never heard any
man stand up and say that he thought Jesus Christ was possessed with
the devil, and that he cast out devils by the power of the devil; and
I don't believe any man or woman has any right to say they have
committed the unpardonable sin, unless they have maliciously, and
wilfully and deliberately said that they believe that Jesus Christ had
a devil in Him, and that He was under the power of the devil, and that
He cast out devils by the power of the devil. Because you perhaps have
heard some one say that there is such a thing as grieving the Spirit
of God, and resisting the Spirit of God until He has taken His flight
and left you, then you have said "That is the unpardonable sin."

WHAT IT IS NOT.

I admit there is such a thing as resisting the Spirit of God, and
resisting till the Spirit of God has departed; but if the Spirit of
God has left any, they will not be troubled about their sins. The very
fact that they are troubled, shows that the Spirit of God has not left
them. If a man is troubled about his sins, it is the work of the
Spirit; for Satan never yet told him he was a sinner. Satan makes us
believe that we are pretty good; that we are good enough without God,
safe without Christ, and that we don't need salvation. But when a man
wakes up to the fact that he is lost, that he is a sinner, that is the
work of the Spirit; and if the Spirit of God had left him, he would
not be in that state; and just because men and women want to be
Christians, is a sign that the Spirit of God is drawing them.

If resisting the Spirit of God is an unpardonable sin, then we have
all committed it, and there is no hope for any of us; for I do not
believe there is a minister, or a worker in Christ's vineyard, who has
not, some time in his life, resisted the Holy Ghost; who has not some
time in his life rejected the Spirit of God. To resist the Holy Ghost
is one thing, and to commit that awful sin of blasphemy against the
Holy Ghost, is another thing; and we want to take the Scripture and
just compare them. Now, some people say, "I have such blasphemous
thoughts; there are some awful thoughts that come into my mind against
God," and they think that is the unpardonable sin. We are not to blame
for having

BAD THOUGHTS

come into our minds. If we harbor them, then we are to blame. But if
the devil comes and darts an evil thought into my mind, and I say,
"Lord help me," sin is not reckoned to me. Who has not had e