The spirit of Hell arranged his large organized armies against Christ. The experts in the Torah and the Law came from the magnificent Jerusalem to the despised mountains of the north to watch the movement of Jesus the carpenter, to set a trap for him, arrest him for transgressing the law, and prove according to the ramified law that he was the deceiver and troublemaker of the nation.
At that very moment, his tribe and those who were close to him with his disciples became altogether in a great danger of being rejected by the nation and consumed in shame.
This is why his tribe began to protect and defend him claiming that he was out of his mind. This pretext was the easiest way to release themselves from responsibility and protect him at the same time. They also tried repeatedly to prevent him severely from continuing his sincere service, but they could not reach him because of the crowded multitudes around him asking for healing and listening to his wise words. The experts in the Mosaic Law said enviously: “Jesus is not out of his mind, as his relatives claim, but he is possessed with the spirit of Beelzebul.” They charged him before the crowded multitudes that the ruler of the spirits himself, who had demons under him as numerous as the lies of the earth, dwelt in Jesus. They called the embodied love of God Satan. The hatred of Hell blinded the keepers of the Law that they did not see of the Law except the letters, and were unable to feel God’s kindness in Jesus.
Christ defended himself rightly before the people, and clarified to them the ignorant and wild charge in his explanation of the principles of hell, and his hidden authority. Hell is a comprehensive spirit, a strong state, which is united, and working together for its destructive design in spite of its apparent divisions and contradictions. The spirit of the lying devil rules over his followers and binds them to refuse God and his Anointed One.
But Jesus came alone without his angels or army to the midst of the state of darkness. He disarmed the tempter who could not make him fall in any sin, and snatched the prisoners from him with the word of his power. Christ is the victor over Satan at all times. He will free you with his gospel from your selfishness and impurities, if you listen to his freeing words and accept them obediently, and then you will become an active member of the kingdom of God.
Woe to those who recognized the love of God only for a limited time! For those who refuse him, become hardhearted, and they finally blaspheme against him. God may forgive him who ignorantly neglects God and his Son, mock at them, and blaspheme against them without knowing them truly. But he who cautiously disobeys God’s mercy, which is proclaimed to him in spiritual experiences and powerful effects, becomes unclean in himself and an original demon that will find no forgiveness any longer. Never play with the knowledge of Christ, or neglect the experiences of the Holy Spirit, but repent sincerely, changing your characters that you may not become a traitor like Judas. Believe brokenly in Jesus, die to your bodily wishes, and surrender to the love of the Savior while it is called “Today”, as long as you have occasion for that.