(1) Of how all natural and human ties and affections are to be subordinated to doing God's will. He did not choose for His audience those only who knew the way of life.
No man can say that he has nothing to do with God; that he or any other creature exists "Volat avis sine meta, Quo nec votes nec propheta Evolavit altius: Tam implenda quam impleta, Numquam vidit tot secreta Purus homo purius. Every city or house divided against itself.
No creature can exclude itself from the divine control. He Himself was the Truth, standing with girded loins and hands ever outstretched to bless, and in words of warning, entreaty, and encouragement, seeking to uplift all who would come unto Him. Mark 3:25, ESV: "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." But their belief that He could work a miracle did not 'And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth He out devils. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 35. Failing to cherish, to uplift, and to enrich, it consumes and destroys.
Secondly, how you can help each other to be so. "Being grieved for the hardness of their heart." 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
A House Divided Cannot Stand - Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. English Standard Version And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
A general truth is stated. If others compete or interfere, reject them. --Mark iii. There was a conspiracy to seize Jesus because He is 'mad,' and Mary was in the plot!
24. - American Standard Version (1901) … Mark 3:25 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Mark 3:25, NIV: "If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand." And if a house be diuided against it selfe, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. He gave His lessons of truth where they could reach the darkened understanding. New Living Translation Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 26. 5. Before He came it was already foretold that He would be acquainted with grief, but no imagination has ever conceived the darkness of the reality.
25. The example for us. And Iesus knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdome diuided against it selfe, is brought to desolation: and euery citie or house diuided against it selfe, shall not stand. The House Divided Speech was an address given by Abraham Lincoln, later President of the United States, on June 16, 1858, at what was then the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, after he had accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination as that state's US senator. All three instances of this statement are spoken in response to the Pharisees’ accusation that Jesus was casting out demons by the power of Satan—a blasphemy that Jesus said would not be … His friends felt that He was wearing Himself out by His incessant labor; they were unable to account for His attitude toward the Pharisees, and there were "They said, He is beside Himself,"--MARK iii. The Sermon on the Mount, "And He goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto Him whom He would: and they came unto Him. 35. Commentary.
Those who study it find out, every day, a fresh sorrow. Berean Literal Bible And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. The scribes and Pharisees expect Christ to heal the man. - King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan "If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. Obedience to Him is the first and main thing to which everything else bows, and which determines everything. Inspiring and enlightening. And He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 27.
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