Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution

“And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all” (Luke 6:19).

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

How do we touch the living Christ?

The answer to this question depends entirely upon our relationship to Jesus.

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

I had the privilege last week of eating lunch with a friend a few week‘s ago. Before we began eating he prayed over the food. Right there in the restaurant he cried out, “Heavenly Father!” He said it so slowly and deliberately and loudly that I thought his prayer would probably last thirty minutes or more. After a pause, he quietly said, “Thank you.” And we began to eat.

May I say that this friend spent no time entering in, because he was already abiding. With two or three words he brought us before the throne of God, and the very presence of Jesus was immediately manifest. This is what it means to touch the living Christ – immediately, effortlessly.

How do we abide in Christ?

“As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him” (Col2:6).

Receiving Christ Jesus the Lord is the Gate, while walking in Him is the Path. The first happens in a moment, while the second is a daily process. How did we receive Christ Jesus the Lord? We came to Him with all our sins, and weaknesses, and needs, and we cast ourselves upon Him. We trusted in His Life, and His Love, and His Grace, and His Mercy to save us. And so He did.

What is the next step?

It is this: to walk in Him as you received Him. “As you have received… so walk.” We are not saved by Grace and then left to live the Christian life in our own strength. Instead, we walk in Him the same way we received Him – by Grace, through Faith, and that not of ourselves. From start to finish it is the Gift of God.

I need Him as much today as I ever have. How about you? Apart from Him I can do nothing. Is this your experience also, or do you still think there are many things you can do without Him? I am still in need of His Life, and Love, and Grace, and Mercy in order to live. Are you that much different from me? I think not. We all approach Him the same way.

The exhortation to abide is for little children, not grown-ups. Little children! There is a simplicity in Christ that the multitudes cannot comprehend. We cannot wrap our brains around it, we must immerse our hearts into it.

When this revelation is manifested in your life you enter into a new level of Kingdom living. It is then that even in the midst of the fiery furnace, or in the middle of the largest storm you’ve ever faced you remain calm and in total peace for you know the Master is with you.

This level of understanding and maturity will open up to you the ability to be of greater service to the Master and His Kingdom. For once obtained you will be transformed ever so much more closely into the charter of the Lord, a new level of faith will burst on the scene and you will be able to not only walk in greater authority, you will as well be able to have a deeper level of death to self, so that more of the power of His life in you may be released!

If you are not experiencing this friends, ask the Father for it gives Him great pleasure to see His children walking in the promises of His Word.

For we do indeed serve and awesome God!