June 7, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
The Jesus Who Failed
Yes, Jesus failed. Everyone especially His disciples wanted His ministry to end in a different way. Jesus being tried, tortured, and killed was not what anyone expected.
Let’s list the facts in the case of His failure:
1. Jesus saw it coming and spoke about it but did not do anything to stop it.
2. Jesus was arrested by soldiers carrying weapons, using ‘force’ in His arrest.
3. Jesus had multiple trials, one by the Jewish court, by a Roman judge/magistrate, and by Jewish people all done under the cover of night so no one would come to His aid.
4. He spoke nothing in His defense but agreed with the Jewish Court that ‘He was the Son of God’.
5. He was beaten, stripped naked, nailed to a cross without receiving help with the pain, and lastly, stabbed with a spear after His death to make sure He was indeed dead.
6. His judgment was conducted in such a way that was illegal according to Jewish and Roman Laws, but God did not do anything about it.
A side note: Does any of this sound familiar to what we hear is taking place in our nation?
Let’s take another look at Jesus, the Christ, the son of Joseph:
1. Jesus spent the hours before His arrest, crying and calling out to God ‘to not allow all of this to take place’. He saw it coming and spent hours in prayer with crying and under great stress.
2. Jesus asked God three times to ‘not let this happen’ to Him but prayed to God knowing ‘God can do anything’ and God could accomplish what He wanted without Him (Jesus) i.e. having to die a tragic, humiliating, and hurtful death.
3. God was listening but did not answer, Jesus was on His own. God placed all the world’s sins, iniquities, sickness, hate, hurt feelings, bad decisions, and anything not done in love upon His Son, Jesus. Instead, God looked the other way and allowed His son to be sent to hell.
4. What did Jesus do? He accepted His calling, He accepted all the sins, sicknesses, and wrong behavior of every individual on earth. The Bible says, “Jesus feared God”. What is that? Jesus feared God and said, “Whatever you decide to do or not to do, it is righteous and just.” This is what Job had to do and say, “God, what you do is always right and just, and who am I to questions your decisions.”
5. What saved Jesus? It was not faith, not hope, not love but the FEAR OF GOD! Because Jesus feared God, God did not leave Jesus in hell nor did all the world’s sin and sickness over-power and overcome Jesus Christ—the grave could not hold Him!
This is the Jesus who failed—the world, His enemies, and Christ’s friends/disciples believed He failed. Satan tried to get Christ to fail but Jesus trusted God even in death and stood upon the Fear of God. What do you fear? The only fear we should have says, that “Whatever you do or do not do, it is always righteous and just. I trust in you and not what I want to happen or happens to me.” The ‘Fear of God ‘is more powerful than you and I can imagine.
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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com
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