NOVEMBER 27 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

 

NOVEMBER 27  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#33 

 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, 

why have You forsaken Me?”  (Matthew 27:46)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer   

“JESUS, Precious Jesus, 

You took all my sins away — 

I want to thank You for all that You’ve done,

 so this is the prayer I pray: 

“Please help me Lord, to give of myself 

and to share with my fellow man,

 for You have said that there’s no greater LOVE

 than to give your life for a friend!

 For all the souls lost, You died on The Cross,

 You Gave and You Gave some More, 

so that sinners like me might truly be FREE, 

Your Death opens life’s door. 

So O Precious Jesus, Giver of Life

 Hallowed be Thy Name! 

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done,

 and my life won’t be the same!

 You took my soul, You made it whole,

 You washed all my sins away, 

I want to thank You for all that You have done,

 so this is the prayer that I pray!!! ” 

(excerpt from “The Prayer I Pray” — 

written 2001 by L. G. Lewis)   

AMEN

NOVEMBER 27  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been up to this point in His earthly Ministry, 

expressing the TRUTH OF GOD in plain simple statements so that 

everyone can understand.  Those simple statements illustrated that

 everything that was about to happen to Him was fulfillment of prophecy

 of God’s Plan of Salvation that was formulated by the Trinity BEFORE

 the foundation of the world and that Jesus would conclude His Ministry

 on earth with The Ultimate Victory over the world as the 

Master Plan of Salvation would be executed with TOTAL SOVEREIGNTY 

to achieve the ULTIMATE VICTORY. 

Nothing has been left to chance and nothing has happened that was

 not planned by God to happen: Jesus was Immaculately Conceived 

by the Holy Spirit and The Child Jesus was born of a Virgin, 

John the Baptist came onto the scene preaching “Repentance from sin” 

and Jesus began His Ministry by approaching John who was baptizing

 in the Jordan and John declared

 “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” 

and Jesus said of His baptism by John,

 “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting 

for us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15)

Through the first 26 Chapters of the Gospel of Matthew Jesus has been

 pointing to this upcoming event and now “His Hour”  has arrived 

and as Jesus sweats drops of blood in Gethsemane in anticipation 

of His Hour of Suffering —His disciples are sleeping and Jesus declares, 

“…Behold, the hour is at hand, 

and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.” 

(Matthew 26:45)  

Judas has now betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver which also

 is in line with prophecy and now as Jesus is being led away 

and His disciples have abandoned Him, History and Prophecy have 

arrived at the point in time that would be described in our modern 

vernacular as “This is where it gets real!!!” 

Matthew writes the last words of Jesus before leaving Gethsemane:

 “But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets

 might be fulfilled.” (Matthew 26:56a) 

Then Matthew concludes Chapter 26 with a sad commentary: 

“Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.” (Matthew 26:56b)  

Sad though it was, it was a foreshadowing of that most important 

Conclusion of the Master Plan of Salvation 

in which God Himself “Walks the Walk”  proving Himself to be God

 and demonstrating the

 Divine Love of God for His Creation. 

Through 26 Chapters in Matthew we have studied 32 JESUS Questions

 that point us to the Final Question (JQ#33) asked from the 

Cross just before Jesus surrendered His Spirit to God 

so let us look at the final two chapters of the Gospel of Matthew

 and understand that with JQ#33 that this is:   “AS REAL  AS  IT  GETS!!!”  

  Chapter 27 begins: “And those that had laid hold of Jesus 

led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes 

and the elders were assembled. But Peter followed Him at a distance

 to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat 

with the servants to see the end.” (Matthew 27:1-2) 

Let us read these last two chapters of Matthew to see 

“the end of the matter” and to “know beyond a shadow of a doubt” 

 the words uttered at the foot of the cross when JESUS DIED: 

“So when the centurion and those with him, 

who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake 

and the things that had happened, 

they feared greatly saying, 

‘Truly this was the Son of God’” (Matthew 27:54) 

We must ask ourselves this final question: 

“Could the whole Bible be about the simple fact 

that God is God 

and Jesus is His Son?”   

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COULD IT REALLY BE THAT SIMPLE!?!?!?