DECEMBER 15 THE JESUS QUESTIONS SUMMARY 01: JQ#1-33 The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

 DECEMBER 15  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  SUMMARY 01: JQ#1-33  The Gospel of Matthew: A Study of the Life, Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ 

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer   

JESUS, my LORD and my REDEEMER — that You would be Obedient to the Father’s Will to be Sacrificed as the Lamb of God, Innocent of All Sin yet bearing the Burden of All Sin, ONCE-for-ALL, YOU SHED EVERY DROP OF YOUR INNOCENT BLOOD for the REMISSION OF SIN, and that You and the Father HAD PLANNED OUR SALVATION while we were yet sinners — that is the greatest MIRACLE of all. Lord You KNEW that man’s heart was deceitful and evil yet You and the Father KNEW that through the Great LOVE OF GOD that man’s heart that was hardened by sin could be softened by  GRACE and we could then be sanctified by MERCY — Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!!    AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has been present with us from BEFORE the CREATION and will be with BELIEVERS throughout all ETERNITY! Eternity itself is a concept that stretches our limited intellect for we are still bound by our physical limitations which God established with our mortality. But, God continually stretches our understanding with Spiritual Concepts that point us to Knowing God and it is through Knowing God that we will be able to move from this limited physical realm we call mortal life to the unlimited spiritual realm wherein lies Everlasting Life which is only possible through BELIEVING IN GOD! God summed up this ETERNAL TRUTH OF GOD as He spoke to the prophet Isaiah: “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the evil man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God for He will freely pardon. ‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,’ says the LORD. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and snow comes down from heaven, and does not return to it without watering the earth, causing it to bud and flourish, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread for the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to me void, but will accomplish My desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.’” (Isaiah 55:6-11) For the complete TRUTH OF GOD that explains GOD from CREATION to REVELATION one need only read Isaiah 55 in full and then meditate on John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) These Isaiah and John passages explain what and why and then starting in Genesis and going through every book and chapter, Jesus and God’s Mercy and Grace are written in great detail. A good argument can be made from John 1 that Jesus “was with God in the beginning” (John 1:5) and that to resolve the problem of “darkness” in the world that God’s solution was recorded in Genesis 1:3 “Then God said,’Let there be light’…” The Bible teaches us that Jesus is the Light of the World and we should understand the importance of us being like Jesus when He teaches the Sermon on the Mount and then asked His first question: <JQ#1> “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?” (Matthew 5:13) Jesus then immediately states also “You are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16) ——— Jesus IS the LIGHT of the World and by JQ#1 we know that Jesus wants us to be like Him ——— and Jesus with JQ#1 foreshadows that He will TEACH us how to be like Him and by the way we live our life we should be a “Light” to others and thereby we will “glorify [our] Father in Heaven”. This first Lesson then is that Jesus is going to Teach us how to live like Him and in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus uses His Divine Teaching Method  to get our attention and focus us on different aspects that give us Knowledge of God and His Eternal Kingdom  and then once we KNOW THE TRUTH we are to SHARE THE GOSPEL with those that are in “darkness” and by doing so we will fulfill the command of Jesus “So let your light shine before men…” with the single purpose of glorifying God!! 

DECEMBER 13 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

 DECEMBER 13  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 King of kings, the LORD of all lords, and all praise and glory are Yours and Yours Alone! Never has a leader sacrificed so much for His people  nor achieved so much for His people through sacrificing His own life — for there is NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN WHEREBY WE CAN BE SAVED FROM SIN!!!  You LORD have the WORDS of Eternal Life and You seek the souls of men to set them FREE — Lord forgive me my shortcomings and my transgressions — I pray that the Light you have placed in me will not be extinguished by my iniquities but will burn brighter as I Share Christ with others who are in darkness.     AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has suffered the cross and executed, by His Obedience to the Father’s Will, the Master Plan of Salvation which Jesus had announced was His Purpose as He started His Earthly Ministry — Matthew records the first words of Jesus as He allowed John the Baptist who had been preaching the Coming of the Messiah —“Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2) — for when John “tried to prevent” Jesus from being baptized by him, Jesus said, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matthew 3:15) When John, the “forerunner” of Jesus, baptized the Messiah that had taken on flesh and had just declared that His Purpose was “to fulfill all righteousness” surely John could not imagine that the “fulfilling of all righteousness” would be concluded with crucifixion and the death of the Messiah whom John had just baptized!?!? John had seen Jesus come up out of the water after being baptized by him and Matthew writes; “behold, the heavens were opened to [Jesus the Messiah] and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’” (Matthew 3:16-17) So Jesus was “baptized” by the “forerunner of the Chosen One” declaring that it was “to fulfill all righteousness” and God’s Spirit descended upon Him as God declared, “This is My Son…” and that is the Perfect Picture of the Resurrection which is the symbol of Baptism in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as we through baptism identify ourselves with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, being raised to life eternal for “it pleased the Father that in [His Son Jesus] that all fulness should dwell; and, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things…in the body of His flesh through death, to present [ourselves] holy and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.” (Colossians 1:19-22) After being baptized Jesus began His Earthly Ministry by rebuking the devil with the Scriptures when after 40 days of prayer and fasting He was tempted by Satan— Jesus’ first words as He then started His Earthly Ministry recorded by Matthew were “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) Now Jesus has undergone the baptism of the grave after His death on the cross and He has been Resurrected by the Father and the tomb where He was laid is EMPTY, and an “angel of the LORD” had declared to those who saw the EMPTY TOMB first,  “He is not here; for He is risen” (Matthew 28:6) and as the women were going to tell the GOOD NEWS to His disciples, Jesus appeared to them and His first words as He starts His Heavenly Ministry is “REJOICE” (Matthew 28:9) It is interesting to note that Jesus outlines the Entire Gospel with just two words “REPENT” and “REJOICE” — and that He then adds our commission as Believers with this encouragement: “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren…they will see Me.” (Matthew 28:10) GOD PROMISED to SEND HIS SON and HE DID — and now the SON PROMISES that all who BELIEVE the GOOD NEWS will SEE JESUS ——— and WE WILL!!!!! 

12/11/20 Friday - The BIG LIE is why America is at risk GOD BLESS TEXAS

 12/11/20   Friday    Day 38

Render Unto Caesar Status Update:

12/11/20 Friday - The BIG LIE is why America is at risk GOD BLESS TEXAS

If we will quit listening to the BIG LIE then the problem with the 2020 Election is over!

The following is a quote from the headlines 12/10/20 and is “The BIG LIE” 

““The people have chosen. But Texas, supported by 17 other states, asks this Court to overturn that choice,” the brief (pdf), signed by District of Columbia Solicitor General Loren Alikhan, states.”

Here is the breakdown of the Big Lie:

>1<”The people have chosen.” 

This claim is the biggest deception and is their only claim to win the presidency. The LIE is simply that “the people” have chosen, the TRUTH is that “the people” people had chosen Trump on November 3, 2020 by the largest margins in US election history! It was in the early morning of November 4, 2020 that “the people’s choice” was nullified by Deep State Election fraud as thousands and thousands of fraudulent votes were counted and the candidate that the people had chosen by a large margin had miraculously fallen behind by a narrow margin and a fraudulent victory was claimed for Biden.   

The people chose Trump on Election Day Nov 3 and the people’s choice was overridden on Nullification Day Nov 4. 

>2<“But Texas… [is asking the Supreme Court] to overturn that choice…” 

Here is the propaganda deflecting and projecting with left-handed accusations which all center around the false argument that the case is to “OVERTURN” the election. This is where TRUTH can actually “FACT CHECK” this false argument. The “election” must first be validated and certified as an official lesson with an official winner BEFORE it can be “overturned”! The BIG LIE is that “the people” chose Joe Biden and that the election is over and done. The TRUTH is that the official winner has never been declared so both these statements from the Biden camp are only propaganda to sway opinion because the TRUTH is that “the people” chose TRUMP and the winner of 2020 Election is the candidate that received the most “legal” votes BECAUSE the 2020 Election is about the “INTEGRITY” of American Elections and not about Propaganda and Political Coups!  If “we the people of the United States OF AMERICA” do not get to choose OUR  President through a free and fair election then the candidate is not the the We-The-People’s President of the United States of America. If an election is “STOLEN” by foreign interests by fraudulent means then the new president is a “fraud” and is the president of foreign interests. 

NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE SING “GOD BLESS TEXAS”!!! 

12/11/20 FRIDAY — The Beat Goes on Episode 2

December 10, 2020 quote from the Attorney General of Idaho:

“As is sometimes the case, 

the legally correct decision may not be the politically convenient decision,” 

he said in a statement. “This decision is necessary to protect Idaho’s sovereignty. As Attorney General, I have significant concerns about supporting a legal argument that could result in other states litigating against legal decisions made by Idaho’s legislature and governor.”

Look at this statement from the perspective of Deep State CONTROL and it helps expose the methods and tools that have been in place for hundreds of years but have been fine tuned and enforced since the “IN YOUR FACE” assassination of JFK on November 22, 1963.

In the statement above by the attorney general of Idaho in reference to the Supreme Court case that Texas is bringing against the 4 Key Swing states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the statement made it clear that Idaho is under “legal” pressure to protect Idaho from “litigation”. This pressure is intense enough that the attorney general says that they must react to this “threat of litigation” above what is “legally correct”!?!?!?! 

Think about that response: Idaho is concerned about Idaho being “litigated” against by some “legal” authority — ask yourself “WHO?” has that kind of “legal” authority and power and why would that “threat” be stronger than Idaho joining “we-the-people-of-the-UNITED-STATES” in what is “legally correct”?!?!?!?

My observation is that Idaho thinks the Deep State and their control over the US Government made up of mostly lawyers has more power than a businessman President and what Texas knows to be “legally correct”. This “threat” that Idaho is reacting to is as real as Covid and Idaho feels it is in their own best interest to abandon what is “legally correct” and to bend to the will of the Deep State which has a goal to “divide” America so that we will be called “The Divided States of America”!!!

Summary: Someone has enough power to make Idaho socially distance themselves from the United States Constitution and what is “legally correct” to protect themselves from the threat of “litigation” — who wields that kind of weapon and who would use it on “we-the-people”? Divide and Conquer raises its ugly head as it always does when TRUTH exposes the LIE.

DECEMBER 03 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#33 “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46)

 DECEMBER 03  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, my Lord, my God, Praise be the Name above all names, Jesus, the One that became flesh and Sacrificed His Innocent Sinless Life to set this sinner free! Lord Jesus, You alone are worthy of the praise of men and may my lips be filled with Praise for God’s Only Begotten, who being Obedient Unto Death achieved the Ultimate Victory over death, sin, and the grave.    AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus, after being betrayed by Judas in the garden of Gethsemane, is standing alone in front of Pilate having been brought there by the chief priests who had held an illegal meeting to condemn Jesus. Pilate therefore is trying to determine if Jesus is deserving of death but can find no cause to pass the sentence of death onto this innocent Man standing by Himself and making no defense. Pilate went so far as to offer (as is the custom of the governor’s feast held during the Passover) to release a prisoner to the Jews. “Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, ‘Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?’” (Matthew 27:15-17) When the cries from the Jews for the release of Barabbas was made to Pilate he said, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” (Matthew 27:22) It was at this point that God’s Master Plan of Salvation was again demonstrated, for just as God Himself had killed an innocent animal thereby establishing the Substitutionary Sacrifice where God would accept Innocent Blood for the covering of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, here again the sinner [Barabbas] is being set free and Jesus Christ is the Substitutionary Sacrifice who will shed His Innocent Blood to cover the sin of His people  who have rejected and denied Him thereby disobeying God who had earlier in the earthly ministry of Jesus declared: “This is my Son … listen to Him!” (Luke 9:35) Pilate then washed his hands of the whole affair and declared “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person.” (Matthew 27:24) The Jews that had cried “Crucify [Jesus]” and “release Barabbas”  cursed themselves and future generations when they responded to Pilate’s comment about shedding “the blood of this Just Person” when they said, “His blood be on us and our children.” (Matthew 27:25) The facts have been established that (1) Jesus is standing alone (2) Jesus is innocent and is not deserving of death (3) the sinner Barabbas will be set free because Jesus will die in his place (4) it is established by the highest authority that Jesus is a “just Person” and that Innocent Blood will be shed (5) the people who are rejecting Jesus as the Son of God have passed their own sentence of personal guilt and condemnation on themselves when they declared “His blood be on us…” (6) Jesus is recognized at His trial as the “King of the Jews” and as “Jesus Christ” (7) and finally, the death of “Jesus Christ” would be by “Crucifixion” (Matthew 27:11-25) The die has been cast and Matthew writes: “Then [Pilate] released Barabbas to them; and when [Pilate] had scourged Jesus [Pilate] delivered Him to be crucified. (Matthew 27:26) There can be no doubt by reading Matthew’s account that Jesus was doing this completely on His own — this fact will be made painfully clear as Jesus is on the cross and at the point of death, asks His Final Question of God the Father — JQ#33  “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani? that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”  (Matthew 27:46) Could it be made any clearer that Jesus and ONLY Jesus had to pay the penalty of sin and He did it ENTIRELY ALONE !!! For at the point of death, God the Father had to endure all by Himself the Ultimate Pain required in His Master Plan for the Remission of Sin because to demonstrate His Justice, God the Father had to “Forsake” His Only Begotten Son because being God Most High and in pure Holiness, God the Father could not look upon any sin, MUCH LESS ALL SIN, which had been placed upon JESUS CHRIST the Holy Spotless Passover Lamb of God!!!  When Jesus cried, “It is finished” we must realized that the Holy Trinity had COMPLETED the Master Plan of Salvation: Because the Spirit was DENIED, God’s Only Son was CRUCIFIED and the Loving Holy Father CRIED!!!  It was the toughest thing imaginable for the Father to allow His Son to be killed but it was worse that IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT HE WAS FAIR AND JUST THAT GOD THE FATHER HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON JESUS HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON AND LET HIM DIE ALONE ON THAT CROSS — OR ELSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH!!!  When you look at the death of Jesus from this perspective you can have full confidence that God will do everything possible to provide salvation to even the worst sinner — all we have to do is accept the Father’s Gift of Grace!!!

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. How does today parallel Jesus standing before the chief priests and elders being falsely accused? 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 that 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 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 that 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!!!    

NOVEMBER 26 THE JESUS QUESTIONS Conclusion: JQ#32 “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?” (Matthew 26:40)

 NOVEMBER 26  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   Conclusion: JQ#32 “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”  (Matthew 26:40)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, each day I wake to thoughts of You and each day my spirit has HOPE for I know You are the LIGHT and that after every night full of darkness there comes morning and the drying of tears and the setting aside of my fears as Your Light drives out the darkness as the Son warms the inner parts of my soul. Jesus, forgive me for I fall victim so easily to self and am dissuaded by the world and I let the darkness start to take hold but You are as Faithful as the sunrise and each morning Your Mercies are renewed and as soon as I call Your Name Jesus, Your LIGHT rises in my soul and I can walk with HOPE into the new day You have created and graciously bestowed on this a sinner seeking the LIGHT! Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!!!    AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has drawn us personally into His Final Passover and His Betrayal by first telling the disciples that in “two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.” (Matthew 26:2) Then Jesus is anointed with oil as Jesus explained: “For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial” (Matthew 26 12) which again drew serious attention to His Imminent Death on the cross at the Passover. The Passover arrives and Jesus proclaims: “My time is at hand, I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples” (Matthew 26:18) and they gathered in the Upper Room where Jesus again makes it personal when at the beginning of the Passover Jesus announces: “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” (Matthew 26:21) Jesus always uses Scripture and He declares to His disciples as He begins sharing what was to be His Last Passover Supper with them before He was crucified: “The Son of Man indeed goes as it is written of Him…” (Matthew 26:24) Everything Jesus has done in His Ministry has pointed to “His Hour” and even as Jesus eats this Final Passover He continues to Teach and show by His Example how we are to live — for “Jesus took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ‘Take eat, this is My body.’” (Matthew 26:26) Jesus then took the wine and summarized in detail the Purpose of why He being the VERY Son of God and Son of Man had come down from heaven and had  taken on flesh: “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:28) At this point the disciples should have recalled at the start of His Ministry that Jesus went to John the Baptist who was preaching “repentance and the remission of sin” and who when he saw Jesus coming to be baptized in the Jordan proclaimed: “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!” (John 1:29) Now here at the Passover Jesus had been showing that He was the Passover Lamb and that just as God had instructed Moses at the first Passover that the Passover Lamb must be slain and the blood applied as instructed for deliverance from their slavery and now here at this Passover Jesus is giving instructions what to do with the shed blood of the Passover Lamb to be delivered from the slavery of sin! Jesus then goes from the Passover to pray in Gethsemane and there He asks the final, very personal question  “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”  (Matthew 26:40)   that  makes it clear that Jesus intends for us to “enter into His labors” as He commands us to “Watch and Pray” (Matthew 26:41) Peter had boldly proclaimed his loyalty and Jesus made it personal for Peter and said that even the most loyal followers would betray Jesus and Peter would do it three times “before the cock crows”! Judas then betrays Jesus with a kiss and is seized as Jesus tells Peter who has drawn his sword to protect Him to put his sword “in its place” (which could be a “Render unto Cesar” scenario with the sword instead of money?) and then Jesus explained everything that was happening was part of the Master Plan of Salvation as Jesus explained about the betrayal and why Jesus had allowed this to happen to Him: “How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?” (Matthew 26:54) and summarizes His entire Ministry: “But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” (Matthew 26:56) As followers we should listen to Jesus and trust that everything that happens is controlled and allowed by God and will be used for our good and His Glory!  Jesus is being led away to begin His final hours and to face the cross and the final Question He asks in the Gospel of Matthew is the most personal  Question of all and is also the most revealing of all the Questions into the very Heart of God!   

OCTOBER 14 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:02)

 OCTOBER 14  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?”  (Matthew 24:02)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, O Holy Spirit, let my lips ever praise Thee but more important let my life be lived “in Christ and Christ in me” each and every day! Lord grant it that my heart be forever grateful that Your Grace restores us to the Father and Your Forgiveness frees us from our slavery to sin and the world! Lord may each day continue to begin with writing the Precious Name “JESUS” but if I write it or not, may my heart, mind, and body worship You and witness to Your Glory for it is more important for the kingdom’s sake that Jesus Himself is written on the “Way” that I live my day-to-day life! Lord, may my heart never forget the moving of the Holy Spirit in my life nor the Eternal Truth that He is ALWAYS there to comfort, correct and to guide us if we but call on Him with a humble and contrite spirit.   AMEN

OCTOBER 14  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has a point in first asking “Do you not see…” and then making a list of “…all these things?” and as usual that “Divine point” is to convey a Truth of God and reveal God to us through our reflection on His Question as we try as best we can to “understand” the Question Jesus is asking us and to give Him an honest question — for only in knowing the TRUTH OF GOD can we truly “understand [i.e. ‘see’] the Creator’s world in which we live”. God had planned long before the Creation “all these things” that would come about and Jesus is fulfilling that Divine Plan which includes letting God’s people know the Truth of God in order to make their decision about their own eternities! This characteristic of God of letting us “know” ahead of time the details of His Plan is part of The Plan in order that we will recognize the TRUTH OF GOD that He has a DIVINE PLAN in place for how else could Daniel write so clearly about the “abomination of desolation” or Jesus give details of the “Great Tribulation” that follows (Matthew 24:15-22) if it had not already been determined and laid out in detail by the Omnipotent, Omnipresent Creator God? For instance, Daniel first wrote of the Messiah and 600 years later Jesus fulfills the Messianic Prophecy of Daniel so completely that there can be no doubt that JESUS and ONLY JESUS IS the MESSIAH for He fulfilled exactly EVERY DETAIL of the Messianic Prophesy and now Jesus is in effect saying that because He so completely fulfills Daniel’s Prophecy that we must then look at the other prophecies and KNOW that they are from God and therefore they will come about! This can be drawn from what Jesus said as He was describing the “Great Tribulation” that was to follow the “Abomination of Desolation” Daniel described when Jesus said plainly to His disciples “See, I have told your beforehand…” (Matthew 24:26) which clearly ties His original Question, “Do you not see all these things?” with the fact that Jesus and Daniel can only list “…all these things…” because they are part of God’s Plan that God Himself revealed to Daniel in a vision and had worked out the details of His Plan with Jesus Himself before the Creation was in place and now as “…all these things…” that were written and told to us “beforehand” happen right before our eyes that certainly we should be able to “SEE” what God reveals so plainly to us! Jesus then added “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:27) So Jesus is telling us “beforehand” that we will be able to “see” God’s Plan unfold and we will KNOW that it was a PLAN told us and written down for us to in order that our FAITH WILL BE MADE SIGHT and we indeed will “see all these things” are from God!!! For only the ONE that KNOWS the PLAN can actually “see” the PLAN unfold in our daily lives and the only “Way” we can KNOW THE PLAN is to LISTEN to the ONE THAT MADE THE PLAN and has the SUPREME POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!! ——— or will you remain in your darkness, blinded to the TRUTH and refuse with your hardened heart to “SEE ALL THESE THINGS”!?!?!?!?!

JULY 29 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#22 “Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things?” (Matthew 20:15)

JULY 29  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#22  “Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things?” (Matthew 20:15)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer   

JESUS, O the Glory of Your perfect Love shown by Your Sacrifice of self, and Obedience to the Father’s Will. You created the earth and then left Your Glory in heaven to be born of a virgin to experience an earthly life which You created! Truly You are God, for no graven images nor carved idols has ever dwelt among their subjects and took the form of their created as the lowest and most humble, but Jesus, we can’t be too young or too old or too poor or too weak to receive Your Grace ——— You paid it ALL, You lived it ALL, You covered it ALL ——— ALL to You I owe!!! Lead and direct me hour by hour.   AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus used this section of scripture to bring our attention to the fact that God in His Sovereignty has the Right to do whatever God desires with His Creation (Indeed, is it not lawful for the Law Giver to do whatever He wishes with His creation?!?!?!?!)! There are those that fail to see that this is a very good thing for all of creation for God is Merciful and Compassionate! When men get involved with controlling other men there is always a problem! Because God can create with “infinite” limits, God is never selfish — but men cannot create so they try to use whatever advantage they have to take a larger share of what they see as “finite” resources — God being Sovereign and unlimited in His Power needs not to take from others to gain any advantage, what greater advantage can there be than being the One True Creator God? There is much wisdom in what Jesus Teaches us about God through this section on God’s Sovereign Right to do whatever He pleases with His Creation, especially in this parable of the landowner. The Truth of God is that God is Fair, Just, Compassionate, and that God desires to have a personal relationship with everyone! For those that will receive Him, He gives and gives and gives some more!! When we read phrases like (1) “[we] shall receive a hundredfold” (which is a large return on any investment), (2) “inherit eternal life” (eternal life is the best life available at any cost), (3) “and about the eleventh hour he went out and found others” we see an attribute of the Creator God that demonstrates that God is seeking to do good to His Creation and He will continue to do so until the very last soul is added to His Kingdom — but the phrase that is most revealing in my opinion is “whatever is right I will give you” (Matthew 20:1-6) which is the best wage anyone could possibly hope for. God makes it simple to please Him as demonstrated by the fact that He declares “Let the little children come to Me…for such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14) and for entry into heaven we do not need to accumulate earthly wealth but instead God makes it easy for us as He tells us to “sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven” and then God commands us simply “…come follow Me” (Matthew 19:21) !!! When I stop and think about all the demands that earthly men in positions of power have placed on our society and the despair caused by greed, then I get a glimpse of their lostness and we can then understand why men use phrases like “it’s a dog eat dog world” and “only the strong survive” and why in every society and generation since the beginning of man’s dominance over other men that there has always been “death and taxes” and why Jesus Taught “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and render unto God that which is God’s” (Matthew 22:21). There are more laws passed by men usurping the Power of God than can be counted and the laws of the politically motivated men in an attempt to attain worldly power are supposedly written for society’s “safety” but the truth of these “power mongers” intent is revealed not in the law itself but in the “enforcement” of the law. When one man “lords” his power over another, the resulting circumstance, it is sad to say, always ends up to the advantage of the strong and powerful who are cursed with the greed for “more power” which in turn gives rise to the old adage “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!”!!! God always uses His Strength to uphold the weak, and God gives believers an abundant life here on earth and JESUS promises that if we trust Him that we will “pass from death into everlasting life” (John 5:24) furthermore, God does not require any payment or taxes, just “faith” in His promise that “whatever is right [God] will give us” !!! (Matthew 20:4) It is to our advantage to become as “little children” in our lives and “trust” that indeed it is “lawful” for God to do whatever He desires with His own Creation!!!

5/24/20 Sunday - Covid-19 Destroyer of Worlds

Observing Covid-19 through the social media lens during “quarantine” is very eye opening - I see the whole world is hurting.

OBSERVED:

(1) Covid IS responsible for the deaths of thousands of people world wide.

(2) Covid IS NO respecter of race, religion, or nationality.

(3) Covid IS preventable and has a high recovery rate.

(4) Since Covid is world-wide and deadly then the world itself is “at risk”.

(5) Therefore, the world should unite and work together to “understand” the Truth of Covid in order to insure the world is not destroyed.

(6) More monies have been spent and lost worldwide on Covid than on any other thing in this generation.

(7) Fear itself has been elevated to a position of deity and controls the world more than any religion.

THREE QUESTIONS OF COVID TRUTH

(1) Q1?-How is Covid transmitted?

(2) Q2?-Are there any successful methods against the Covid?

(3) Q3?-Where did Covid originate?

OBSERVATION AND STATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS

If the world’s water supply was becoming contaminated then the source of the contamination would be determined and then a successful antidote would be developed and applied. At the same time that the source was being identified, poisoned water made drinkable, the world would also need to prevent the contamination from infecting healthy water sources. If all the world’s water sources become contaminated then no one survives.

Substitute “healthy people” for “water supply” and equate “Covid” with “contamination”

If the world’s “healthy people” are becoming “infected with Covid” then the source of the “Covid” would be determined and then a successful antidote would be developed and applied. At the same time that the source was being identified, “infected people” would be made “healthy”, the world would also need to prevent the “Covid” from infecting healthy “people”. If all the world’s “healthy people” became “infected” then no one survives.

DECLARATION OF THE 3 PRIORITIES

Since it is agreed that Covid is deadly and worldwide then the world must accept Covid as a “real and present danger”!

PRIORITY #1 - Once the world agrees that Covid is deadly and a worldwide “real and present danger”, the world must develop ways to keep “healthy people” healthy and prevent those “infected with Covid” from dying.

PRIORITY #2 - In order to achieve Priority #1 the world should determine how “Covid infects” individuals. If the world does not know how Covid “infects” and spreads throughout the world population then the only hope is to direct all efforts worldwide to achieve Priority #1.

PRIORITY #3 - If the transmission of the infection can be determined then the next logical step is to follow the “Covid infection” to its original source. The “source” determination should not be the priority endeavor unless it helps the world understand how “Covid infects” (PRIORITY #2) and at all times PRIORITY #1 SHOULD REMAIN THE WORLD’S TOP PRIORITY!!!

Any activity that is in opposition to these 3 PRIORITIES or hinders the progress of any of these 3 PRIORITIES must be viewed as an attack on the peoples of the world. Any activity that is promoted above these 3 PRIORITIES is not acceptable and has no validity in the RESOLUTION of the CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER of Covid to the world’s population.

All monies worldwide should be spent to promote the 3 Priorities. Certainly, any monies spent to promote death should not be deemed an “essential world expenditure” - funding of Planned Parenthood and similar abortion facilities should be suspect since all abortions result in the death of the unborn and therefore all “abortion” facilities and activities related to this “death” culture must be declared as “non-essential” world activities because they do not contribute to the success of the 3 PRIORITIES! If “death” is promoted over “life” then the motives of those promoting any activity against the 3 PRIORITIES should be disallowed and investigated as a crime against world humanity.

Secondly, any activities such as “name calling”, “pointing fingers”, “financial gain”, “unconstitutional legislation”, “political promotions”, and any general “abuse of authority” must not be tolerated as each can only be viewed as a “distraction” from achieving success with the 3 PRIORITIES!!! Any activity that does not contribute to the success of the 3 Priorities can not be allowed!

UNTIL THE WORLD IS HEALTHY AND SAFE FROM COVID, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING BUT THE 3 PRIORITIES

If there is something more important than saving the world then the 3 PRIORITIES can be amended, but before amending the 3 PRIORITIES for World Health and Safety the world must be consulted - the world population should be in the hands of “We the People” of the world and not in the hands of a few “elitists” that declare that the problem with the world is that the world is “overpopulated”!