MAY 31 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#18 “But who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15)

 

MAY 31  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#18  “But who do you say that I am?” 

(Matthew 16:15)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Your Word is Eternal and Your Truth is Unchanging, 

Your Way is Perfect and the Only Path to Eternal Life. 

Lord as we struggle through the “valley” of the shadow of death, 

let us boldly proclaim the Guidance of Your Light 

as a Lamp unto our feet and a Light unto our path, 

so that we will again come to the Peace 

that only the Prince of Peace can give.     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus proclaimed Himself to be:  

“[I am] the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) 

and as we are trying to honestly give Jesus Himself an answer 

we must consider what we believe about Him in comparison 

to what He has declared about Himself ——— 

and what His Father has declared about Him!  

This will be another short post today because 

my path has me at a Bible Camp with 3rd - 6th graders — 

short posts were elected over “no posts” because

 this question deserves all the attention we can give it 

because if Jesus is

 “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6) 

and we cannot correctly answer 

all the Questions asked us about Jesus, 

then how can we know what is the right 

and true path to take to eternal life?

 There is no more important nor more critical Question 

that God will pose to You other than who you think Jesus is 

— either the Bible is God’s Word and the only Truth 

or we are already doomed to an eternal nothingness 

and our life will have no purpose!

 The lack of purpose is the curse of this generation 

that has more “free time” than any generation before them 

and yet with all this “free time” available to the world, 

the world has used that “free time” to turn to meaningless entertainment 

that has no substance or spiritual value and just adds to the problem

 of us finding purpose and meaning for our lives — 

if you choose to look for the meaning of life in secular philosophies

 then you will find that the answer is simply not there — 

so then you are left with only one option to find the 

“TRUTH” 

and the Bible tells us 

“God is Truth” 

— so then our problem is knowing the difference 

between the gods of this world and the

 One True God of Heaven 

It will be a long, long journey to

 “TRUTH” 

if you try each god this world places before you 

and you make the choice to try “everything but the Bible” —

first you will be eternally lost because the “deceiver”

 has made sure to present you with so many options and distractions 

and yelling at you all along to “ignore the man behind the curtain” 

that you will never see the 

True Light.

 When you finally get around to really reading the Bible, 

you will come to one single 

“TRUTH”, 

“For God so loved the world 

that He gave His only begotten son, 

that whoever believes in Him 

shall not perish but have everlasting life. 

(John 3:16) 

Because that verse points to the 

TRUTH of God,

 the “deceiver” has done everything he can to make fun of the 

GPS (God’s Promise of Salvation) 

verse in God’s Word that points to the only path to the 

“TRUTH of GOD” 

and eternal life. 

The entire Bible is details of how God planned 

and is going to accomplish John 3:16 

but it is your choice to make, 

and once you start down the path, 

you will have to answer that all-important eternal Question 

that Jesus asks you with His still small voice, 

“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)

 

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  

(Truth of God #1) GOD IS ETERNALLY UNCHANGING

 

and 

(Truth of God #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???”