The Pharisees said that Jesus healed the sick by the power of Satan. Jesus answered that a kingdom would not fight against itself, so that a person who heals the sick and casts out demons cannot come from Satan. Thus Jesus revealed his assumption that sickness is of Satan and healing is of God.

But there are two kingdoms — the kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of God. The principle is not that Satan would not fight against Satan, but the broader idea that any kingdom would not fight against itself. The principle applies to any kingdom. Thus if Satan would not fight against Satan, neither would God fight against God. And Jesus assumed that sickness is of Satan and healing is of God.

Therefore, by the same principle that a kingdom would not fight against itself, a person who fights against the work of healing the sick and casting out demons cannot come from God. But there are only two kingdoms in the biblical worldview. If this man does not come from God, then he must be from Satan. Therefore, a person who fights against healing the sick and casting out demons is from Satan.

Perhaps he speaks against such a ministry, or he writes sarcastic comments about it on his computer. Perhaps he mocks it to his friends and relatives. Or perhaps he merely sneers when it is mentioned. If he does anything against it, then according to this principle, he cannot be in the kingdom of God, because God does not fight against himself. And there are only two kingdoms. If he is not in the kingdom of God, he must be in the kingdom of Satan.

But there is more. Jesus also said that “he that is not with me is against me.” He said this in the same context where he attacked the Pharisees for slandering the ministry of miracles and healing. So the principle applies to this topic before it applies to anything else.

There are two kingdoms, and only two kingdoms. There is no third kingdom. There is no third option. There is no neutral zone. A person cannot say, “I will not stand with God. I will not stand with Satan. I will stand here by myself.” There is no such place. A person cannot be neutral about healing the sick and casting out demons, and by extension, he cannot be neutral about other works of the Spirit such as speaking in tongues and prophecies.

This is because Jesus said that he performed his miracles by the Spirit, and the Bible says that the Spirit also produces tongues, prophecies, visions and dreams, and such things. Thus a person is either for miracles, healing, tongues and prophecies, or he is against these things. If he claims that he is neutral about these things, then according to Jesus, this person is in fact against these things.

Therefore, if he is not “with” Jesus on healing the sick, casting out demons, speaking in tongues, and so on, he is against Jesus. If he is not actively agreeing, promoting, and participating in these things, then he is against these things, and he is against Jesus. And since a kingdom does not fight against itself, this person cannot be of God. He cannot belong to the kingdom of God. And since there are only two kingdoms, this person must be of Satan and in the kingdom of Satan.

All of this is true by logical necessity. We are blissfully trapped by Scripture and Reason, and driven to this conclusion. There is no place for leniency. There is no room for exceptions. The only refutation against it is if God is wrong. But God does not fight against himself. Therefore, the one who suggests, however indirectly, that God is wrong about this cannot come from God, but this person must come from Satan, and belong to the kingdom of Satan. In fact, the person who does not actively stand with what Jesus said and declare that all of this is true must be against Jesus. And there are only two kingdoms.