Kingdoms in Conflict
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Kingdoms in Conflict

Mark 3:20–30  (ID: 2689)

With the unspeakable atrocities that flood our daily news, it’s easy to wonder if God really cares and is in control. When Jesus died and rose again, He declared the ultimate and complete victory over sin, evil, and death. Alistair Begg reminds us that though the battle has been won, we live in a world where the kingdoms of light and darkness remain in conflict—and we see and experience the effects. But we can be assured that Jesus has power over Satan, and He will give us His power to live victoriously until He returns.

Series Containing This Sermon

A Study in Mark, Volume 2

Parables and Miracles Mark 3:7–6:6 Series ID: 14102


20Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

22And 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.” 23And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27But 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.

28“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.