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[926.00 --> 927.20] what actions he did.
[927.20 --> 928.08] We just know
[928.08 --> 929.28] that Jesus is able
[929.28 --> 930.48] and he drove out
[930.48 --> 930.90] the demon.
[931.22 --> 932.28] And then the scene
[932.28 --> 933.46] shifts straight
[933.46 --> 934.78] to the reaction
[934.78 --> 935.42] of the crowd,
[935.50 --> 936.26] which is interesting.
[937.46 --> 938.52] The first group
[938.52 --> 939.02] of people
[939.02 --> 940.40] challenge Jesus
[940.40 --> 942.16] and they attribute
[942.16 --> 944.40] Jesus' power
[944.40 --> 945.32] to Beelzebul,
[946.16 --> 946.76] saying that
[946.76 --> 947.52] by the power
[947.52 --> 948.34] of the prince of demons
[948.34 --> 948.96] you drove out
[948.96 --> 949.42] that demon.
[950.08 --> 950.56] Logically,
[950.66 --> 951.40] that's kind of stupid
[951.40 --> 952.28] and Jesus says so.
[953.46 --> 954.74] And then the other group
[954.74 --> 955.10] says,
[955.26 --> 956.16] okay, fine,
[956.16 --> 957.26] if you're doing it
[957.26 --> 958.32] by the power of God,
[958.44 --> 959.90] then give us other signs.
[960.22 --> 960.78] And they're trying
[960.78 --> 961.50] to test him.
[962.20 --> 962.84] And this word
[962.84 --> 963.76] for test in the Greek
[963.76 --> 964.70] is the same word
[964.70 --> 965.86] that when Satan
[965.86 --> 967.10] tests and tempts
[967.10 --> 967.92] Jesus in the wilderness
[967.92 --> 969.06] is exactly what
[969.06 --> 970.00] this crowd is doing
[970.00 --> 970.40] as well.
[971.24 --> 972.14] And so what is significant
[972.14 --> 973.06] is that both
[973.06 --> 973.74] these groups,
[974.56 --> 975.74] they're casting doubt
[975.74 --> 976.90] on the authority
[976.90 --> 977.80] and the identity
[977.80 --> 978.70] of Jesus.
[982.74 --> 983.84] Their questioning
[983.84 --> 984.42] of Jesus,
[984.56 --> 985.16] in other words,
[985.16 --> 986.80] is what prevents them
[986.80 --> 987.44] from making
[987.44 --> 988.06] a commitment
[988.06 --> 988.80] to Jesus.
[989.78 --> 990.94] Notice the significance
[990.94 --> 991.34] here.
[991.80 --> 992.70] They are the crowd.
[993.32 --> 994.44] They are not described
[994.44 --> 995.16] in the Gospels
[995.16 --> 996.38] as the disciples.
[997.80 --> 998.66] They're the crowd
[998.66 --> 999.26] that continues
[999.26 --> 999.84] to doubt
[999.84 --> 1001.26] and sit on the fringes,
[1001.48 --> 1002.42] far from Jesus,
[1002.76 --> 1003.66] far from committing
[1003.66 --> 1004.14] to Him
[1004.14 --> 1004.90] and becoming
[1004.90 --> 1006.10] His actual disciples.
[1007.80 --> 1009.06] So Jesus knew
[1009.06 --> 1009.74] their thoughts
[1009.74 --> 1010.98] and expands
[1010.98 --> 1011.76] on what this miracle
[1011.76 --> 1013.12] of exorcism means.
[1013.12 --> 1014.82] He starts
[1014.82 --> 1016.52] by pointing out
[1016.52 --> 1017.50] the false logic
[1017.50 --> 1018.16] in their argument.
[1019.44 --> 1020.36] Why would Satan
[1020.36 --> 1021.30] himself try
[1021.30 --> 1021.98] to disrupt
[1021.98 --> 1022.58] his own work
[1022.58 --> 1023.12] by trying
[1023.12 --> 1023.88] to tear down,
[1024.44 --> 1024.98] which is
[1024.98 --> 1026.82] to try and tear down
[1026.82 --> 1027.80] and break apart
[1027.80 --> 1028.36] relationships
[1028.36 --> 1029.48] and break the beauty
[1029.48 --> 1030.40] and goodness of God?
[1030.50 --> 1031.26] Why would Satan
[1031.26 --> 1032.52] go against his own mission
[1032.52 --> 1033.64] of breaking that down?
[1035.64 --> 1036.20] Notice,
[1036.48 --> 1037.36] because all throughout
[1037.36 --> 1038.02] the Gospels,
[1038.40 --> 1039.34] Jesus' ministry
[1039.34 --> 1040.22] is all about
[1040.22 --> 1040.84] rebuilding,