The Untouchables – The Woman with a Hemorrhage. “In the crowd that day was woman who had suffered horribly from continual bleeding for twelve years. She had endured a great deal under the care of various doctors, yet in spite of spending all she had on their treatments, she was not getting better, but worse. When …
The Untouchables – The Demoniac. “One Sabbath day, while Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, He encountered a seriously handicapped woman. She was crippled and had been doubled over for eighteen years. Her condition was caused by a demonic spirit of bondage that had left her unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her condition, …
The Untouchables – The Lepers. “And it happened when Jesus was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was covered in leprosy saw Jesus, and he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean!’ Then Jesus put out his hand and touched him, …
The Untouchables – The Dead Person. ‘Whoever touches the dead body of anyone and fails to purify himself defiles the Lord’s tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.” (Numbers 19:13). In Jesus’ ministry of touch, He had …
The Untouchables – The Tax Collector. “And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house!’ So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.” (Luke 19:5-6). Please read the story of Zacchaeus …
The Untouchables – The Prostitute. “Then Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, ‘Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You didn’t greet me …
Touching the Untouchable- Introduction. “When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them all. And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of …
The Magnificent Olive Tree. “I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s mercy, in the Lord’s unfailing love.” (Psalm 52:8). Is there anything in nature more biblical than the olive tree? There are well over 200 mentions in Scripture about the olive tree, the olive and …
The Pomegranate Tree. “They quarreled with Moses and said, ‘If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord! Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this desert, that we and our livestock should die here? Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has …
The Tender Sprig and the Noble Tree. “Thus says Yahweh, the Sovereign Lord… ‘I shall take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I shall pluck a tender shoot from the cedar’s highest branch and plant it on a lofty and prominent mountain. On the high mountain of Israel …
Job’s Tree with the Scent of Water. “For a tree, there is hope that if cut down, it will sprout again, that its shoots will continue to grow. Even if its roots grow old in the earth and its stump dies in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put …
The Axe to the Roots of the Trees. “When John the Baptist saw many Pharisees and Sadducee coming to be baptized, he denounced them. ‘You brood of snakes!’ he exclaimed. ‘Who warned you to flee the coming wrath? Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God… …