04/03/2026
Jesus spat, yelled, cried, sighed, ate, bled and died. He had a body and it did weird things just like yours. He had emotions too. We are embodied souls made in His likeness, yet somehow we have come to treat Him as too holy to come near us.
He rose and ascended and He is the Christ. He is holy, He was and is and is to come, and still He leans down into the mess. He still touches the untouchable and breathes life into the dead.
He still comes near, and He stays. John 9:6 — Jesus spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, then anointed the man’s eyes with the mud.
John 11:43 — When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
John 11:35 — Jesus wept.
Mark 8:12 — When he heard this, he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign.”
Luke 24:43 — And he took it and ate before them.
John 19:34 — But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
John 19:30 — When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Luke 24:6 — He is not here, but has risen.
Acts 1:9 — And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Mark 7:15 — There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
Matthew 28:20 — And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Hebrews 2:17-18 — Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,fn so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.
