Blasphemy Results in Death Penalty

Lev. 15-16. “Whosoever curses his God shall bear (the consequences of) his sin. And he that “blasphemes” the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall surely stone him”

The sin of blasphemy (defamatory speech against God) in the Old Testament was punishable by death. Note the scriptures don’t say that the guilty one can pray for forgiveness or offer the blood of an innocent lamb or make any other kind of sacrifice. If you “blaspheme” God in the Mosaic Law you are to be punished with death… there is no forgiveness

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Which brings us to the New Testament, in Matthew 12:31 we find Jesus teaching that whoever “blasphemes” against the Holy Spirit cannot be “forgiven in this life or in the world to come (Heaven).” Let me suggest that Jesus affirms by this statement that the prohibition against “blaspheming” the name of God in the Mosaic Law carries over to the Law of Christ, i.e., Christians who “blaspheme”(directly) the name of God (or the Spirit of God) cannot be forgiven… ever.

Consider then the individual in Hebrews 6 (vv. 1-8), he was a Christian, believed in Jesus Christ, etc. but rejected (blasphemed) the name of God by his rejection of God. The text says it is impossible to renew him to repentance (v.6) and he will be “rejected and whose end it is to be burned” (v. 8). He was guilty of the unforgiveable sin of “blasphemy” against God.

Also, 1 John 5:16, “If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death he shall ask and God will give life…” Perhaps the visible sin that we are to evaluate as a “sin unto death” and decide not to pray for is the sin of” blasphemy” against the name of God because as God has instructed… there is no forgiveness for that sin… don’t waste your time praying for it.

The sin of “blasphemy” against God or the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) is unforgiveable in the Old and New Testaments. The only difference is that in the New Testament God does not compel his people to mete out punishment for this specific crime against God… God will take care of that himself.