JULY 19 JQ#19-15 (Conclusion of JQ#19) “For what profit is it to man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) The Jesus Questions

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

JULY 19   JQ#19-15  (Conclusion of JQ#19) “For what profit is it to man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, I start my day again by Your Word and today The Holy Spirit reveals  the Truth of God that John proclaimed to start his Gospel, “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1-2) Lord Jesus, Your ARE the WORD and the Holy Spirit revealed to John that it is the “WORD” that is the Creative Power and that the “WORD IS GOD” and that before there was a “beginning” the “WORD” already existed and the “WORD” has been revealed as being Jesus, the Only Begotten Son of the Father and it is by the “WORD” that all men have “the right to be called children of God”. Blessed thought that the “WORD” has been etched into our “soul” that if we follow the command of God and “hear Him”, we may truly know the “Eternal Way to Everlasting Life and Fellowship with God” !!!     AMEN

The Jesus Questions

JULY 19   JQ#19-15  “For what profit is it to man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)  Jesus I start today with a prayer to the Holy Spirit to guide the words that will summarize this Jesus Question/Lesson on the reality of our “Soul” and the upcoming “Exchange” for God has gone above and beyond to bring us into the knowledge of (1) Who Jesus really is (See JQ#18) and (2) Who we really are in relationship to God. (See JQ#19) Jesus is teaching His disciples by “Word” and by “Example” and these lessons are each lessons within themselves but there is also the “revelation” to those that study the “WORD” of the “Divine Plan” and Jesus is teaching that it is our “soul” that is at the center of God’s Divine Plan. Before we stop and insist that man is not the center of the universe therefore God cannot exist let us consider these “observable” facts about what has been revealed about God by what is “known” by mankind and our written history. Since the objection raised by the detractors of God is that God cannot be explained then I respectfully submit that reality itself exists even though reality cannot be explained and even the fact that we can argue the existence of God makes God part of reality. These two Jesus Questions JQ#18 and JQ#19 put back-to-back is a “lesson” in itself and the reality IS that we are sitting here contemplating these two questions! I know I exist, I know that reality includes the “Book” and all the “Words” printed in the book, I know that reality includes someone that wrote the first words, and someone real has printed these words, and now someone real is reading the words. I can only submit to you this argument: The “Book” is real and the “intelligence” to “write and to read and to understand” words is real, and we cannot explain how we understand but that does not prevent us from understanding and being able to perceive the reality that there is an unseen “power” that can affect both our “physical” life and our “spiritual” life. If we can understand the words without being able to fully explain how, then it is logical to assume that being able to explain the “Book” is not a necessary requisite for the “Book” to be real, and because you may choose not to believe what the “Book” teaches or that the “Book” IS GOD’S WORD to teach us about HIM, then your belief does not have the power to change reality but can only affect your understanding of the reality of the “Book” and the conclusion of the matter is that God has revealed Himself to us through His Son and the Truth is written in the “Book” for all to read, and God has promised that all who read it that He will give them “understanding” and what God is saying with JQ#18 & JQ#19 is that His Only Begotten Son is teaching us that “Who” we say Jesus is and “Who” we say we are in relation to Him determines the “Reality” of our “Eternity” and God places the responsibility to find the TRUTH OF REALITY on our “souls” and God has placed a time-limit on our decision — by God’s Divine Plan, He has given us our “physical” finite time on earth to decide if we want to spend eternity with God or remain forever separated from Him !!! I know I can’t explain it, if I could then God wouldn’t be God, I would be God — for God is the Supreme Being and only the one that can explain reality is God? So consider your final answer as the conclusion of the matter: “Who do you say Jesus is and have you considered that God created you with an eternal soul, and as your creator, God is going to require you to give an account of your life and what you have done with the gifts that He has offered to you?”