Touching The Living Christ [an article by Chip Brogden]

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The difference, dear friends, is the difference between a religion and a relationship. The multitudes do not have a relationship with Jesus, and so they must travel to where He is and work their way into His presence in hopes of touching Him.

This is the way many church services operate. We go here and there hoping to touch something of the power of God, or the presence of God. Many times we do in fact touch something or receive something from the Lord - not because of the meeting, but in spite of the meeting. Even so, that touch does not last for very long. It is a touch, it is not the Living Christ. Soon we begin checking the calendar for the next meeting, gathering, conference, or church service so we can go back and get another touch. This represents something lacking in our walk.

This is not a complicated thing to understand, but our head tends to get in the way of our heart.
* we'd sop tying to touch the living Christ & simply abide in Him!

"And now, little children, abide in Him" (I John 2:28a).