A Touch of Christ

There is throughout Marks Gospel a touch of Christ:

1. The woman with the issue blood for 12 years, in Mark chapter 5 who touched the garment of the Lord Jesus (5:27) and in so doing touched Christ (5:31)
2. Jarius dead daughter whom the Lord raised up again, by taking her by the hand (5:41)
3. The deaf and dumb man of Mark chapter 7 who felt the touch of Christ on his tongue (7:33)
4. The blind man at Bethsaida (8:22) whose eyes were touched by Christ
5. The demon possessed boy of chapter 9 who the Lord raised up by the hand (9:27)

It is also sobering to notice those who were left untouched by Christ:

1. The Pharisees
2. Herod
3. The scribes

It is in our:

1. Dieing (Jarius daugter)
2. Disapointments (woman with the issue of blood for 12 years, who had suffered much of many physicians and never grew better but rather grew worse)
3. Disease (the blind and deaf and dumb)
4. Darkness (Blind man of chp 8)

That we are find the touch of Christ, not in our self sufficiency and not in our personal triumphs.

We find His touch where we find His hand, the hand of a crucified Saviour.

His is the way of the cross.