There are people in our world who are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. But when Hisown people heardabout this,they went out to lay hold of Him,for they said, He is out of His mind., And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said,He has Beelzebub, and, By theruler of the demons He casts out demons.. Please help. I want these thoughts to stop. They would leave me in great doubt. Doubt can be a powerful tool in God's hand to convict you of greater truth. This may happen because the constant struggle against bad thoughts leads to mental and emotional exhaustion. Now the thoughts still come, but i fell numb, like I lost the presence of God and I expect the bad feeling to come or anything at all, but it's just a big nothing. They only feel that way. Jump down 3. I came back home. And that is solved by repeating mantras in addition to remembering the fact that i am a male. Rod. And still don't feel the real world. However, suppose we allow our thoughts to slip into blasphemous thoughts. But I also wish to erase the thought completely and. How to Know if you have Committed Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? And probably the easier thing to do was just to say it and by "losing" you had relief. You are so precious to HIM. I was still under the universal salvation spell when I saw a website of a man claiming to have keys to the Scriptures. Just brush them off and move on. Idk how to BELIEVE that God loves me .. At the end of the day fear came over me. Yes, you may feel that you sometimes agree to these thoughts, but if you keep coming back, thats all that counts. I think it may be very probable that the reason I want to get back to God is purely because of selfish/intellectual reasons. There are two paths we can take when we ask, what does the Bible say about blasphemous thoughts?. For example, if I do something wrong, someone else will die, or be damned, or lose their job, etc. Im exhausted and terrified. Relax Ken. Um, I have OCD, and thank you for making this article. I have two questions: (1) Can a true believer, whose salvation is eternally secure in Christ, still be guilty of blasphemy? I definitely stumbled once again. But salvation is a living, breathing relationship with God, and so the only work that we need to be concerned about is simply to abide in Christ in a childlike, trusting way (see John 15). We never seen Jesus or God but we simply believe by faith that He's real. You can talk to him about ANYTHING. These are the things that Christians do and regret doing and have to repent of doing and ask forgiveness for doing. They were raw. I skimmed the article and was appreciative of its content, as this is something I wrestle with daily. If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. will Jesus still save me?i keep having blasphemous thoughts that i dont want and i think im seeking god with all my heartbut i cant be sure. But none of this matters to Jesus. Help I'm in so much pain after that. Reading the Bible brings no comfort and makes it even worse. I've been struggling with this for weeks after going through a very difficult and stressful season of my life. Generally speaking, they have never had a true revelation of who God is. A big part of overcoming scrupulosity involves a recognition of what Psalm 94:11 says. Will you help me? It was sort of like mine, but different. Your article was extremely helpfulI believe that this was Gods way of showing me that intrusive thoughts and OCD were not me. Or if I happened to remember did I say that? Do not beat yourself over this, lots of people do it. I am so desperate, I had those too. How can I be sure they arent from me? I fell to my knees and poured out my bitterness in prayer. Now, you get these bad feelings and get caught trying to figure out if you did something wrong or not. Jaimie. In one passage, we are told that without holiness, no one will see the Lord, which indicates that sin is sinful regardless of our intentions and whether we act on it. These compulsions are meant to cancel, resist, fix, solve, or atone for the negative religious thoughts. It seems alien, as though coming from outside the true self. It is unwanted, unplanned, uninitiated. I also use to feel a strong sensation of preaching the gospel in which if I don't,I will feel so much condemned,I don't use to preach it because I think I will be a liar.What can I do in such situations sir? just this week I have a clearer mind than I have had in a long time. God taught me that the last thing we want to do is to hide from Him. I still have these thoughts. I have fought with blasphemous thoughts for many months now and I need your help. It must have been God reassuring me that He understands what I'm battling mentally. NO. God never promised to remove the things that bother us but He said He will prepare a banqueting table for us while our evil enemies (like intrusive thoughts) glower and lurk in the dark forest nearby. . Its never too late to receive forgiveness. I think God is allowing this to happen to teach and refine us. If we claim to know everything, that would be very arrogant. The Bible says Jesus is the truth and the way and the life there are a million verses about truth. Because I feel stupid, it must mean that it would be a waste of time to try out for the math team. I feel like these thoughts came from me but Im not sure. That is not me or even my deepest desire. I want to stop. Even my anxiety itself conjures these. I always used to laugh at him when I saw him suited up, but when it came to eating the honey he brought back, I retracted my laughter. Its a horrible thought. As soon as I saw this article I was relieved when I read this article. Dont let that be you, Amy. This helped a lot! Remember that a just man falls seven times and rises up again, it is not our mistakes that define our relationship to God but rather His promises to us. Pastor John gets to the heart and offers practical suggestions for growing in evangelism. David, I've been there, too. More than once, Suzy quits treatment and falls back into old patterns of fighting and resisting the blasphemous thoughts, which always spiral her into deeper anxiety. Will this kinds of din be forgiven. This helps break the certainty addiction that most people with scrupulosity have. Heres the cycle in a nutshell (but head over the read the full article for more explanation): In this scenario, you did not choose your blasphemous thought. Thats a fear of mine. These thoughts came into my head and they are hard to get to leave. Really helpful, thought I was going crazy and losing my faith in God. It would be other thoughts like Gods not real or that I dont love/love God and that I'm lying to myself. Jesus warned them about blaspheming the Holy Spirit because they said, He has an unclean spirit.. Now friends, this may seem long and drawn out but Im here to tell you there is still hope. Something God showed me was that Jesus dealt with bad thoughts. The Bible says the truth will set us free. The blasphemous thought brings an incredible load of false guilt and feelings of impending doom. And my Heavenly Father knows my heart and my intentions !! You will pull through this. Please dont beat up on yourself if you dont get it right overnight. So, here are my answers to the two questions. I just want to thank you so much for this article,it has really helped me especially in times like this when my thoughts want to come back. God is all knowing, He knows the enemy's tricks. It's to do what the teachers of the law were in danger of doing. I am literally in the same boat like you ! Having a seemingly awful thought towards God may also be a sign of deepening authenticity. My head is spinning at 120 mile per hour. Did we really mean to think that blasphemous thought? He reserved this warning for those who were already hardened in unbelief. Anyways, those are a few options that come to mind. It helps explain the cycle of resistance and failure from the perspective of OCD. Of course, I want to come back to God and get closer to God. Lots of Bible verses refer to this. Don't force the belief because that can cause you to fight the belief inwardly. I wanted to ask, are you a Catholic? And i never killed anybody. I feel frozen every decision I make takes on tremendous moral implications. Most people, if they would have heard the kinds of complaints I made against God, would have thought I was on the brink of atheism. How can I reduce my anxiety and panic while ignoring the blasphemous thoughts? A few days later, I must have been really crazy because I thought I was Jesus. If someone constantly rejects the Holy Spirit and speaks evil about him, attributing his work to Satan here is what is happening: they are rejecting the only one who can convict them of sin and move them towards repentance.