MAY 30 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#18 “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

 MAY 30  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#18  “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, You Lord are to be greatly praised for Your Love and the fact that in Your example of “Loving” us when we were truly “unlovable” we can experience “first hand” the Matchless Love of God! Because You first loved us even though there was nothing in us to Love, we know that Your Love comes with NO CONDITIONS and that You LOVE because it is Your Choice to Love — not because of who we are, but simply because You Love because You freely choose to Love because of who You are!!! We cannot know or explain “Why” You chose to Love, but our limited understanding does not diminish in any way the FACT that You Love us. Lord we pray that because You Loved us when we were unlovable that we in turn will Love Others Unconditionally because that is a “Choice” that we will make to Honor Your “Choice” to Love us!       AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus is Teaching us in JQ#18 by asking us to take “Spiritual Inventory” of what we “believe” about Him and who we actually believe Jesus to be? Who we see Jesus as and what we “believe” ABOUT HIS PURPOSE is multifaceted in that we must examine our answer for the “Truth of God” contained within the Teachings of Jesus!As we answer from the “Truth of God” perspective, we must also observe the other side of our answer about Who we believe Jesus is which will lead us to examine how our “belief” in God lines up with the “Truth of God” about His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ. God has already revealed Himself to us through His Word — the Holy Bible  —which is the entire story of Jesus from His Hand in the Creation, to the story of Jesus the Only Begotten Son being provided by the Father as the Sacrificial Lamb of God, and it takes us to the end of time itself when Jesus returns to gather His Bride and the Father in heaven throws a Great Wedding Feast as we enter into eternity with our Redeemer. This Most Important Question and then our examination of our “belief” about God must be viewed through the “eyes of God Himself” for God is Truth. When we “understand” that Jesus was sent by God, that Jesus is God’s Very Son, and that Jesus has “pleased the Father” by being obedient to the Father’s will even unto a cruel death, then we will be able to start aligning what we “believe in our hearts about God” with the “Truth of God” and that is when we can learn the Lesson Jesus is going to Teach, and Teach, and Teach!Jesus asks us personally to look deep into our soul and then look Him in the eye and tell Him face-to-face “who” we believe Him to be. When we look at our “belief about God” as compared to the Unchanging and Eternal Truth of God, we will realize the Truth of God that  (1) GOD IS ETERNALLY UNCHANGING and (2) that our“belief” of who Jesus is has no impact on the Unchanging Truth of Who Jesus IS — our belief changes us not Jesus!!!! So the Lesson Jesus is really getting at is this Question, “Do we know the Truth of God as God has revealed it and will reveal to each individual seeking to know God?” We must further consider the impact of our “belief” on our eternity for our ultimate eternity is based solely on how well that which we “believe” about God and Jesus actually “lines up” with the revealed “Truth of God” ——— the best place to learn that Truth of God is from the Word of God which can be found in His Bible, His Son, and His Holy Spirit Who is sent to “Teach” us the Truth of God. Remember, our Belief in God is important but our “belief” has no impact on the Self Existing God and His Truth so we must learn that God is the Unchanging Truth on which our eternity is based and therefore the real question is: “What do I know of what God says Himself to be and who does God say Jesus is and why did Jesus, God’s Only Begotten Son have to be obedient to the Father’s Will???”