<TITLE>09. Par 24-25</TITLE>L-24 Then the orthodox standing around, the church members, they said, "This man is Beelzebub. For he's the chief of the fortunetellers." That's what Beelzebub was, the chief of the devils. They thought it was a telepathy of some sort.
And Jesus said, "You speak that word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven you. But when the Holy Ghost is come, and you speak a word against His work, it will never be forgiven you, neither in this world or the world that is to come."
Did you get that, church? It shall never be forgiven thee: a word against it. Do you interpret it? "When the Holy Ghost is come and shall do the same things..." There was an excuse then, because Jesus had not been glorified, neither had the Blood been shed. But after the Blood had been shed, and sin was paid for, man was left without an excuse. "God once winked at the ignorance of men, but in this day has called all men to repent." One word against It is unpardonable. It will never be forgiven you in this world, neither in the world to come, the sin against the Holy Spirit.
What is sin? What is the initial initiative of sin? What is sin? You say smoking, drinking. No, sir. Committing adultery, stealing, lying, gambling, murdering, that's not sin. That's the attributes of unbelief, for he that believeth not is condemned already. There's only two faculties: unbelief or faith. And because they believe not, they do these things. But a man that's a believer, doesn't do them, because he's a new creature in Christ. All right. We won't have time to get into much more of the Scripture.

L-25 But do you understand what Jesus was yesterday? Did He claim to be a healer? No, sir. What did He claim? He claimed that He was here on a mission. How many believe that's the Scripture, say "Amen." He was here on a mission to do the will of God in His age, and He did it. And He said, "It is not Me that doeth the works. It's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works." Then if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, it has to come by supernatural. Do you see it?
When He met the woman who touched His garments a little--a few days after that... She walked up in the audience and she touched His garment, saying in her heart, "If I can only touch Him... I believe He's a holy Man. If I can touch Him, I'll be made well of my plague." Many years she'd suffered, and the physicians couldn't heal her. But she said within her heart, "If I can touch Him..."
And when she touched Him, everybody was swarming Him. He was going on His road to raise a dead girl back to life. And the little woman touched Him, and Jesus turned and said, "Who touched Me?"
Now, anyone knows, the Palestinian garment hangs loose. And it also has an underneath garment. Because, as they walk, that dust picks up under the robe, and they have an underneath garment, from the knee up, which is tight.


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