Mark 7:31-37 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the coasts of Decapolis.… I. TEACHING FOR THOSE WHO WOULD FOLLOW THE LORD IN DOING GOOD. 1. Be considerate. Deal with each case according to its need. 2. Look up to heaven. It is the privilege of serving God to create correspondence with God. He who does good, enters into alliante with heaven. 3. Sigh. "Shall the heirs of sinful blood, seek joy unmixed in charity?" Doing good is lessening evils; contact with evils makes us serious — sad. Therefore many avoid it all they can — avert eyes from realities around them, attend only to what will please and amuse. Selfish creatures, children of world, who have not the Spirit of Christ. Those who have will, in this, share His experience. Sadness in sympathy: pain in disappointment. II. ADMONITION TO ALL TO WHOM THE WORD OF GOD COMES. Their case was before Christ's mind. The deepest cause of His sigh and sorrow was that they were spiritually deaf, and therefore spiritually dead. "Hear, and your soul shall live." (T. D. Bernard.) Parallel Verses KJV: And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. |
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