Aug 25 – Mark 3:20-35
“Whoever does God’s will “
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THE CROWD PERSPECTIVE
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
THE FAMILY PERSPECTIVE
21When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
THE TEACHERS
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
JESUS’ PERSPECTIVE
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,
( see below)
29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
WHO’S LISTENING?
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
Clash
– began at Gen 3:1
Did God really say…?
People decide / Not listening…
The world is the way it is ( death, hated, evil, suffering, desperation ) because listened to the LIE that Satan sold them!
They chose NOT to listen to God –
Vs 29 Blasphemy of Holy Spirit
“The best MSS., however, give, “in danger of an eternal sin”—i.e., of one which will, with its consequences, extend throughout the ages.”
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/mark/3-29.htm
2 Cor 11:3
3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Plus – Satan tempting Jesus