"If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it." (1 John 5:16)
The "sin unto death" is, in context, a sin committed by a Christian "brother," not an unbeliever, and so is not the socalled "unforgivable sin," the blasphemy against theHoly Spirit. Christ said the latter sin cannot be forgiven, "neither in this world, neither in the world to come." It is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to convict unbelievers "of sin, because they believe not on me." If a person irrevocably rejects Christ, even after he fully understands the evidences of His deity, His substitutionary death with its offer of salvation, and the awful consequences of eternity without Him, then he hath done despite to the Spirit of grace. In effect, he has put his faith in Satan rather than Christ, and there is nothing more that God's Holy Spirit can do. This is the truly unforgivable sin.
A true Christian will not commit that sin. If he/she is deliberately continues to practice ungodliness in life or doctrine, however, refusing to repent, not even responding to God's chastening discipline we must question their walk with God and their comment to his word. Paul told the church of Corinth to remove a young man who was having relationships with his father's wife and many of the church members knew about and did or said nothing.
No one want to be chastened, but the love of the brothers is greater to chasten another than to let him/her go down the pit of hell where there is no return. If we love each other let us hold each other accountable in love. To deny Christ as Lord and savior, you are calling the word and the holy spirit a liar, if he was not who he said he was, why would he say I go to prepare a place that I might return to receive you? Why if he was without sin would he take upon him the sins of the world? What man among you would suffer for an unrighteous man? Christ died for a man like me who was born in sin, without him I would have died in sin.
No one want to be chastened, but the love of the brothers is greater to chasten another than to let him/her go down the pit of hell where there is no return. If we love each other let us hold each other accountable in love. To deny Christ as Lord and savior, you are calling the word and the holy spirit a liar, if he was not who he said he was, why would he say I go to prepare a place that I might return to receive you? Why if he was without sin would he take upon him the sins of the world? What man among you would suffer for an unrighteous man? Christ died for a man like me who was born in sin, without him I would have died in sin.
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