Mattheüs 12:30

30 Wie met Mij niet is, die is tegen Mij; en wie met Mij niet vergadert, die verstrooit.

Mattheüs 12:30 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:30

He that is not with me, is against me
These words chiefly refer to Satan, and are a further proof, that Christ did not cast out devils by him; since they two are as much opposites, as can possibly be; Satan is not on the side of Christ, but an adversary to him; there is an original, and implacable enmity, between the serpent and the seed of the woman; there is an open war between them, and therefore one cannot be thought to lend assistance to the other. They were concerned in different things, had different views and interests, and so took different methods;

and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth:
Christ is the good shepherd, that gathers his sheep to himself, and into his fold, by the external ministry of the word, and internal efficacy of his grace; Satan is the wolf, that catches and scatters the sheep, and seeks to kill and destroy them: and since there is such an open war proclaimed and carried on between Christ and the devil, none ought to be neutral; whoever is not on the side of Christ, is reckoned as an enemy; and whoever is not concerned by prayer or preaching, or other means to gather souls to his word and ordinances, and to his church, and to himself, is deemed by him a scatterer of them.

Mattheüs 12:30 In-Context

28 Maar indien Ik door den Geest Gods de duivelen uitwerp, zo is dan het Koninkrijk Gods tot u gekomen.

29 Of hoe kan iemand in het huis eens sterken inkomen, en zijn vaten ontroven, tenzij dat hij eerst den sterke gebonden hebbe? en alsdan zal hij zijn huis beroven.

30 Wie met Mij niet is, die is tegen Mij; en wie met Mij niet vergadert, die verstrooit.

31 Daarom zeg Ik u: Alle zonde en lastering zal den mensen vergeven worden; maar de lastering tegen den Geest zal den mensen niet vergeven worden.

32 En zo wie enig woord gesproken zal hebben tegen den Zoon des mensen, het zal hem vergeven worden; maar zo wie tegen den Heiligen Geest zal gesproken hebben, het zal hem niet vergeven worden, noch in deze eeuw, noch in de toekomende.