To read the texts click on the texts: Eph 1:15-23; Lk 12:8-12
The sin against the Holy Spirit that Jesus speaks about in the
Gospel reading of today does not refer to a particular sin or action. It is not
an impulsive, momentary rejection of Jesus, such as Peter’s denial of Jesus in
the courtyard, but a persistent, obdurate rejection of God’s saving grace
through the work of the Holy Spirit. It is, in other words dependence only on
self and not on God.
Today the sin against the Holy Spirit is to no longer believe
that the Holy Spirit can transform me. It is to give up before one can begin.
It is to give in to despair and to lose hope. It is not to make a resolution
for fear of breaking that resolution. It is not to trust, not to hope and not
to believe.
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