Reeva, I agree with this view, but there are a number of views on the 
3 passages dealing with the incident mentioned.  Please, let's not 
open this can of worms or we may go on for days.  <smile>

earlier, Reeva Parry, wrote:
>What is the Unpardonable Sin?
>
>You cannot commit an unpardonable sin. I receive many letters from people
>who believe that they have, because they feel guilt over adultery, murder,
>doubt,
>or some other wrong. But the one sin Jesus said would not be forgiven was
>unique to His time on earth.
>
>The Pharisees had witnessed the power with which Jesus healed and performed
>other miracles. They'd also heard Him speak with authority befitting the
>Messiah.
>But these religious leaders were less concerned about truth than about the
>threat to their supremacy. They tried to undermine Jesus' ministry by
>accusing
>Him of working in Satan's power.
>
>Jesus challenged the Pharisees' blasphemy: "Whoever speaks a word against
>the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the
>Holy
>Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him." (v. 32). The Pharisees' defiant
>rejection of the Holy Spirit's work and power was the unforgivable sin.
>Their biblical
>knowledge along with the fact that they'd personally witnessed the Messiah
>in action put them in a unique position that can never be duplicated.
>
>Many saints, including the apostle Paul, rejected spiritual things before
>coming to faith, and God mercifully forgives ignorance. But no one today can
>1)
>claim to have seen Jesus in the flesh, and 2) label His power as demonic.
>The rebellious irreverence of Jesus' contemporaries was the unpardonable
>offense.
>
>People can reject the Holy Spirit and refuse the forgiveness Jesus offers to
>all mankind, but no unpardonable sin exists today. Every offense that can be
>committed is covered by Christ's atoning sacrifice.
>
>
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John