MAY 31 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#18 “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

 MAY 31  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#18  “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Your Word is Eternal and Your Truth is Unchanging, Your Way is Perfect and the Only Path to Eternal Life. Lord as we struggle through the “valley” of the shadow of death, let us boldly proclaim the Guidance of Your Light as a Lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, so that we will again come to the Peace that only the Prince of Peace can give.     AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus proclaimed Himself to be:  “[I am] the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) and as we are trying to honestly give Jesus Himself an answer we must consider what we believe about Him in comparison to what He has declared about Himself ——— and what His Father has declared about Him!  This will be another short post today because my path has me at a Bible Camp with 3rd - 6th graders — short posts were elected over “no posts” because this question deserves all the attention we can give it because if Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) and we cannot correctly answer all the Questions asked us about Jesus, then how can we know what is the right and true path to take to eternal life? There is no more important nor more critical Question that God will pose to You other than who you think Jesus is — either the Bible is God’s Word and the only Truth or we are already doomed to an eternal nothingness and our life will have no purpose! The lack of purpose is the curse of this generation that has more “free time” than any generation before them and yet with all this “free time” available to the world, the world has used that “free time” to turn to meaningless entertainment that has no substance or spiritual value and just adds to the problem of us finding purpose and meaning for our lives — if you choose to look for the meaning of life in secular philosophies then you will find that the answer is simply not there — so then you are left with only one option to find the “TRUTH” and the Bible tells us “God is Truth” — so then our problem is knowing the difference between the gods of this world and the One True God of Heaven? It will be a long, long journey to “TRUTH” if you try each god this world places before you and you make the choice to try “everything but the Bible” first you will be eternally lost because the “deceiver” has made sure to present you with so many options and distractions and yelling at you all along to “ignore the man behind the curtain” that you will never see the True Light. When you finally get around to really reading the Bible, you will come to one single “TRUTH”, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Because that verse points to the TRUTH of God, the “deceiver” has done everything he can to make fun of the GPS (God’s Promise of Salvation) verse in God’s Word that points to the only path to the “TRUTH of GOD” and eternal life. The entire Bible is details of how God planned and is going to accomplish John 3:16 but it is your choice to make, and once you start down the path, you will have to answer that all-important eternal Question that Jesus asks you with His still small voice, “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)