The
unpardonable sin is in having the consciousness of our separation from God; the
recognition that God is outside of each one of us; and as long as we continue
in the recognition of this separation, as long as we continue in the
recognition of "good" and "evil" as long as we continue to
"_eat of this tree of knowledge of good and evil_" just so long will that
sin remain unpardonable, because neither God nor man can forgive us until we
forgive ourselves, and forgiveness of ourselves is recognition of our union
with God.
The word in the original Greek which has been translated into
our English word sin did not mean sin as we understand it. Its meaning conforms
more closely to what we understand by our English, words, "lack" or "absence of," and so the "_unpardonable sin_" would be a lack of the consciousness or the
absence of this knowledge of goodness, and the recognition of its opposite, the
evil, or sin, or wickedness, for as long as we recognize a lack of any kind in
our consciousness, such recognition relates us with that lack.
In Cruden's Concordance [1], which has been the standard concordance of the Bible for over
one hundred and fifty years, we find this definition and statement of sin from
an orthodox pen: "Sin is any thought, word,
action, emotion, or desire contrary to the laws of God."
Now, what is the first law of God which we have had laid down to
us, taking the Bible as authority? The law that should " thou eat of the
tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt surely die; " in other
words, when we recognize in our consciousness our separation from God; when we
recognize in our consciousness that some thing, some action, some thought, some
deed, some desire, is evil or wicked, then we are violating the laws of God and
the first law that was given to us in the Bible.
It goes on to say: "Sin is any want of conformity to or transgression of the
law." What
is this law? What is the greatest, and we may say the one real law of God, of
the universe? Why, it is the Law of Harmony.
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
No matter how much we may have eaten of the " tree of the
knowledge of good and evil," no matter what negative, destructive causes
we have set in motion away back down the line of our cosmic journey, one and
all, without exception, can and will be antidoted the day we come into
recognition of our oneness with our Creator, the day that we free ourselves
from the " unpardonable sin " by coming into a recognition that we
are one with God, the day we can stand up and with all the strength of our understanding
join Jesus in saying, "
I and my Father are One."
"THE BOOK WITHOUT AN IF"
New
Thought Lectures
F. W. SEARS, M. P
Volume 1.
1918
[1]
The word hamartia (Ancient Greek[1]) is rooted in the notion of missing
the mark (hamartanein) and covers a broad spectrum that
includes ignorant, mistaken, or accidental wrongdoing, as well as deliberate
iniquity, error, or sin. It is usually translated as a mistake or error in
judgment.
In the New Testament where hamartia is the Greek word translated "sin". Another
common interpretation of hamartia can be
seen as a “moral deficit” or a “moral error”, and in some cases hamartia can even mean to not sin. In this opposing context if
the main character does not carry out an action because it is a sin. This
failure to act, in turn, must lead to a poor change in fortune for the main
character in order for it to truly be a hamartia.
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