HOLY SPIRIT—the third person of the Trinity, who exercises the power of the Father and the Son in creation and redemption. Because the Holy Spirit is the source of the power by which believers come to Christ and see with new eyes of faith, He is closer than any word short of “within us” can describe, yet He focuses on another than Himself. Like the eyes of the body through which we see physical things, He is seldom in fo...

HOLY SPIRIT, SIN AGAINST—a sin that is often referred to as the “unpardonable sin” because, in the words of Jesus, “He who blasphemes [speaks evil] against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation” (Mark 3:29).

The context of Jesus' words about the sin against the Holy Spirit provides ...