SEPTEMBER 21 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#29 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 22:42)

 SEPTEMBER 21  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#29  “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”  (Matthew 22:42)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, the Holy Spirit brought to my mind this morning during my devotional prayer that  I was to stop in mid-prayer and consider very seriously this question that the Holy Spirit directed to me personally this morning — “What do YOU (personally) think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” My spirit within me was stilled as I was consciously aware that I personally and confidently KNEW that the Word of God is TRUTH and that Jesus is the Son of God, that the Messiah is the Chosen One sent by the FATHER GOD to bring Salvation to this lost and dying world — so my personal answer to the Holy Spirit is that I believe with all that is in me that “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son {{JESUS}}, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life” —and only the True, Living, Loving God would devise and execute such a Divine Plan!!! LORD, I am confident that EVERY WORD that You have spoken and has been written in the Holy Scriptures is TRUTH — Thank You LORD for Your Salvation and my prayer is that I will be a good steward of all the spiritual and physical blessings that You shower down upon us daily!   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus in His final week on earth is finalizing His Final Passover Lesson on Power and Authority and He initiated the Lesson with this Question posed to those that had been questioning Him ——— “What do you think about the Christ?” and then Jesus tacks on a clue to the answer riding on His closing Question, “Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 22:42) Jesus, being both Christ and the Son of God therefore is the Master Teacher and we should look not only at “what” Jesus has asked in this Question but we should seriously consider “who” Jesus directed the Question to and also “how” Jesus phrased this two part Question. The “what” that Jesus is asking is the pivotal Question in each individual’s search for Truth and that pivotal Question is “What do you [personally] think about the Christ?” — the Question is not what have you heard others say that their opinion of Christ is but Jesus makes this very personal — for once again Jesus takes a very serious Question and looks you straight in the eye and asks “What do YOU think?” and when you look around you see that it is only you and Jesus in the room and that Jesus is waiting on your personal reply, then the pressure to be honest with Jesus becomes very real and intimate!?!? The “what” of His Question then is “What is [YOUR PERSONAL] belief about the Christ?”  Next we must look at “who” Jesus addressed this Question to — this Question was addressed to all those that were trying to seek personal power and are actively denying that Jesus IS the Christ!!! Therefore the Question is double directed at YOU if you don’t accept Jesus as the Messiah! But then it is important to look at “how” Jesus asked the Question: First He introduced the “subject” of the Question to get our attention focused on the “Christ” and then Jesus asked the Question in such a way that each individual is compelled to answer the Question personally. Then when Jesus gets us to “think about” the “Christ”, Jesus Masterfully gives us a Divine Clue to the RIGHT ANSWER when He “hints” that the correct answer must contain a Father/Son relationship — How does one get from God/Christ to Father/Son without considering all these admonitions and actions that Jesus uses to Teach the Truth of God and continually tells us to pray to “our Father in heaven”? — surely it is way off base to consider any answer that does not include the “Fatherhood of Almighty God” and the “Sonship of Jesus Christ” !?!? As we look at what Jesus is Teaching with this Question, we can better understand the object Lesson if we actually stop at this point and honestly answer this very personal Question — “What do YOU think about the Christ?” and equally important — “Whose SON is He?” (Matthew 22:42)