NOVEMBER 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#29-18 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 22:42)

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

NOVEMBER  01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   JQ#29-18  “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”  (Matthew 22:42) 

365 Prayers to JESUS 

Jesus, Lord I praise You today as I read in Your “High Priestly Intercessory Prayer” found in the Seventeenth Chapter of the Gospel of John that You prayed to the Father on our behalf just before You were Sacrificed as the Lamb of God! In that Prayer You revealed Two Amazing Truths of God that jumped out and proved to me that God’s PLAN OF SALVATION  was  the TRUTH even BEFORE CREATION!!! First Lord You acknowledged to the Father that “the hour has come” (John 17:1 - which means that before the hour had come it must have first been planned in advance for this hour to come) and then “I have finished the work which You have given Me to do” (John 17:4 - which means the PLAN OF SALVATION came from the FATHER and that the SON has COMPLETED it!!!) but the real eye-opener was when You said, “And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” (John 17:5) LORD, to think that You and the Father had the Plan of Salvation in place “before the world was” is indeed MIND BLOWING!!! Thank You Lord for (1) having a Plan of Salvation in place BEFORE You CREATED the world and (2) that the Plan of Salvation is now  “finished” — GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME — and now I can say — GOD WAS GOOD BEFORE TIME BEGAN!!!       AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

NOVEMBER  01    JQ#29-18 Conclusion: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”  (Matthew 22:42)   Jesus has been teaching about the “Woes” of falling into the world of “hypocrisy”. Jesus has pointed out that “hypocrisy” will cause “spiritual blindness” which will prevent us from coming to the “Light” and we will live our lives in “darkness” and suffer the “condemnation” of not believing “in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:18) Jesus is now going to wrap up His “Seven Woes” to the scribes and Pharisees which apply to everyone that chooses to “indulge” themselves in the “doctrines of men” instead of the “self-discipline” of following the “Commands of God”.  Jesus has made a separate point with each of the previous 6 “Woes” and each “Woe” has contained a “Truth of God” but the Seventh Woe contains a detailed list of the fruits of “hypocrisy" and the dire “Consequences” of having made the “Choice” to follow the “doctrines and traditions of men” instead of allowing themselves to be “led by God Himself”! “Woe #7” contains very clear language from Jesus that shows that God is justified in sending His Only Begotten Son to address the “spiritual virus” that is “blinding” the entire nation of Israel. Jesus makes two statements that summarizes “Woe #7” (1) “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves…” (Matthew 23:31) and (2) “Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?” (Matthew 23:33) These two statements point to the Truth of God that there will be a “Final Judgement” and that God will judge us according to our deeds. In “Woe #7” Jesus shows how “serious” that the sin of “hypocrisy” is in our lives because the “Consequence” of our “Choice” of “hypocrisy” is “the condemnation of hell”!!! Jesus could not make it any clearer and could not have said it any plainer — The “Consequence” of rejecting the Commands of God will result in our self-condemnation and our eternal souls will spend  eternity separated from the Goodness of God. “Woe #7” is a wake up call that God knows everything we do and that there will be a “Final Judgement” where the Truth of our lives is revealed by the “Light of the Truth of God” and our own actions will either be rewarded by Eternal Fellowship with God Himself in Heaven or Eternal Condemnation in “HELL” separated from God with NO HOPE!?!?!?!? Surely no one would choose to be eternally separated from God ?? — however, Jesus did mention that  following  the “traditions and doctrines of men” would make you “Fools and blind!” There will be one question that God, the Supreme Judge, will ask you at the Final Judgement: “What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 23:42) You now have the “question” so it would be wise for you to have an “answer” for God prepared before its to late!?!?!?!? Heaven is a “Choice” that can only be made by the living, the dead will be judged on how they had lived the life God had provided for them — and the “Consequence” of their eternity will be determined by whatever “Choices” they made with their Freewill which is a blessing of life or a curse of death, but the Truth of God is that you must make your “Choice” while alive for when you are dead, you have to accept the “Consequence” God had already assigned to our actions as part of GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION, even before God created us in the first place!?!?!?!?!?!