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

 

SEPTEMBER 22  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, You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and it is only 

through our belief in You that we have forgiveness of sins and can

 be made righteous before God the Father  for You have said, 

“…for the Father Himself loves you, because you have

 loved [the Son], and have believed that [the Son] 

came forth from God [the Father]…” (John 16:27)  

Lord Jesus, Your Magnificence has NOTHING to do with our belief,

 for if we BELIEVE or do NOT believe that You are the Only Begotten

 of the Father God in heaven, NOTHING can change the TRUTH

 that JESUS IS the SON of the GREAT I AM  — and NOTHING 

can change the TRUTH that Your Glory and Kingdom 

will be established — our belief does not CHANGE You, 

our belief is what causes You to CHANGE US! 

 Our sinful hearts must ever be Repentant, 

for Your Mercy and Grace are Everlasting and Sufficient

 to cover all our transgressions. So each day Lord Jesus, 

I start anew, asking Your Forgiveness for yesterday, 

Your Strength for today, and Your Hope for tomorrow.          

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus completes His Lesson on True Power and Authority 

by pronouncing “Seven Woes” in which Jesus uses the 

following phrase seven times — 

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”  

(Matthew 23: 13,14,15,23,25,27, and 29)  

There is great “spiritual” significance to the number “Seven (7)”

 in the Holy Scripture and all Biblical scholars agree that it

 represents “divine perfection, 

totality or completion” {Ref: Christian Crier Blog} 

so it is safe to assume that since Jesus is pronouncing “Seven Woes”

 on the scribes, Pharisees, and “hypocrites!” that 

His Judgement is divine, total, and complete — and final! 

As significant as the number “7” is with these “Woes”, 

the word “hypocrites!” is equally significant — especially considering

 Jesus used the term “hypocrites” “7” times in pronouncing

 His “Seven Woes” and He had just told His disciples and the

 multitudes that the scribes and Pharisees were “hypocrites!” 

because of their own actions 

“…[the scribes and Pharisees] do not do according to

 their works; for they say and do not do.” (Matthew 23:3) 

Jesus then added a list of “hypocritical actions” which comprise

 a {Do-Not-Do-List} which “coincidentally?” contains “7” items!?!? 

(See Matthew 23:1-12 and JQ#29-6  SEPTEMBER 20) 

These “Seven Woes” were directed at the scribes and Pharisees

 but we must not miss the “divine” Lesson when Jesus pronounces

 these “woes” on the scribes and Pharisees because their 

actions made them “hypocrites!” and they were 

“witnesses against [themselves]” which introduces another

 Divine Concept: {{The Divine Law of Choice and Consequence!}}

 The concept is first stated by God Himself with the first 

covenant God made with the newly created Adam,

 “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden

 of Eden to tend and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded

 the man saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may 

freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you

 shall not eat {{The LAW}}, 

for in the day that you eat of it {{The CHOICE}}

 you shall surely die.’” {{The CONSEQUENCE}} 

 (Genesis 2:15-17) 

Jesus never passes “Judgement” without first establishing that 

God the Father is the “Just & Fair” Supreme Judge and that everyone

 is “rewarded” or “punished” according to their actions (the things

 we “choose” to do”) — A.W. Tozer in his book

 “Knowledge of the Holy” writes in Chapter 22 “The Sovereignty of God”:

 “Certain things have been decreed by the free determination of God, 

and one of these is the Law of Choice and Consequences. 

God has decreed that all who willingly commit themselves to 

His Son Jesus Christ in the obedience of faith shall receive eternal life

 and become sons of God. He has also decreed that all who

 love darkness and continue in rebellion against the high authority 

of heaven shall remain in a state of spiritual alienation 

and suffer eternally after death…Our choice is our own, 

but the consequences of the choice have already been determined

 by the sovereign will of God, and from this there is no appeal.” 

Jesus did not Teach “Repentance” just to hear Himself Talk 

— nor did Jesus Reveal the Truth of God just to have something 

to do while waiting for His public execution — we should not 

take the Word of God lightly for in Truth, “In [Jesus IS] the life, 

and the life [IS] the light of men. And the light shines in 

the darkness…[Jesus IS] the true LIGHT which gives light 

to every man coming into the world…as many as received Him,

 to them He gave the right to become children of God, 

to those who believe in His name…” (John 1:4-12) 

So “{{LIFE}}” is your “{{CHOICE}}” but remember 

that God has already determined the “{{CONSEQUENCE}}” 

of how you “Choose” to live it and what you believe about it!!! 

It is your “Choice” 

but God has already determined the 

“Consequence”!!!