theology condemns blasphemy. It is spoken of in Mark , where blaspheming the Holy Spirit is spoken of as unforgivable—an eternal sin. However, there is dispute over what form this blasphemy may take and whether it qualifies as blasphemy in the conventional sense; and over the meaning of "unforgivable". In 2 Kings 18, the Rabshakeh gave the word from the king of Assyria, dissuading trust in the Lord, asserting that God is no more able to deliver than all the gods of the land. In , Jesus told a paralytic "your sins

neg: Islamic views on sin in connection with "haram", or committing an unlawful deed, a taboo, such as consuming food or drink that is forbidden by God: "Ithm" is also associated with what is considered the worst sin of all, "shirk". "Shirk" signifies the accepting of a presence of other divinities at the side of God. The Quran states that: This association with "shirk" is noteworthy for "shirk" is considered unforgivable if not repented of. "Khati’ah" is considered by many scholars to be a “moral lapse” or a “mistake” This interpretation has led some scholars to believe that "Khati’ah" is a lesser sin than ithm;

neg: Good works Good works In Christian theology, good works, or simply works, are a person's (exterior) actions or deeds, in contrast to inner qualities such as grace or faith. says that "To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice." The New Testament exhibits a tension between two aspects of grace: the idea that grace is from God and sufficient to cover any sin (except the Unforgivable sin) and the idea that grace does not free humans from their responsibility to behave morally. John the Baptist, who preached a baptism of repentance, connected repentance with bearing

neg: Islam and Mormonism an egregious sin. It is seen as different from all other sins and is categorized as the one and only categorically unforgivable sin. Hence, depicting religious themes, and specifically God, is seen as inappropriate and unbecoming. Islam does not believe that Allah may be depicted in any artistic manner whatsoever, nor represented by any kind of image, no matter what reason one may have for doing so. Furthermore, the Sunni portion of Islam, comprising approximately 85% of the world's Muslims, also rejects all depictions of their prophets – whether artistic or photographic (as in a movie). For instance, the 1998

neg: Rational Response Squad submit videos to the website YouTube, in which they record themselves blaspheming or denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. According to the RRS' interpretation of several passages of the Bible (specifically, Mark 3:28-29, Matthew 12:30-32 and Luke 12:10), this action is considered an unforgivable sin. Thus, users who took the challenge saw themselves as crossing a point of no return to prove that they truly did not believe in the biblical God and would "accept the consequences" if after their death they find that the Christian form of the Abrahamic God does exist. The first 1,001 users who took

neg: Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions cursing God was the unforgivable sin or that fornication was the unforgivable sin. Kierkegaard wrote out of concern for his father's anxiety and others like him who believe that God shuts his door against them. He asks, “How does a person get to know that he is the greatest sinner?” Kierkegaard started in "Either/Or" with two characters known only as A and B, both were in search of a self, and he worked himself up to "The Concept of Anxiety" where he remarked; "If a person does not first make clear to himself the meaning of “self,” it is of

neg: Sin as a fugitive, but first marked him with a sign that would protect him and his descendants from harm (Genesis 4:11-16). One concept of sin deals with things that exist on Earth, but not in Heaven. Food, for example, while a necessary good for the (health of the temporal) body, is not of (eternal) transcendental living and therefore its "excessive" savoring is considered a sin. The unforgivable sin (or eternal sin) is a sin that can never be forgiven; Matthew 12:30-32 : " He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

neg: Kya Yahi Sach Hai in emotions, this IPS officer and his wife resolve not to earn bribes in the police as that would be an unforgivable sin - A Carnage by Angels! But as this officer goes to the district police in Kolhapur and then to Mumbai police, he starts confronting the real picture. What he saw was a profound nexus of police, bureaucrats, power-brokers, and politicians - all hidden by the glittering curtain of "Rule of Law" and administrative sophistication. As this emotional story unfolds, what emerges in the film is a graphic narration of intrigue, deceit, sex, love and money in the

neg: Eternal sin mercy by repenting, rejects the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation offered by the Holy Spirit. Such hardness of heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal loss. The Catholic Encyclopedia cites Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:22-30; Luke 12:10 (cf. 11:14-23) and defines "the unforgivable sin" - or sin against the Holy Ghost -- as: ″...to sin against the Holy Ghost is to confound Him with the spirit of evil, it is to deny, from pure malice, the Divine character of works manifestly Divine.″ The article further states that "sin against the Son of Man" may be forgiven because it

neg: Bill Carmody (priest) says Father Carmody. “Part of the coping strategy is denial. In Project Rachel, through God's grace, the denial is broken.” “That’s the most profound experience I have as a priest – watching people heal from what they believe is an unforgivable sin and find God’s forgiveness,” Carmody told "The Colorado Catholic Herald" in June 2015, on the occasion of his 26th anniversary as a priest. In May 1994, Carmody also began celebrating weekly Masses in front of Planned Parenthood, which he continued to do faithfully until November 2015. “For more than 26 years, he was a warrior for the unborn,”

neg: Guilt (emotion) secrets. Guilt in the Christian Bible is not merely an emotional state but is a legal state of deserving punishment. The Hebrew Bible does not have a unique word for guilt, but uses a single word to signify: "sin, the guilt of it, the punishment due unto it, and a sacrifice for it." The Greek New Testament uses a word for guilt that means "standing exposed to judgment for sin" (e. g., Romans 3:19). In what Christians call the "Old Testament", Christians believe the Bible teaches that, through sacrifice, one's sins can be forgiven (Judaism categorically rejects this idea, holding

neg: Don Juan wrongs they had done, and enter into heaven. Tirso's play argues in contrast that there is a penalty for sin, and there are even unforgivable sins. The devil himself, who is identified with Don Juan as a shapeshifter and a "man without a name", cannot escape eternal punishment for his unforgivable sins. As in a medieval Danse Macabre, death makes us all equal in that we all must face eternal judgment. Tirso de Molina's theological perspective is quite apparent through the dreadful ending of his play. Another aspect of Tirso's play is the cultural importance of honor in Spain of

neg: Mark 3 of using Satan for his power is in effect calling the work of God evil and failing to see the work of God in Jesus' actions. The parallels in and and the Gospel of Thomas 44 call this the unforgivable sin. Unforgivable sins are also listed in Hebrews and as well as 1 John . There is also a possible link with 1 Corinthians . His first answer to the charge, that a "house divided" cannot stand, has become a common piece of wisdom, the most famous modern example is Lincoln's use of this phrase during the 1858 senatorial election

neg: Wahhabism Grand Mufti), the fact that Qatari rulers do not derive their legitimacy from such a class. Adherents to the Wahhabi movement identify as Sunni Muslims. The primary Wahhabi doctrine is affirmation of the uniqueness and unity of God ("Tawhid"), and opposition to "shirk" (violation of tawhid – "the one unforgivable sin", according to Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab). They call for adherence to the beliefs and practices of the "salaf" (exemplary early Muslims). They strongly oppose what they consider to be heterodox doctrines, particularly those held by the vast majority of Sunnis and Shiites, and practices such as the veneration of Prophets

neg: Repentance in Islam a sincere "tawba". "Shirk" is an unforgivable sin if one dies without repenting from it: As such, becoming hopeless of the mercy of Allah is prohibited. The Quran declares: Again, God says to the believers in a "Hadith Qudsi":"O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me, and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam were you

neg: Religion and abortion or karmic consequences. There is scholarly disagreement on how early Christians felt about abortion, and no explicit prohibition of abortion in either the "Old Testament" or "New Testament" books of the Christian Bible. Some scholars have concluded that early Christians took a nuanced stance on what is now called abortion, and that at different times, and in separate places, early Christians have taken different stances. Other scholars have concluded that early Christians considered abortion a sin at all stages; although there is disagreement over their thoughts on what type of sin it was and how grave a sin it was

neg: Golden calf believe until they had witnessed God with their sight. As punishment, God struck the delegates with lightning and killed them with a violent earthquake. Moses prayed to God for their forgiveness. God forgave and resurrected them and they continued on their journey. In the Islamic view, the calf-worshipers' sin had been shirk (), the sin of idolatry or polytheism. Shirk is the deification or worship of anyone or anything other than Allah, or more literally the establishment of "partners" placed beside God, a most serious and unforgivable sin, with the calf-worshipers' being ultimately forgiven being a mark of special forbearance

neg: Theodicy and the Bible truth will make you free" (John 8:32). But Jesus' hearers did not understand that he was not talking about freedom from "economic or social slavery," so they responded, "we are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free'?" (John 8:33)." To clarify what he meant by being "made free," Jesus answered them, "very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin" (John 8:34). By his words being "made free," Jesus meant being "made free" from "bondage to sin." Continuing his reply, Jesus

neg: 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement European countries to intervene in the Syrian issue," but “did not elaborate on what kind of role the group should have.” Inaugurating the summit, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei condemned the use of nuclear and chemical weapons as an "unforgivable sin", and called for "Middle East Free from Nuclear Weapons". Khamenei argued that it was ironic for the US to oppose nuclear proliferation while, according to Khamenei, it possessed the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and had used them in the past. He also accused the US and its Western allies of providing "the usurper Zionist regime" with nuclear weapons. A

neg: The Shield (professional wrestling) unforgivable sin". Later that night, Ambrose and Reigns had what would be their final match as The Shield, teaming up with John Cena to defeat The Wyatt Family. While Ambrose and Reigns did not fall out with each other, they did begin to take separate paths as Ambrose declared his intention to take revenge on Rollins, while Reigns set his sights on the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. While the duo were still referred to as The Shield on the June 13 episode of "SmackDown", Ambrose debuted new theme music while no longer wearing The Shield's attire and entering the ring

neg: Sonnet 144 who believe the dark lady to be Mary Fitton (known mistress) would be incorrect, because Mary Fitton was a blonde. There is a Christian element present in Sonnet 144. Shakespeare refers to the man and woman as angels. Helen Vendler believes that the boy represents salvations while the woman is sin. "Q1 offers the familiar Christian model of the better angel and the worser spirit, both prompting the speaking, but transforms these spirits into loves, and gives them names deriving from theology: comfort (salvation) and despair (the unforgivable sin). The iconographic description fair/ colored ill supports the Christian model of

neg: Human nature He also makes explicit what the Old Testament implied: the link between humanity's "sinful nature" and Adam's sin In Romans 5:19, Paul writes, "through [Adam's] disobedience humanity became sinful". Paul also applied humanity's sinful nature to himself: "there is nothing good in my sinful nature." The theological "doctrine of original sin" as an inherent element of human nature is not based only on the Bible. It is in part a "generalization from obvious facts" open to empirical observation. A number of experts on human nature have described the manifestations of original (i.e., the innate tendency to) sin as empirical facts.

neg: Bible Methodist Connection of Tennessee a right to heaven, but is so conformed to God’s nature that he will enjoy God and heaven forever. These terms are what we hold that that cleansing from all sin implies. Bible Methodist Missions have been primarily supported in New Mexico and Mexico. In 1983, Dine Mission was founded in Gallup, New Mexico. The Connection has actively supported this mission since its founding. The annual camp and conference are held in Knoxville, Tennessee at the official Connection camp. Another Bible Methodist Camp—Salisbury Bible Methodist Camp --has also been held for many years in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Bible Methodist

neg: David Brickner Christianity. The comments created further controversy because they were made at the Wasilla Bible Church, where Sarah Palin is a member; Palin was chosen a week later to be the Republican candidate for vice-president in the United States presidential election, 2008. Political analysts speculated that Brickner's remarks would cause the Republicans to lose Jewish voters. In an interview with NBC news David Brickner responded to this assessment of his guest speech by saying "That's not what I was saying ... That's not what I believe. The violence is evidence that sin has marred our human condition and because of sin

neg: Wilderness of Sin camping at Rephidim. Wilderness of Sin The Wilderness of Sin or Desert of Sin () is a geographic area mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai. "Sin" does not refer to "sinfulness", but is an untranslated word that would translate as "the moon"; biblical scholars suspect that the name "Sin" here refers to the semitic moon-deity "Sin", who was worshipped widely around the entire periphery of pre-Islamic Arabia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The location the Bible refers to is unknown, as its determination relies heavily on the location of Mount Sinai. The traditional Christian Orthodox

neg: Wilderness of Sin Wilderness of Sin The Wilderness of Sin or Desert of Sin () is a geographic area mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai. "Sin" does not refer to "sinfulness", but is an untranslated word that would translate as "the moon"; biblical scholars suspect that the name "Sin" here refers to the semitic moon-deity "Sin", who was worshipped widely around the entire periphery of pre-Islamic Arabia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The location the Bible refers to is unknown, as its determination relies heavily on the location of Mount Sinai. The traditional Christian Orthodox identification of Mount

neg: Religious views on masturbation the Bible does not specifically mention a particular activity, our answer must be found in the correlative principles. For example, the Bible does not defend the use of marijuana, but different principles such as obeying the law, treating your body as a temple, not to be intoxicated, and to let nothing dominate us, everything this has a bearing on the issue and can therefore lead you to a "biblical" conclusion that marijuana use is a sin. During masturbation, two things happen: the person is selfish and she focuses on what is inappropriate. Since the Bible deals directly with these two

neg: Theodicy and the Bible being a "slave to sin." At the same time, the Bible holds that it is freedom "for" righteous living because "from the very beginning God's people were taught that the alternative to servitude was not freedom in some abstract sense, but rather "freedom to serve the Lord"." When the "New Bible Dictionary" says of humanity's connatural condition that "all his voluntary choices are in one way or another acts of serving sin," it references Romans 6:17–22. In this passage, Paul depicts the connatural human condition as being "slaves of sin." To be "set free from sin," Paul told his readers

neg: Unforgivable (2011 film) Dargis commented: ""Unforgivable" isn't one of Mr. Téchiné's greatest achievements, but it's engrossing even when its increasingly populated story falters, tripped up by unpersuasive actions, connections and details." Roger Ebert said that: "What makes the film involving is that it doesn't depend on the mechanical resolution of the plot, but on the close observation of its effects on these distinctive characters. Like all movies set in Venice, "Unforgivable" derives much of its effect from the city itself, which acts as a stage set for the lives lived there. By placing Andre's island both within the city and apart from it,

neg: Christendom Astray from the Bible chapters and republished as "Christendom Astray From the Bible" in 1884. "Christendom Astray" covers topics such as "The Bible—What it is, and how to interpret it" (chapter 1), "The Dead Unconscious till the Resurrection, and consequent error of popular belief in heaven and hell" (chapter 3), "The Devil not a personal supernatural being, but the scriptural personification of sin in its manifestations among men" (chapter 7) and "The Promises made to the Fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), yet to be fulfilled in the setting up of the Kingdom of God upon earth" (chapter 9). The last section of the book

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) "ERBC has 168 part-time students, from more than 30 churches, in our present semester.". But the 168 is the same number of students reported by Sin for the Emmanuel Reformed Bible Lectures ("ERBL") in the semester in progress on 16 October 2016 in his article entitled "The Establishment of Emmanuel Reformed Bible College in the Sovereign Will of God." Assuming Sin is precise here and none of the students on the ERBL withdrew, it would mean that no new or full-time students registered with ERBC when it opened on 6 January 2017 despite Sin reporting on 16 October 2016: "We

neg: Religious views on masturbation it is wrong to cheat in one's heart. Therefore a person should not look with lustful intent at someone else's wife. He says these texts are not about masturbation and that the Bible does not explicitly mention that masturbation is a sin. Another Swedish Pentecostal, Christer Åberg, has written about the practice on a Welsh language site. He states, "First of all, nowhere is masturbation discussed in the Bible... But is masturbation a sin? As I understand it, it is not a sin. The answer is "no." But it can lead to sin, so, therefore, I think one should be

neg: Quiverfull Bible verses to lay out what she saw as the biblical role of women. These included verses she interpreted as perpetuating her ideas of compulsory childbearing and the non-use of birth control, opposed (she argued) by what she called "the feminist agenda" by which she had formerly lived. Pride's explanations then became a spearheading basis of Quiverfull. The name of the Quiverfull movement comes from the Old Testament Bible verses in that Pride cited in "The Way Home". Pride stated in her book: "The church's sin which has caused us to become unsavory salt incapable of uplifting the society around

neg: Life Explored Bible as the whole while looking at the character of God to ask the question, "What is the best gift God could give you?" The course follows a general outline of creation, fall, redemption and new-creation. Distinctive features of Life Explored: Because it’s more readily acknowledged among postmoderns than the concept of law-breaking, LE explains sin as idolatry, while CE explains sin as law-breaking. Life Explored uses two films - one story film and one teaching film - in each session to engage the participant. The story film - for the most part filmed without dialogue - helps the viewer

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) above. However, the TR underlying the KJV of 1611 is a new edition.(See "What is the TR Underlying the KJV" above.) Sin, in his testimony entitled “The Transformation of a Life in God’s Own Time” published on 1 December 2010 (as printed on the website of Covenant Bible-Presbyterian Church of India (“Covenant B-P Church”)) but written between April 2005 (when the defence of his DMin dissertation was accepted by Pensacola Theological Seminary (“PCT”)) and the beginning of 2007 (when he was still teaching in FEBC), said: “In PCT, I was convicted of the doctrine of the providential and perpetual preservation

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Christians for Biblical Equality result of sin.
 3. Patriarchy is an abuse of power, taking from females what God has given them: their dignity, and freedom, their leadership, and often their very lives.
 4. While the Bible reflects patriarchal culture, the Bible does not teach patriarchy in human relationships.
 5. Christ’s redemptive work frees all people from patriarchy, calling women and men to share authority equally in service and leadership.
 6. God’s design for relationships includes faithful marriage between a man and a woman, celibate singleness and mutual submission in Christian community.
 7. The unrestricted use of women’s gifts is integral to the

neg: Theodicy and the Bible that they must "become slaves of righteousness." Regarding the transformation from being "slaves of sin" to being "slaves of righteousness," Douglas J. Moo comments that Paul uses the image of slavery to say that "being bound to God and his will enables the person to become ‘free'" – in the sense of being free "to be what God wants that person to be." The slavery image underscores, as Moo says, that what Paul has in mind "is not freedom to do what one wants, but freedom to obey God" and that the obedience is done "willingly, joyfully, naturally," and not

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) been stated, things are very different. The doctrine of Scripture has been, and is being, assailed on every side; not least from within many branches (including those taking the name of ‘evangelical’ and ‘reformed’ "and may I add ‘fundamentalist’") of the so-called ‘Christian Church’ of our day. The Committee, therefore, considers it necessary for the Society clearly and unambiguously to state where it stands on this most fundamental of all doctrines” – words in italics added by Khoo. On PCC, Sin asserted what Dell Johnson would not say although the Bible teaches that only God is omniscient or has infinite

neg: Shirk (Islam) crime, can just be attributed to Muslims, since only a Muslim is legally responsible not to associate any partner to Allah. Within Islam, "shirk" is an unforgivable crime if it remains unpardoned before death: Allah may forgive any sin if one dies in that state except for committing "shirk". The word "širk" comes from the Arabic root Š-R-K (), with the general meaning of "to share". In the context of the Quran, the particular sense of "sharing as an equal partner" is usually understood, so that polytheism means "attributing a partner to Allah". In the Qur'an, "shirk" and the related

neg: Corporate election of the elect. But there are just too many warnings in the New Testament that warn Christians about falling prey to temptation, about making shipwreck of their faith, about grieving or quenching the Holy Spirit in their lives, and about committing apostasy or the unforgivable sin. If this can happen to real Christians who have been indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and who have been destined in advance to be conformed to the image of Christ, then something is wrong with the Calvinist concept of election. For Paul, election is a corporate thing. It was in ethnic Israel, but now

neg: Gregory Skovoroda him and live according to His law... Sanctity of life lies in doing good to people." Skovoroda taught that "all work is blessed by God", but distribution of wealth outside the circle of God called unforgivable sin. Skovoroda taught that the only task of philosophy was to seek the truth and to pursue it. But in terms of human life, this goal is unattainable, and human happiness lies in the fact that everything has to find the truth. This goal can go in different directions, and intolerance of those who think differently, has no justification. Similarly, religious intolerance does not

neg: Unclean spirit this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind. But the teachers of the law from Jerusalem were saying, 'Beelzebul is living inside him! He uses his power from the ruler of demons to force demons out of people'." In his response to this accusation, Jesus says that speaking out against the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin: "Jesus said this because the people were saying that he had an evil spirit in him." clarifies that "if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the

neg: Edward Heppenstall changed from the traditional SDA understanding of salvation. This plainly shows up in Heppenstall's ideas on character perfection, the teaching that through the efforts of Christ people must overcome sin, he argued that nowhere does the Bible equate perfection with sinlessness when speaking of the child of God. He also said that salvation by grace means being shaken loose from what he considered to be the folly of implanting our ego at the center of the plan of salvation with the belief that we must arrive at sinless perfection to be sure of salvation. Focusing on the fact that sin

neg: The Black Cat (short story) that destroys the narrator's house symbolizes the narrator's "almost complete moral disintegration". The only remainder is the impression of Pluto upon the wall, which represents his unforgivable and incorrigible sin. From a rhetorician's standpoint, an effective scheme of omission that Poe employs is diazeugma, or using many verbs for one subject; it omits pronouns. Diazeugma emphasizes actions and makes the narrative swift and brief. The Black Cat (short story) "The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of "The Saturday Evening Post". It is a

neg: Tawhid degree. Shirk is divided into two categories: Greater Shirk consists of the above-mentioned deeds. A person commits lesser shirk (Shirk-al-Asghar) or hidden polytheism when he claims to believe in God but his thoughts and actions do not reflect his belief. There are also minor forms of Shirk, they must be avoided as well; these include committing a good deed to show off, making an oath in the name of anyone except God. Within Islam, shirk is an unforgivable crime; God may forgive any sin if one dies in that state except for committing shirk, repentance is required for its forgiveness.

neg: Theodicy and the Bible (Genesis 6:5). Or, in Paul's view, "by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners" (Romans 5:19). Thus, the Bible describes humanity as connaturally "enslaved to sin" (Romans 6:6; John 8:34). Therefore, in biblical thinking, a freedom from being "enslaved to sin" in order to "live as one ought" must be acquired because "sin" is "the failure to live up to Jesus' commandments to love God and love neighbor." Jesus told his hearers that they needed to be "made" free: "if you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the

neg: Punchline (film) from critics. It has a rating of exactly 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 18 reviews. "Variety" wrote that "Hanks is the real reason to see the film and those who enjoyed watching him in "Big" will find a different, more realized comedian." Roger Ebert wrote that it "makes the fatal mistake of taking stand-up seriously. And if you’re gonna do that, you’d better have good material." One review in "The Washington Post" read that it "commits the unforgivable sin – it's a movie about comedy that's not funny." Another review in the same newspaper declared that "Seltzer has certainly

neg: Idolatry Qur'an, "shirk" and the related word (plural Stem IV active participle) "mušrikūn" (مشركون) "those who commit shirk" often refers to the enemies of Islam (as in verse 9.1–15) but sometimes it also refers to erring Muslims. Within Islam, "shirk" is an unforgivable crime, if the person who committed it dies without repenting; God may forgive any sin except for committing "shirk". In practice, especially among strict conservative interpretations of Islam, the term has been greatly extended and means deification of anyone or anything other than the singular God. In Salafi-Wahhabi interpretation, it may be used very widely to describe behaviour

neg: Jewish views on sin leader begins with the term "when," which implies that committing a sin is inevitable because powerful and wealthy people—the leaders—are also likely to sin. This Torah verse concludes with the words "realizes his guilt" (Leviticus 4:22) because it is essential that powerful people acknowledge and feel remorse for their sin, lest they sin again. The generic Hebrew word for any kind of sin is "avera" (literally: transgression). Based on verses in the Hebrew Bible, Judaism describes three levels of sin. There are three categories of a person who commits an avera. The first one is someone who does an avera

neg: Theodicy and the Bible by coercion as with literal slaves. The Fall (sometimes lowercase) in its theological use refers to "the lapse of human beings into a state of natural or innate sinfulness through the sin of Adam and Eve." The story of the Fall is narrated in Genesis 3:1–7. "Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary" describes "the fall" as "the disobedience and sin of Adam and Eve that caused them to lose the state of innocence in which they had been created. This event plunged them and all mankind into a state of sin and corruption." "A Concise Dictionary of Theology" provides a similar description

neg: Lê Thái Tông morning Trãi was accused of killing the Emperor, and together with members of his family was executed. In 1464, Emperor Lê Thánh Tông issued a royal proclamation to vindicate Trãi, saying that he was wholly innocent in the death of Lê Thái Tông and praised him by stating that “Trai’s spirit shines like a star". The surviving son of Trãi, Nguyễn Anh Vũ was made an officer for Royal Court. Despit the vindication Trãi was considered guilty by some historians and scholars, because of his relationships with Lady Nguyễn Thị Lộ. Killing an Emperor is an unforgivable sin, Lê Quý

neg: D. Djajakusuma by a car battery. Despite this and other difficulties, Djajakusuma stayed on after the film's completion, completing another work for Perfini, "Dosa Tak Berampun" ("Unforgivable Sin"), later that year. Ismail served as director for this film, about a man who leaves his family after he is transfixed by the smile of a waitress. While Ismail, who remained head of Perfini, went abroad to study cinematography at the School of Theater, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles, Djajakusuma began taking a larger role in Perfini. He made his directorial debut in 1952 with "Embun" ("Dewdrop"), which showed

neg: In the Court of the Dragon fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!'". This story is one of the most mysterious in the collection. While we know that there is a connection between the organ-player and the narrator, we do not know what it is, or what caused the "weakness" that had "sent him" to the "awful abode of lost souls." The words of the King—"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."— is a quote from the Bible (Hebrews 10:31), from a passage dealing with punishment for sin. In the Court of the Dragon "In

neg: Robert Whitaker McAll Paris Protestant church of Oratoire du Louvre. Robert McAll's intentions were clearly missionary. His aim is not to transform society but to bring Parisian workers to God. This also exactly what his former Congregationalist parishioners from Britain were willing to fund and what the French Protestant Revivalists were after. McAll preaching is deeply evangelical, centred on the importance of the Bible, of sin and grace, of faith, sanctification and change of behaviour. With his experience of preaching in British working class areas and having heard the Belleville appeal of 1871 loud and clear, McAll knew he should avoid at all

neg: Second Coming (LDS Church) his followers had once lived in the presence of God, they have an undeniable knowledge of God, Jesus Christ, and their plan for humanity. Their rebellion is treated as the only unforgivable sin in Mormonism: rebellion against God's plan and attempting to deceive the people who inhabit the earth. The only people that lived on the Earth that will be cast out with Satan are those who have gained a similarly factual, non-faith-based understanding of God and his plan, and then denied or falsified this truth. These are known as the Sons of Perdition. It is believed at the close

neg: The Woman's Bible I feel it to be my special mission to tell people what they are not prepared to hear ..." In 1893, Matilda Joslyn Gage took time out from her participation in the Revising Committee to write "Woman, Church and State", a book which challenged traditional Judeo-Christian teaching that women were the source of sin, and that sex was sinful. Gage wrote that the double standard for morality hurt both sexes. Gage differed from most of the women on the Revising Committee in that she did not feel that the Bible, once interpreted in a more true, original form, would support

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) a pursuit or hunt for the perfect TR underlying the KJV of 1611, as stated by Sin on page 5 of his article (see “Attempt to associate with McIntire” above). This makes Sin's write-up on the human quest for perfection entirely irrelevant, as Biak also added. The objectivity of Sin seems questionable as he is a board member and the Dean of Students of a new bible college (see “New Bible College” below), which was conceptualized in 2007/2008 when Life B-P Church was contemplating removing or evicting the FEBC directors from the Gilstead Road premises to take over the running

neg: Voodoo Soup was later praised by Hendrix biographer Charles Shaar Murray, who claimed it "more than earns its place in the pantheon of great Hendrix albums" as it "brought the Hendrix studio quartet -finally!- to a satisfactory conclusion". In "The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide" (1999), contributor Paul Evans gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine was more critical in his two-and-a-half star review: "For most fans, the re-recorded drum tracks by the drummer of the Knack was the most unforgivable sin, yet the album is also poorly sequenced and lacks several important tracks." All

neg: Man of sin Man of sin The man of sin (, "ho anthrōpos tēs anomias"; also translated "man of lawlessness") is a figure referred to in the Christian Bible in the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. He is usually equated with the Antichrist in Christian eschatology. In , the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though most manuscripts have "man of sin". Nearly all commentators, both ancient

neg: Salvation devised and implemented his plan of salvation because he loves them and regards human beings as his children. Since human existence on Earth is said to be "given to sin", salvation also has connotations that deal with the liberation of human beings from sin, and the suffering associated with the punishment of sin—i.e., "the wages of sin are death." Christians believe that salvation depends on the grace of God. Stagg writes that a fact assumed throughout the Bible is that humanity is in, "serious trouble from which we need deliverance…. The fact of sin as the human predicament is implied

neg: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron omission a "serious, unforgivable sin"; Schneider believed that while adding these modes would have extended "Rogue Squadron" replay value, the game was still enjoyable for its medal reward system and large number of secrets and unlockables. Although nearly identical, the game's PC version garnered lower review scores than its Nintendo 64 counterpart, with an aggregated GameRankings score of 80 percent. This version enjoyed many of the same praises for its gameplay, but handling and graphics were cited as problematic. Directly comparing the two versions, AllGame's Brad Cook wrote that PC version's handling is more difficult than the N64 version. He

neg: Original sin other hand, while supporting a continuity in the Bible about the absence of preternatural gifts () with regard to the ophitic event, Haag never makes any reference to the discontinuity of the loss of access to the tree of life. The Lutheran Churches teach that original sin "is a root and fountain-head of all actual sins." The stain of original sin is removed through the sacrament of baptism. The Eastern Orthodox version of "original sin" is the view that sin originates with the Devil, "for the devil sinneth from the beginning (1 John iii. 8)". They acknowledge that the introduction

neg: Fellowship of Confessing Churches Fellowship of Confessing Churches The Fellowship of Confessing Churches is a fellowship of congregations of the Church of Scotland that was formed in April 2009 in response to the decision of the General Assembly to uphold the ordination of Scott Rennie, a minister who was in a homosexual relationship. The group has declared their rejection of what they deem to be "new teachings and practices which depart from the historic Christian faith, turn away from the orthodox gospel of repentance and faith, and publicly sanctify what the Bible proclaims as sin". The Fellowship of Confessing Churches has identified the following

neg: Sin of omission help. In an argument about why he never talked about his almost-wife, Fiona dismisses Michael's answer with "sins of omission, Michael!" In "Dexter", Season 6, Episode 8, "Sin of Omission", Dexter shows Travis Marshall the part of Bible about the sin of omission to convince Marshall to tell him where Professor Gellar (the doomsday killer) is. Sin of omission In Catholic teaching, an omission is a failure to do something one can and ought to do. If an omission happens deliberately and freely, it is considered a sin. The degree of guilt incurred by an omission is measured, like that

neg: Haft-sin bowl of water, goldfish, coins, hyacinth, and traditional confectioneries. A "book of wisdom" is also commonly included, which might be the Quran, the Bible, the Avesta, the of Ferdowsi, or the of Hafez. Haft-sin Haft-sin (; "seven [items beginning with the letter] "sin" (S)"), also spelled as Haft-seen, is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the letter "sin" in the Persian alphabet. It is traditionally displayed at Nowruz, the Iranian New Year's day, which is celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox, marking the beginning of spring on the Northern Hemisphere. The following are the

neg: Christian theology Job's prior health, wealth, and gives him new children. Bart D. Ehrman argues that different parts of the Bible give different answers. One example is evil as punishment for sin or as a consequence of sin. Ehrman writes that this seems to be based on some notion of free will although this argument is never explicitly mentioned in the Bible. Another argument is that suffering ultimately achieves a greater good, possibly for persons other than the sufferer, that would not have been possible otherwise. The Book of Job offers two different answers: suffering is a test, and you will be

neg: 1919 Bible Conference (Adventist) reason and the findings of science. What was not reasonable or scientific was discarded, such as the virgin birth, resurrection and Second Advent of Jesus, miracles, and substitutionary atonement. Jesus was an example of what human being could become. They promoted the essential goodness of human nature, that sin is not rebellion but ignorance correctable by education and social reform, and that the kingdom of God was brought through the ceaseless process of evolution. This "new theology" did not enthrall all Protestants. The conservative reaction to liberalism became known as fundamentalism. The fundamentalists emphasized the doctrines and issues denied by

neg: Zane C. Hodges repentance as a "change of mind", holding instead the view that it is a God-fearing decision to turn from sin: "Repentance is the decision to turn from sin to avoid, or bring to an end, God's temporal judgment" ("Harmony with God", p. 57). Hodges stresses that repentance facilitates faith in Christ, but is not a condition for eternal salvation, nor is it part of faith itself. "It is one thing to say that repentance "facilitates" faith in Christ—the Bible teaches that. It is quite another thing to say that repentance is a "requirement" for eternal life. That the Bible does

neg: Poor Man's Bible is set into the context of related stories drawn from the Old Testament and sometimes from the Acts of the Apostles. Certain characters of the Old Testament, through particular incidents in their lives, are seen to prefigure Jesus in different ways. Often their actions or temperament is set in contrast to that of Jesus. For example, according to the Bible, Adam, created in purity and innocence by God, fell to temptation and led humankind into sin. Jesus, on the other hand, lived a blameless life and died for the redemption of the sin of Adam and all his descendants. The

neg: Jehovah's Witnesses to a baptized Witness who is considered repentant of serious sin; the reproved person temporarily loses conspicuous privileges of service, but suffers no restriction of social or spiritual fellowship. Marking, a curtailing of social but not spiritual fellowship, is practiced if a baptized member persists in a course of action regarded as a violation of Bible principles but not a serious sin. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible condemns the mixing of religions, on the basis that there can only be one truth from God, and therefore reject interfaith and ecumenical movements. They believe that only Jehovah's Witnesses represent true

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) thank God for many copies of the prospectus that have been distributed as requested. Some ERBL students have requested for copies of the prospectus and some have applied to study with us." The number of full-time students registered on 6 January 2017 was finally revealed by Sin in an article posted on the internet in August 2017. The article entitled “The Historic Opening Day of Emmanuel Reformed Bible College” started with Sin writing “After eight years …, the day has finally come for Emmanuel Reformed Bible College (ERBC) to be inaugurated and opened …” (underline added to show event to

neg: Yubitsume attempt to seek forgiveness. She proclaims that she has committed an unforgivable sin and will continue cutting off her fingers until they forgive her. The parents are aghast and quickly rush her to the hospital after she separates her pinkie finger on their dining room table. In the oneshot Horror manga "Mr. Sarubato's Rowdy Classroom" by Waita Uziga, the students are forced by their mentally unstable sensei Mr. Sarubato to have one of their limbs severed by him as punishment for inappropriate behavior in class. As a result, many of the students in his class have missing limbs or other

neg: Fallen angel angels, they can not become guily of carnal desires since they lack flesh, but of sins that are rooted in spirit and intellect such as pride and envy. However, after they made their decision, they could not turn back. The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of "the fall of the angels" not in spatial terms but as a radical and irrevocable rejection of God and his reign by some angels who, though created as good beings, freely chose evil, their sin being unforgivable because of the irrevocable character of their choice, not because of any defect in infinite divine

neg: Novatian new bishop. In any case, they held that they had to maintain the just church discipline that had marked the Roman church since the time of Saint Paul, without being cruel to those who were penitent. These letters use strong expressions but show that the Roman clergy did not think the readmission of lapsed Christians to communion was entirely impossible. Novation disagreed with this viewpoint and believed that reconciling those who had lapsed would compromise the integrity of the Church. Arguing that idolatry was an unforgivable sin and that the church had no right to readmit lapsed members to communion,

neg: Thom Nickels defended himself, saying: It's pretty distressing to me. I feel kind of caught in the middle. I really saw an injustice here and the injustice outraged me... I guess I expected the paper to work with me if they saw glitches and holes. The Inquirer erred, too... ["Inquirer" Opinion and Editorial Editor Chris Satullo] said he felt I had been victimized, but could not get past that dogmatic, technical point that I did not call the police. This was an unforgivable sin and I should be excommunicated. A lifetime of excommunication seemed very unfair to me. Thom Nickels Thom Nickels

neg: Unforgivable (2011 film) personal life is as messy as his books are carefully plotted." Unforgivable (2011 film) Unforgivable () is a 2011 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, and Mélanie Thierry. The film is an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel "Unforgivable" which received the Jean Freustié award in 2009. It was previously called "The Angels Terminus". The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes film festival. Francis, an aging successful writer of crime novels, arrives in Venice where he plans to rent out an apartment to live in peace and quiet for the next

neg: Ancestral sin the gods grind slowly, even to children's children, and to those who are born after them". The idea of divine justice taking the form of collective punishment is also ubiquitous in the Hebrew Bible, e.g. the Ten Plagues of Egypt, the destruction of Shechem, etc. and most notably the recurring punishments inflicted on the Israelites for lapsing from Yahwism. The formalized Christian doctrine of original sin is a direct extension of the concept of ancestral sin (imagined as inflicted on a number of succeeding generations), arguing that the sin of Adam and Eve is inflicted on all their descendents indefinitely,

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) undermine the faith of the Chinese Service brethren. Sin (on page 5 of his article) accepts that God's foreordination and providence means that “the very words of God are accurately and reliably represented in another language for all practical means and purposes, for the vitality of the spiritual life of the church in different ethnic or language groups all over the world” even though there are thousands of languages and ethnicities in the world, many obviously not known to Sin and many still without the entire Bible or portions of it based on data in Bible translationsof those reached with

neg: Musical works of Franz Liszt criticized this as unforgivable sin, he would have better taken a careful look at "Lieder" by German masters such as Schubert and Schumann who both had treated their lyrics with freedom of similar kinds. Liszt had good reasons for resisting his critics. But a letter to Joseph Dessauer of the 1850s shows that – until then – he himself had taken a critical point of view. Dessauer had sent own new songs with dedication to Liszt. After Liszt had praised the songs, he wrote: As consequence, during the Weimar years Liszt not only revised most of his early songs, but

neg: Religious views on masturbation labor in factories began to counterbalance the influence of John Calvin, the Mathers and "Mrs Grundy."" Calvinists are renowned for their moral rigor and strict adherence to Biblical standards of morality. Indeed, "Churches fashioned in the Calvinist tradition have typically set extremely high standard of behavior." The traditionalist Calvinist pastors of the United Protestant Church of France (EPUdf), believe that masturbation is a sin, stating, "Masturbation... is not one of the prohibitions of God, so it can not be said that the Bible clearly defines masturbation as a sin. However, the Bible unquestionably presents the place of sexual life in

neg: Bible-Presbyterian churches (Singapore) three deacons elected to eldership at the ACM in April 2005 were added as signatories. Sin joined the debate with his article entitled “A Grave Matter: Verity, Sagacity and Clarity in the Textual Debate,” a copy of which is posted on Life B-P Church's website under “Our Stand.” Although not dated, the article was written in or after 2007 as it made reference to the 2007 Membership Handbook of Maranatha Bible-Presbyterian Church (“Maranatha B-P Church”) on page 1. Sin began his article by stating on page 1 that “[a]n objective and biblical appraisal of the debate is warranted for a

neg: Problem of evil four representations of evil in the Bible: chaos, human sin, Satanic/demonic forces, and suffering. The biblical language of chaos and chaos monsters such as Leviathan remind us order and harmony in our world are constantly assailed by forces "inimical to God's good creation." The Bible primarily speaks of sin as moral evil rather than natural or metaphysical evil with an accent on the breaking of God's moral laws, his covenant, the teachings of Christ and the injunctions of the Holy Spirit. The writers of the Bible take the reality of a spiritual world beyond this world and its containment of

neg: Sabbath Rest Advent Church deepen the believer's connection with God. In the Bible, “sin” is described on the one hand as an action, namely as the transgression of the law (see "1 John 3:4"). On the other hand, it is also declared to be a condition of slavery: “Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.” "John 8:34". This bondage is the real problem, because the actions are merely the results of this condition. God does not condemn the sinner but offers deliverance from sin. This is apparent in the way Jesus dealt with the adulteress. The Pharisees had already judged her guilty, but

neg: Human nature which he fell from righteousness into a state of "sin and depravity". Thus, according to the Bible, "humankind is not as God created it". By Adam's fall into sin, "human nature" became "corrupt", although it retains the image of God. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament teach that "sin is universal". For example, Psalm 51:5 reads: "For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me." Jesus taught that everyone is a "sinner naturally" because it is mankind's "nature and disposition to sin". Paul, in Romans 7:18, speaks of his "sinful nature". Such

neg: Unforgivable (2011 film) Unforgivable (2011 film) Unforgivable () is a 2011 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, and Mélanie Thierry. The film is an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel "Unforgivable" which received the Jean Freustié award in 2009. It was previously called "The Angels Terminus". The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes film festival. Francis, an aging successful writer of crime novels, arrives in Venice where he plans to rent out an apartment to live in peace and quiet for the next year while writing a new novel. Through his search he meets

neg: The Way International individual repents of their supposed wrongdoing. The Practice is taken from , and was encouraged by Martindale after coming out of what he described as "The Fog Years", 1986-1989. The Way believes that homosexuality is due to the possession of a person by a "devil spirit" or minion of Satan. They reject the idea that homosexuality is genetically determined and believe that it causes "confusion in the hearts of many people". Through the Bible, The Way says that God teaches that homosexuality is a sin, citing "Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination". If homosexuality

neg: Religious views on masturbation careful with it. I mean if a guy masturbates and fantasizes with desire for a girl, it will be wrong... It's really like everything: It's not a sin to drink alcohol, but it can lead to sin if you drink yourself drunk. Nor is it a sin to dance, but it can lead to sin, etc., etc. The Bible says that "Everything is legal to me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is granted to me , but I will not let anything take power over me." (1 Corinthians 06:12)." In a follow-up article, he wrote, "Some time ago, I

neg: Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"

neg: Political objections to the Bahá'í Faith of the Bahá'ís of Iran in a 1983 letter to the Iranian government stated that while Muslims were praised for sending money out of the country to Iraq and Jerusalem for the upkeep of their religious shrines, when Bahá'ís sent money for the upkeep of their own shrines it was considered an unforgivable sin. Another criticism claims that the Bahá'ís, during the time of the Pahlavi dynasty, collaborated with the SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and held positions of power in the government. Even before the Iranian revolution, the Bahá'ís, viewed as the "other" in Iranian society, were held responsible

neg: Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat manages to foist the ultra-plebeian Trimmer on the exquisite person of Brigadier Lord Lovat, head of the clan Fraser, who had his own family regiment and was known from his looks as "the upper-class Erroll Flynn". "Shimi" Lovat committed the unforgivable sin of ejecting Waugh from the Commandos since, he told me, "he had made himself so hated by his men they would have shot him in the back as soon as they went into action." So Waugh made Lovat into Trimmer. Once, when I happened to say a word in praise of Waugh, "Shimi" let forth a scream of

neg: John Reeve (religious leader) mind of God. They are given a power to expound scripture beyond anything that has gone before. Anyone rejecting their commission commits the unforgivable sin against the Holy Ghost. The witnesses shall pronounce such a person cursed by God. The book then proceeds to a number of specific themes. Reeve embarked upon his career as God's chosen prophet by issuing, in 1653, an eight-page pamphlet entitled "A General Epistle from the Holy Spirit unto all prophets, ministers and speakers in the world". Reeve pronounced sentence of eternal damnation on two classes of people: those who heard of his commission but

neg: Personification in the Bible Texts of the Second Temple do not always follow the use or non-use of personification found in the Hebrew Bible. For example the personification of sin "lurking" at Cain's door is missing both from the Septuagint and the Book of Jubilees. Against this Philo of Alexandria frequently uses the device. The New Testament includes Jesus' personification of money as Mammon, Paul's personification of sin ruling as a king in his body, and the "old man" and "new man" as personifications of two warring persons in the new creature after baptism. In Rom 8:19ff, Paul the Apostle depicts the creature as

neg: Trinitarian universalism on God who has mercy." Romans 9:15–16 Also, the Bible in several places refers to freedom being only for those freed through Christ, and that those who are not in Christ are in darkness under the dominion of Satan (Acts 26:18), and are slaves to sin (John 8:34). Therefore, it would make no sense to maintain that someone can have the "freedom" to "reject God"—it is only by sin that people reject God. Those in sin are slaves to sin and Satan, and therefore it is only God who can, by his grace, release them from that bondage and make

neg: Gabal Sin Bishar Gabal Sin Bishar Gabal Sin Bishar (or Mount Sin Bishar) is a mountain located in west-central Sinai. It was proposed to be the Biblical Mount Sinai by Menashe Har-El, a Biblical geographer at Tel Aviv University in his book "The Sinai Journeys: The Route of the Exodus". This location was used for Zondervan's "NIV Atlas of the Bible". Menashe Har-El examined the pros and cons of various theories on where Mount Sinai is located. These include the southern Sinai peninsula (including the traditional location of Gabal Horeb); the northern Sinai peninsula: the central Sinai peninsula; the Suder valley in the