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Tuesday,
July 11, 2023
A tidy garden shed on an Amish farm.
"Life's
Most Important Question"
Message
summary:
Pilate's
question,
"What shall I
do, then, with
Jesus who is
called
Christ?" is
the most
important
question each
of us will
answer. In one
sense this
question is
dealt with
when we
receive Christ
as our Savior,
but there's
another sense
that it's an
ongoing daily
question.
Today we have
a choice
whether or not
to submit to
the Lordship
and Kingdom of
Jesus Christ.
We pray that
each reader
will choose to
do so. We
proclaim again
today, "As
for me and my
house we will
serve the
Lord!"
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"What
shall I do
with Jesus who
is called
Christ?"
(Matthew
27:22).
Today we all deal with a lot of questions. Many are minor and routine. Some questions are addressed to us and verbalized by others. "Do you want sugar and cream?" A few years back, "Paper or plastic?" "Do you want fries with that?" Some we ask or are working through on our own. And the list goes on and on.
There are huge questions that can easily be overlooked amidst the hustle and bustle of life. But today let us consider life's most important question, the biggest one of all.
Today we all deal with a lot of questions. Many are minor and routine. Some questions are addressed to us and verbalized by others. "Do you want sugar and cream?" A few years back, "Paper or plastic?" "Do you want fries with that?" Some we ask or are working through on our own. And the list goes on and on.
There are huge questions that can easily be overlooked amidst the hustle and bustle of life. But today let us consider life's most important question, the biggest one of all.
The
daily text is
a question
that Pilate
asked the
crowd at the
time of the
Lord's trial.
Pilate had
seen the
flimsy
evidence. He
had heard the
cautions of
his wife. In
examining the
text one can
detect a
wavering in
Pilate's own
personal
convictions.
But rather
than act on
principle he
polled the
crowd
(politicians
haven't
changed much
have they?)
and the
majority cried
out, "Crucify
Him!"
I consider Pilate's question and see it as a fitting expression of the question every single individual must deal with. It’s life's most important question. It's already worded in the first person singular so everyone merely needs to personalize it and make it their own question: "What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?"
Pilate was confronted face to face with the divine Son of God. In one way or another all reading this are being confronted and probably have been many times. We will simply be unable to use the excuse, "But I didn't know."
Responses to this question, "What shall I do?" vary from outright rejection to ignoring, to procrastinating, to compartmentalized religious lip service. Do you relate to any of these responses?
I consider Pilate's question and see it as a fitting expression of the question every single individual must deal with. It’s life's most important question. It's already worded in the first person singular so everyone merely needs to personalize it and make it their own question: "What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?"
Pilate was confronted face to face with the divine Son of God. In one way or another all reading this are being confronted and probably have been many times. We will simply be unable to use the excuse, "But I didn't know."
Responses to this question, "What shall I do?" vary from outright rejection to ignoring, to procrastinating, to compartmentalized religious lip service. Do you relate to any of these responses?
The
only
acceptable
answer that
pleases God is
to express the
essence of
Peter's great
confession of
faith
concerning who
Jesus is, "Thou
art the
Christ, the
Son of the
Living God."
This genuine
heartfelt
confession
will lead to a
daily
submission to
the Lordship
of Jesus.Jesus came into the world "to seek and to save that which was lost" but was violently rejected by many and He continues to be rejected today, often violently. This is also true of His followers including some who are reading this today. The apostle John wrote, "He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him" (John 1:11). And for the last 2,000 years men and women continue to be confronted with the choice whether to receive or reject Christ.
Pilate's
question,
"What shall I
do, then, with
Jesus who is
called
Christ?" is
the most
important
question each
of us will
answer. In one
sense this
question is
dealt with
when we
receive Christ
as our Savior,
but there's
another sense
that it's an
ongoing daily
question.
Today we have
a choice
whether or not
to submit to
the Lordship
and Kingdom of
Jesus Christ.
We pray that
each reader
will choose to
do so. We
proclaim again
today, "As
for me and my
house we will
serve the
Lord!"Jesus,
Oh Je-sus
Do you know Him today?
Please don't turn Him a-way
Do you know Him today?
Please don't turn Him a-way
O
Jesus, my
Je-sus,
Without
Him how lost I
would be.
Daily
prayer: Father,
we have been
given the gift
of salvation
through the
birth, death
and
resurrection
of our Savior.
Thank You for
the free will
given to us
that allows us
to reject or
receive this
"Jesus, who is
called
Christ." When
given the
choice we like
Peter respond,
"Lord, to whom
shall we go?
You have the
words of
eternal life."
We go to the
Rock of our
salvation, our
hope for all
eternity.
Amen.Today's
Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Without
Him"
Click
to watch on
YouTube
Jake Hess,
Wesley
Pritchard,
Woody Wright,
George Younce
and Hovie
Lister
'Pilate & Jesus' (from the Epic Motion Picture 'Son of God') Click to watch on YouTube
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