The Simple Gospel, Complicating It’s Response...

The Gospel is simple. It’s plainly simple. Yet it’s opposers try to complicate it. Here Jesus clearly tells the religious leaders that if they continue to refuse to acknowledge Jesus as Messiah, their sins will not be forgiven and they will end up in Hell. It’s like someone going to a grocery store, filling their basket with food, and when they get to the checkout clerk, expect to get the groceries without paying for them. Without money, how can you expect to take the food home? It doesn’t belong to you. It’s the same way with God. You can’t earn or get Grace. It’s only obtained through Jesus. Any time someone rejects God’s One and Only Way to Eternal Life, it’s sad. The fact that it’s free, it’s spelled out, and offered to all, makes it a no-brainer to accept. However, our pride, and our worldly flesh, wants to reject it. We want to do something so that we can say we earned it. The only sin God won’t forgive, is the sin of not asking Him to forgive you for being a sinner. He won’t force you against your own will to do something you don’t want to do. That is the sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. It’s a much bigger problem today than ever before.

20 One time Jesus entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon He and His disciples couldn’t even find time to eat. 21 When His family heard what was happening, they tried to take Him away. “He’s out of His mind,” they said.22 But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That’s where He gets the power to cast out demons.”23 Jesus called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can Satan cast out Satan?” He asked. 24 “A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse.25 Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart.26 And if Satan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive.27 Let Me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like Satan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger–someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.28 “I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven,29 but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.”30 He told them this because they were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.” Mark 3:20-30