APRIL 23 THE JESUS QUESTIONS (Day 9) Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#01-01—JQ#13-07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34)

 

APRIL 23  THE JESUS QUESTIONS 

(Day 9) Summary Review of JESUS Questions 

JQ#01-01—JQ#13-07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34) 

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer   

JESUS, Praise be to the One! You LORD and You Alone are Worthy 

of all the Praise, Glory, and Honor that men utter, for there is no one that

 has ever lived besides Jesus Christ that has done a single righteous thing

 to be worthy of any praise. 

Lord Jesus please accept this offering of Praise and Thanksgiving because 

of “Who” You ARE and what You continue to do for a lost and dying world! 

Lord, I pray that Your Light will shine through my darkness so that all anyone

 sees when they look at me is You! Jesus, I know that daily I must die to self

 that I may be resurrected in You, so my prayer is that I may become “One”

 with You that I can reflect all that You are.      

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been progressively Teaching us with His JESUS Questions how

 to reflect, evaluate, and grow “Spiritually” and now Jesus is giving us

 specific Spiritual advice on how to develop 

the necessary tools for “Kingdom Work”. 

Lesson  8   JQ#8      “How do you put ‘Feet’ to your ‘Faith’?”        

Matthew 9:1-13

Jesus has in the first 7 Jesus Questions Taught us to see that we should

 follow His Example as He teaches us how to be “salt and light” (JQ#01),

 to know the meaning of “True Love” (JQ#02), to forget about “worrying”

 because God is worrying for us and promised to provide for all our needs (JQ#03). 

Then Jesus starts in on some characteristics we should develop as He 

tells us“not to judge” because that’s God’s responsibility (JQ#04),

 and that we should pursue the Kingdom as we “Ask-Seek-Knock” (JQ#05), 

with our goal to be producing “good fruit” for ourselves and for others (JQ#06), 

so that our “Faith in God” will overcome our “Fears” (JQ#07). 

And then Jesus says that as His disciples we should follow His Example 

of “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk” as He Teaches 

us by example in

 JQ#08 how to “put ‘feet’ to our ‘Faith’”. 

To learn these Lessons and develop the characteristics of Jesus and not share

 them with others is a huge problem in doing “Kingdom Work” because Jesus

 says we should take and apply the Lessons that are “in here” to the problem 

that is “out there”! Jesus Teaches us in JQ#08 the importance of “doing” 

for the “Kingdom’s Sake” instead of just talking about it. 

JQ#08 points to the importance of “going” as Matthew writes

 “So [Jesus] got into a boat, crossed over, came to His own city. 

Then behold, they brought to [Jesus] a paralytic lying on a bed. 

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, 

“Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.’” 

(Matthew 9:1) 

In this one verse we see one “action” after another (ACTION 1) Jesus got into

 a boat  (ACTION 2) He crossed over  (ACTION 3) [He] came to His own city 

 (ACTION 4) they brought to Him a paralytic  (ACTION 5) Jesus saw their faith …

 then as a result of all these “actions” Jesus (ACTION 6) forgave the paralytic

 of his sins and (ACTION 7) Jesus healed the paralytic and (ACTION 8) the

 paralytic took up his bed and (ACTION 9) walked. 

Jesus not only accomplished all these miracles 

but He Taught us that our “Faith in God” is to be used to “help others” 

and that we are to actually put “Feet to our Faith” 

for when Jesus sees us “exercising our Faith in God to help others” 

then Jesus will recognize our “efforts for the Kingdom” 

and then Jesus will perform miracles in the lives of those 

that come into contact with our “Faith in God”. 

Jesus confirmed He wanted us to “exercise” our “Faith” as he commanded

 “Arise and walk” (Matthew 9:5)

 Isn’t it obvious that if we “Arise” and “Walk” 

in the Name of Jesus 

and do “Kingdom Work” 

that we are going to accomplish more 

than if we just selfishly “Sit” and “Talk” about helping others???

APRIL 22 THE JESUS QUESTIONS (Day 8) Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#01.01—JQ#13.07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34)

 

APRIL 22  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

(Day 8)  Summary Review of JESUS Questions 

JQ#01.01—JQ#13.07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34) 

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, what a glorious feeling when I realize that I have spoken 

the Name of Jesus and that once the Name is spoken 

that You Lord are listening, listening to me! 

Just the concept of “prayer” is amazing but the reality of us being able,

 regardless of where we are or when it is, regardless of language

 or social status, when we call on the Name of Jesus

 that JESUS is right there, immediately, 

EVERY TIME HIS NAME IS SPOKEN! 

How that is possible cannot be explained because our thoughts are of finite,

 mortal terms and JESUS You exist on the Infinite, Divine plane ———

 but explanation or not, I know when I call on Your Name Jesus,

 You are there and You hear my prayers! 

I KNOW because so many prayers have been answered, and though

 they were not answered like I thought they should be answered, You knew

 what was best and answered my prayers in the way 

that BEST provided

 for my needs — 

Lord Jesus, I call Your Name this morning with nothing but PRAISE

 on my lips and in my heart for the simple, plain fact that I can.      

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus Teaches us with JQ#07 how to understand “Faith” and to be aware 

that the enemy will tempt us to view our circumstances through “Fear”

 instead of “Faith”.

Lesson 7  JQ#7    “What’s bigger, your ‘Fear’ or your ‘Faith’?    

Matthew 8:23-27 

Jesus Teaches us with this Lesson that the

 best weapon to use on “Fear of the world” 

is our “Faith in God” 

and it fits very nicely in the sequence of Question/Lessons  because 

after Teaching us that when we plant the Word of God in our hearts 

and let the seeds of 

“Faith in God’s Provisions” 

take root deep in our soul 

that we will soon start seeing fruit in our lives as

 God adds the miracle of life to the seed! 

The “First Fruit” that starts to grow from the

 “Spiritual Seeds” 

that Jesus plants in our hearts that we have prepared 

by being open to the Teachings of Jesus  is 

“FAITH in GOD” 

which will grow into a mature fruit if we first plant the 

“Seed of the Word” 

in our hearts and nourish it with “Living Waters” ———

 there are always the weeds of sin taking root in our hearts that are nothing

 more than the “cares of this world” which we must constantly be “weeding out”

 of our lives so that the Word of God will grow strong in our hearts 

and we will be able to harvest the fruit of the Spirit which we can use for

 our personal nourishment. 

In God’s economy each plant will produce enough fruit 

to be able to “Share” with others! 

When we first start out on our Christian Journey of Faith, 

we are like young lambs and we all know that the “Wolves of this world” 

prey on the weak, the crippled, and the very young! To know that

 Jesus is the “Good Shepherd” 

and we are part of His flock should give us great comfort — 

and the more we read in His Word 

the more we can build “FAITH” in His Abilities! 

With each page we turn we can see that

 Jesus has never lost a lamb and every time He confronts us 

He is always teaching us to “Fear not”!  

Jesus takes this passage in Matthew 8:23-27 and reassures us that 

“Fear” is a “weed” and that “Faith in God” is a “sharp hoe” 

and if we want the Word of God to grow strong roots and produce good fruit

 in our lives that we will make “Faith in God” 

more important in our lives than the “Fear of the world” and that

 “Faith” in the One that even the “winds and the sea obey Him” 

is more important to our growth than the little weeds of fear 

that the world constantly attacks us with.

 Jesus was very pointed when He asked us about our “fears” in

 JQ#07 “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” 

(Matthew 8:26) ——— 

Jesus immediately points out that we are “fearful” because we 

have not grown our “faith in God” to the point that we are producing 

the “Good fruit” from planting the seeds of God’s Word in our hearts 

which will nourish our “Spirit” and give us the inner strength 

to laugh at the weeds of this world as we remove them 

with our “Faith in God” and sing “Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine!” 

Which would you rather do,

 let the weeds choke the “life” out of your “Faith in God” 

or 

would you rather use your “Faith in God” 

to choke the weeds out of your “life”?