1 00:00:05,060 --> 00:00:09,580 I'm going to begin by saying something very 2 00:00:09,580 --> 00:00:10,240 controversial. 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,300 I'm going to say something that's going to 4 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:20,110 result with many being upset with me, that 5 00:00:20,110 --> 00:00:25,150 will cause my enemies to increase their anger 6 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:30,370 and resent for me, will only grow more 7 00:00:30,370 --> 00:00:33,030 hostile and adversarial. 8 00:00:35,810 --> 00:00:38,690 They will want me to be silenced. 9 00:00:40,870 --> 00:00:43,910 They will be pointing arrows to my back. 10 00:00:45,890 --> 00:00:49,510 But I must speak the truth. 11 00:00:54,620 --> 00:01:03,930 Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the son 12 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,550 of the living God. 13 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:11,530 And that by believing in him, your sins 14 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:12,370 are forgiven. 15 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:16,990 You shall not perish, but have everlasting and 16 00:01:16,990 --> 00:01:18,190 eternal life. 17 00:01:19,410 --> 00:01:22,030 There is only one way to God, and 18 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:23,990 that is through his son, Jesus Christ. 19 00:01:24,970 --> 00:01:27,950 And that is the gospel. 20 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:32,010 This Jesus came into the world by a 21 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:32,330 virgin. 22 00:01:33,190 --> 00:01:34,850 And at the age of 30, he began 23 00:01:34,850 --> 00:01:35,510 his ministry. 24 00:01:36,110 --> 00:01:38,810 He performed great miracles and wonders by the 25 00:01:38,810 --> 00:01:39,910 power of the Holy Spirit. 26 00:01:42,380 --> 00:01:46,680 And 33 years later, he was crucified for 27 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:47,900 our sins on a cross. 28 00:01:49,260 --> 00:01:51,080 But thanks be to God, on the third 29 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,800 day, the Father raised him from the dead 30 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,260 from that same spirit, that Holy Spirit. 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:05,420 And that promise, that inheritance of everlasting life 32 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:08,259 and resurrection, is promised to us. 33 00:02:12,430 --> 00:02:14,110 Now, you say that's not controversial. 34 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:19,080 You say that we are not at odds 35 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,280 with you, Father Aster. 36 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:23,940 None of us are upset with what you 37 00:02:23,940 --> 00:02:24,520 just said. 38 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,960 None of us will be pointing arrows towards 39 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:30,520 your back. 40 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:32,960 True. 41 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:35,420 Likely not. 42 00:02:36,950 --> 00:02:38,460 But I wasn't speaking to you. 43 00:02:40,580 --> 00:02:43,520 I wasn't speaking to anyone in the physical 44 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:43,940 realm. 45 00:02:45,910 --> 00:02:49,110 I was speaking to those who dwell in 46 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:51,090 the spiritual realms. 47 00:02:52,050 --> 00:02:54,930 Yes, I was speaking to Satan. 48 00:02:55,450 --> 00:02:57,170 I was speaking to demons. 49 00:02:57,690 --> 00:03:00,450 And I was speaking to unclean spirits. 50 00:03:01,450 --> 00:03:04,850 Yes, Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 51 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:08,050 He is the second Person of the Trinity. 52 00:03:08,590 --> 00:03:10,950 In Him dwells God. 53 00:03:12,230 --> 00:03:13,710 The fullness of God. 54 00:03:13,710 --> 00:03:19,070 They despise me for saying such words. 55 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,440 More than you and I could ever imagine. 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,080 They are upset at me for uttering and 57 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,520 proclaiming such words. 58 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:38,140 Remember, our fight is not against flesh and 59 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:42,460 blood, but against the principalities, the powers, the 60 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:45,640 authorities of the spiritual realm. 61 00:03:46,820 --> 00:03:48,580 The forces of evil and darkness. 62 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:50,640 That is where our battle is. 63 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:54,620 And the will of God is to make 64 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:56,020 Him known. 65 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,080 Who's Him? 66 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,300 Jesus Christ. 67 00:04:01,190 --> 00:04:03,390 To know Him and to make Him known. 68 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,070 That is the will of God. 69 00:04:05,490 --> 00:04:10,930 And the enemy, Satan, demons, unclean spirits, all 70 00:04:10,930 --> 00:04:15,050 despise me for saying such truth. 71 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,839 They have such great disdain for me. 72 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:23,020 Do you know how much Satan hates me? 73 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,740 Think about it. 74 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:30,680 How much he despises my very existence. 75 00:04:34,070 --> 00:04:37,270 Can you imagine how much of a problem 76 00:04:37,270 --> 00:04:38,330 I am for him? 77 00:04:40,620 --> 00:04:43,160 How much of a threat I pose to 78 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,680 him and his kingdom? 79 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:47,800 Have you seen things that way? 80 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:49,360 Do you look at the world that way? 81 00:04:52,470 --> 00:04:53,530 But not only me. 82 00:04:55,710 --> 00:04:59,400 All those in my position, in this office, 83 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:02,610 in this way. 84 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:07,750 I mean, our existence, our call is fundamentally 85 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,150 to speak truth about God. 86 00:05:11,050 --> 00:05:13,390 And Satan despises that. 87 00:05:13,870 --> 00:05:15,610 He wants to silence us. 88 00:05:17,970 --> 00:05:21,390 Speak about anything, proclaim anything from the hilltops 89 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:23,430 except this one truth. 90 00:05:26,110 --> 00:05:28,650 For this one truth exposes him. 91 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:33,840 Reminds the world that he has been defeated. 92 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:37,920 He has lost. 93 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:41,600 The great deceiver in that garden, the great 94 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:47,460 liar, the king of lies, who has sought 95 00:05:47,460 --> 00:05:50,540 to destroy every human being since that garden 96 00:05:51,340 --> 00:05:52,220 has lost. 97 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:55,640 And he has lost because of one reason. 98 00:05:56,580 --> 00:06:00,140 Because our God, our heavenly God, sent his 99 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:04,040 son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. 100 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,160 And by dying for our sins on that 101 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,200 cross, he defeated Satan. 102 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,920 And the power and the stronghold he had 103 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,020 on every human being on earth. 104 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:18,060 That's you. 105 00:06:18,380 --> 00:06:19,000 That's me. 106 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:20,660 That's your family members. 107 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:22,580 Those are the people you love. 108 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:24,120 Those are your children. 109 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,320 Those are your siblings. 110 00:06:25,540 --> 00:06:26,560 Those are your parents. 111 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,680 Those are your friends. 112 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:28,460 Yes. 113 00:06:29,580 --> 00:06:32,100 Speak about anything but that one truth. 114 00:06:34,310 --> 00:06:37,690 Talk and spend your time in conversation about 115 00:06:37,690 --> 00:06:39,070 anything but that. 116 00:06:40,050 --> 00:06:42,370 Because it is that one truth, that one 117 00:06:42,370 --> 00:06:45,890 event, that one person that changes everything for 118 00:06:45,890 --> 00:06:49,310 all human history, for every human being. 119 00:06:50,130 --> 00:06:52,050 It is the cross of Jesus Christ. 120 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:54,230 It is the person of Jesus Christ where 121 00:06:54,230 --> 00:06:58,170 the Holy Spirit dwelled, the Holy Spirit of 122 00:06:58,170 --> 00:06:58,550 God. 123 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,260 He hates me. 124 00:07:06,220 --> 00:07:08,520 There is a huge target on my back 125 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:18,960 to speak truth is 126 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,720 to create adversaries. 127 00:07:23,780 --> 00:07:27,380 That applies to all of us. 128 00:07:29,540 --> 00:07:32,240 There is great power that you have as 129 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:32,520 well. 130 00:07:34,730 --> 00:07:36,750 And you should not fear to speak the 131 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:39,370 truth about God because God protects us. 132 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,720 I will not be afraid, for God so 133 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,220 helped me, to preach his truth. 134 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:52,570 And if that means that I will amass 135 00:07:52,570 --> 00:07:55,690 more enemies, more arrows on my back, so 136 00:07:55,690 --> 00:07:56,070 be it. 137 00:07:58,460 --> 00:08:00,600 But I do not fear. 138 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:03,180 And neither should you. 139 00:08:04,460 --> 00:08:06,920 Because our God is not a small God. 140 00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:09,700 Our God is not a powerless God. 141 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:12,060 Our God is a big God. 142 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:16,500 Our God is the God of heaven. 143 00:08:18,620 --> 00:08:22,790 Who can stand between you and God? 144 00:08:25,610 --> 00:08:25,930 No one. 145 00:08:27,510 --> 00:08:31,350 No power, no entity, no authority, no ruler 146 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,150 in the physical or the spiritual realm. 147 00:08:37,020 --> 00:08:39,460 God loves his people. 148 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,919 And he's poured out his spirit on Pentecost 149 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:44,240 on his people. 150 00:08:44,580 --> 00:08:47,360 And they are protected by him, sealed. 151 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,020 So we should walk with confidence when we 152 00:08:51,020 --> 00:08:53,340 speak the truth, for we must speak the 153 00:08:53,340 --> 00:08:53,620 truth. 154 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,360 For it's by hearing the word that one 155 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,180 is saved. 156 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:01,390 Why begin this way? 157 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:04,880 Because the Holy Spirit told me. 158 00:09:06,810 --> 00:09:09,450 The Holy Spirit told me to share these 159 00:09:09,450 --> 00:09:10,670 words this morning. 160 00:09:11,830 --> 00:09:15,230 The same spirit that was in Jesus, that 161 00:09:15,230 --> 00:09:18,450 Holy Spirit that was there that conceived him, 162 00:09:19,290 --> 00:09:23,750 the Holy Spirit that was baptized onto him 163 00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:27,130 in the Jordan River, that led him through 164 00:09:27,130 --> 00:09:31,350 the wilderness, that spoke through him such profound 165 00:09:31,350 --> 00:09:35,350 wisdom, that performed all kinds of sights and 166 00:09:35,350 --> 00:09:40,310 wonders, casted out demons, performed all kinds of 167 00:09:40,310 --> 00:09:40,730 miracles. 168 00:09:42,370 --> 00:09:45,690 And ultimately, that Holy Spirit that raised him 169 00:09:45,690 --> 00:09:46,490 from the dead. 170 00:09:48,670 --> 00:09:50,430 That is the will of God. 171 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,670 To know God as he is and to 172 00:09:54,670 --> 00:09:55,630 make God known. 173 00:09:56,570 --> 00:09:58,190 That is the will of God. 174 00:10:00,020 --> 00:10:02,760 Make no mistake about it. 175 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,520 What is the will of God? 176 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:07,340 There it is. 177 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:09,400 To know God as he is. 178 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:10,260 Well, how is he? 179 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,220 God is love. 180 00:10:13,460 --> 00:10:16,800 God is love in Father, Son, Holy Spirit. 181 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:19,540 But what else is the will of God? 182 00:10:20,140 --> 00:10:23,700 Make him known by word and by deed. 183 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:25,820 That is the will of God. 184 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:27,700 And that is the mission and commission of 185 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:28,180 the church. 186 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:29,820 You and me. 187 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:32,820 This is not optional. 188 00:10:35,130 --> 00:10:37,290 This isn't just for the man up here 189 00:10:37,290 --> 00:10:39,070 behind the pulpit. 190 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:42,110 This is for all of us to go 191 00:10:42,110 --> 00:10:44,890 out into our world and to make God 192 00:10:44,890 --> 00:10:45,290 known. 193 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,080 But you must first know. 194 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:55,480 And you must speak truth and not be 195 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:55,860 afraid. 196 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:01,180 I must speak truth and not be afraid. 197 00:11:02,410 --> 00:11:05,000 The enemy shudders when we speak about truth. 198 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,160 The enemy despises us. 199 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,320 Wants to silence us. 200 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,240 Wants to put all sorts of things to 201 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,060 preoccupy us in our lives. 202 00:11:17,260 --> 00:11:21,340 But no, this is the mission of the 203 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:21,660 church. 204 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:27,280 And we need to know this, especially if 205 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,000 we want to understand today's lesson. 206 00:11:33,650 --> 00:11:35,630 C.S. Lewis, the great writer, the great 207 00:11:35,630 --> 00:11:40,010 apologist, came up with a paradigm that probably 208 00:11:40,010 --> 00:11:43,030 most people know, even if they don't know 209 00:11:43,030 --> 00:11:43,730 him, the author. 210 00:11:45,670 --> 00:11:48,030 Lewis was concerned that many people in his 211 00:11:48,030 --> 00:11:54,090 day, and even today, were saying something about 212 00:11:54,090 --> 00:11:57,210 Jesus that he believed was not true. 213 00:11:57,570 --> 00:12:02,810 That you couldn't say that Jesus was a 214 00:12:02,810 --> 00:12:03,390 good teacher. 215 00:12:04,870 --> 00:12:07,770 That he was noble, a moral leader. 216 00:12:08,130 --> 00:12:10,210 That he was a religious revolutionary. 217 00:12:10,690 --> 00:12:12,710 That he was a man of immense compassion 218 00:12:13,230 --> 00:12:15,150 and of great wisdom. 219 00:12:16,310 --> 00:12:18,090 And that there were many people in his 220 00:12:18,090 --> 00:12:20,570 time that were throwing all sorts of laurels 221 00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:23,330 at him and accolades about all his accomplishments. 222 00:12:24,190 --> 00:12:27,750 This very noble, compassionate, kind of insightful, exceptional 223 00:12:27,750 --> 00:12:28,170 leader. 224 00:12:29,690 --> 00:12:31,490 C.S. Lewis was convinced that this is 225 00:12:31,490 --> 00:12:32,670 not an option for Jesus. 226 00:12:33,950 --> 00:12:36,270 He can't be a good teacher, a noble, 227 00:12:36,470 --> 00:12:37,150 wise teacher. 228 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:41,650 He's not just a religious leader, a trustworthy 229 00:12:41,650 --> 00:12:42,250 leader. 230 00:12:43,010 --> 00:12:44,770 He cannot be wise, he cannot be a 231 00:12:44,770 --> 00:12:48,770 spiritual mentor, only because of one very important 232 00:12:48,770 --> 00:12:49,230 matter. 233 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,260 Because he claimed to be God. 234 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,930 As soon as he claimed to be God, 235 00:13:02,810 --> 00:13:05,450 all of those go out the window. 236 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:11,700 He eliminated himself from the category because people, 237 00:13:12,380 --> 00:13:17,860 good people, wise people, sensible people, don't think 238 00:13:17,860 --> 00:13:19,360 they are God. 239 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:26,680 And they don't want you to think they 240 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:27,180 are God. 241 00:13:29,260 --> 00:13:31,900 Jesus has been deemed by many people as 242 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:33,800 very humble, wise, and mild. 243 00:13:36,710 --> 00:13:43,350 Well, humility is not compatible when one declares 244 00:13:43,350 --> 00:13:44,570 themselves God. 245 00:13:45,710 --> 00:13:49,010 The God of the universe, the one who 246 00:13:49,010 --> 00:13:54,350 was there from eternity past, that you, that 247 00:13:54,350 --> 00:13:57,050 he, made everything that is in existence, and 248 00:13:57,050 --> 00:14:01,340 that he will be the final judge of 249 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:01,820 everyone? 250 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:05,320 How could that be a mild? 251 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:11,520 Humble, meek person? 252 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,660 As soon as Jesus declared he was God, 253 00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:18,720 the Son, that he had the same nature 254 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,100 as God, as soon as he said that, 255 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,440 if you've seen me, you've seen the Father, 256 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:27,200 you've seen God, he can't be a good 257 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,080 teacher, simply. 258 00:14:30,540 --> 00:14:32,060 That's no longer possible. 259 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,080 It's not an option. 260 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:37,800 C.S. Lewis then said, there's one of 261 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,300 three things that follow. 262 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,880 One of the three things is true. 263 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:52,900 Either Jesus was a lunatic, a liar, or 264 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:53,260 Lord. 265 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:55,240 That's it. 266 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,260 If you take Jesus for his words, he 267 00:14:59,260 --> 00:15:01,240 has to be one of those three. 268 00:15:01,980 --> 00:15:05,420 He can't be purely a good moral teacher, 269 00:15:05,420 --> 00:15:08,240 revolutionary, compassionate, and mild. 270 00:15:09,060 --> 00:15:09,700 No. 271 00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:13,340 It's either he's a lunatic, he's a liar, 272 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:14,520 or he's Lord. 273 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,040 And I can't be sure, I can't be 274 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,480 100% confident about it, but I imagine 275 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,580 C.S. Lewis got that paradigm from Mark 276 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:29,600 chapter three. 277 00:15:31,490 --> 00:15:34,090 Because in this story that we just read, 278 00:15:37,220 --> 00:15:40,860 he's viewed as a lunatic who has lost 279 00:15:40,860 --> 00:15:44,780 his mind, a liar, someone who says he's 280 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:47,660 from God, but who's probably from Satan. 281 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:53,780 And lastly, the implicit claims he makes about 282 00:15:53,780 --> 00:15:57,720 the Holy Spirit inevitably leads him to Lord. 283 00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:02,460 So let us look at today's text closely. 284 00:16:05,420 --> 00:16:08,140 Because remember, he can't be these things. 285 00:16:09,660 --> 00:16:10,860 Lunatics don't. 286 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,220 Heal sick people, raise the dead people, dominate 287 00:16:16,220 --> 00:16:16,940 demons. 288 00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:21,100 Lunatics don't speak the way Jesus spoke, think 289 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,020 the way he thought, act the way he 290 00:16:23,020 --> 00:16:23,460 acted. 291 00:16:24,060 --> 00:16:26,680 Lunatics don't attract women and children the way 292 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:27,880 Jesus attracted them. 293 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,620 Nor is Jesus a liar. 294 00:16:34,110 --> 00:16:36,570 Nor is he the cleverest perhaps of all 295 00:16:36,570 --> 00:16:39,590 deceivers because liars don't raise dead people. 296 00:16:40,650 --> 00:16:42,370 Frauds don't heal sick people. 297 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:45,670 Frauds don't dominate the world of demons either. 298 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,840 And neither do frauds die and having been 299 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,560 dead, come back to life. 300 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,080 So we're really left with one alternative with 301 00:16:58,080 --> 00:16:59,460 Jesus, if you're honest. 302 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,920 He is who he claimed to be. 303 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:06,520 Woo. 304 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:14,880 Are we upsetting some folks today in the 305 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,720 spiritual realm, that is? 306 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:18,900 That he is God. 307 00:17:19,060 --> 00:17:20,960 The evidence is in the virgin birth, the 308 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,920 sinless life, power of the physical world, power 309 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,500 of the spiritual world, power over death, power 310 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:27,119 over life. 311 00:17:27,580 --> 00:17:29,000 Clearly, he is Lord. 312 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:31,280 And if you look at all the Gospels, 313 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,900 they make that point clear time and time 314 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:35,940 again in every aspect. 315 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:37,800 Right? 316 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,840 That you may believe that Jesus is God, 317 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,100 that he is God the Son, and that 318 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:46,460 by believing in his name, you will have 319 00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:47,760 eternal life. 320 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,340 The reason this is important because if you 321 00:17:52,340 --> 00:17:57,640 get this question either right or wrong, salvation 322 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:58,900 is at stake. 323 00:18:01,370 --> 00:18:02,370 Not according to me. 324 00:18:03,930 --> 00:18:06,450 According to this book we call God's Holy 325 00:18:06,450 --> 00:18:06,790 Word. 326 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:13,060 So not me, but God himself says these 327 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:13,420 things. 328 00:18:16,980 --> 00:18:18,620 We're reading Gospel of Mark. 329 00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:20,220 And what does Mark begin with? 330 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,620 He begins by saying in the very first 331 00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:28,720 words of his Gospel, the Gospel of Jesus 332 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,620 Christ, the Son of God, period. 333 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:33,720 He is not just a teacher. 334 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,560 He's not just a rabbi, a religious moral 335 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,080 figure in history. 336 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,660 He is the Son of God, period. 337 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,700 And what he's trying to communicate from beginning 338 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:51,320 to end is what the Gospel of John 339 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:52,040 ends with. 340 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:56,950 That you may believe that Jesus is the 341 00:18:56,950 --> 00:19:02,220 Son of God, and by believing in his 342 00:19:02,220 --> 00:19:05,060 name, you will have everlasting life. 343 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:09,660 So here we are in chapter three. 344 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:15,380 Jesus has started his ministry in southern Judea. 345 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,520 He was baptized in the Jordan River in 346 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,020 the south. 347 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:21,080 He goes into, according to Mark, into the 348 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,760 temple and cleanses the temple. 349 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,100 But then he goes up into the northern 350 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:29,840 part of Israel, of Palestine, and that is 351 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:30,860 the region of Galilee. 352 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:33,320 And he's been up there for at least 353 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,580 a year, according to this chronological order in 354 00:19:36,580 --> 00:19:37,800 the Gospel of Mark. 355 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,620 And by this point, he's called out 12 356 00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:41,180 disciples. 357 00:19:41,540 --> 00:19:43,020 He's casted out demons. 358 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,120 He's healed many people, many sick people, and 359 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:48,960 the crowds are growing. 360 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,940 His followers are increasing. 361 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:58,480 And here we are, chapter three, verse 20. 362 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,040 Then he went home. 363 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,700 This is likely not his home, because we 364 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:09,080 know no prophet is welcome in his home. 365 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:12,880 In Luke chapter four, Jesus went to Nazareth, 366 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,440 and they asked him to teach in the 367 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:15,640 synagogue about Sabbath. 368 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,020 And there he casted out a demon. 369 00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:19,340 And what did they do? 370 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,280 They wanted to throw him off a cliff 371 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:25,100 and have him killed. 372 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,180 So likely he's not in Nazareth. 373 00:20:28,380 --> 00:20:32,820 He's in Capernaum, where Jesus' closest disciple, Peter, 374 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:33,700 lived. 375 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,560 Likely this is Peter's home, where he healed 376 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,600 Peter's mother-in-law. 377 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,300 And this is the same place in chapter 378 00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:42,740 two where it was in Peter's home, where 379 00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:45,420 they allowed the paralytic man to come down 380 00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:47,320 from the roof, and Jesus healed him. 381 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,880 And so there's huge crowds coming to him 382 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,440 at this home. 383 00:20:55,860 --> 00:20:56,620 So many, why? 384 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Because they want to be healed too. 385 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:00,440 They want to see the sights and wonders. 386 00:21:00,580 --> 00:21:01,040 Wouldn't you? 387 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,400 Wouldn't I, if we saw this person, right 388 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,880 before our very naked eyes, heal the sick, 389 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,720 cast out demons, give sight to the blind, 390 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,240 hearing to the deaf? 391 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:15,460 Wouldn't we? 392 00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:19,900 Wouldn't the word spread like brush fire? 393 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:20,460 Of course. 394 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:22,160 And so that's what's happening here. 395 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,120 They're all coming to him, and it says 396 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:25,360 the crowds gathered again. 397 00:21:26,540 --> 00:21:28,860 So they could not even eat. 398 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:31,540 The house is so full, he can't even 399 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:31,860 eat. 400 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,560 And when his family heard it, his family, 401 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:37,240 who's his family? 402 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,580 His mom, his mother, Mary. 403 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,420 He has brothers and sisters, according to John. 404 00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:51,060 He has seven brothers, James, Joseph, Jude, or 405 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:54,700 Judas, Simon, and some sisters. 406 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,320 These are the children of, likely, these are 407 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,140 his stepbrothers and sisters, likely from Joseph and 408 00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:01,420 Mary. 409 00:22:02,060 --> 00:22:04,300 So his family's coming to him as well. 410 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:06,320 But what do they say? 411 00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,520 They went to seize him. 412 00:22:09,180 --> 00:22:11,680 That word seize is used 15 times in 413 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,540 the Gospel of Mark, eight times in reference 414 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:16,660 to Jesus, where they seize to arrest him 415 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:18,220 at the end and take him to court. 416 00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:20,500 And it's the same word that they used 417 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,780 to seize John the Baptist before he's in 418 00:22:22,780 --> 00:22:24,140 prison and had his head cut off. 419 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,760 His parents, his family, come to him to 420 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:28,720 seize him. 421 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:35,600 For they, the family, was saying, he is 422 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,540 out of his mind. 423 00:22:37,860 --> 00:22:39,180 Here's the lunatic option. 424 00:22:40,020 --> 00:22:42,120 He is literally out of his mind. 425 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,280 That's what the Greek says. 426 00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:49,440 His family views him as one who has 427 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,720 gone crazy. 428 00:22:53,750 --> 00:22:57,530 Now, I don't imagine Mary believed this, because 429 00:22:57,530 --> 00:23:00,050 we know the angel came to Mary when 430 00:23:00,050 --> 00:23:03,250 he was about to be consumed, that you 431 00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:04,990 will bear the child of the God of 432 00:23:04,990 --> 00:23:08,750 the Most High, the Holy Child, the Magnificat, 433 00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:09,830 remember? 434 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:14,670 She, I believe, knew and always treasured that 435 00:23:14,670 --> 00:23:15,690 truth in her heart. 436 00:23:16,690 --> 00:23:20,290 However, I imagine when she told this story 437 00:23:20,290 --> 00:23:24,230 to her children later on, they did not 438 00:23:24,230 --> 00:23:24,570 believe. 439 00:23:25,490 --> 00:23:26,630 And I don't have to imagine. 440 00:23:27,130 --> 00:23:29,010 The Gospel of John chapter seven tells us 441 00:23:29,010 --> 00:23:30,150 they did not believe him. 442 00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:30,610 Who's they? 443 00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:31,730 His brothers and sisters. 444 00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:35,990 So they, throughout life, have probably been at 445 00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:38,250 odds with Jesus, not really believing. 446 00:23:38,370 --> 00:23:40,710 He might have been an awkward child, a 447 00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:40,990 sibling. 448 00:23:41,770 --> 00:23:44,370 Imagine being the child of God, declared by 449 00:23:44,370 --> 00:23:47,270 your mom, being perfect in every aspect. 450 00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:51,270 They don't believe him, and now they believe 451 00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:53,250 he's done this to himself, and they have 452 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:55,310 to rescue him from himself. 453 00:23:55,790 --> 00:23:57,590 He's going out and doing all sorts of 454 00:23:57,590 --> 00:23:58,850 things, claiming to be God. 455 00:23:59,730 --> 00:24:01,850 And so they think he has lost his 456 00:24:01,850 --> 00:24:02,230 mind. 457 00:24:03,210 --> 00:24:05,330 And I think Mary, his mother, is just 458 00:24:05,330 --> 00:24:06,570 worried about his safety. 459 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,600 Verse 22, and the scribes came down from 460 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,880 Jerusalem, and they were saying he is possessed 461 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:15,940 by Beelzebul. 462 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,680 These scribes, who could be also Pharisees, come 463 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,400 to him and say, this man is possessed. 464 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,540 This man, he's possessed by Beelzebul. 465 00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:31,460 Now what is Beelzebul? 466 00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:36,020 That's another shorthand, another name for Satan. 467 00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:40,080 In the Old Testament, there's a Beelzebub with 468 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,060 a B. 469 00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:42,920 That's mentioned five times. 470 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,020 He is described as the god of the 471 00:24:46,020 --> 00:24:48,860 Canaanite group in the city of Akron. 472 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,220 And what the Jewish people did is they 473 00:24:53,220 --> 00:24:59,700 purposely to corrupt that god, they changed the 474 00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:02,860 word from Beelzebub to Beelzebul. 475 00:25:03,380 --> 00:25:06,200 So instead of being the god of the 476 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,860 sanctuary, the god of the temple, the god 477 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:12,820 of the high, he becomes the god of 478 00:25:12,820 --> 00:25:16,460 dung, the god of manure, the god of 479 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:17,120 the flies. 480 00:25:18,940 --> 00:25:22,400 So here you are, they are attributing the 481 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,740 son of God as the complete opposite, the 482 00:25:26,740 --> 00:25:29,100 god from Satan. 483 00:25:29,980 --> 00:25:32,160 Because that's how they understood Beelzebul. 484 00:25:32,940 --> 00:25:35,340 They're saying that Jesus is in league with 485 00:25:35,340 --> 00:25:35,740 Satan. 486 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:38,660 That yes, do you see him performing great 487 00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:39,460 signs and wonders? 488 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,660 Yes, he is doing supernatural works. 489 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:42,860 That is no doubt. 490 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:44,000 There is no doubt. 491 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:46,560 But how is he doing it? 492 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:51,660 He's doing it because he's in league with 493 00:25:51,660 --> 00:25:52,000 Satan. 494 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:54,680 That he's a possessed man. 495 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:56,620 He's not only a lunatic. 496 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,020 No, he's actually a liar. 497 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:00,360 He's deceiving you all. 498 00:26:00,780 --> 00:26:01,840 Don't come to him. 499 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,420 Don't believe in him because he's actually a 500 00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:06,540 deceiver. 501 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:08,780 He's possessed. 502 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:09,940 There's evil in him. 503 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,120 He's an evil man. 504 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:13,620 The power that he's tapping into is not 505 00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:17,140 that of God, Yahweh, is that of the 506 00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:18,440 Satan, the devil. 507 00:26:22,450 --> 00:26:24,390 By the prince of demons, he cast out 508 00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:24,790 demons. 509 00:26:26,250 --> 00:26:27,550 And then it says, and then he called 510 00:26:27,550 --> 00:26:28,150 them to him. 511 00:26:28,590 --> 00:26:30,430 Jesus called them to him and he said 512 00:26:30,430 --> 00:26:33,410 in parables, how can Satan cast out Satan? 513 00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:37,130 Like a good teacher, he wants to correct 514 00:26:37,130 --> 00:26:39,990 their wrong thinking and he has three logical 515 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:41,350 questions. 516 00:26:42,070 --> 00:26:45,510 He illustrates the folly of their thinking with 517 00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:49,070 three simple questions and they follow in logic. 518 00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:52,250 The absurdity of their thinking and then the 519 00:26:52,250 --> 00:26:53,670 clarity of his thinking. 520 00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:58,050 He says, how can Satan cast out Satan? 521 00:26:58,770 --> 00:27:01,330 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that 522 00:27:01,330 --> 00:27:02,430 kingdom cannot stand. 523 00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:03,470 That's obvious. 524 00:27:03,630 --> 00:27:04,290 It's self-evident. 525 00:27:05,210 --> 00:27:07,050 Why would Satan wanna cast out Satan? 526 00:27:07,530 --> 00:27:08,810 It goes against his enterprise. 527 00:27:09,130 --> 00:27:10,210 It goes against his mission. 528 00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:12,750 It goes against his entire being and purpose. 529 00:27:13,290 --> 00:27:14,250 Why would he do that? 530 00:27:14,630 --> 00:27:15,870 It's so counterproductive. 531 00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:17,010 Okay. 532 00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:19,850 If the house is divided against itself, the 533 00:27:19,850 --> 00:27:21,070 house will not be able to stand. 534 00:27:21,550 --> 00:27:22,030 Obviously. 535 00:27:22,930 --> 00:27:24,230 Why would Satan wanna do that? 536 00:27:24,890 --> 00:27:27,890 Why would a man who's possessed, why would 537 00:27:27,890 --> 00:27:31,410 Satan send Jesus to unpossess him, to cleanse 538 00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:31,950 him from that? 539 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,730 Satan would want that man to remain possessed. 540 00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:36,790 It makes no sense. 541 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,500 If Satan has risen up against himself and 542 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:46,380 is divided, he cannot stand. 543 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,040 But it's coming to an end. 544 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:49,400 He will defeat himself. 545 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,640 So what you're thinking is absurd. 546 00:27:52,620 --> 00:27:52,820 Okay. 547 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,200 Verse 27. 548 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,600 But no one can enter a strong man's 549 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:03,500 house and plunder his goods unless he first 550 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:07,580 binds the strong man, then indeed he may 551 00:28:07,580 --> 00:28:08,820 plunder his house. 552 00:28:11,060 --> 00:28:11,900 Let me repeat that. 553 00:28:12,940 --> 00:28:15,700 But no one can enter a strong man's 554 00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:19,200 house and plunder his house unless he first 555 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,460 binds the strong man, then indeed he may 556 00:28:22,460 --> 00:28:23,640 plunder his house. 557 00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:26,480 Who's the strong man? 558 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:29,300 Satan. 559 00:28:31,650 --> 00:28:34,670 The one who comes into the house is 560 00:28:34,670 --> 00:28:35,230 Jesus. 561 00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:38,750 The house is the world. 562 00:28:39,870 --> 00:28:42,750 This has been a place where the Satan 563 00:28:42,750 --> 00:28:44,350 has been occupying. 564 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:48,890 And so no one binds the strong man. 565 00:28:50,490 --> 00:28:51,490 No one can what? 566 00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:53,930 He says, no one can enter a strong 567 00:28:53,930 --> 00:28:55,810 man's house and plunder his goods. 568 00:28:56,810 --> 00:28:58,210 What are his goods? 569 00:28:59,190 --> 00:29:00,490 Satan is spirit. 570 00:29:00,770 --> 00:29:01,950 He's not a material being. 571 00:29:02,370 --> 00:29:03,450 What are his goods? 572 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:13,610 Demons and people who are commandeered by those 573 00:29:13,610 --> 00:29:13,950 demons. 574 00:29:14,730 --> 00:29:16,290 So what is Jesus saying? 575 00:29:16,830 --> 00:29:19,050 No one can enter a strong man's house 576 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:24,580 and plunder his goods unless he first binds 577 00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:27,060 the strong man. 578 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,700 And that is the incarnation. 579 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,060 I have come into the world. 580 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,780 You're seeing me cast out demons. 581 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,120 You're seeing me exercising those demons. 582 00:29:35,420 --> 00:29:37,060 I've come into the strong man's house. 583 00:29:37,060 --> 00:29:39,620 The earth is Satan's house. 584 00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:41,520 And his goods are demons. 585 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,020 I'm defeating them. 586 00:29:43,340 --> 00:29:49,860 I'm not trying to divide Satan's house. 587 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,120 I'm trying to defeat it. 588 00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:55,400 That's what Jesus is saying. 589 00:29:56,300 --> 00:29:58,400 Truly I say to you, all sins will 590 00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:58,920 be forgiven. 591 00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:02,060 The children of man and whoever blasphemes they 592 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:06,240 utter, whatever blasphemes they utter, but whoever blasphemes 593 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,260 against the Holy Spirit has forgiveness. 594 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,080 Never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an 595 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:15,820 eternal sin. 596 00:30:16,420 --> 00:30:18,960 For they were saying he has an unclean 597 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:19,400 spirit. 598 00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:25,120 So in between, let me take a step 599 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:25,500 back. 600 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,580 You start with his family. 601 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,100 You will end with his family in the 602 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:32,880 middle of this, what you would call a 603 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,920 chiasm, a literary device that Mark does often. 604 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,780 There's a story sandwiched between there and it 605 00:30:38,780 --> 00:30:41,660 has to do with Jesus being viewed as 606 00:30:41,660 --> 00:30:44,340 in league with Satan, that the power working 607 00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:46,660 in him is that not of God, but 608 00:30:46,660 --> 00:30:47,580 that of Satan. 609 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,720 And then he throws in this line about 610 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,920 the unforgivable sin to blaspheme against the Holy 611 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:55,340 Spirit. 612 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,200 How many of you have ever wondered what 613 00:30:59,200 --> 00:30:59,860 that means? 614 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:02,260 I've had people ask me that all the 615 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:03,700 time, many times. 616 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,940 What does it mean to blaspheme against the 617 00:31:05,940 --> 00:31:06,400 Holy Spirit? 618 00:31:08,350 --> 00:31:10,730 Well, first of all, what does it mean 619 00:31:10,730 --> 00:31:11,410 to blaspheme? 620 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:19,980 To blaspheme is really, is a sin, an 621 00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:26,180 attack to injure God by word or thought 622 00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:27,500 or action. 623 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,280 That's what it means to blaspheme, to speak 624 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,640 against God's nature, the holiness of God. 625 00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:36,770 Okay. 626 00:31:39,290 --> 00:31:42,070 So what is he saying about why the 627 00:31:42,070 --> 00:31:42,790 Holy Spirit? 628 00:31:44,010 --> 00:31:45,470 It's quite simple. 629 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:51,880 If anyone believes the work that Jesus is 630 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:57,540 doing is that from Satan, evil as its 631 00:31:57,540 --> 00:32:04,070 source, then what you've done, you've blasphemed against 632 00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:06,570 the Spirit by which dwells in Jesus. 633 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,250 Because if forgiveness comes by trusting in Jesus, 634 00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:15,950 but if you view Jesus as Satan, how 635 00:32:15,950 --> 00:32:17,390 can you be forgiven? 636 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,460 How can I be forgiven? 637 00:32:22,780 --> 00:32:25,580 If forgiveness of sins comes by trusting in 638 00:32:25,580 --> 00:32:28,700 Jesus, but one continues to refuse that Jesus 639 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:32,500 is God, but that is of Satan, how 640 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:33,920 can one be forgiven? 641 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,360 They cut the channel, the cord, the lifeline 642 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:45,460 of forgiveness because they continue willfully to deny 643 00:32:45,460 --> 00:32:51,200 the source where Jesus comes from and is. 644 00:32:53,780 --> 00:32:54,780 That's what he's saying. 645 00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:56,840 For he has an unclean spirit. 646 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,340 And then he goes to say it ends. 647 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,160 And his mother and brothers came and standing 648 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,080 outside, they came to him and they called 649 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:05,320 him. 650 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,840 So they're outside and the people say inside, 651 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,480 your mother and brothers are out there. 652 00:33:12,060 --> 00:33:13,820 Your mother and brother are out there. 653 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,480 And Jesus says, who are my mother and 654 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:17,720 brother? 655 00:33:18,940 --> 00:33:21,960 He says, these are my brothers and brothers 656 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:22,800 and sisters. 657 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:28,900 Those who are close to him, who know 658 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:32,140 him as he is, who do what? 659 00:33:32,340 --> 00:33:34,420 The will of God. 660 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,060 The will of God. 661 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:38,960 The only time.