Hi Everyone!<\/p>\n
Yippee, I received a question! By the way, starting now, if and when I receive a question, I will simply state the question and not also who asked the question. I know sometimes the questioner is known, but nevertheless, I won\u2019t restate that person\u2019s name in my response\u2026 I hope this new policy will encourage more people to ask questions.<\/p>\n
Okay, let\u2019s get to it\u2026 The question is:<\/p>\n
What does it mean to blaspheme?<\/em><\/p>\n To find the answer, let’s first look at the original languages of the Bible (Hebrew and Greek) to learn about the word \u201cBlaspheme\u201d.<\/p>\n Hebrew \u201cBlaspheme\u201d is the verb word \u201cgadaph<\/strong>\u201d which means \u201cto revile\u201d. Also: the verb word \u201cna\u2019ats<\/strong>\u201d which means \u201cto spurn and to despise\u201d. And also the verb word \u201cnaqab<\/strong>\u201d which means \u201cto pierce and to curse\u201d.<\/p>\n Greek \u201cBlaspheme\u201d is the verb word \u201cblasph\u0113me\u014d<\/strong>\u201d which means \u201cto speak reproachfully, to revile, to speak evil of, to rail\u201d<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s look at our English: \u201cto speak of or address with irreverence\u201d.<\/p>\n So with these meanings, let\u2019s put it all together\u2026<\/p>\n To blaspheme is to speak evil of something that is really holy. To blaspheme is to attribute anything less than holy to what it perfectly holy.<\/p>\n In the context of Scripture and Christian considerations, to blaspheme is to speak, attribute, and\/ or address (with conscious understanding) anything about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as anything less than what they truly are.<\/p>\n A great example of blasphemy comes from the Scribes and Pharisees\u2026<\/p>\n Luke 11:15 Notice that they attributed the power, the graciousness, and the compassion of God as coming from Satan. Wow! This is speaking evil of someone who is perfectly holy.<\/p>\n The Scribes and Pharisees knew full-well what blasphemy was\u2026<\/p>\n John 10:33 Ironically, they were correct in saying a sinful man claiming to be holy God is blasphemy, but Jesus was no mere man, was He? Jesus was really God!<\/p>\n I conclude with this thought\u2026 to speak evil of the divine is blasphemy, but how does one say those words without first believing it in their minds?<\/p>\n I believe as adultery can be committed in the heart, so can blasphemy. The spoken word is merely audible thoughts\u2026 So if someone blasphemes, it means their thinking is evil.<\/p>\n Hmmmm! What do you think?<\/p>\n Peace, Hi Everyone! Yippee, I received a question! By the way, starting now, if and when I receive a question, I will simply state the question and not also who asked the question. I know sometimes the questioner is known, but nevertheless, I won\u2019t restate that person\u2019s name in my response\u2026 I hope this new policy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-blasphemy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBut some of them said, \u201cHe (Jesus) casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of demons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe <\/em>Jews<\/em> <\/em>answered<\/em> Him, “For a <\/em>good<\/em> <\/em>work<\/em> we do not <\/em>stone<\/em> You, but for <\/em>blasphemy<\/em> ; and <\/em>because<\/em> You, <\/em>being<\/em> a <\/em>man<\/em>, <\/em>make<\/em> <\/em>Yourself<\/em> out to be <\/em>God<\/em>.”<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n
\nJim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"