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If God Came To Earth... What Would He Be Like?
Contributed by John Gaston on Jun 4, 2025 (message contributor)
Summary: He would let us know He was coming, He would understand us, know the future, be able to control nature, do creative miracles, have power over sickness, evil spirits, give life to the dead, and forgive sins
IF GOD CAME TO EARTH...WHAT WOULD HE BE LIKE?
1. HE WOULD GIVE US A HEADS-UP THAT HE WAS COMING
It’s not right to surprise people and expect a good visit. And He DID give us a heads-up – for about 4,000 years. From Gen. 3:15 until Malachi chap. 3 God told us He was coming to earth and gave over 300 specifics about His coming. And God would have to be born in a special way or it wouldn’t be possible for Him to be among humans [He was!].
2. HE WOULD UNDERSTAND EACH ONE OF US
He would understand our discouragements and problems. He would sympathize with us and take up for us against mean people. I think of the woman caught in adultery. There were a number of people in the N.T. Jesus called by name without having met them – like Zacchaeus (Lk. 19:5). Jesus knew personal information about the Woman at the well (John 4:18) & Nathanael (John 1:47-48). He knew what was in their hearts (Mk. 3:5; 6:52; 7:6; Luke 5:22; John 5:42; 14:1, etc.)
3. HE WOULD KNOW THE FUTURE – EVENTS THAT WERE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. Jesus told Peter he would catch a fish with a specific coin in its mouth. He told his disciples a random water carrier would lead them to the upper room. He told Peter he would deny Him 3X and that when He was arrested, all his disciples would abandon Him. He foretold the Temple & Jerusalem would soon be destroyed. He foretold He would be crucified & rise again the 3rd day. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO READ PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS - “Jesus knew their thoughts” Mt. 9:3-4; 12:25; Mk. 2:8; Lk. 9:47; 11:17; 24:38.
4. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL NATURE. He would be able to control storms (Mt. 8:26; Lk. 8:23-25; Mk. 6:51), manipulate matter (turn water into wine - Jn. 2:9), multiply food to feed thousands (Mt. 14:21; 15:38), walk on water (Mt. 14:22-33), control animals - make 1,000’s of fish swim into a net (Lk. 5:1-11; John 21:6). He’d have power over plant life (Mt. 21:18-19; Mark 11:20-21).
5. HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO CREATIVE MIRACLES, to make something out of nothing - like create an eye where there had been no eye, a hand where there was no hand or an ear where it had been cut off.
6. HE WOULD HAVE POWER OVER SICKNESS
Jesus healed large groups of people: Luke 4:40, "...all those who...were sick...were brought to Him, and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them." There are 10 “multitudes” Christ healed - Mt. 4:23; 8:16; 9:35; 11:4; 12:15; 14:14; 14:34; 15:30 ‘great’; 19:2 ‘great’; Lk. 5:15.
A. BLIND PEOPLE
1. The blind man in Bethsaida, Mk. 8:22-26
2. Bartimaeus at Jericho, Mk. 10:46-51
3. Two Blind at Capernaum, Mt. 9:27-28
4. John’s disciples saw many blind healed, Mt. 11:5, Lk. 7:21
5. Man blind & mute healed, Mt. 12:22
6. Healed the blind in a multitude, Mt. 15:30
7. Two blind men in Galilee, Mt. 20:29-34.
8. Blind when Jesus approached Jericho, Lk. 18:35-43.
9. Man blind from birth at Jerusalem, John 9:1-7.
B. DEAF HEALED
1. John’s disciples saw deaf healed, Mt. 11:5, Lk. 7:22
2. Deaf who could hardly talk, Mk. 7:32
C. LEPERS CLEANSED
1. Jesus healed a leper, Mt. 8:1-4; Mk. 1:40-45; Lk 5:12-16
2. John’s disciples saw lepers healed, Mt. 11:5, Lk. 7:22
3. Jesus had healed Simon the Leper, Mt. 26:6
4. 10 Lepers healed, Luke 17:11-19
D. HE HEALED THE MUTE
1. Mute (demonized) healed, Mt 9:33
2. Mute (demonized) mute & blind healed, Mt. 12:22
3. Multiple mute in crowd, Mt. 15:30
4. People cheer Him healing mute, Mk. 7:37
5. Mute (demonized) man healed, Mk. 9:25
6. Mute (demonized) man healed, Lk. 11:14
E. HEALED PARALYTICS
1. Healed paralyzed in a crowd, Mt. 4:24
2. Centurion’s servant Capernaum, Mt. 8:6, Lk. 7:1-10
3. Man borne by 4 Mt. 9:1--8; Mk. 2:1-12, Lk. 5:17-26
4. John’s disciples saw lame healed, Mt. 11:5
5. Lame & crippled, Mt. 15:30
6. Man at Pool of Bethesda, John 5:3
F. WOMEN HEALED
1. Issue of Blood, Mk. 5:21-43, Mt. 9:18-26; Lk. 8:40-56
2. Peter’s mother-in-law, Mk. 1:29-34; Mt. 8:14-15; Lk. 4:38-39
3. The Bent Woman, Lk. 13:10-17
G. OTHER HEALINGS
1. Severe pain & seizures, Mt. 4:24
2. Man with Dropsy, Lk. 14:1-6
3. Man with withered hand, Mt. 12:10; Mk. 3:1-3; Lk. 6:6-8
4. Son of Royal official healed, John 4:46-54
5. Healings in Gennesaret, Mt. 14:34-36; Mk. 6:53-56
6. Healing of Malchus,’ ear Lk. 22:51
7. Many times the N.T. says Jesus healed "every" sickness or disease. This would include all other diseases.
7. HE WOULD HAVE POWER OVER EVIL SPIRITS.
1. At Synagogue, Capernaum, Mk. 1:25; Lk. 4:31-37
