![]() ![]() ![]() So I want to confess to you, congregation, I am a radical, I am a radical. How many of you know that, if you're a follower of Christ, sooner or later somebody's going to think you're crazy? The very best thing they were saying about Jesus in the language of today is that Jesus had become a radical. ![]() He's acting in a fanatical, insane manner". "We got to get Jesus home, he's embarrassing us. So I'm certain that some of it was motivated out of love, but the other side of it is that I think they were kind of embarrassed. We got to get him where we can take care of him". "We got to get him out of this situation. They're concerned for his safety, they're concerned. We can relax a little bit about that because no doubt they were doing it out of their love for him. And the Bible says they come, and we would call this to perform an intervention. And his family, his own, more than likely his brothers, come to Capernaum. The Bible says the crowd has become intense, the pressure has become intense, and the word about it gets back to Nazareth where Jesus lived. And when his own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind.'" Verse 20 and 21 of Mark 3 reads like this, "Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. Now, I'm not saying that to get your attention, it's just true. Who is Jesus Christ? Well, in the 20th verse of the third chapter, we discover, first of all that, to his family, Jesus was demented. And as we're going to see in the story, out of what Jesus did that day come the three most prominent opinions that people have today about who Jesus Christ really is. These people are not impressed by what Jesus is doing. But the result of what Jesus did is another confrontation with the religious people of his day. And in the story, our Lord confronts this demon, and the demon is cast out, and the man is completely healed. Our context today is the story about a man who was possessed of a demon. I'm not making that up, that's what the Scripture says. For here in Mark, and again in a more fleshed-out way in Matthew's account of this event, we are told that there is something which a person can do for which there is no forgiveness, in this age or even in the age to come. ![]() And it is usually a reference to the passage of Scripture that we're going to study today. Now, this question usually comes from someone who has an overwhelming sense of guilt for something that they have done in the past. Pastor, I think I may have committed the unpardonable sin". I've tried to get God to forgive me, but I don't feel like he has forgiven me, and I can't forgive myself. One of the questions I have been asked over the years that I've been doing what I do is this, "Pastor, can I commit a sin that God cannot forgive"? Quite often, this question is asked in the past tense, like, "I think I've done something that God will not forgive. That is the title of today's message, "Is There a Sin God Cannot Forgive"? As with all ten of the questions in this series, we are looking to the Bible for our answers, and that is where we will look together if you will join me for today's edition of Turning Point. And one question many Christians worry about is whether there is a sin that is unforgivable. We are currently in a series of messages called "Ten Questions Christians Are Asking". Hello, I'm David Jeremiah, and welcome to "Turning Point". For if fear and doubt cause us to question God's ability to forgive, we are in a losing situation, leaving us with no peace of mind or hope for the future. Is there a sin that God cannot forgive? This is a serious question that troubles many people today. ![]()
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