Thread 18142328

Christians have debated what the unforgivable sin is for millennia, but we literally have a source which is probably from the apostolic era that describes it in detail:

>And every prophet that speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. But not every one that speaks in the Spirit is a prophet; but only if he hold the ways of the Lord.
Didache chapter 11

So basically this is saying that if you question a genuine prophet while he is speaking in tounges, you CANNOT be forgiven.
Of course there is the possibility that this section of the Didache is later, and hence it wouldn't have the same (or any for that matter) authority, but it's still something to think about.

No.
Judge in this case refers to trying to determine whether the prophecy was by an unclean spirit under the devil, or by the Holy Spirit.

If it's from the Holy Spirit, and you say it was done by the power of the enemy instead, that's blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
That's what the Pharisees did when Jesus cast out demons with the power of the Holy Spirit before them, they said he only did this through the power of the prince of devils.

Prophecy and tongues are two different gifts corresponding to different members of the church.
A prophet isn't going to relay his prophecy in tongues. Because the operations of the Holy Spirit are diverse, and given severally.

>>18142328 (OP)
>while he is speaking in tounges
Speaking in tongues isn't mentioned or pertinent.

>>18142453
So all the people calling Kenneth Copeland a demon are in for a rude awakening if he's legit?

>>18142328 (OP)
Didache isn't canon anon. Like asking about a gnostic gospel.

>>18142459
There's a difference between calling someone a demon as a put down without literally thinking he is a demoniac, and in calling the religious services of the church the ministry of Satan.

For example, the GotQuestions website has a section that identifies Catholic Eucharistic miracles as the work of Satan rather than the Holy Spirit.
That is the sin unto death, of which John wrote in his first letter that the faithful should not pray for those who have so fallen.

Copeland has no extraordinary events associated with his church that demand extraordinary explanations.
Are his teachings the work of the Holy Spirit? I forebear judgement, but even if it is not the case it doesn't necessarily follow that they are the work of devils.
It could simply be just a man with a grift, nothing more.

Demonic activity, while usually subtle, can indeed take the form of preternatural phenomena.
These are the unique cases with a certain protocol in place for determining a proper course of action.

>>18142328 (OP)
It's literally just ascribing a miracle by the Holy Spirit to Satan knowingly, as the Pharisees supposedly did.

>>18142328 (OP)
That's retarded, anon.

>>18142328 (OP)
You need a verse for that one. You don't even reply but the verse itself.

>>18142328 (OP)
>Didache chapter 11
Sorry, I couldn't possibly care.