Unforgiveable Sin

Dear Victorious,

My brother-in-law says that there are certain sins which can never be forgiven. Is this true? If so, how could that be? I thought all sin could be forgiven.

Hank A. - Norman, OK

Dear Hank,

Actually, you just have to put it into the right context. All sin can be forgiven. However, all sin is not forgiven. The only sin that the Bible refers to as unforgivable is the sin that denies that there is God. You can't ask someone to forgive you if you deny that someone exists. So an atheist, for example, is not going to have God's forgiveness for being an atheist --- until he or she relents and agrees that there is God.

So your brother-in-law is technically not accurate in identifying any sin as not being forgivable. God will forgive even the sin of denying Him - if we will turn from that sin. But He won't forgive it unless / until we do turn from it.