APRIL 14 THE JESUS QUESTIONS (Day 1) Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#1.1—JQ#13.7 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34)

APRIL 14  THE JESUS QUESTIONS (Day 1)  Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#1.1—JQ#13.7 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS…only by our association with You do we have any Hope to be able to stand before God [at the judgement] for You alone can forgive us — for we are full of iniquity and sin, [deserving the verdict of guilty with the punishment of death] but You and Your Grace has been extended to [all sinners] as a Gift from God the Father to all mankind — we can do nothing to deserve or to earn Your Love. You proved You Loved us by Your Sacrificial death on the cross which was the Ultimate Demonstration of Obedience to God’s Will! Lord Jesus, give us the knowledge of our sin that we can REPENT in the fullness of Your Truth and boldly approach the Throne of Grace with confidence that our sins have been covered by Your Precious Blood when You died on the cross that we may live eternally in heaven!            AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has now taken us through 13 JESUS Questions with each Question illuminating a Deeper Truth of God as Jesus has laid the Foundation of Discipleship if we will answer His Call — “Follow Me”. The Holy Spirit  moved my writing of His Word today as I was reviewing JQ#13-7 from APRIL 13  and the Holy Spirit has directed me to conclude JQ#13 “Is your life a plus or a minus in God’s kingdom?”  with the closing sentences of JQ#13-7   +++Then Jesus declares, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37)    It is easy to see that Jesus and God think this is very serious and there is “eternity” riding on your answer — trust me, this IS A BIG DEAL, so what is the verdict that you are going to pass on yourself, “Is your life a plus or a minus in God’s kingdom?” +++  Once the Holy Spirit directed me to conclude JQ#13 He then directed me to write a “Summary Review” of “The JESUS Questions” that covers JQ#1-1 through JQ#13-7. For all those who have not been following “The JESUS Questions Project” from the beginning, this “Summary Review of JQ#1-1 through JQ#13-7” will serve as an outline of “The JESUS Questions Project” from JQ#1 through JQ#13-7. For those that have been following “The JESUS Questions Project” regularly this “JESUS Questions Summary Review” will demonstrate the “Precept-Upon-Precept” way the Master uses to bring us along in our Spiritual Maturity that we may walk boldly with Him to the Throne of Grace and proclaim with Great Confidence that our sins have been covered by the Blood of the Lamb of God!  The “JESUS Questions Summary Review” will begin with a simple list of “The JESUS Questions” in the order in which they appear in the Gospel of Matthew. 

SRJQ#1-13  ——— Summary Review of The JESUS Questions  JQ#1-13

JQ#1    “Are you salt and light?”                                               Matthew 5:1-16

JQ#2    “What do you really know about Love?”                     Matthew 5:43-48

JQ#3    “What good is worry or ‘who cares’?”                         Matthew 6:25-34

JQ#4    “What gives you the right to judge?”                           Matthew 7:1-6

JQ#5    “Why should you Ask-Seek-Knock?”                           Matthew 7:7-14

JQ#6    “What kind of fruit does your tree bear?”                    Matthew 7:15-23

JQ#7    “What’s bigger, your ‘Fear’ or your ‘Faith’?                 Matthew 8:23-27

JQ#8    “How do you put ‘Feet’ to your ‘Faith’?”                      Matthew 9:1-13

JQ#9    “Are you a friend of the ‘Bridegroom’?”                       Matthew 9:14-26

JQ#10  “What is your ‘Spiritual Value’?”                                   Matthew 10:1-42 

JQ#11  “What are your ‘Spiritual Expectations of Jesus?”     Matthew 11:1-30

JQ#12  “Who decides what is legal, God or man?”                  Matthew 12:1-23

JQ#13  “Is your life a plus or minus in God’s kingdom?”        Matthew 12:24-45

It is challenging at this point before we go any further to “review” these 13 JESUS Questions asked so far and see if we can detect a pattern and possibly predict what the next question may be? Look at all the Questions in the sequence that they were asked and see if you can see the “Precept-Upon-Precept” style and also notice that the Questions are all “personal” and are getting more serious as we build our knowledge and understanding of what it means to “Follow Jesus” — Always keep in your mind this question: “If I ‘Follow Jesus’, what is the ‘Final Destination’?”   All of life is about CHOICE — Think about the GIFT of FREEWILL that God has bestowed on each individual at birth. You have the CHOICE to “Accept or Reject” God but you do not get to decide where you will spend ETERNITY because God declared that we are “Free to Choose” our actions (Freewill) but God has reserved His Sovereign right to determine the Consequence!!! It is by our own words that we will be judged!!! Choose your words carefully because a “No” to God will result in Eternal Separation from God but a “Yes” will mean Living Forever with the Creator in a Mansion custom built for you by Jesus—just remember. It is your “Choice” so “Choose Wisely”!!!