What Is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
1) Direct Answer
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is to knowingly and willfully call the Holy Spirit’s revealed work and Word “unclean,” attributing what God is doing to the devil after light has come. That is the unpardonable sin—no forgiveness in this world or in the world to come.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Matthew 12:31–32: Jesus said every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. He added that speaking against the Son of Man could be forgiven, but speaking against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. The context shows the Pharisees saw the works of the Spirit in Jesus and said He did it by Beelzebub.
- Mark 3:28–30 explains why: “because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.” They called the Holy Spirit’s work demonic.
- Hebrews 6:4–6 describes those once enlightened and made partakers of the Holy Spirit who then fall away. It is impossible to renew them again unto repentance. That’s a willful turning from known truth.
- Hebrews 10:26–29 warns that if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, we do “despite unto the Spirit of grace.” That is despising the very One who brings us to Christ.
- Ephesians 4:30 says we can grieve the Holy Spirit; Acts 7:51 shows men can resist the Holy Spirit. Notice: grieving or resisting is serious but still a call to repent. Blasphemy is when a person crosses the line and calls the Spirit’s manifest work evil after full light is given.
- 1 Timothy 1:13 shows Paul obtained mercy because he acted “ignorantly in unbelief.” So it’s not mere ignorance or a rash word—it’s a settled, knowing rejection.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Forgiveness reaches us by the Holy Spirit drawing us to Christ. If a person knowingly declares the Spirit’s work to be of the devil, he shuts off the very channel that brings repentance. With no door left to grace, there can be no forgiveness.
- It’s not a slip of the tongue or a moment of doubt. It is a hardened stance against revealed truth after clear witness by the Word and the Spirit.
- Now notice: we test all things by the written Word. If the life, fruit, doctrine, and power line up with Scripture, be careful not to speak against it. If something is unscriptural, reject it by the Word—but don’t hastily brand what God is doing as satanic.
4) Reinforcing Statement
If you are concerned that you may have done this, that concern itself shows the Spirit is still dealing with you. Come to the Light, confess, and walk softly before God. Keep your heart tender, agree with the Word, and never call clean what God calls unclean—nor call unclean what God has made known to be His own work.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Stand Still
57-0518 §103
...lieve it, He will do it. I'm trying to stop and line now for miracles; oughtn't to do that, you see. Woman is deaf in her left ear. How long has it been since you heard out of your left ear? Forty years since she has heard out of her left ear. How many believes God can put the hearing back in that ear? All right. Just bow your heads just a moment. Now, be real reverent if you will, just a moment. Now, blessed heavenly Father, I only understand now why that You are doing this, but I ask You once more. This woman her...
The World is falling apart
63-1115 §86
When they seen Him standing there and perform the sign of the prophet, to show that He was Messiah, what'd they say? "He is Beelzebub. That's an evil spirit on him." Jesus said, "That's blasphemy. And when the Holy Ghost comes, and you speak against that, it'll never be forgiven in this world or the world to come." But you see the system today? It's the same thing. We formed our own system, that's the reason our system will never hold this world together, they might elect a president or a Abraham Lincoln in every c...
Remembering the Lord
63-0122 §63
Those priests of that day will have a lot to remember, too. They're remembering it tonight in the world of the lost. You say, "Brother Branham, would you call those priests, holy priests, that they were godly men...?" Now, wait a minute. They made themselves godly. They had a false holiness, a false piety that wasn't really belonged of God. Jesus plainly told them, "You are of your father, the devil. And his works you'll do." And He told them what they were. And they have a lot to remember too, because when they se...
A Secondhand Robe
56-1206 §80
What is it? Men and women are hungering for God. The day is here. The Holy Ghost is here. Jesus is here, raised from the dead. Don't speak against It, it's blasphemy, but receive Him. He's here tonight. I believe Christ. Don't you? Yes, sir. There is a counterfeit. Certainly. What makes the real, real? It's because there is a counterfeit. If I seen a bogus dollar, I'd know there'd have to be a real one it was made off of. So, certainly the devil gives impersonation, but there's a real genuine baptism of the Holy Sp...
Blasphemous Names
62-1104M §50
Now, I shunned saying this a few days ago, thinking that the church would be spiritual enough to catch it (and maybe I better turn this tape off right now, because I don't want it to get out amongst brethren); but you could speak with tongues, you could shout, you could dance, you could cast out devils, do anything you want to, and still not have the Holy Ghost. Didn't them disciples come back rejoicing and shouting, because the devils were subject unto them? And Jesus... Right among them was Judas? Did not Jesus s...