The Power of a Touch
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Introduction
Introduction
Of all of the human interaction there is nothing more significant than touch.
Over the last year the pandemic has been a reason for separation.
That separation produced
++Fear
++Anxiety
++Brokenness
++Loneliness
We are wired for connection
We are wired for connection
Separation is the farthest place from touch.
43 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.
44 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased.
45 And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!”
46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.”
47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”
49 While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.”
50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”
The word for separation used in the Bible is death.
The word for separation used in the Bible is death.
14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
Man’s First Touch
Man’s First Touch
It is first mentioned in the garden of Eden
3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Why did she include “neither touch it”?
Why did she include “neither touch it”?
Though it was not mentioned in the original commandment, it is highly likely that it was added by Adam to her, since she was not there when the commandment was given.
Why would he add it?
Don’t tough this
Don’t tough this
David recognized the anointing
David recognized the anointing
22 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
Jeremiah recognized the unclean
Jeremiah recognized the unclean
15 “Away! Unclean!” people cried at them. “Away! Away! Do not touch!” So they became fugitives and wanderers; people said among the nations, “They shall stay with us no longer.”
Paul recognized toxic relationships
Paul recognized toxic relationships
16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
A touch connects
++People
++Purposes
++Presence
19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
A touch is a sign of
++Agreement
++Intimacy
++Unity
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
A touch in unity
++A place of commanded blessing
++An expression of life
God Makes a Connection
God Makes a Connection
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
We are connected in Him by the Word of truth
We are connected in Him by the Word of truth
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
What is truth?
What is truth?
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Jesus is the word
Jesus is the word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus is Truth
Jesus is Truth
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
We are Connected by Salvation
We are Connected by Salvation
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God’s Love
God’s Love
Because of His Love
++He sent His son
++His son gave his life
++He did is for all
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
God’s Blessing
God’s Blessing
14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
We are connected with a touch
We are connected with a touch
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
We are in him
++When we hear the truth
++When we believe him
++When we are sealed by the Holy Spirit
16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Jesus Said “Who touch me”
Jesus Said “Who touch me”