Mark 5:28

Mark 5:28

The spiritual value of the near and visible.

The afflicted woman did not invoke the whole power of the Godhead; she said that a mere touch was enough. She believed that the Divine element penetrated and vitalised the outward and visible covering, so much so that to touch the clothes was to touch God Himself. The idea is that we need far less proof of God's existence and beneficence than we often demand. Apply this thought.

I. To spiritual existences. If I touch but a grain of sand, I find the Mighty One.

II. To the scheme of spiritual providence. Limit the new to one life touch but the hem of the garment.

III. To the processes of spiritual education.

IV. To the uses of spiritual ordinances.

Parker, City Temple, vol. i., p. 55.,

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