"He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables" (Mark 4:11, NIV)
The question is how do you determine the line of demarcation? Perhaps there is a clue in Chapter 3 of Mark and Chapter 12 of Matthew. Jesus' enemies ascribed his supernatural power to Satan. Clearly they could not deny that Jesus was doing miracles but they were unwilling to ascribe them to the power of God.
In the 21st Century, enough time has passed that some attempt to get away with ascribing all of the miracles recorded in the Gospels as being in the category of myth, something that smart people know could not happen and must be made up.
The line of demarcation seems to be a decision around who Jesus is. Those who accept him as coming from God and doing God's work are in and those who reject Jesus as coming from God are out.
It doesn't matter if you ascribe Jesus' miracles to Satan or to myth, denial of who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish carries serious consequences. To misunderstand Jesus is to put your soul in jeopardy.
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