After healing the man with a withered hand Jesus withdrew to the sea (v7). Multitudes of people followed after Him from all directions (v8). Concerned for the size of the crowd Jesus requested a boat be near by (v9), He then continues to display His love and compassion for the needy by healing them (v10-12). Jesus leaves to the mountain and has a private meeting with His disciples sending them to heal and proclaim the gospel (v13-19). Entering a house the crowd arrives once again, so many were the people that there was no room to even eat bread (v20). His own family accused Him for being nuts, here their poor Jewish brother quit His job and pursued a life of ministry and is doing miracles; they thought He was crazy (v21) they did not recognize Him as God.
The Unpardonable Sin:
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."
And He called them to Him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end." Mark 3:22-26
Again with logic our Lord renders their spiteful thinking as irrational. The Greek name Beelzebul, the name rendered to Satan, possibly derived from the name Beelzebub, the God of Ekron, "the lord of dung." Not a very pleasant name to call Him by any means, but certainly one drawn out from their hate within.
"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"--for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit." Mark 3:28-30
Application:
These men had committed the unpardonable sin, not merely by saying He was a demon, but rather by completely rejecting the work and ministry of Jesus Christ. So it remains that all who have sinned will be forgiven, and all sins committed before or after conversion will be forgiven, Praise God! But for those who reject Jesus as Lord, and deny Him as our only means of salvation; how heartbreaking and lonely will be that day when the Lord rejects them. When we die, we can not argue our way to salvation, we can not reason our way into heaven. We will be judged by what we do here on earth, and we will be saved on one foundation alone, that is, trust and faith in Jesus Christ.
Have you made that choice today? Talk with God. He will be happy to hear from you.
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