In order to spur our members to invite people, we printed out some postcards that have a cheeseburger next to a Bible.  This particular postcard has sparked many interesting responses, as I have given them out to friends that I would like to see come and join us at church.  Everyone wants to know about the cheeseburger.

Most want to know what a cheeseburger has to do with Jesus.

I tell them that it has nothing to do with Jesus and we are simply trying to make them hungry enough to come to church.  That is not entirely untrue, although there is definitely a tinge of sarcasm in it.

The truth is, I think Jesus would sit down and enjoy a cheeseburger with us were He to be walking physically among us.  He strikes me as the cheeseburger type of guy.  You know, in the Bible, He was constantly eating with people and surely they would have had cheeseburgers if they were invented at that time.  I have several thoughts about a cheeseburger in the hands of the Most High.

First, you know He would have cooked it well-done.  According to Jewish law, you could not eat meat with blood still in it.  So, Jesus would not have enjoyed the succulent pleasure of a medium burger.

Second, His cheeseburger might not have cheese on it.  Part of the Kosher diet says that you can’t eat the product on an animal with that animal.  Since cows make the milk that makes the cheese, then a cheeseburger probably wouldn’t work.  Maybe He would have goat cheese on the burger?

Lastly, I imagine that Jesus’ would have a well-topped burger.  When you think about it, He seems to have a pretty green thumb.  Many of His parables were about gardening and farming.  I bet He would top His burger with all the freshest tomatoes and lettuce and everything you could imagine.  Wow.  Just thinking about that burger makes me want to eat one.

You know, I should go to church on Sunday and eat a cheeseburger.

Eat a cheeseburger.  Spend time with good people.  Spend time with Jesus.

He said that when His people were gathered, He would be there among them.