When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

The above Scripture has puzzled many. In the first place, it was written to the Hebrew Christians
who had been converted through faith in Christ and the gospel, but were tempted to give up
Christianity and lapse into Judaism under the pressure of the Judaizing teachers who threatened to
excommunicate them if they continued being loyal to Christ. It was through Christ, Who was
crucified, and Who fulfilled their ceremonial law, and through the work of the Holy Ghost that they
became partakers of the gift of eternal life. The writer to the Hebrews informs them if they give up
Christ and lapse into Judaism with its sacrifices and ceremonies (which prefigured the crucifixion
of Christ), they would be guilty of crucifying the Son of God afresh. By giving up salvation and
Christianity which had been given to them by virtue of the death of Christ, would bespeak that
whatever they take up when they give up Christ is worth more to them than He. The contemplation
of going back into Judaism, which then was of no value in getting saved was trifling with the Holy
Ghost.
VI. Despite Done to the Holy Spirit
"Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under
foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing, and bath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" (Heb. 10:29).
Despite is an act of insult, of malice, and contempt. Despite means to put aside. The sinner who
is under conviction and does not yield to the Spirit, but ignores His wooings, or who takes himself
away from His influence, or stays away from a revival meeting purposely to dodge the conviction
wrought by the Spirit, is doing despite to Him. The sinner can only be saved on the ground of the
shed blood of Christ. It is through His death that he obtains eternal life. All who backslide and
renounce Christ and Christianity trample the blood of Christ under their feet and count the work
which has been wrought by the Spirit in regeneration as null, as void, or as of no consequence, and
Christ's death as though it had not amounted to anything. This greatly grieves the Spirit and does
despite to Him. Those who say "No" to Him too often may so grieve Him that He will never again
strive with them.
VII. Blaspheming Against the Holy Spirit
"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come" (Matt. 12:31, 32).
Blasphemy means defamatory or injurious speaking against the Holy Ghost. The Pharisees were
guilty of committing blasphemy against the Holy Ghost. Their sin consisted of ascribing to Satan that
which the Holy Ghost wrought through the Son of Man. Christ is the Saviour and the only way of
salvation. The miracles which He wrought to prove His Person and claims were not so much the
employment of His own Deity, but rather the employment of the Deity of the Holy Spirit Who
enabled Him as a Man to perform them. When the Pharisees said that He cast out devils by
Beelzebub, the prince of devils, they ascribed the power of the Holy Ghost to Satan. This was
absolute perversion of the truth and a complete reversal of righteousness which in their belief