_‘FROM THE POWER OF SATAN UNTO GOD’_ ‘A man with an unclean spirit.’ Mark 5:2 After the storm our Lord landed from the boat at Gerasa, on the east bank of the lake, in the country of the Gerasenes. In the gorge, leading from the water up to the high land on which the town was situated, were numer... [ Continue Reading ]
_SATAN’S LEGIONS_ ‘And (Jesus) asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.’ Mark 5:9 I. OUR SPIRITUAL DANGERS.—May we not say of our spiritual dangers, ‘Their name is Legion!’ Satan is constantly changing his form of attack. His servants and his tact... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHRISTIAN IN THE HOME_ ‘Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee.’ Mark 5:19 Christianity has quite as much to do with the little things as with the great matters of life. A true Christian never forgets his faith; he is as much a Christian at home as... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE BELIEVING ONE AND THE UNBELIEVING MANY_ ‘And a certain woman … when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched His garment.’ Mark 5:25 I. THE MIGHTY DIFFERENCE.—There is a great difference—it may be a difference for us as of life and death—between thronging Jesus and touch... [ Continue Reading ]
_FAITH-HEALING_ ‘Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.’ Mark 5:34 She came to Jesus. She felt her disease; she felt her need. Grace meets us, not according to our correct views, or right thoughts of God, but according to our need. I. THE TOUCH OF FAITH.—She touched the Saviour’s hem, and ‘im... [ Continue Reading ]
_FAITH AND LIFE_ ‘Be not afraid, only believe.’ Mark 5:36 Our Blessed Lord had just performed three out of that wondrous cycle of miracles which Mark brings into close sequence. First, the ‘stilling of the tempest’; second, the casting out of the fiends which possessed the demoniac of Gadara; thi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMAN_ “And He took the damsel by the hand.’ Mark 5:41 This is the earliest miracle of raising the dead recounted in the Gospels. Two others follow, but the one was a growing youth, the other was a man of mature age. The young woman was Christ’s first miracle of resurrection.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FEEDING UPON CHRIST_ ‘And commanded that something should be given her to eat.’ Mark 5:43 This is one of those fine touches of tender consideration, of which Mark’s history is characteristic, and which so illustrate the beauty of the thoughtfulness of Christ. A great thing never made Christ forg... [ Continue Reading ]