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Mark 5:8
8For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
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Not the hermit's withdrawal, nor pride's cold refusal, nor sentiment's complaint of misunderstanding.
His words carry three essential truths for the believer.
"Ye know not what ye ask," Christ replied—not to rebuke their boldness, but to illuminate their blindness.
The true child embodies six essential qualities that reprove adult ambition.
The Greek *ochlos* (ὄχλος), meaning "great multitude," designates not merely a numerical crowd but those without wealth, power, exalted rank, or intellectual refinement.
Christ's command divides into two classes of hearers: those dangerously unconcerned about salvation, whom the deceiver convinces that Elohim is too merciful to judge them; and those awakened by conscience, whom Satan now persuades that grace has expired and sin...
Some suppose we must love our neighbour with the same *selfish* affection we naturally direct toward ourselves, yet such self-love is sinful and cannot be our model.