Mark 3:31-35

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. The privileges resulting from communion with Christ. (a) Intimate relationship mother, sister, brother. (b) Social communion this is the family idea.

Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 71.

References: Mark 3:31. Homilist,vol. vi., p. 428; H. M. Luckock, Footprints of the Son of Man,p. 70; H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxvi., p. 372.Mark 3:34; Mark 3:35. J. Vaughan, Fifty Sermons,7th series, p. 33.Mark 3:35. H. J. Wilmot-Buxton, The Life of Duty,vol. ii., p. 246. Mark 4:1. H. M. Luckock, Footprints of the Son of Man,p. 75.Mark 4:1. Homiletic Quarterly,vol. ix., p. 331.Mark 4:1. A. B. Bruce, The Training of the Twelve,p. 41.