THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER

LUKE 13:1

A. THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER
  1. Is expressive of His love and care:
    1. No illness or sorrow can come to us but affects the Master.
    2. "In all their affliction he was afflicted" - Isa. 53:4; 63:9
    3. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him" - Ps. 103:13
  2. It is one of God's ways:
    1. To help suffering humanity - Matt. 8:3; Mark 1:41; Luke 5:13; Matt. 9:23
    2. To draw us closer to Himself - Jer. 31:3
B. THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER MEETS ALL OUR NEEDS AND SOLVES ALL OUR PROBLEMS
  1. It brought life to the dead:
    1. The daughter of the ruler of the synagogue - Mark 5:13
    2. The dead son of a widow - Luke 7:14
  2. It brought cleansing to the leper:
    1. Matt. 8:3
    2. 1 Cor. 6:11; Heb. 4:3
  3. His touch brings light:
    1. The blind man of Bethsaida - Mark 8:22, 23
    2. Blind Bartimaeus - Matt. 9:29; Mark 10:46-52
    3. It is because He is the light of the world - John 8:12
  4. His touch enables the dumb to speak:
    1. The man that had an impediment of speech - Mark 7:32-35
    2. That is His promise to us - Isa. 35:6; Acts 2:4; 19:6
  5. His touch brings relief to the suffering:
    1. Luke 7:13, 14
    2. Ps. 108:12; John 14:27
  6. "But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Phil. 4:19
    1. Friends of mine, what do you know about the touch of the Master?
    2. Can you say from experience, He touched me?
C. THE MASTER'S MEANS OF TOUCHING US ARE NOT ALWAYS THE SAME
  1. He touches us through His word:
    1. "Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" - Luke 24:32
    2. "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart" - Acts 2:37
  2. He touches us through the Holy Spirit:
    1. Note that touch on the day of Pentecost - Acts 2:1-16
    2. In the house of Cornelius - Acts 10:44-48
    3. At Ephesus - Acts 19:1-6
  3. He uses the lives of His children to touch us:
    1. The touch of Peter and John and what it did to the lame man - Acts 3:1-8
    2. The touch of the dead body of Dorcas by Peter - Acts 9:36-43
  4. At times He touches us:
    1. With the hand of sickness - Isa. 38:39
    2. With the hand of sorrow. Most all of us have felt that hand at times when we seemed overcome with deep sorrow.
    3. There are times when trials come to us and we wonder why; but God, who loves us, allows trials to come to us for a good reasons.
    4. Meditate upon these wonderful Bible passages - Rom. 5:3; 8:35; 12:12; 1 Thess. 3:4
  5. Do we recognize that the touch of the Master is ever:
    1. An expression of divine love - Heb. 12:6-11
    2. To make us aware of His presence and heaven's interest in us - Acts 12:7
    3. To give us assurance, divine protection in the hour of danger - Ps. 34:7
    4. If we could but realize that the touch of the Master is our only hope in this present life, full of danger to body and soul.


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