Mark 3:1 Note: I. The meaning of the withered hand. It was a word picture of that infirmity whatever it may be which destroys a man's power of doing anything well in this world of ours. There was a man there who had a withered hand. That right hand, as St. Luke describes it, robbed of its nourishme... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:1 Note: I. Christ's detection of human incompleteness. He instantly discovered that there was a man in the synagogue with a withered hand. II. Jesus Christ's power over partial disease. The man had only a withered hand. In some cases Christ used to heal thoroughly diseased men; in this cas... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:5 Our Lord goes into the synagogue at Capernaum, where He had already wrought more than one miracle, and there He finds an object for His healing power in a poor man with a withered hand; and also a little knot of His enemies. The scribes and Pharisees expect Christ to heal the man. So much h... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:7 I. There is a time to withdraw from opponents. II. Withdrawment is not necessarily the result of cowardice. III. Withdrawment from one sphere should be followed by entrance into another. Great things draw great multitudes. How did Christ exercise His influence over great throngs? (1) He... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:22 Christ now encounters open hostility in addition to friendly, though mischievous remonstrance. A theory of explanation was proposed by the scribes. Christ's answer to that theory shows (1) that the opinions of leading minds may be entirely fallacious; and (2) that common sense often sugge... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:27 The world, or, to reduce the subject to what is equally true, and perhaps more practical, every one's own heart, is we have the authority of Christ to say it "a house" or a palace, which Satan, as a strong man, holds and keeps. So long as the strong man holds his palace on an undisputed t... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 3:31 Note: I. The spirituality of Christ's relationships. The kinship of the body is held subordinate to the kinship of the spirit. II. The true bond of communion with Christ is obedience to God's will. (1) There is but one infallible will. (2) That will appeals for universal obedience. III... [ Continue Reading ]