JUNE 24 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#20 “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?” (Matthew 17:17)

 

JUNE 24  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#20  

“O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? 

How long shall I bear with you?” (Matthew 17:17)

LIVING FOR JESUS Daily Prayer    

Jesus, You are Worthy to be called Lord, You are Worthy for Your victory

 over death, You are Worthy for all You did for man, our salvation, 

and the atonement of our sins. 

You are Worthy for the Perfect Example You lived 

and for Your great and marvelous Teachings. 

You are Worthy for Your Sacrifice, You are Worthy 

because Your Motive was the simple and complete

 Obedience to the Father’s Will! 

You are Worthy because You did everything for a sinful and unworthy world

 and You did it all in the Father’s Name and for the Kingdom’s sake. 

Praise be to the Son of the God Most High 

and to the Holy Spirit, 

that Teaches us these great things 

and leads us in the paths of righteousness

 to have Fellowship with the Father.     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus is Teaching His disciples and those that are seeing the works of God

 performed by Jesus,  a very important distinction between those miracles 

being “performed by” someone and those same miracles being

 “accomplished through” someone, the distinction being the “source” 

of the “working power” able to actually accomplish the “miracle”. 

This is the distinction Jesus is Teaching when the man brings

 the demon possessed boy to Jesus because His disciples

 “could not cure him” and what seems like a harsh criticism 

coming from Jesus is actually a wake up call to everyone! 

This wake up call is bringing to our attention to the

 TRUTH OF GOD

 that the “person/flesh” of Jesus is not the “source” or “power”

 to accomplish the miracles everyone has seen Jesus doing. 

The “True Power” or “Ultimate Source of Power” 

that is able to “accomplish” these miracles is not from a “physical” person

 and Jesus is pointing that out when He asks, “How long shall I be with you…” 

that Jesus is indicating that the “physical” Jesus will not always be with us!!! 

The importance of understanding the distinction Jesus is making here

 cannot be overstated — If we believe that only the “physical” Jesus

 has “power” then what are we to do

 if His “physical” presence is not with us? 

If we learn the 

Truth of God 

that Jesus is Teaching with JQ#20 we will understand the distinction

 that the “physical” Jesus was not the

 “Source” of the “Power” 

to perform miracles but that it was the

 

“Spirit of God” 

working through the “physical” Jesus 

that accomplished the Great Works of God!!! 

When we understand that Jesus came to be an “example” 

of how to live our lives so that the 

“Power of God” will work “through” us 

then we will understand why Jesus rebuked the father of the 

demon possessed boy and the disciples that failed 

to cast out the demon from the boy when Jesus declared

 “O faithless and perverse generation…” (Matthew 17:17). 

Jesus with this declaration is exposing “why” the disciples

 were unsuccessful in accomplishing the 

“Work of God” 

which in this case was casting out a demon — 

the disciples were unsuccessful for they wrongly thought 

that they were able to do the

 “Work of God”  

instead of making the distinction that 

“only God can do the Work of God” 

but that God has chosen to do His Work “through” certain individuals. 

Jesus has been performing the 

“Work of God” 

to be an example of how to live our daily lives so that God

 will perform His Work “through us” — we must make the

 Divine Distinction that we cannot do the 

“Work of God” 

but if we “live as Jesus lived” 

then God will do His Work “through” us!!! 

Jesus is making that point when He points to “why” they were unsuccessful —

 it was because their faith and our faith is too weak and that 

“weakness” is from living a “perverse physical” life 

which always results in us being “Spiritually faithless”. 

So Jesus is Teaching with JQ#20 that we should “live” our lives by 

His Perfect Example 

and acknowledge that

 God is the Source of all Power. 

God has given us Jesus as an Example of “how” to live on earth 

and become a “conduit” for the 

Power of God 

to help a sick and dying world. 

Jesus became flesh to show us how to live in the flesh, 

and Jesus has clearly demonstrated that it is the 

“Spirit of God” in us that is the “Source” 

of the True Power of God 

and we must be motivated to help others in God’s Name 

and for His Kingdom’s sake or else we will fail in our attempts to do 

His Work 

if we are motivated by personal glory for ourselves — 

everything must be done for one simple reason —

 

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD MOST HIGH !!! 

After all, it’s His World and we are His Creation 

so doesn’t it make sense 

we should do things HIS WAY???