The Touchable God!

Jesus was a hands on person. Throughout the Bible you and I can read about the various times Jesus was in contact with people....hands on contact. From a blind man to a leper...from the old to the young....he was a high contact God. Compared to the other religious figures of the day...Jesus was different in so many ways....but in the area of touch.....He was radically different. John recorded these words in what we have as John 1:14..."The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish."(The Message paraphrase) The New American Standard Bible translation says it this way....And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." "Moved into the neighborhood.....dwelt among us".....both convey that Jesus was a hands on God.

So...why all this talk about a touchable God?.....because those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ are to be like the Father God and Jesus...hands on people. That has recently been expressed in the Love Winnipeg Campaign. Hands on loving of the city of Winnipeg...the People of Winnipeg...everyone in Winnipeg. Lives have been in contact with touchable Christians because their God is a touchable God. Remember back to the birth of Jesus........when Mary was holding God in her hands....He was breaking all the rules about the belief in God. He came and dwelt in the neighbourhood of people like you and I...and he has called believers in Jesus to do the same. Hands on people because our God is a Hands on God.

This week, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, look for a way to be like the touchable Father God in the lives of people around you. James said it so well in chapter 2 verse 17..."faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."

Lets make our faith alive this week by representing our Touchable God by being a hands on people of action.

Blessings,

Pastor Brian