Saturday, August 8, 2015

What Will Jesus Do?

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?" (Luke 12:13-14 ESV)

We have many social issues today - climate change, racial discrimination, rich poor divide and so on. Some pastors have use the pulpit to talk about social issues, claiming that this is what Jesus would do if He were on earth today. But what does the Bible tell us about Jesus's action while He was on earth?

We know Jesus did not do these:
He did not lead an army to liberate the Jew from the Romans;
He did not start a movement to free the slaves in the Roman Empire;
He did not lead a protest against corruption and unjust tax collectors;
He did not even attempt to judge an individual's inheritance problem.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:17 KJV)

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:28 KJV)

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Luke 5:32 KJV)

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" - and I am the worst of them. (1 Timothy 1:15 HCSB)

Jesus's primary purpose in His first coming is to save sinners.

To answer the question, "What Will Jesus Do?" in the context of today's social ills and personal injustice based on the Bible's description of Jesus, I believe He would say, "Repent! Change yourself, not the world."

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19 KJV)

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