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 NOVEMBER 15  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#32 “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”  (Matthew 26:40)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer   

JESUS, Lord You have taken our lost souls out of the darkness and have shown us the Light of Truth through Your Holy Words and those Words from You have dispelled the worldly demons that have possessed us. Lord as I continue my walk with You I pray now for the growth of my Faith and Witness that I may share Your Light with those that are themselves walking in the darkness and the demonic lies that the world calls “the new truth?”. Lord Jesus, Your Word is Life, and only Your Word can take our hearts that have been hardened by the lies of this world and clean and renew our deceitful hearts as King David prayed “Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10)       AMEN

NOVEMBER 15  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

JQ#32 “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”  (Matthew 26:40).    Jesus has just announced, “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” (Matthew 26:2) which sets the scene very well for us. Jesus and His disciples are in Jerusalem for the Passover which for the Jews is the Holiest of Feasts as they remember God delivering Israel from their bondage in Egypt through the prophet Moses. The Passover centers around the killing of the Passover lamb in memory and remembrance of the Death Angel “Passing Over” all who had obeyed God’s instructions and had killed the lamb and put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts and all who were inside the house covered by the blood were saved, and all who had not followed God’s instructions perished that night. Now Jesus has announced that there are only “two days” remaining before He is “delivered up to be crucified” and even with all the prophecies pointing to this Most Historic Event in the entire course of human history, in Jerusalem, at Passover, and Jesus having demonstrated Himself to be the Son of God, those that had been with Him failed to see that Jesus Himself was the Lamb of God as John the Baptist had declared. Everyone that had been with Jesus and had heard Jesus say that He would be killed in Jerusalem and on the “Third Day” that He would be “resurrected from the dead” should have understood that Jesus IS the Passover Lamb and that it was through the Shedding of His Innocent Blood that the sins of a fallen world could be forgiven. God was giving the Ultimate Gift of His Only Begotten Son and in just “two days” that Historic Event would take place and Jesus would proclaim with His last breath on the cross, “IT IS FINISHED”. Once and for all, the Blood of the Lamb will be shed for the remission of sin and God’s Plan of Salvation will be in place for all mankind, God having done His Part and now all we have to do is take the Shed Blood of Jesus and apply it to our hearts so that we can “pass from death unto life” (John 5:24) If the disciples who had been walking with Jesus had missed it at the Passover in Jerusalem it is understandable that 2000 years later we who have been walking in darkness have missed it also, but it doesn’t change the Historic Fact that Jesus Christ died for our sins! God’s Plan of Salvation is firmly in place so we should follow His instructions and apply the Blood of the Lamb of God to our lives and the Death Angel will PASSOVER us and we can claim the Abundant Life promised to the Believer!  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) … and the Good News: “IT IS FINISHED”!!!!!!