NOVEMBER 30 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

 

NOVEMBER 30  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, I come this morning with a thankful heart for each day I pray 

for You and the Holy Spirit to guide me through the trials of this world

 and each day I find that You indeed have done just that and more! 

Lord, You have been faithful in Your promises to us and I can do nothing

 but start my day asking for just one more day of Mercy and Grace

 which You supply abundantly and  pray that this day that I will be

 a light to those around me for my only light is the light You give, 

for only You can take us through the darkness of this world.    

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been betrayed by Judas with a kiss and Peter has denied Him

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

Jesus is all alone and in the midst of false witnesses and has been 

declared by the midnight council that had illegally convened after hours

 to be worthy of death — the guilty verdict had been passed down 

when Jesus declared the TRUTH about Himself as being the Son of God,

 so in essence no charge has been brought against Him and Jesus

 is totally innocent! The next morning “all the chief priest and elders

 of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death 

and when they had bound Him they led Him away 

and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.” (Matthew 27:1-2) 

There is no amount of collusion from any government or elected 

government official that can change TRUTH — Jesus was innocent 

and regardless of any amount of lies, Jesus would remain innocent

 and Jesus would die even though He was innocent — in fact it was

 because of His Innocence that He would achieve the ultimate Victory

 over sin! Judas was remorseful and brought back the

 “thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, 

‘I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.’” (Matthew 27:4)  

Matthew then records what even today’s  world continues to be guilty of

 when faced with the TRUTH that Jesus was INNOCENT when he wrote

 of those who had paid the thirty pieces of silver for the betrayal of Jesus,

 “And they said, ‘What is that to us?”” (Matthew 27:3-4) 

The men that had paid for the betrayal further admitted their guilt when the 

chief priests said of the thirty pieces of silver Judas returned to them, 

“It is not lawful to put them into the treasury,

 because they are the price of blood.’” (Matthew 27:6) 

Judas was remorseful and went and hung himself — Jesus was led

 to Pontius Pilate and the first thing the governor asked Jesus 

as Jesus stood before the governor, 

“‘Are you the King of Jews?’ 

Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you say.’” (Mathew 27:11) 

Twice Jesus has spoken and both times He confirmed the TRUTH 

that His accusers had spoken: first the high priest asked Jesus

 if He was “Christ, the Son of God?” and Jesus had answered,

 “It is as you say.” (Matthew 26:63-64)

 and now Pilate asked “Are You the King of Jews” 

and Jesus answered the governor ‘It is as you say.’” (Matthew 27:11) 

We cannot overlook the TRUTH that Jesus was Innocent 

of any wrongdoing and Jesus was shedding His Innocent Blood as the

 “Christ, the Son of God, King of Jews”!!! 

Today there are still false witnesses and yet today the

 TRUTH 

remains that 

Jesus IS Innocent, 

Jesus IS the Son of God, 

Jesus shed His Blood for our sin and 

Jesus is not just the “King of Jews”, 

Jesus IS the King of Kings! 

NOVEMBER 29 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

 

NOVEMBER 29  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, Lord You are the Son of God, the Good Shepherd, 

the Resurrection and the Life, my Redeemer, You alone have the words

 of Eternal Life, You are the Way, and You are the Truth. Lord Jesus 

You have repeatedly stated that Your Truth and Divine Purpose is to

 provide Salvation for our eternal souls and to Glorify our Father in heaven

 which You have accomplished.  Lord I pray that You and the Holy Spirit

 keep my heart tender, my spiritual eyes open, and may I be blessed

 that I may hear and then speak Your Love to others. Forgive me

 of my daily shortcomings and keep me centered in Your Will for Yours 

is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Forever!!!   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been taken to the courtyard of the high priest and in an illegal

 gathering of the elders, those that had Jesus arrested have used false 

witnesses to try and condemn Him to death. But in the end it was the 

TRUTH

 that Jesus spoke about being the

 “Son of Man” and “sitting at the right hand of the Power”

 that made the high priest “[tear] his clothes” as he accused Jesus

 of “blasphemy” and then those gathered in this midnight conspiracy 

against the Messiah started saying that Jesus 

“is deserving of death” (Matthew 26:64-65)  

I cannot help but see our modern world in this illegal gathering of those

 in stolen power over the people bringing up false charges against Jesus

 in order to draw the people’s attention away from the Truth of God 

 that God is in control and is the

 True Power and that Jesus has been sent by God to provide a Way 

for each individual to have direct access to God! 

When those that have stolen the powers they possess illegally

 see those usurped powers threatened, they will use all means necessary

 to eliminate the threat to their stolen control, up to and including murder!!! 

We can see a parallel to our world today in America’s Supreme Court

 where 3 or 4 very powerful “judges” who have been appointed by the

 “high priest” can dictate how our society can be deceived into 

anti-God lifestyles — there were only four judges that handed down

 a decision in 1973 that has led to the death of over 60 million unborn

 American babies and each year this culture of death is growing. 

Jesus is the Giver of Life so abortion cannot be of God 

and the parallel of abortion of the unborn to the crucifixion of Jesus

 is that if one does not believe in Jesus and His Power to “give life”

 then there is no incentive to try and “protect the unborn that Jesus 

has given life to” — the TRUTH of the Crucifixion of Christ and the TRUTH 

of abortion is the same — both are “murder” which is 

the taking of life from the innocent. 

We like Peter “sit with the servants” and let the power elite 

make “false accusations” against Jesus and truly that makes us

 accomplices to murder! Peter’s own words that night can also

 be our societies “betrayal” as Peter denied that he knew Jesus:

 “Then he began to curse and swear, saying, 

‘I do not know the Man!’” (Matthew 26:74) 

Peter remembered the 

“word of Jesus…So he went out and wept bitterly.” (Matthew 26:75)

 It is time that our society remembers “the Word of Jesus” 

and admit that we have denied that Jesus is the Christ and we should 

hear the cock crow and repent but alas I fear we are still 

“plotting against Jesus to put Him to death” … 

and we have let our own “high priests” and “power elite” bound 

and tie Jesus and lead Him away! (Matthew 27:1-2)

 When Christians start accepting the TRUTH that we have denied

 Christ, then we should  pray for a repentant heart and return

 to following Jesus the “Giver of Life” and do not allow society to continue

 to deceive us into accepting our current “Culture of Death!”

 The TRUTH is that JESUS IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND

 OF THE POWER ———AND HE WILL SOON BE COMING 

ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN. 

NOVEMBER 28 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

NOVEMBER 28  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, Lord, my Redeemer, Savior, each day as I start my day 

by uttering Your Name, the Name above all names there is Hope

 for whatever comes my way. The world continues to tumble and

 spiral into darkness and trials and temptations are around every 

corner but when I speak Your Name I am comforted by Your Words:

 “I have overcome” and I know change comes over me once I started

 calling on Your Holy Name and I am confident first that You HAVE 

begun a Good Work in me and I am even more confident 

that what You Start, that You WILL FINISH! 

Praise the God Most High that loved sinners enough to Free 

them from the slavery of sin and Praise be to the 

Son of God Most High who was Obedient to the Father’s Will 

and paid the penalty of my sin debt and Purchased with 

His Precious Blood our Pardon from our sins.    

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been led away to the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest

 and Peter has followed Him there from Gethsemane. 

“Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought 

false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. 

Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none.” 

(Matthew 26:59-60) 

At this point we can make an almost direct parallel to what is happening

 in our modern world as Christians are suffering the greatest persecution

 on a world wide scale that has been recorded in many centuries. 

Question: How does today parallel Jesus standing before the chief

 priests and elders being falsely accused? Answer: The TRUTH that Jesus

 is Innocent will remain the TRUTH regardless of however many false

 witnesses the world will publish or report in the mainstream media

 or quote as “experts” saying “God is dead” and “Jesus is a myth”, 

or the greatest untruth being spoken by billions today,

 “God does not have a son” therefore making God a liar.  

Just as the chief priests, elders, and the councils sought 

to have Jesus killed, today the world is “hell-bent” on crucifying

 the Holy Character of God and His Only Begotten Son for the

 exact same reason today as the reason they had over 2000 years ago —

 men of power, power which was usurped from God, desire above

 all else to retain their man-made power and are willing to do so

 at the expense of their souls and the souls of all they can drag down

 with their Big Lie in their quest for man-made power!  

Jesus proved Himself as the Son of God by allowing this event 

that started in a garden and ended on a cross to bring Glory to God

 who proved He is the Most High God when on the Third Day 

He Resurrected His Son from the borrowed tomb. 

Evil had its grandest moment when Jesus was nailed to the cross 

but even with the first blow of the first nail, when the first drop of 

His Innocent Blood was shed, the grand moment for evil was over 

because with His Innocent Blood Jesus won the Ultimate Eternal Victory

 over evil and because “what [man] meant for evil [against Jesus], 

God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people

 should be kept alive, as they are today…” (Genesis 50:20-21) 

and with the Sacrifice and Resurrection of the Passover Lamb God

 proved Himself Sovereign over Death and the Grave and all the

 weapons evil could muster!  

Knowing Himself to be the Son of God and having Supreme Confidence

 in His Father, Jesus did not say a word, “But Jesus kept silent” and

 did not respond to His accusers until they demanded: 

“Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” (Matthew 26:63) 

and when the high priest had demanded the “truth”, Jesus spoke the 

TRUTH —“Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you said. Nevertheless,

 I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the 

right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 

(Matthew 26:64) 

Then and today, there is no lie nor any amount of denials

 that can change the

 TRUTH that

 JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD AND GOD IS STILL ON HIS THRONE !!! 

False witnesses are just that, “false witnesses”; however, 

TRUTH is ETERNAL and WILL NEVER CHANGE —

 JESUS IS THE GIVER OF LIFE. 

That night in the courtyard they falsely accused Jesus and started the lie

 and without knowing it they also told the TRUTH as Matthew writes: 

“They answered and said, ‘[Jesus] is deserving of death 

{The Lie}…[and]…Prophesy to us, Christ 

{TRUTH:JESUS IS THE CHRIST!}!” 

(Matthew 26:65-68) 

In our world today, the lie is still being uttered by those 

who desire “power” and once in “power” they lord it over 

those that put them in “power” 

so we hear the lie in the form of “God is dead {and according to

 the modern power mongers God deserved to die—”

 and they protect their evil intent by not allowing prayer in school 

and call all those who defend the TRUTH of GOD 

as “extremists” and “superstitious”, further, they have legislated God

 out of our government (separation of church and state) and they 

continue to promote their evil agenda through pagan legislation

 against God such as legalized abortion (murder of the unborn) 

and force public acceptance of many unnatural things 

that are abominations against God 

— but “True Believers” will not be swayed by the modern “high priest” 

or the lies of billions of false witnesses because we KNOW that

 TRUTH NEVER CHANGES — 

Jesus is the Son of God Most High 

and 

“God so loved the world that He gave [Jesus] 

His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him 

should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send

 His Son into the world to condemn the world,

 but that the world through [Jesus] might be saved.”

 (John 3:16-17) 

Can you say that Jesus “deserves death” and evil deserves “power”?

 That’s what today’s “high priest” will demand with their new-world,

 anti-God agenda, but just as it has been since the beginning of mankind,

 it is up to you to either “believe” in God and His Son Jesus or “deny” 

the TRUTH of GOD for yourself — that is the TRUTH of FREEWILL —

 

Each individual must decide personally what they believe 

and not what those in power say they should believe…bottom line: 

You are personally responsible for what you believe 

and you will be held accountable to God Himself 

for how you act upon that belief!!!