Mark 3:7-12 - Homilies By E. Johnson

Testimony of evil to goodness.

I. ITS SINCERITY . We see many coming to Christ who thought they could get an immediate good from him. Others kept aloof who doubted what good could come, what evil might come, from the intercourse. The devils, whether for good or evil, "rush to Jesus." Whenever there is such a " rush ," something significant is stirring.

II. ITS IRRESISTIBLE CHARACTER . There are men, there are movements, which are advertised by the evil they elicit from the latent depths of the heart. Observe the man who is hated, and by whom ; observe the man who is loved, and by whom. Note the center of attraction, and for what sort of people ; the center of repulsion, and what sort of people ; and you have a clue to important truths. Christ is illustrated by all these rules. Who were they who approached him in love then? who now? What were the instincts arrayed against him—then and now?—J.