In this last of the excerpts from this sermon, we see MacDonald’s take on “the unforgiveable sin” - which, after his treatment has perfect and obvious clarity in stark contrast with the dark obfuscations of those who treat the scriptural testimonies as codes to be solved, and who agonize over what ‘secret’ and specific sin was ‘set apart’ by the Lord as being uniquely and devastatingly unforgiveable. Read on, and let the following light of Christ chase all such darkness away!
(219) Impossibilities
How many are there not who, believing there is something somewhere with the claim of light upon them, go on and on to get more out of the darkness! This consciousness, all neglected by them, gives broad ground for the expostulation of the Lord–‘Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life!’
‘All manner of sin and blasphemy,’ the Lord said, ‘shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the spirit shall not be forgiven.’ God speaks, as it were, in this manner: ‘I forgive you everything. Not a word more shall be said about your sins–only come out of them; come out of the darkness of your exile; come into the light of your home, of your birthright, and do evil no more. Lie no more; cheat no more; oppress no more; slander no more; envy no more; be neither greedy nor vain; love your neighbour as I love you; be my good child; trust in your father. I am light; come to me, and you shall see things as I see them, and hate the evil thing. I will make you love the thing which now you call good and love not. I forgive all the past.’
‘I thank thee, Lord, for forgiving me, but I prefer staying in the darkness: forgive me that too.’
'No; that cannot be. The one thing that cannot be forgiven is the sin of choosing to be evil, of refusing deliverance. It is impossible to forgive that sin. It would be to take part in it.
From MacDonald’s unspoken sermon: “Light”