Turn with me back to Mark chapter
3. This passage of scripture talks
about Beelzebub. It mentions the name that I don't
like to mention. Satan. It says the name Satan. The Prince of Devils. It talks about a struggle. We
just had it read to us. It talks about a battle that
takes place. Would you like to see the good
news right off the bat? Look at the end of verse 24.
It says, that kingdom cannot stand. Look at the end of verse 25.
That house cannot stand. The end of verse 26. He cannot stand, but hath an
end. He has an end. Sin, the author
of sin. We've been infected by this sin
that began Lord said, I saw him fall as
a bolt of lightning and everything with him and sand infected us. He has an end. The tempter, the
tormentor, the one who's sitting there shooting fiery darts, he
has an end. Now, after our Lord went up into a
mountain, called unto him whom he would, his apostles. We read where he called his apostles.
After they came to him, the end of verse 19 says, they went into
an house. Verse 20 says, and the multitude
cometh together again so that they could not so much as eat
bread. No one could even sit down and
eat. There were so many people there. It was packed full of
people. Wouldn't you love to see God
give a great multitude of men and women a heart for Jesus Christ? Wouldn't you love to see God
call so many people to come where the Lord is that you just literally couldn't
sit down? Would it be the worst thing in
the world to have to stand up for 30 minutes? He's able to do that. He is able to do that if that's
what he wants to do. He's able to do that. Verse 20,
the multitude cometh together again so that they could not
so much as eat bread. And when his friends heard of
it, my margin says kinsmen, his earthly family. When his friends
heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him, for they said,
he is beside himself." That word beside means he's put out of
his wits. He has become insane. If you start telling people what
God has revealed to you in his word, they will say the exact
same thing about you. Try it. Try it and see. They'll say the exact same thing
about you. You're crazy. You're crazy. I've never heard anything like
that before. What do you mean God elected
a people? That's crazy. What do you mean redeemed from
the foundation of the world? What do you mean, it is finished? If anybody wants to know what
we preach here, what do y'all preach down there? Here's what
we preach. It is finished. Okay, there's a church over here,
and they preach, you have to, and then there's a blank after
it. And there's a church over here, and they preach, you have
to, and then there's a blank behind it. And every place you
go, there's a church that says, you have to, and then there's
a blank behind it. What do we preach here? It is
finished. And then after we tell people
that, we go home. What do you mean it's finished? Don't tell me I can't keep God's
law. Don't tell me I don't have a
say in the matter. Don't tell me it was finished
before the foundation of the world. Don't tell me I'm a sinner. You're beside yourself. You're
crazy. You're insane. Look at Matthew
5 with me. Matthew 5 verse 10, our Lord
said, blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness
sake. Our Lord said they're blessed.
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men
shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner
of evil against you falsely. For my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding
glad, for great is your reward in heaven. What is the reward?
Well, you get a whole bunch of golden crowns and there's jewels
and there's streets of gold and mansions. No, we get Christ. I mean, we get the greatest reward
a sinner could get. Unsearchable riches. Great is
your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they, the prophets
which were before you. Persecution will come for the
truth's sake. It will come. It just will. But Paul wrote, let God be true,
and every man a liar. That's the heart. And we don't,
not in a mean and vicious way, just in a bowing, loving to our
God. Let God be true. And let this
man right here be a liar. And everybody that's just like
me. Start it right here, but let God be true. They persecuted
every prophet before you. They persecuted the Lord himself. The Lord himself. Go with me
back to the text, Mark chapter 3. Verse 21, And when his friends
heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him, for they said,
He is beside himself. And the scribes which came down
from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub. And by the prince
of devils casteth he out devils. The name Beelzebub is another
name for our enemy. Beelzebub means Dung God, lowercase g. dung God. It means God of the
fly. And they said to the Lord of
glory, He has beelzebub. And by the prince of devils casteth
he out devils. Our Lord was healing men and
women. Verse 10 says, He had healed
many insomuch that they pressed upon Him for to touch Him. As
many as had plagues And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell
down before him and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. Unclean
spirits obeyed his command. But in spite of his goodness
and his mercy, they said, He has a devil. That's unimaginable,
isn't it? The things that are evil, men
call good. And the only thing that was ever
truly good, men called evil. Sinful, sinful world. Verse 22,
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath
Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils casteth he out devils. And he called them unto him,
and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? What he's saying is, you didn't
even know you had a devil. You didn't know. You did not
even know you were held captive. You did not know you were under
His control. That's the world today. No idea. No idea. That's religion today. No idea they're under His absolute
control. He said, if I was operating by
the prince of devils, why would I have cast out the devil? You
were already under his control. Why would I do that? Verse 24,
and if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against
itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against
himself and be divided, he cannot stand but hath and end. And he does. Thank God he does. Turn with me to John 16. John
16. Verse 7 says, Nevertheless, I
tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away. For if
I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you, but if
I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he has come, he
will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment,
of sin because they believe not on me, of righteousness because
I go to my father and you see me no more, of judgment because
the prince of this world is judged. He is judged, not will be. He is. Oh, he's running around
creating terror, doing his own thing, and one of these days
God's going to put a stop to all this chaos. No, he is. He is judged. Look at John 12. Our Lord said in verse 27, Now
is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father,
save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto
this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then
came there a voice from heaven saying, I have both glorified
it and will glorify it again. The people therefore that stood
by and heard it said that it thundered. Others said an angel
spake to him. Jesus answered and said, this
voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the
judgment of this world. Right now, At that moment in
time, he said, my soul is troubled. For this hour came I unto this
world. I came to die. And right now
is the judgment of this world. All judgment is going to hinge
on what takes place right now. Verse 31, now is the judgment
of this world. Now shall the prince of this
world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me." When Christ dealt with
the sin of his people on that cross, he dealt with the author
of sin. He dealt with the author of sin.
He judged the author of sin. He bruised his head. Actually,
he crushed his head. He has an end. He has an end. Look at Jude with me. Jude verse 6, And the angels
which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation
he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day." They've already been judged, they're
just being reserved in everlasting chains. I love in the story Pilgrim's
progress. Pilgrim was going down the way
and a few times he got off of the way And he would go to sleep
and all these things would happen to him. But he was trying to
get to the Celestial City and he's going down the way and all
of a sudden he sees two lions up in front of him. And he's
scared. And he does not want to go to
those lions. And he wants to get off the way
and go around the lions. But there's no other way. There's
only one way. But he's hesitant, he's holding
back. And he's so worried about those lions and he's slowly inching
toward them until finally he gets close enough to see they're
both on chains. And they can only come right
up to the way. They're not in the way. And he
is so relieved and scared, but he inches between them. They
can only come as far as the chains would let them go. Look at Revelation 20 with me. Revelation 20 verse one says,
and I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of
the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Who is that? That's God, our savior. That's
the Lord Jesus Christ. I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain
in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,
that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan and bound him
a thousand years. Wait a minute. Has that thousand years already
happened? Are we in it? Or is it yet to
come? Who cares? Look at verse 10. And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
forever and ever. Our tormentor has an end. Christ has seen to it. He has
seen to it. Back with me to Mark 3. Mark 3 verse 27. No man can enter
into a strong man's house and spoil his goods except he will
first bind the strong man and then he will spoil his house. That is our gospel. No man can enter into a strong
man's house and spoil his goods except he will first bind the
strong man And then he will spoil his house. That's our good news. That's our good news. Me and
you, we're the strong man. Strong willed. Strong sin. Strong opinion of self. Strong
pride. Strong enmity. Look at Ephesians 2 with me. Ephesians 2 verse 1, And you
hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins? wherein
in time past you walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air." Who's that?
Our enemy. The spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience, among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lust of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
the children of wrath, even as others. But God. On my page I wrote Scylla after
that. Stop and think about that. Is
it not true? Salvation in two words. But God. Oh it was so bad, oh it was so
bad, oh it was so bad. But God. But God, who is rich in mercy,
for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace
you're saved. What happened? What happened? How did he save
us? Look at Ephesians 4. Verse 8 says, Wherefore he saith,
when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive. He just took them. He just overtook
them. He bound them with cords of love, hogtied. He said, you're mine now. You're
just mine now. Every one of them say, thank
you, Lord. My deliverer, my redeemer, my
stronghold, my high tower, my rock, my fortress, my God, thank
you. Thank you for leading captivity
captive. Thank you for leading captivity
captive. Thank you for leading captivity
Captain, thank you for overpowering me. Thank you. Back in Mark chapter 3, verse
27, no man can enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods
except he will first bind the strong man and then he will spoil
his house. He'll take ownership of it all. He will seize it. There's a song
that I love. Listen to these words. They say,
take my life and let it be. Take my life and let it be. Consecrated Lord to thee. Take
my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love. At the
impulse of thy love. Whatever you would have them
to do. Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee. Take my voice and let me sing
always only for my King. Always only for my King. Take
my lips and let them be filled with messages for thee. Take
my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold. Not a mite
would I withhold. Take my love, my God, I pour
at Thy feet its treasure store. Take myself and I will be ever
only all for Thee. Ever only all for Thee. Seize
me. Seize me. Paul said over in 1 Corinthians
7, He that is called in the Lord being a servant is the Lord's
free man. When Christ takes one of his
own captive, that sets him free. It sets him free. I pray Christ
has seized me. I pray he has seized me. Don't
we want to know that Christ has seized us? Don't we want to know
he has seized our sins? laid his captive hold on us and
set us free. Don't we want to know that? How
can we know that he has? Mark 3 verse 28 says, Verily
I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of
men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme.
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation. Because they said he hath the
devil, because they said that, that's how he answered them.
This word tells us that faith is our evidence. Faith is our evidence. The faith
that is not of ourself, but the gift of God, that's our evidence.
This faith in Christ that only God can give, it comes to a sinner
by the Holy Ghost. That's how it comes. Turn with me, I've just got a
couple of places and we're done. Turn with me to John 14. John 14 verse 16, our Lord said,
I will pray the Father and He shall give you another comforter,
that He may abide with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom
the world cannot receive because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth
Him, but you know Him, for He dwelleth with you. and shall
be in you. The world cannot receive him
on their own. He must be given. Verse 26, but
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, when the Father will send
him in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all
things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you. That's
what he's going to do. He's going to come and teach
you the truth. That's what he's going to do.
That's the work of the Holy Ghost. Chapter 15 verse 26 says, But
when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me. He's going to tell you of me
and he's going to point you to me. He's going to testify of
me. Chapter 16, verse 7. Nevertheless,
I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that
I go away. For if I go not away, the comforter
will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send
him unto you. And when he is come, he will
reprove. That means convince. I mean convince. The world of sin and of righteousness
and of judgment. Of sin, because they believe
not on me. Of righteousness, because I go
to my Father and you see me no more. Of judgment, because the
Prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say
unto you, but you cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when He, the
Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth,
for He shall not speak of Himself. But whatsoever He shall hear,
that shall He speak, and He will show you things to come. He shall
glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto
you." What is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? It's unbelief. It's unbelief. God's Holy Ghost
reveals Christ. And our Lord said, All sin committed
against me shall be forgiven. All sin committed against me
shall be forgiven. All sin committed against me
shall be forgiven. But there's ultimately one thing
that's going to put a man or a woman in hell. Unbelief. Unbelief. Now has God laid hold
on us? Do we believe Him? Do we believe
on Him? Do we believe that He has conquered
us? Do we bow to that? Do we bow
to Him? We just saying conquering now,
still to conquer? In this heart right here does
all the victory Go to Him for conquering death, sin, Satan,
and me. If it does, God has not allowed
us to blaspheme. We're not going to die in our
sins. We're not going to be given to
eternal damnation. He's done something in us. He
has conquered us. He is conquering now, and we'll
keep preaching this message because He is still to conquer. He will spare us from eternal
damnation. Lord, we believe, don't we? Help
our unbelief. Increase our faith. Cause us to look to Christ more.
Cause us to look to Christ more. Look to His blood more. Rest
in Him more. Conquer me from sin, conquer
me from self, conquer me from the world. Do it for Christ's
sake. All right, let's stand together.