Thursday, February 09, 2012
Who Is Saved and Why - 6
We must return to consider the notion of committing actions which are good or evil, perhaps intentionally or perhaps unintentionally VERSUS having a knowledge or understanding of good and evil and a desire for good, even though at times through error or weakness and temptation we may choose what is evil. The Book of Job clearly states that each day Job performed sacrifices for all his children JUST IN CASE they may have accidentally committed some unknown sin or transgression. Ancient Greek Christian prayers from the first century ask pardon for sins both KNOWN and UNKNOWN. If it is the case that the ways and mind of God are higher from human ways/mind than the heavens are from the Earth then certainly it is possible for there to be unknown sins or transgressions. The New Testament mentions that only one sin is unforgivable namely that "sin against the Holy Spirit" which is never expressly identified. The early Greeks say that the sin against the Holy Spirit is simply
to attribute the miracles of God to Satan, and the attribute to Satan those things which are actually Gods domain, for in such a condition it is NOT the case that any sin could not be repented of but rather that a confused person would never approach God as the source of forgiveness but would only approach Satan, having confused the identities of God and Satan.
