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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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576. The Ark Finds a Resting Place

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... struck him down. The Lord tolerates the people’s disobedience to a point (see the comment on 6:3 above), but when Uzzah touches the ark, it is “the straw that breaks the camel’s back.” However innocent his intentions may be, his action betrays a certain ... not negate disobedience. The ark is to be transported in a specified way: it is not some common object that anyone may touch. The Lord desires to have a personal relationship with his people and to dwell among them. But his willingness to live amid ...

577. Separating Physical Impurities from Persons

Leviticus 11:1-47

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... defile any object that they contact. But there is a striking exception: They do not contaminate a water spring or cistern (11:36). This principle that a source of purity would not be defiled explains how Jesus is not defiled when he touches lepers or is touched by a woman with a hemorrhage and power goes forth from him to heal them (Luke 5:12–14; 8:43–48). Regarding the categories of edible and inedible animals (not including any additional temporary impurities), Leviticus 11 only presents categorical ...

578. Jesus Walks on Water

Mark 6:45-56

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... west side of the lake. “Gennesaret,” the only proper noun in the account, refers to a densely populated region between Capernaum and Tiberias. In a flurry of commotion, nameless and faceless people who are identified only by their need and desperation swarm to Jesus from town and countryside simply to “touch even the edge of his cloak” (6:56). The account concludes with the assurance of Jesus’s untiring goodness, for “all who ...

579. The Man With Leprosy

Luke 5:12-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the man healed of leprosy to report to the priest (Lev. 14:1–32). The word “leprosy” in the Bible refers to various kinds of inflammatory skin diseases, and not necessarily to Hansen’s disease. Jesus shows his compassion by touching one who is considered unclean. Jesus does not contract uncleanness by touching the leper. Instead, his touch makes the leper clean. The account also reflects Jesus’s rising popularity, although he frequently spends time in communion with his Father (5:15–16).

580. Are You Sorry Enough to Wash Your Face?

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: 'Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out' " (Isaiah 6:5-7). In that encounter, the old Isaiah died and ... the new Isaiah came to life with a mission that would touch God's people forevermore. We hear the joy of his call in these words: "I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ' ...

581. When Lazarus Leaped and Laughed

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... by the hand and said to her, 'Talitha cum,' which means, 'Little girl, get up!' And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about" (Mark 5:41-42). There was also the son of the widow of Nain. When Jesus saw the young man's funeral procession, he touched the bier and said, " 'Young man, I say to you, rise!' The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother" (Luke 7:14-15). Consider also his own resurrection after his abominable death on calvary's cross: The angel said to the ...

582. In Remembrance

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bush wanted to be sure they connected. Bush wanted to look into Putin’s soul. Bush brought up a story he had read about Putin. According to the story Putin’s mother had given him a Christian cross that Putin had had blessed while in Jerusalem. Bush had been touched by the story. Putin told a story in response. He had taken to wearing the cross, and one day had set it down in a house he had been visiting. Strangely, somehow the house burned down. All Putin could think about was that his cross was lost in ...

583. A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman

Matthew 9:18-26

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... the relationships among the Synoptics, our discussion will focus on the account as it occurs in Matthew. 9:20–22 While Jesus was on the way to the ruler’s house, a woman who had for twelve years suffered with chronic bleeding approached Jesus from behind and touched the border of his robe. The edge (kraspedon) of Jesus’ robe may refer to one of the tassels, which, according to Numbers 15:37–41 (cf. Deut. 22:12), were to be worn on the four corners of the outer garment. The tassels would remind the ...

584. The Healing of a Demon-possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... The man is likely a Gentile, and he lived among the tombs; both circumstances would make him unclean. In the next story, Jesus is touched by a woman suffering from some sort of menstrual disorder that rendered her unclean according to Jewish purity laws. Finally, Jesus raises—and touches—a dead girl. Dead bodies also were unclean and rendered whoever touched them unclean. In all these cases of the “unclean,” Jesus is shown in triumph, liberating the people from their enslaving conditions. Additional ...

585. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... life remains, so does an opportunity for repentance and salvation, as the penitent thief bears witness (Luke 23:43). Additional Notes 3:8 Live in harmony with one another is a single word in the Greek: homophrones; the word occurs in the NT only here, although Paul touches on a similar notion in Rom. 15:5 and Phil. 2:2. Unity is, of course, one of the major themes of our Lord’s high priestly prayer (John 17:21). The wide application of Peter’s term is brought out in the various translations: “of one ...

586. Fish Tales

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

John Jamison

... he did in other appearances and tried to calm their startled nerves. Luke shares the part of the story that Mark omitted, which was going to change the entire story for his audience. After the greeting, Jesus realized they thought they were seeing a ghost. So he said, “Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have” (v. 39). Luke’s readers pause at this point and take notice. Jesus then said, “Have you anything here to eat?” (v. 41). They handed him a piece of ...

587. Who Does Jesus Belong to Anyway?

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... , "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." In other words, I'll gladly take leftovers. In fact, she seemed to be saying with great faith, that leftovers would be enough to make her daughter whole again. And then Jesus, without touching her daughter, without laying his eyes or hands on her, and it seems, without even looking up to heaven to pray, pronounced the woman's daughter healed. And she was. The Syrophoenician woman's story and Jesus' response reminds me to pray always and not ...

588. Three Ways of Viewing Christmas

Illustration

Harry Reasoner

... is the truest thing in the world. It's the story of the great innocence of God the baby—God in the form of man—and has such a dramatic shock toward the heart that if it is not true, for Christians, nothing is true. So, if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some final quiet morning, the ...

589. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... got mad at me for spending my money on more flowers. She demanded that I do something else with that money. So, here, please accept this. It is my mother’s flowers.” (1) And so, gratefully, she did accept the gift. What a thoughtful act. We are always touched when we see one person do something kind for someone else. It gives both the giver and the recipient a good feeling. In fact, it’s a wonder more of us don’t perform numerous acts of kindness for one another just so we can experience the good ...

590. First the Bad News...

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” In our lesson for today, Jesus reminds us that all earthly things that we put our trust in will one day be destroyed. Because the kingdom of God is not something we can touch or see. It is the Spirit of God working in human hearts to bring about holiness and justice, righteousness and peace until the day that Jesus comes again. And before the Spirit of God can come alive in your heart, you have to die to yourself. Hudson Taylor ...

591. Cloak of Power

Psalm 5:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that Jesus embodied the shekinah. The knots worn on the tzitzit of the tallit correspond in Hebrew to the “unspeakable” Name of God. The cloak worn by Jesus IS never torn, and by his “stripes” we are healed. When Elijah folds his cloak and touches the waters with it, the waters divide. Later this power would fall to Elisha. The “falling” of the cloak away from Elijah, as he is lifted up to the heavens in the whirlwind represents the “falling” of his responsibility and call to his follower ...

592. The Power of the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... into that “wild place of the soul.” There Jesus dealt with temptation and doubt, and the Holy Spirit kept him “lubricated” with the truth of the Torah. The oil of the Spirit is a moisturizer of the soul, keeping our clay moist to be molded and fashioned by the touch of the Master Potter. The power of the wilderness is not just the power of friction but the power of The Story. As many of you know who love to read, if you have no friction, you have no story. But if a story remains in friction, it can ...

593. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with fever. Jesus takes her hand, and gently lifts her up. Jesus never heals two people the same way. There are myriad ways God meets and heals each one of us. One can only imagine what feelings flood this woman’s soul as she looks upon his face, feels the touch of his hand, sees who he is, then realizes she is healed, not just of her disease, but of her broken humanity. She is given life and salvation from the Savior, the Great Physician. And she gets up. She gets up to do what? What is the first thing ...

594. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more ...

595. Precocious

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... they were born with. Only five ventured to step off of the plank and eat some awful things that had never touched their mouths or been seen with their eyes: slimy, grubby worms; creepy crawly bugs; yucky green grass; hard seeds. Once they ... will wake up to discover that our silence has become oppressive. We’ve been living in an artificial world. We are out of touch with our communities. Our churches are existing inside a self-imposed “box.” Perhaps the most famous poem by Maya Angelou is “Caged Bird ...

596. Little Ones

Luke 18:15-17, Matthew 19:13-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of faith he wants all of his followers to have. And he will protect their faith in him and in God no matter what. Jesus has encountered several people in the scriptures whom he praised for their faith –a Syrophoenician woman, a Roman Centurion, a woman who touched his robe, a blind man healed. Here, he holds a child up as the epitome of what it means to have true faith, and pure trust, innocence of mind and heart, and lack of motives or agendas. They also, like sheep, will follow Jesus without question or ...

597. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... only was showing my brown skin in the tub with his white skin as two friends, but as I was getting out of that tub, he was helping me dry my feet." Clemmons says the scene — which the two also revisited in their last episode together, in 1993 — touched him in a way he hadn't expected. "I think he was making a very strong statement. That was his way. I still was not convinced that Officer Clemmons could have a positive influence in the neighborhood and in the real-world neighborhood, but I think I was ...

598. You are Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ” (p. 62): “Holiness is a potent taste for life as it goes --a childlike capacity to rejoice in what is, without asking for anything else." When Jesus came near to someone in need, that person would feel the radiance of God, the presence of God’s healing and loving touch. Just as when the hemorrhaging woman touched only the corner of Jesus’ robe, she was instantly healed. Jesus radiated the “scent” of holiness! His very being embodied the joy and radiance of God. To be a Jesus disciple is to be ...

599. Dangerous

John 12:12-19, Zechariah 9:9-13, Zechariah 9:14-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , to fill you, to change you, and reform you. Yes, it feels like a total “wild card.” Faith is letting go of control. Faith is surrendering to the power that is Jesus. Faith is putting one’s very life in the hands of a God you cannot see, touch, hear, but know in your heart is present and powerful. Faith in God means Jesus is in control of your life. That the Holy Spirit is what will guide your ministry and your mission, your faith and your church. And you have no idea what that will mean….because ...

600. Tangible Tests

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... putting their hands and feet and effort and resources where their mouths are, we will not believe.” Do you want growth in numbers? Don’t be shy, subtle, or stingy. Give what Thomas got from Jesus: “See my hands — go ahead, touch them. See my side — you can touch that too.” Then say, “You see, all our efforts, all our priorities are shifting from ourselves to the under-answered and neglected needs of others. Watch us — you’ll see.” And the Thomas group who until now has said, “Unless I ...

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