In Matthew 12:24-30, the Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Satan/Beelzebub and Jesus goes on to explain this. See how this parable comes to life with a simple teaching.
This is called the Parable of the Divided Kingdom. This stems from something Jesus did. Jesus was always doing Kingdom things and bothering certain people and we caught that in Matthew 12:24-30. He says:
“Then they brought him one who was demon-possessed, blind, and mute”;
So this means that he had demons in him that made him react. He was blind and could not speak. The scripture goes on to say:
“and he healed him, so that the blind and the dumb spoke and saw. And all the crowds were astonished and said, Is this the Son of David?”
Which is a way of saying, “Could this be the Messiah?”
“When the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of demons.”
But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then? , their If I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom shall your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters .”
Now, it’s interesting. Abroad, witch doctors have the power to heal. Witch doctors can cure people of demonic oppression. It seems that Hindu religion and different religions have certain spiritual people who can do certain spiritual things. It seems that Satan can do these things in his own Kingdom. But what happens is that it seems to bind people even more. Through the power of the witch doctor, everyone gives more power to the demons and more power to the witch doctor. Satan wins in the end because everyone worships the gods and everyone worships the witch doctor and Satan remains in control.
Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against one another is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.” You only need, and I mean that in love, but you only need a lover who doesn’t love you to break up a marriage. Every house that is divided will not remain.
I heard a story about a man who kept getting sick and had to go to the hospital all the time because he couldn’t eat. They would put him on a drip and after two months in intensive care, he would come out again. Once again, he would get sick and couldn’t eat. He would go to the hospital. He had been to the hospital about five times. He then he called this preacher named Andrew Wommack at his house and said, “Can you help me?”
Andrew saw someone coming out of the house when he got there, a woman. And the boy described her condition. Andrew says, “I don’t know of any reason.” The Holy Spirit had told this man to invite Andrés and he will find the reason for his illness. He told Andrew about the disease. And Andrew said, “Well, the Holy Spirit could have told you, but I don’t know why. Let’s pray”.
Andrew began to pray for the boy. He was about two sentences into the sentence and the Holy Spirit said to Andrew, “The problem is his mother-in-law. His mother-in-law is always cursing him.”
And Andrés finished the sentence, he says: “Who was that that was leaving? Was it your mother-in-law?”
And he said, “Yes.”
He said, “She treats you right?”
He said, “Oh, she’s always here, saying I’m no good for her family and I’m no good and always cursing me. So I can’t work and I’ll always be sick.”
He said, “She says all these things and what else does she say?”
Andres heard the mother speaking curses of sickness over the man.
Andrew said, “You have to get rid of that mother-in-law. You can’t be well and let her into your house. You’ll continue to be sick. She’s the problem.”
So the man did that and was healed and stayed that way.
Now what am I saying? I will not press charges against the mother-in-laws. I’m just saying that a house divided against itself cannot stand. The wife has to choose her mother or her husband.
Jesus said, the Scripture says in the Old Testament, Genesis, “Therefore a man will leave his mother and father and be united to his wife, and the two will be one.” Many problems in marriages occur because the man or woman has not left their parents. In-laws are always meddling in your business and giving advice. Mothers and fathers should keep their hands off each other and let the boy grow up to be a man and deal with his own life.
So Jesus was using that illustration by saying that Satan cannot be operating his Kingdom in this way. He was saying something like, “I can’t be healing people and driving out demons with the power of Satan. I mean, everywhere I go, I’m driving out all the demons. Satan would be losing the battle because I keep destroying his kingdom.”
He went on to say that there were exorcists that existed among the Jews. Jesus said to them: By whom do your children throw them out, therefore they will be your judges? The people who cast out the demons in Jewish life will be the judges of the Pharisees to see whose side the Pharisees were on. They could judge why the demons were coming out and those people would be able to recognize that Jesus Christ was casting them out by the Spirit of God.
Jesus went on to say that, “If I cast you out by the spirit of God, then surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.”
So the Pharisees were commanded to stand trial for people casting out demons in their own faith or to accept Jesus casting them out by the Spirit of God.
Now Jesus goes on to say bind strong men and you will be able to plunder their goods. He then continues by saying: “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.”
Jesus was saying in effect, “If you’re not for me, guys, you’re against me. You can’t sit on the fence. You can’t sit on the fence on this issue or any issue. You’ve got to accept that I’m the Son of God. You have to accept that I am the son of David, as they say I am. You have to look at the signs and wonders that I am doing and telling. To yourself, surely this man has the power of God. Certainly this man has authority. This man is making the blind see, making the deaf speak, casting out demons. He is doing miraculous signs, the signs of a prophet. And this prophet claims he is the Son of God.”
This is what this parable is talking about. Is Jesus the Son of God for you? Is Jesus the Son of David? He was he born of David? Was he a descendant of David, the King of Israel as the Messiah was to descend? Was Jesus really the Messiah? Is Jesus the Messiah?
Look, so what is the practical application? It means that if you are dumb, if you cannot speak the gospel, you are dumb, if you are blind, if you do not understand the gospel and you are blind to the gospel, if you are a demon possessed or possessed by a demon or affected by incorrect theology or wrong voices speaking to you, all of these things can be resolved through Jesus Christ. Blindness, spiritual blindness, can be corrected by being led by Jesus to the truth. Mutism, the ability not to testify to your friends, not to share the Gospel with your friends, this can be corrected with an adequate relationship with Jesus, an adequate teaching of Jesus can give you confidence. Joy, love, life can be possessed by you who will give you confidence and give you a testimony so that you can use it to testify.
Many people do not testify in this world because they have nothing to testify about. Many people in this world do not share his beliefs. They don’t share their faith with other people because they themselves are sad and depressed.
There are no more than 50% of Christians who live in health, vitality and prosperity and live a life in which they feel fulfilled and loved. Andrew Womack, whom I mentioned earlier, teaches about living in your destiny and fulfilling God’s call. in your life. When he does the course for people on how to know what is your destiny in life, he calls people to pray who want to know what is their destiny in life. When Andrés invites all those who do not know what is the destiny of his life, that is, what is the will of God for his life, to the front for prayer; more than 80% of people show up. You see, most Christians have no idea what they are here for, and because they are not satisfied with their proper calling, it affects their ability to share the Gospel with people.
Are you one of those people? Are you one of the 80% who don’t know what their purpose is? You need to find what your purpose is. You have to check out Andrew Womack. You need to find what your purpose is and start striving towards your purpose. And then your blindness will disappear. Then your muteness will disappear. And then all the false doctrines will disappear. You need to live an abundant, fair, happy, full and content life. And the answers to that life are found in the explanations of Jesus’ parables.