Matthew 12:22 Demons - For The Glory of Jesus

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Jesus was casting out demons. The Pharisee’s claimed Jesus was casting them out in the name of Beelzebub or Satan.

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22. “The restoration of the demon-possessed man serves as the kindling for the confrontation in 12:22-37.” [Max Anders and Stuart K. Weber (2012). HNTC Vol. 01: Matthew. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from https://read.lifeway.com]

“Like the man in 9:32-33, this demonized individual is unable to speak. In this case he is blind too. Jesus cures both afflictions.” (Blomberg, Craig L., The New American Commentary, Volume 22, Matthew. [Nashville: Broadman Press], 201)

23. “The continual miracles of Jesus in healing and casting our demons convinced the people that He was the Son of David, the Messiah.” (McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible: Volume IV. [Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983], 68)

24. “The Pharisees were disturbed at Jesus’ power over demons (see their similar retort in 9:34), but when they heard the crowds speculating about his identity as the Son of David (12:23), they tried to discredit the idea by attributing Jesus’ authority to Satan.” [Max Anders and Stuart K. Weber (2012). HNTC Vol. 01: Matthew. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from https://read.lifeway.com]

Beelzebub

25. “Jesus pointed out that this statement was illogical and impractical. Why would Satan fight against himself? Jesus affirmed that Satan had a kingdom, for he is the god of this age (Matthew 4:8-9; John 12:31.” (Wiersbe, Warren W, The Bible Exposition Commentary New Testament Volume 1 Matthew-Galatians. [Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2004], 42)

26. “Jesus concludes that because demonization promotes Satan’s designs, Satan would not himself seek to cast out demons. He would be undermining his own work.” (Blomberg, 202)

27. “If Satan is the one who enables exorcisms, then other Jewish exorcists must also be devilish. Jesus’ accusers judge their own ‘people’ (literally, sons) by their accusations.” (Blomberg, 202)

28. “Verse 28 is arguably the single most important teaching of Jesus on realized eschatology—the present aspect of the kingdom.” (Blomberg, 202)

“Jesus was able to cast out demons because He had first defeated Satan, the prince of the demons. His victory was through the Spirit of God (‘the finger of God,’ Luke 11:20) and not in the power of the evil one.” (Wiersbe, 42)

Man’s House

29. “One cannot attack a well-protected home without first rendering the guard powerless. So, too, Jesus must first bind Satan before he can plunder his house, i.e., cast out his demons.” (Blomberg, 203)

30. “The point here is that Christ leaves no room for neutral ground. If people cannot accept his teaching and work, they are in danger of God’s judgment.” (Blomberg, 203) (Mark 9:40)

31-32. “The sin that can actually never be forgiven is the consistent, lifelong refusal to bow to the Holy Spirit’s conviction of sin and to accept the forgiveness that Christ offers.” [Max Anders and Stuart K. Weber (2012). HNTC Vol. 01: Matthew. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from https://read.lifeway.com]

Fruit

33. “Jesus used the same argument as in 7:16-20—that no tree can produce any fruit other than its own kind of fruit, and that any tree can be identified as good or bad by examining its fruit.” [Max Anders and Stuart K. Weber (2012). HNTC Vol. 01: Matthew. B&H Publishing Group. Retrieved from https://read.lifeway.com]

34. “Jesus echoes John’s charge of 3:7 (‘you brood of vipers’) showing that he believes his accusers represent the bad tree and its bad fruit.” (Blomberg, 205)

35. “A tree is to its fruit what a person’s heart is to his or her speech.” (Blomberg, 205)

36. “A person is either good or evil, and the wicked will not escape condemnation.” (Blomberg, 205)

37. “What may seem like merely trivial or casual remarks may at times better reflect one’s more fundamental commitments (James 3:1-12).” (Blomberg, 205)

References

In this article Scripture quotations taken from KJV.

Blomberg, Craig L., The New American Commentary, Volume 22, Matthew. Nashville: Broadman Press
McGee, J. Vernon, Thru the Bible: Volume IV. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983
Robertson, A. T., A Harmony of the Gospels. New York, HarperCollins Publishers
Wiersbe, Warren W, The Bible Exposition Commentary New Testament Volume 1 Matthew-Galatians. Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2004

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