A Touch of Love

By Pamela Benner

A touch of love encounters one woman's personal journey and search for of finding God Pamela Benner shares her experience with a heart of sincerity and truth. Her hope is that a touch of Gods immense love moves you from a general, vague idea to a sweet and personal experience. Once the fountain of the God's love is open, you'll find yourself stepping into new streams of gratitude, contentment, joy, and security. Here are some Biblical examples of how God clearly and convincingly displays his love to us. God's attributes--including love--aren't like human traits that strengthen or weaken nor are they like moods that come and go. God is all of his attributes perfectly, all the time. And yet, we still struggle to believe it can be true, that this great love can love us unconditionally. A touch of love will heal your soul.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 12, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891124400

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Table of Contents

Title

Copyright

The Good News

Chapter 1: The Start of Your Journey

It Takes Two to Tango

Irresistible Fruit

Everything Is Meaningless

The Void

Paul's Message Comes from Christ

What Good News!

Declaration of Guilt

Salvation Is for Everyone

Chapter 2: The Birth of Jesus

Why Was Jesus Born?

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Like John the Baptist

The Baptism of Jesus

Like Jesus

A Call to Repentance

Christ, the Eternal Word

The Road to Repentance

The Ministry of Jesus in Galilee

On the Road Back

Loving One Another

His Great Love

Good News for the Oppressed

The Good News Gets Better

By the Power of His Love

Heart-to-Heart

Chapter 3: It Is Finished

Jesus Predicts His Death

Like Jesus

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

It Began with Prayer

Judas Hangs Himself

Did Jesus Forgive Judas?

Searching for More

Peter Denies Jesus

Comparing One Disciple with Another

Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

Let's Not Forget Mary Magdalene

What Kind of Love

The Death of Jesus

Only the Good Die Young

The Burial of Jesus

Like Joseph of Arimathea

Alive Forevermore

The Great Commission

Arise

Chapter 4: Written in Blood

The Old Covenant

God's Eternal Plan

The New Covenant

The Glory of the New Covenant

The New Covenant

Jesus Is the High Priest

Authorization

The Miracle Within

Chapter 5: The Unbelief of the People

Spiritual Blindness

Growing in the Knowledge of God

The War against Man's Soul

Living in the Light

Living in the Light

Captivated by the King

Arise, My Love

Chapter 6: The Last Supper

The Breaking of Bread

Searching for the Lover of My Soul

Jesus and Nicodemus

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

God's Secret Plan Revealed

Exposing Our Hearts

The Coming of the Kingdom

Pleasing the Heart of God

Living by the Spirit's Power

The Kingdom of God

Chapter 7: The Abundant Life

Paul's Prayer for Spiritual Empowering

Keys to the Kingdom

Unity in the Body

Living Like a King's Kid

Adam and Christ Contrasted

About the Author

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A Touch of Love

Pamela Benner

ISBN 979-8-89112-439-4 (Paperback)

ISBN 979-8-89112-440-0 (Digital)

Copyright © 2024 Pamela Benner

All rights reserved

First Edition

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

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To my friend Nancy Owens,

who stood, listened, and believed with me when

there was no hope for my wounded soul.

This book is in honor of our relationship.

Section 1

The Good News

Chapter 1

The Start of Your Journey

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you and leads me along the path of everlasting life. Salvation is a gift given to the Jews first and then to the Gentiles. God's mercy and salvation is for everyone. Jesus's greatest joy in life was to give his life so that the Scriptures would be fulfilled. Here is an object lesson that will show you the value and the price that was paid in full on the cross of Calvary and will hopefully touch and change your heart for all eternity.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for our physical suffering. There was nothing majestic or beautiful about Jesus, and his appearance was far from the element of attractive by any standard.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for our emotional guilt. He was a man of many sorrows who was acquainted with grief, rejection, and hatred. The beatings he received were inflicted upon him so that we might have peace.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price and became the object of God's judgment and punishment. Jesus took the thirty-nine lashes before hanging on the cross so we could be healed! All of us have strayed like sheep and left God's path to follow in our own desires. But it was God's good plan to crush him and fill him with grief beyond our comprehension so that his life would be made an offering for our sins.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price and suffered the separation from his loved ones and those he had close bonds with here on earth, such as his disciples, Mary Magdalene, and his very own mother. Jesus demonstrated his love and obedience for his Father and to his closest followers by hanging on a Roman cross.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for and suffered betrayal because Jesus honestly shared the revelation knowledge about who the Father was, yet all those with whom he had shared the gospel stood at the foot of the cross and watched him die. Jesus was spat upon and harassed by words spoken to him, yet he never opened his mouth. He remained silent like a sheep before his shearers and, like a lamb, was led to the slaughter. From prison to trial, he was led away to his death.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for the whole man (spirit, soul, and body) as all the sins (from generation to generation) were placed upon him. The wrath of God's judgment came upon Jesus to deliver us, and that is why Jesus said, It is finished! Jesus was the final sacrifice. Jesus paid the full price for the sins of mankind. He was wounded and crushed for our transgressions. He carried our weaknesses, and it was our sorrows that weighed him down. He became the sacrificial lamb as they pierced his body while he hung on a cross.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for and suffered abandonment because he openly communicated with God the Father. When Jesus was crucified for the sins of the world, God had to turn his face from Jesus and forsake him because he couldn't look upon the sins of mankind. Jesus wanted everyone to believe in him so that they could come to the knowledge of the truth and be in right standing with God. Jesus took the cup of suffering for our sakes and paid the full price for our disobedience and sin.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for and suffered rejection by the Romans, the religious leaders, and the Jews. Those who sentenced Jesus to death actually believed that his troubles were a punishment from God for his sins. Jesus suffered at the hands of the leaders, the leading priests, and teachers of the religious law.

The Good News is Jesus paid the price for and suffered persecution when he hung upon the cross as a sacrificial lamb, silent before his executioners while shedding his blood. Although Jesus was the exact representation of the Father, many people didn't believe that he was telling the truth. He had done nothing wrong and had never deceived anyone. Jesus's heart was to do the will of his Father in heaven and to bring others into a personal relationship with the Father through his death.

Jesus ultimately died of a broken heart. Jesus Christ paid the price in full for the redemption of mankind, and better than that, he openly displayed how mankind had broken his heart. Yes, we live in a fallen world, but God's heart and intent have never changed. Even today, the good news is about wholeness for mankind.

It Takes Two to Tango

Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. Really? he asked the woman. Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden? Of course we may eat it, the woman told him. It's only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God says we must not eat it or even touch it, or we will die.

You won't die! the serpent hissed. God knows that your eyes will be opened when you eat it. You will become just like God, knowing everything both good and evil." The woman was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh and delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and then he ate it, too. At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they strung fig leaves together around their hips to cover themselves.