What Will You Do With Jesus?

“He is despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.“ (Isaiah 53.3-4)

• Herod the King judged Jesus to be a usurper and dangerous and wanted him to be killed as an infant. (Matthew 1:13).
• The leaders of the Jews rejected Jesus, falsely accused him of blasphemy and sought to have him killed. (Matthew 26:65; 27:1).
• Judas, though believed by his fellow disciples to be a companion and friend of Jesus, betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:15).
• Peter promised loyalty saying, “Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended” (Matthew 26:33), but he followed Jesus from a distance (Matthew 26:58), and ultimately denied the Lord saying, “I know not the man” (Matthew 26:75).
• Pilate acknowledged Jesus as a “just” man (Matthew 27: 24), but washed his hands of the situation and allowed the Jews to see Jesus crucified.
• The Roman soldiers mocked Jesus and crucified him (Matthew 27:27-31).

But what will you do with Jesus? Pilate asked the crowd, “What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” If you, singled out from the crowd, are asked, “What
will YOU do with Jesus who is called Christ?”, how would you answer? We will never be asked by Pilate. We may never be asked that specific question by anyone
(beyond this article you are reading today), but in reality we answer the question every day.

When temptation to sin comes our way, we will be answering the question, “What will you do with Jesus” by our response to the temptation.

When we know of something we should do, our doing it or not doing it answers the question, “What will you do with Jesus?”

When you are angered by someone’s words or actions, your response to the situation answers the question, “What will you do with Jesus?”

We do answer the question, “What will you do with Jesus.” It is answered by words, but more often by our actions. Let us be sure that we answer the question
by loving Him, obeying Him and living for Him.

By the way, “What will YOU do with Jesus?”

– Steve Housley