I love the story of Beelzebul and I have always found it so fascinating. The story goes like this. Jesus is faced with a man that is possessed by demons. It says that the demons caused this man to be blind and mute. Jesus casts out the demons, and the pharisees accuse Jesus of using the power of Beelzebul to cast out demons. Jesus reprimands the pharisees for thinking this.
The significance of The pharisees saying Jesus cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub lies who Beelzebul is and what is his origins. Beelzebul, also called Beelzebub means Lord of the flies. He was a false god worshiped by the pagan philistines. His name consists of two parts put together. Baal, which was the name for the Canaanite fertility gods, and Zebul, which means “Exalted dwelling”. Even more, the jews often used this name to refer to Satan. So what the pharisees were saying, is that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Satan. Jesus instantly calls out how silly that logic is, saying “If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How can his kingdom stand?”
Jesus then starts talking about the “sin that cannot be forgiven”. This is one of my favorite topics, but I’ll keep this section short since I have an entire study dedicated to it which you can find at the bottom of this page. Jesus talks about how any sin can be forgiven, even blasphemy against the son of man (another name for Jesus) can be forgiven, but if anyone blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, they shall not be forgiven. This basically means that if you reject God’s power repeatedly and you don’t ever repent, you will not be forgiven. So Christians don’t have to worry about committing this sin.