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.… It is a great thing to be alone with nature; to be alone with a man of a noble heart; a greater thing by far to be alone with Jesus, "Aside from the multitude." I. THAT HE MIGHT QUICKEN HIS SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY. God has made us persons; we lose ourselves in the crowd; trials depress, we lose hope and become more like things. But Jesus awakens us. II. THAT HE MIGHT AWAKEN HIM TO A TRUER CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS SPIRITUAL NEEDS. "Touched him." Where? Ears and tongue. There was the evil, there the cure. Some are touched through their fears, others through their hopes. III. THAT HE MIGHT CONCENTRATE ALL HIS HOPES ON CHRIST. IV. THAT HE MIGHT BIND HIM FOREVER TO HIMSELF. (W. Forsyth, M. A.) 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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