WHY MARY COULDN'T TOUCH JESUS. DID THOMAS TOUCH HIM?
This audio is an edited excerpt from the 1611 Fellowship, October 22, 2023. We discuss Jesus before he ascended; and then I provide a short lesson from 1 Peter onward.
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Thank You Reg . . and great point made by John. The Holy Spirit is only accessible by faith . . not by touching or possessing or with having a physical experience or by DOING something. We can ONLY be saved with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit . . which descends from on High. Not by our "touching" or anything we do. This is why Michelangelo's painting on the Sistene Chapel of man reaching out to touch God is so blasphemous. We cannot reach out and touch God. He in-dwells each believer spiritually with the Holy Spirit. We are the Potter's vessel.
Well said, Roy. God comes down to man. Man does not go up to God. The Tower of Babel is our first example of man getting it backwards. I like your reference to Michelangelo's painting. I had never thought of it. But, you are so right. God Bless.
This discussion was another valuable one!
before i forget,thanks for the fellowship + uploads, everyone!
They are indeed. I had occasion to speak with a fellow the other day, a born again believer, so I believe, and he had all kinds of bad theology from movies. I asked him if he ever read the Bible cover to cover and he said he hadn't...no surprise there. Scripture says, "my people perish for lack of knowledge...."
:( i think of that verse often, how awful
Yeah. Movies are a bad place to get our theology from.
certainly so,I can't stand them any longer,but I'm seeing how these ideas are getting around (can't be for any good purpose)
:O so many movies show Thomas touching jesus , too . makes you think