OCTOBER 03 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#29 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 22:42)

 

OCTOBER 03  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, thank You Lord for the Love that You so freely gave to the

 world, the greater part of Your Love is that You gave it to a world that

 rejected You and that Your Love is always extended to everyone

 regardless of the magnitude or multitude of our sins! Lord to have

 Forgiveness is one thing but having Forgiveness always on the table

  because of Your Great Love is having a Garden where

 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL! 

Lord, I know that You have given us the HOPE that “If we confess

 our sins, [God] is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to 

cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:19 KJV) but to 

extend that promise to include ALL sin and “all unrighteousness” 

is truly going the “extra mile”!   I know how many times You have kept

 that promise and yet I slip back into sin again??? — but if I “confess”

 my sin that You are “faithful and just to forgive” — You are

 FOREVER TRUE AND FAITHFUL!!! 

Lord Jesus, thank You for Loving us that much!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has completed His “Seven Woes” which had been addressed

 to the “scribes and Pharisees” but Jesus also made it clear that it 

was not the fact that they were “scribes and Pharisees”, the problem

 was that they were “hypocrites!”!!! A quick overview of the “Seven Woes”

 shows us the great concern God has over the attitude of our hearts 

toward following His Commands - it is significant that there were

 “Seven Woes” because in the study of the Holy Scriptures

 the number “7” is representative of “divine perfection” and the fact 

that Jesus spent so much time of His Last Week on earth addressing

 a problem that had its source from those in “authority” 

over the nation Israel, makes this obviously a very important concern 

God has for His chosen people!!! Add to those facts that Jesus

 summed up the problem with “Seven Woes” against “hypocrisy!”

 we can logically assume that God is going to address the issue 

which He felt was important enough to Sacrifice His Only Begotten Son

 to rectify the problem of “hypocrisy!” among His chosen people!

 Jesus concluded “Woe #7” stating that our sins

 “are witnesses against [ourselves]” 

(Matthew 23:31) 

and that the 

”Final Judgement” 

is inevitable and that we cannot 

“escape the condemnation of hell”!!! 

(Matthew 23:33) 

However after Jesus had pronounced the “Seven Woes” He then

 demonstrated His Compassion when He lamented:

 

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets 

and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to 

gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks 

under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house

 is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me 

no more till you say,

 ‘Blessed in He who comes in the name of the LORD!’” 

(Matthew 23:37-39) 

This “lament” over Jerusalem summarizes the heart of God

 and reveals a special Character and Truth of God to me: God is 

“compassionate” and is grieved when those He has “chosen” 

decide to “follow the doctrines of men” instead of following God 

and His Commandments which

 

God has always intended that His Commands 

be a guide to living an abundant life 

among God’s Bountiful Provisions! 

However, God demonstrates True Justice by being 

a Fair Judge and administering JUSTICE EQUALLY, 

to everyone, including His Chosen People! 

The bottom line of the “Seven Woes” then could be stated as follows:

 If we refuse God and remain in our 

“spiritual blindness”

 that we will 

“see [God] no more…” 

until we finally recognize that 

God the Father has sent Jesus His Son 

with a Message of “Repentance” to the world!!!

 Jesus has made it clear that 

God is the Judge 

and the 

Son is the Messenger 

so why do we have such a problem with taking

 God at His Word??? 

If we “Choose” to continue rejecting God

 and His Messenger then the “Consequence” is that 

“[our] house [will] be left desolate” 

and that our rejection of God is a 

“witness against [ourself]” 

and we will not “escape” a verdict

 of “Guilty before God” and will receive 

the fruits of rejecting God 

which is

 “the condemnation of hell” — 

Jesus also makes it clear that 

“hell” 

is an eternity spent without God —

 it would be hard to imagine anything 

more “Woeful” than “eternal separation from God”,

 

but of course that is my opinion and my “Choice” — 

you have to decide for yourself 

how to answer this Question

 that has “eternal implications”:

 

“What do you think about the Christ? 

Whose Son is He?”!?!?!?!? 

(Matthew 23:42)

OCTOBER 02 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#29 “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” (Matthew 22:42)

 

OCTOBER 02  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, Lord I praise You today as I read in Your 

“High Priestly Intercessory Prayer” found in the Seventeenth Chapter

 of the Gospel of John that You prayed to the Father on our behalf

 just before You were Sacrificed as the Lamb of God! 

In that Prayer You revealed Two Amazing Truths of God 

that jumped out and proved to me that 

God’s PLAN OF SALVATION  

was  the TRUTH 

even BEFORE CREATION!!! 

First Lord You acknowledged to the Father that 

“the hour has come” (John 17:1)

 - which means that before the hour had come it must have first 

been planned in advance for this hour to come) and then 

“I have finished the work which 

You have given Me to do” (John 17:4) 

which means

 the PLAN OF SALVATION came from the FATHER 

and that the SON has COMPLETED it!!!)

 but the real eye-opener was when You said,

 “And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, 

with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” 

(John 17:5) 

LORD, to think that You and the Father had the 

PLAN OF SALVATION

 in place “before the world was” is indeed MIND BLOWING!!! 

Thank You Lord for (1) having a PLAN OF SALVATION in place BEFORE 

You CREATED the world and (2) that the PLAN OF SALVATION 

is now  “finished” — 

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME 

— and now I can say with 

SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING — 

GOD WAS GOOD BEFORE TIME BEGAN!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been Teaching about the “Seven Woes” of falling into the

 world’s trap of “hypocrisy”.  Jesus has pointed out that “hypocrisy”

 will cause “spiritual blindness” which will prevent us from coming

 to the “Light” and we will live our lives in “darkness” and suffer

 the “condemnation” of not believing 

“in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” 

(John 3:18) 

Jesus is now going to wrap up His “Seven Woes” to the scribes 

and Pharisees which apply to everyone that chooses to “self-indulge” 

in the “doctrines of men” instead of the “self-discipline” of following

 the “Commands of God”. 

 Jesus has made a separate point with each of the previous 6 “Woes”

 and each “Woe” has contained a specific 

“Truth of God” 

but the “Seventh Woe” contains a detailed list of the fruits of 

“hypocrisy" and the dire “Consequences” of having made the 

“Choice” to follow the “doctrines and traditions of men” 

instead of allowing themselves to be 

“led by God Himself”! 

WOE #7

“Woe #7” contains very clear language from Jesus that shows 

that God is justified in sending His Only Begotten Son to address 

the “spiritual virus” that is “blinding” the entire nation of Israel and

 the entire world! Jesus makes two statements that summarizes 

“Woe #7” 

(S1) “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves…” 

(Matthew 23:31) 

and 

(S2) “Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape 

the condemnation of hell?” 

(Matthew 23:33) 

These two statements point to the Truth of God that there will 

be a “Final Judgement” and that God will judge us according

 to our deeds. In “Woe #7” Jesus shows how “serious” that the sin

 of “hypocrisy” is in our lives because the 

“Consequence” of our “Choice” of “hypocrisy” 

is “the condemnation of hell”!!! 

Jesus could not make it any clearer 

and could not have said it any plainer —

 The “Consequence” 

of rejecting the Commands of God 

will result in our “self-condemnation” 

and our eternal souls will spend  eternity 

separated from the Goodness of God!!!  

“Woe #7” is a wake up call that God knows everything we do 

and that there will be a “Final Judgement”

 where the Truth of our lives is revealed by the

 “Light of the Truth of God” 

and our own actions will either be rewarded by 

Eternal Fellowship with God Himself in Heaven 

or Eternal Condemnation in “Hell” 

separated from God with NO HOPE!?!?!?!? 

Surely no one would choose to be eternally separated from God?!?!?

 — however, Jesus did mention that  following  the 

“traditions and doctrines of men” would make you 

“Fools and blind!”!!! 

There will be ONE Question that God,

 the Supreme Judge, 

will ask you at the Final Judgement: 

“What do you think of the Christ?

 Whose Son is He?” 

(Matthew 23:42)

 You now have “THE Question” so it would be wise for you to have

 an “answer” for God prepared before it is to late!?!?!?!? 

Heaven is a “Choice” 

that can only be made by the living, 

the dead will be judged on the 

“CHOICES” 

they made as they had lived

 the life that God had provided for them —

 and the

 “Consequence of their eternity” 

will be determined by whatever “CHOICES” they made with their 

“God-given Freewill” 

 a blessing of “Eternal” life with God 

or 

a curse of “Eternal” death separated from God,

 but the Truth of God is that you must make your “Choice” while alive 

 for when you are dead, 

you have to accept the “Consequence” that God had already 

assigned to our actions as part of 

GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION, 

and remember — the PLAN OF SALVATION 

was in place even before 

God created us in the first place