{"id":2623,"date":"2018-07-05T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manual4life.org\/en\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2018-07-05T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:42:08","slug":"beelzebul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/beelzebul\/","title":{"rendered":"By Beelzebul"},"content":{"rendered":"

This study complements the study \u2018Word study<\/span><\/a> of the little Greek words epi, en, eis\u2019.<\/p>\n

What is important for this study is the little Greek word \u2018en\u2019<\/strong> that is translated as \u2018by\u2019 i<\/strong>n the texts below.<\/p>\n

By Beelzebul \u2013 the texts:<\/span><\/h3>\n

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, \u201cIt is only by (en)<\/strong> Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (Matthew 12:24)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Jesus said:) And if I drive out demons by (en)<\/strong> Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.\u00a0\u00a0 (Matthew 12:27 and Luke 11:19)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, \u201cHe is possessed by Beelzebul! By (en)<\/strong> the prince of demons he is driving out demons.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (Mark 3:22)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But some of them said, \u201cBy (en)<\/strong> Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (Luke 11:15)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Jesus said:) If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by (en)<\/strong> Beelzebul.\u00a0\u00a0 (Luke 11:18)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As is explained in de study \u2018Word study of the little Greek words epi, en, eis\u2019, the little Greek word \u2018en\u2019<\/strong> indicates the place in which<\/strong> an act takes place or will take place.<\/p>\n

\u2018By<\/strong> Beelzebul\u2019 would therefore be better translated as \u2018in<\/strong> Beelzebul\u2019 in the texts quoted above.<\/p>\n

For what does being \u2018in\u2019 someone mean?<\/span><\/h3>\n

To understand this it is important to realise what Jesus says about Himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 (John 8:42)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (John 8:29)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I and the Father are one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> (John 10:30)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t you believe that I am in (en)<\/strong> the Father, and that the Father is in (en)<\/strong> me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in (en)<\/strong> me, who is doing his work.\u00a0\u00a0 (John 14:10)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus always does what the Father says.
\nJesus and the Father are one.
\nJesus is in<\/span><\/strong> the Vader and the Father is in<\/span><\/strong> Jesus.
\nWhen Jesus lived in this world the Father did His works in Him.<\/p>\n

And it is clear how Jesus drove evil spirits out:<\/p>\n

But if it is by (en = in)<\/strong> the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.\u00a0\u00a0 (Matthew 12:28)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But if I drive out demons by (en = in)<\/strong> the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.\u00a0\u00a0 (Luke 11:20)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus did not drive the evil spirits out \u2018by\u2019<\/strong> the Holy Spirit, but \u2018in\u2019<\/strong> the Holy Spirit.
\nJesus did not give the Holy Spirit the command to drive Beelzebul out from a distance as it were.
\nNo, Beelzebul had to obey Jesus because He gave him his orders in the authority<\/span><\/strong> of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

But what do the Pharisees say?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Pharisees insinuated that Jesus did not drive evil spirits out by (en = in)<\/span><\/strong> the Holy Spirit, but by (en = in)<\/span><\/strong> Beelzebul, i.e. in the authority<\/span><\/strong> of Satan, the prince of the evil spirits.<\/p>\n

Whereby Jesus would not be in<\/span><\/strong> the Father and the Father would not be in<\/span><\/strong> Him.
\nAccording to the Pharisees Jesus was only able to drive evil spirits out because He was in<\/span><\/strong> Satan, as a result of which Jesus became an accomplice of Satan in their eyes.<\/p>\n

This is how the people among the masses were regarding Jesus, so that:<\/p>\n

But some of them said, \u201cBy (en = in)<\/strong><\/span> Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (Luke 11:15)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Caution:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Jesus drove the evil spirits out in the authority of<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 the Spirit of truth<\/strong> who goes out from the Father \u2026\u00a0\u00a0 (John 15:26)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When the Pharisees suggest that Jesus is receiving the authority from Beelzebul, the prince of the evil spirits, they are blaspheming against the Holy Spirit by doing so.<\/p>\n

Jesus warns therefore:<\/p>\n

And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven<\/strong>.
\n(Matthew 12:31)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven<\/strong>, either in this age or in the age to come.\u00a0\u00a0 (Matthew 12:32 and Luke 12:10)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also the studies:<\/p>\n