Había tres espíritus presentes en la lección del Evangelio de hoy. Aquí hablo del zeitgeist, the overall sense of ethos/pathos in the air. There was the group described in verse 21 who were thinking and feeling that Jesus was out of his mind, attributing his healing and authoritative teaching and wonder-working demonstrations of divine power and forgiveness to psychology (or psychosis. His family grew understandably concerned over the growing crowds surrounding him, throngs of people that prevented him or anyone else from eating; so concerned was Jesus’s family that they tried to restrain him from doing any more healing or feeding. This is the kind of spirit that either just wants him to heal and feed, ad infinitum, adoptando la actitud de "¿qué puede hacer Jesús por mí últimamente? ¿Y qué más puede seguir haciendo?" o "¿Está loco por hacer lo que hace?".

Luego estaba el segundo tipo de espíritu - un espíritu malo que no sólo arroja sospechas sobre las intenciones y acciones de Jesús, sino que atribuye el mal a Jesús. Esto es lo que se llama "blasfemar contra el Espíritu" o lo que El mensaje traducción describe como: "Pero si persistes en tus calumnias contra el Espíritu Santo de Dios, estás repudiando a Aquel mismo que perdona, serrando la rama en la que estás sentado, cortando por tu propia perversidad toda conexión con Aquel que perdona". Este es el tipo de espíritu que dice: "Jesús es demasiado bueno para ser verdad, debe ser no verdadero, no bueno, y por lo tanto malo."

Luego está el tercer tipo de espíritu. Es el espíritu afín de la parentela. Ver versículo 35: "Todo el que hace la voluntad de Dios es mi hermano, mi hermana y mi madre".

In Spirit-time, in tandem with the resurrection, all the truth about Jesus Christ and who we are are disclosed. Jesus is not crazy. Jesus desires for us to flourish, to enjoy and delight in the love of God and the God of love. Jesus is not evil, and, in fact, conquers evil itself; his resurrection upends all powers, principalities, and spirits which seek to contradict and contravene God’s will and ways. And Jesus calls us and makes us siblings in the faith, a community of followers of Jesus. How did early worshipping communities know and believe this? How did succeeding generations of Christians believe this? How did you and I come to believe and trust in this? Because in the fulness of time, in Spirit-time, it was disclosed to us – to you and me. And in Spirit-time, all will know Jesus is Lord and we all belong to God and to one another.