Unity in Faith & Action

Donnie DeBord

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Mark 3:20–27

Church Fellowship and Unity

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Mark 3:20-27 teaches us that we must being divided about Christ keeps us uneffective for Christ.

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Is Jesus a Lunatic?

Mark 3:20–21 ESV

Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Mark 3:20-21

Is Jesus Working with the Devil?

Mark 3:22 ESV

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.”

The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark The Binder of the Strong Man (3:20–35)

Beelzebub, a Syrian god of Ekron (2 Kgs 1:2), originally meant something like “Lord of the Dwelling (= Temple),” but already in the LXX it is made into a term of contempt, Baal muian, “Lord of carrion or flies,” that is, something rotten and repulsive.

Jesus Teaches the Importance of Unity

Mark 3:23-

Mark 3:23–31 ESV

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. But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house. “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.” And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark The Binder of the Strong Man (3:20–35)

As the Son of God, Jesus does something for humanity before doing something to it. He must liberate humanity from the power of evil (1 John 3:8) before restoring it to the image of God.

As long as we deny the power behind Christ’s work, we cannot be forgiven.

Hebrews 6:4–6 ESV

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

Paul is the perfect example of one who was lost in his denial of Christ but then confessed Christ because of the evidence.

The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark The Binder of the Strong Man (3:20–35)

There are only two kinds of people: those who sit on the inside at Jesus’ feet and those who stand on the outside with false assumptions. Discipleship depends on being in Jesus’ presence and doing God’s will, which are the essential characteristics of apostleship outlined in 3:14–15 (also Luke 11:27–28!).

The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to Mark The Binder of the Strong Man (3:20–35)

Hebrews 6:4–6 ESV

Jesus Teaches the Importance of Unified Action

Mark 3:31–35 ESV

And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

Mark 3:31-

1 John 2:17 ESV

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Luke 12:43 ESV

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

John 3:21 ESV

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

John 4:34 ESV

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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