{"id":14172,"date":"2023-09-10T23:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=14172"},"modified":"2023-09-10T23:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:50:09","slug":"psalm-1913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/14172\/psalm-1913\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 19:13"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if there will come a day when God commands us (should we be found worthy), not to pray for Gods children in Christianity any more.<\/span><\/p>\n

That makes me tremble. \u00a0I pray our hands are completely clean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n

What is\u00a0\u201cthe great transgression\u201d\u00a0in Psalms 19?<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie P.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Julie,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u201cgreat transgression\u201d\u00a0could be any sin that God refuses to forgive.\u00a0 Jesus mentioned blasphemy against the holy Ghost as the only unforgivable sin, but he must have meant that was the only sin that would under no circumstance be forgiven.\u00a0 There are sins other than blasphemy with which men can provoke God to such wrath that He will not forgive them.\u00a0 One example is found in Isaiah, where some of God’s people laughed off His call for repentance:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Isaiah 22<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. And in that day, my Lord, the LORD\u00a0of Hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for the girding on of sackcloth.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. But behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen,\u00a0and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine,\u00a0saying,\u00a0\u201cLet us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. And in my hearing, it was revealed by the LORD\u00a0of Hosts, \u201cI will damn myself if atonement for this iniquity will be made for\u00a0you until\u00a0you die, says my Lord, the LORD of Hosts.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Another example is found in Jeremiah, where God is so determined to destroy His people because of their rebellion against Him that He commanded Jeremiah to pray no more for the nation:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Jeremiah 7<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cAnd as for you, don\u2019t you intercede for this people, and don\u2019t you lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, nor make entreaty to me, for I will not hear you!<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. This is a nation that does not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receive correction.\u00a0\u00a0Truth has perished, and it is cut off from their mouth.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      But that commandment was so hard for Jeremiah himself to believe, for he knew how dearly God loved His people, that God had to repeat that commandment a couple of more times:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

      Jeremiah 11<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. As for you, pray no more for this people!\u00a0\u00a0Yea, lift up no entreaty or prayer for them!\u00a0\u00a0For I will not hear when they cry out to me because of their trouble.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Jeremiah 14<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. And Jehovah said to me, \u201cDo not pray for this people, for\u00a0their good!<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. For they fast without me listening to their cry, and they offer up burnt offering and meal offering without me accepting them.\u00a0\u00a0But with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence will I consume them.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          So, the\u00a0\u201cgreat transgression\u201d\u00a0can be any transgression that provokes God to the extent that no number of prayers, no amount of tears, and no works of repentance\u00a0will be accepted by Him.\u00a0 God is love, as John said, but in that case,\u00a0\u201cIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

          Thank you for the question.\u00a0\u00a0It is an important one to understand.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

          Pastor John<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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          I wonder if there will come a day when God commands us (should we be found worthy), not to pray for Gods children in Christianity any more. That makes me tremble. \u00a0I pray our hands are completely clean. Gary ========== Hey Pastor John, What is\u00a0\u201cthe great transgression\u201d\u00a0in Psalms 19? Julie P. ========== Hi Julie, The\u00a0\u201cgreat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}