Matthew 12:22 says, Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.  Another person in need was brought to Jesus.  Not only could this person not see or hear, but he was possessed by a devil.  I believe that it would be safe to say that this person was pretty much helpless and hopeless.  That is really the way everyone comes to Jesus.  We are helpless and hopeless by our own abilities, and we are following the leadership of the Devil.  In this state, we need to come to Jesus and put our hope and trust in Him.  Jesus alone can heal us of our spiritual blindness and allow us to hear the truth of God.  When He does, the Devil will no longer have any power over us, unless we stop following the will of God.  Verse twenty-three states, And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?  The people were amazed, and they asked was Jesus not the son of David.  This was a reference to the awaited Messiah.  The people were curious, but Matthew Henry says they didn't wait around for the answer.  People may be curious about Jesus today, but until they come to the knowledge that He is indeed the only One Who can bring salvation, they will not be saved.  We must be able to declare without a doubt that Jesus is indeed the awaited Messiah, the Savior of all people who will accept Him.  Verse twenty-four says, But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of devils.  Once more,, the Pharisees, the most religious of the Jews, attempted to discredit Jesus.  We can be the most devout person in eyes of the world, but unless we accept Christ as Savior and Lord, we are just as lost as the Pharisees were.  The Pharisees accused Jesus of working under the power of Beelzebub, or the devil.  It is a sad commentary that some of the most devout of those who were supposedly God's people not only failed to recognize the Messiah, but also tried to attribute His miracles to the power of Devil.  There are still people today, when they see a miracle, attempt to give the credit to anyone but God.  We, as followers of Christ, must never be guilty of doing that.  Verse twenty-five says, And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:  We could interpret this as Jesus reading the minds of the Pharisees, or as Jesus knowing how they tended to think.  Jesus answered their accusation by saying a house divided against itself shall not stand, meaning that if He were casting out devils in the name of, or by the power of, the devil, the He was working against Himself.  I believe there is another warning for us, and that is that as followers of Christ we should never do anything that is against His will.  Verse twenty-six says, And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?  This is what was just discussed.  If Satan works against Satan, he cannot stand.  Verse twenty-seven asks, And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.  Jesus asked if He were being successful in casting out devils by the power of Beelzebub then by whose power were the Jews casting them out.  The Pharisees would have to be the judge.  They could not single out Jesus as being empowered by the devil and say that others doing the same thing were empowered by God.  We must be careful to never attempt to discredit what other Christians are doing for God.  Verse twenty-eight says, But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.  Jesus said that if He was acting under the power of God, then the kingdom of God was come upon them.  Jesus was basically saying that if He were acting under the power, or authority, of God, then He was the awaited Messiah, and we each have to make the decision of whether He is or not.