Questions of Jesus

Matthew 9:5 Mark 2:9 Luke 5:23 (Combined) For whether is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? To convince the scribe in this story that his theory on identifying Messiah may be flawed, Jesus offered a question, “Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?” The answer to this quest...

Why do you think evil in your hearts? Matthew 9:4, “And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?” Jesus approached a man suffering from palsy and said “...Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” Then He asked some of the scribes who were watching Him, “Why did they think evil thoughts?” Here is a curiosity. God is about to do a wonderful thing and the r...

How is it that ye have no faith? Mark 4:38-40, “And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? ” Have...

143.   What things? Luke 24:19, “And he said unto them, What things?” Owners of stores and markets wonder sometimes how their business presents itself to the public. Even after much training and orientation, an unmotivated em...

Where is your faith? Luke 8:24-25, “And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him...

Why are ye so fearful? Matthew 8:26, “And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked t...

Have you not so much as read? Luke 6:3, Mark 2:28, Matthew 12:3-8, John 7:23 (Combined) “But he answering said unto them, Have ye never read so much as this, what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which as not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the...

You believe because of what I said? – You will see greater things. “Now Phillip … findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph …and saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whenc...

Question 13. What were you looking for? “And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John [the Baptist], What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled in soft clothing, and live delicately, are in kings' courts and houses. But what wen...

How can ye, being evil, speak good things? Matthew 12:33-37, “Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:...

Why would Satan cast out Satan? Matthew 12:26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? Mark 3:23 … How can Satan cast out Satan? Luke 11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? Anyone remotely familiar with spiritual things has heard about the doctrine of the unpardonable sin. It has made its way into nearly eve...

Do men gather grapes from thorns? Matthew 7:16, “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” An immutable law of nature is that all life brings forth of its kind. Thus the question, do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? The answer is no, they do not, and Jesus implied, they cannot. This Scripture is often misunderstood through misapplica...

Why Do You Call Attention To Splinters In Your Brother’s Eye? Matthew 7:3-5, “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Sometimes we direct this reprimand of Christ toward the Pharisees, but this particul...

Why reason ye in your hearts? The Pharisees overheard Jesus say, “Thy sins be forgiven thee” and asked among themselves, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies?” “And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?” (Mark 2:8, Luke 5:22) As Jesus went about doing good He perceived from time to time...

Luke 11:11, “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?” We are often reluctant to pray “Thy will be done.” It is even taught today that it is a sure sign of a lack of faith to pray, “Not my will but as thou wilt” although that is a quote from the Son of God, Christ Jesus. Many use this phrase out o...

Why take ye thought for raiment? Matthew 6:28, “And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin...” If we are going to answer this question honestly, we must first accept the premise that we do take thought for raiment. Could there be anyone who does not agree with this? Clothes are some of the most important things we use i...

5. Is not life more than food? Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” The ad says, “Eat all you want and lose weight.” We should be ashamed that we are so willing to lay aside common sense (not to mention unchangeable l...

". . .Don’t overlook your opportunity to suffer. To place your life in God’s hands is a frightening choice to be sure, but how else will the world around you see that this world is not your home – that the comforts of this life hold little sway in your enjoyment of life – that you need not have an abundance of goods to give to others – that death does not end your life – that your hope is not in t...

What will we do with this feeling of defiance? We can add sobriety to our decision-making by answering the question: “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?” The obvious answer is that none of us can. The truth is, when we do “take thought” for the things of this world, we are doing for ourselves what our God wants to do for us. Q 3. Which of you by taking thought can a...

We must expand our circle of inclusion to take in the uncomplimentary, the uncouth, the unlovely, and yes, even the unclean, if we are to live to honor the words from Christ’s sermon. We must be honest and admit that the level of love under which we operate is insufficient to include those who don’t like us, or those who won’t tolerate us, or those who don’t hold us in the high esteem that we have...

When we are outside of Christ and we determine to find him, we seek Him frantically, panicking and sorrowing that He is not found in the places we look for Him. We put our trust in others or in ideas that seem to point us to Christ, but as time goes by, we find that things were not as we supposed. People disappoint us, the authors of our books turn out to be profiteers, pastors prove to be only hi...

From time to time you may hear someone say, “That’s a good question.” This can mean a variety of things to the one who says it and to those who hear it. Usually it means, “I’ll have to think of an answer.” As I read the questions of Christ in the Gospels, I was constantly saying to myself, “That’s a good question…” and almost immediately I would add, “… and it deserves an honest answer.” Then I en...

The questions in red letters became a curiosity to me because of their depth and scope, but more so, because of who asked them. Albeit some of the questions asked by Jesus Christ were rhetorical, that is, asked for effect, or asked more to provoke thought than to solicit an answer, some questions Christ posed were asked merely because He wanted an answer. For some, it makes them uneasy to think th...