JESUS SAID, "HANDLE ME.... "FEEL AND HANDLE ME (AMPLIFIED VERSION)

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard; which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have  HANDLED, of The Word of LIFE..." 1 John1:1 KJV what words the Apostle/Disciple John spoke as he preached on the resurrection and appearing of Jesus Christ. He wanted all who listened to know the ONE who rose from the dead, that HE lives and they touched HIM, ate with HIM and later watched HIM ascend into Heaven, home to THE FATHER, GLORY!!!!  Jesus Himself said, ..."HANDLE ME (FEEL AND HANDLE ME (AMP)) and see"....Luke 24:39. He looked faithless right smooth in the face, and spoke to it!! But it wasn't until He opened their understanding, that they could understand the Scriptures (v.45). Look at what Jesus is saying. Blessed are those who believe and have not seen (John 20:29). It is more so for us today than back then. To have our understanding opened by Him, we will have to HANDLE HIM.  How?  By relationship with Him, In communicating with Him, praying, talking to Him, and most importantly walking in love. Yes, walking by faith. Faith works by love, so you can not do one without the other. They are not independent of each other, each depends on the other, for the success of it. The WORD became flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld His Glory, the Glory of the only begotten of THE FATHER)  full of grace and truth, John1:14. As flesh, The WORD became HANDLE- able by any and all who made the choice to. Dwelling amongst us makes it easily available to HANDLE,  by choice of course. Those that chose to HANDLE HIM, did so by choice and received goodness, grace, healings, precious lessons learned, faith-filled promises, resurrections, love, guidance, being set free from life long, generational bondages, so much, from HANDLING THE WORD. We may not know  all that Jesus did in one lifetime, as the Apostle indicated (John 21:25)  but what we have in the Scriptures does make it clear that Jesus is to be HANDLED. He came to do the will of His FATHER.  Our FATHER, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. Matt. 6:9-10. This prayer that Jesus taught tells us so much:  1. Our FATHER (God belongs to all of us),2. His will is for Earth - where His children are, 3.Like it is in Heaven - where He is, 4. There is no Name Higher than His Name (Philip. 2:9).  More can be said, but FORWARD I go. Some of the people that HANDLED  Jesus as He walked  this earth, expected and received from Him. He constantly said He came to do the will of MY FATHER.  So the receivers came and got the FATHER'S WILL for them. I want to write about a few who did  the unexpected, unheard of, unlawful, extraordinary, and sometimes, sneaky receivers who made the choice to approach Jesus with what they had, although they did not know they had it, but Jesus saw it and told them  that what is done is because of it; their FAITH.  Many came and received from JESUS  as they HANDLED HIM.  For this post, this list is no where near close to ALL, that He did as John said at the end of His book.  These  choices from the Scriptures serve a purpose for now (21st Century) to remind us that in a world where qualifications and approval determine success for earthly things, they mean nothing to GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.   Faith is what it takes to please GOD, and all humans were given a measure of it. Rom.12:3, Heb.11:6.  Accepting Jesus in your heart is all it takes for Spiritual success which overrides earthly success.  One of my faith favs  who HANDLED Jesus in an extraordinary way was Blind Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus)  sitting on the side of the road begging.  With all the commotion, he asked, what's up?  The crowd told him Jesus was passing by.  He immediately called out to Him for help. The thing that is extraordinary is that Bartimaeus called Him  Son of David  as he sought for Jesus attention.  He worshipped GOD  as he honored  Jesus knowing that the Scriptures were preached that the Messiah would be given the throne of David.  Calling Him the Son of David, told Jesus that this man, blindness and all, was a true seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and an heir to the promise. Deut.28:1-14.  He had a right to be heard (healed)  and he HANDLED Jesus with what he was taught as a seed of Abraham. His Faith made him be loud about it, even when the crowd said, "Be Quiet".  The crowd  thought him unworthy of Jesus and unimportant, after all he was begging.  But Jesus considered him worthy and valued,  as He does ALL GOD'S children, no matter their station in life. Mark 10:46-52.  Likewise, Zacchaeus, a rich tax collector, ran ahead and climbed a tree to get a look at Jesus.  He was a short man and couldn't see over the crowd.  He did what he could to get to Jesus and the goodness and kindness of Jesus made it easy for Zacchaeus to HANDLE HIM.  Jesus invited himself to Zacchaeus' house for  dinner and Zacchaeus was delighted, and that encounter caused Jesus to declare that Salvation has come to this house, PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY!!!  Jesus said, "I came to seek and to save those who are lost".  Thank GOD!! (What if Zacchaeus had not climbed that tree?...)  He  HANDLED  JESUS. Luke 19:1-10.  What about the crowds?  Everywhere He went, crowds followed Him.  Many were healed, delivered, set free, raised  from the dead, fed and taught.  The crowds HANDLED JESUS.  The disciples  HANDLED JESUS, Jairus, Mary, Martha , HANDLED JESUS.  The Samaritan woman and her entire village  HANDLED JESUS.  The Roman officer, the bleeding woman, the bent over woman all HANDLED JESUS.  So many  HANDLED JESUS.  But, there were those who would not nor did not  HANDLE JESUS.  The Pharisees  would not, in spite of all the good works He did right in front of their faces, they would not HANDLE HIM.  They sought to destroy Jesus from the 1st mighty work He did.  His hometown people would not HANDLE HIM.  They thought they knew Him therefore He could not be so important.  As a result , no one there could  receive any mighty work because of their lack of faith.  He wanted to do some mighty work there and laid hands on a few sick folk. Lack of faith shut it down.  It takes faith to please GOD, and when GOD is right in front of you, you will need to believe He exist and that He rewards those that diligently seek Him. Heb. 11:6.  Hometown folk did not meet any of those requirements.  Finally, Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader, also a Pharisee came to Jesus on the sneak - sneak or (at night).  He said a lot to Jesus as he  HANDLED HIM,  but he  received a teaching from THE GREATEST OF ALL TEACHERS ever.  Personally, I think Nicodemus could have wrote  many best sellers, based on what Jesus taught him.  None of them would out sell the Bible, of course,  but what a read he could have wrote.  Acknowledging that they knew GOD sent Him to teach them,  based on all the miraculous signs that point to GOD ALONE. Jesus begins to tell Nicodemus about being born again,  not by fleshly will but by water and the Spirit.  The Holy Spirit produces  Spiritual Life and that is the reproduction needed to enter the Kingdom of GOD. As a Jewish teacher,  Nicodemus did not understand the Heavenly things Jesus taught about and He told Nicodemus, "you don't believe me when I speak of earthly things, we have seen and know about, how can you understand Heavenly things.  I am the only one who came down from Heaven, so I have that kind of knowledge". (21st Century rendering of John3:13). "GOD so loved this world, He sent Me...I am the light, but this world loved the darkness and its actions are evil because of that darkness. But those who love the light will do what is right and come to the light". John 3:1-21.  Jesus is to be HANDLED.  He will never turn away anyone, no matter what.  He came for EVERYONE, but only certain people will willingly (or by choice)  HANDLE HIM.  When He grieved over Jerusalem,  that was the world, He wanted to gather together, "but you wouldn't let Me".  Matt 23:37-39.  We will have to let Him, by  HANDLING HIM on purpose as He said,  ...."HANDLE ME AND SEE; FOR A SPIRIT HATH NOT FLESH AND BONES AS YOU SEE ME HAVE". Luke 24:39 KJV. Praise GOD at all times and seasons in life!!
I Love You!!
John 3, 1John1:1...., John 20:27, Rom. 12:3,  Rom.10, Heb. 11.