WWJD?

[Tellyontellyon]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

 

[hedrick]

It’s actually a bit hard, because could do things that we can’t. And while it’s a really useful question, how we answer it will depend upon whether we accept the idea that different situations can lead to different actions. Jesus didn’t deal with gays, abortion, and other critical issues. I think he dealt with analogous things, but how we make that kind of analogy depends upon our overall approach.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

Excellent question!!

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

At times, absolutely. Last Sunday I stood in the entry way of the church and a sister came in who was very distraught and close to tears. I opened my arms and held her. She wouldn’t let me go. The assistant Pastor told the greeter to make us stop. He didn’t but told me later. If I’d been confronted (iow, the A Pastor had showed some moral courage) I’d have told him Jesus would have held her, virus or no virus.

 

[Soyeong]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

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Jesus was sinless, so. What he did and would do is live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.

 

[Sketcher]

It's a profitable and challenging question, but it also has its shortcomings.

It's supposed to challenge you to always to the right thing, no matter what. But your own biases will often color what you interpret the right thing to be. This doesn't invalidate the question, but it should give more pause when attempting to answer it.

There were also some mission-specific actions that Jesus took, and did not take. For instance, because of his ministry, he traveled a lot. He also knew he was going to the cross. Therefore, I don't think he would have taken out a 20 year mortgage on a house, and there is no evidence that he married. Does this make it wrong for the Christian to take out a 20 year mortgage on a house, or to marry? No, it does not.

 

[Dorothy Mae]

It's a profitable and challenging question, but it also has its shortcomings.

It's supposed to challenge you to always to the right thing, no matter what. But your own biases will often color what you interpret the right thing to be. This doesn't invalidate the question, but it should give more pause when attempting to answer it.

There were also some mission-specific actions that Jesus took, and did not take. For instance, because of his ministry, he traveled a lot. He also knew he was going to the cross. Therefore, I don't think he would have taken out a 20 year mortgage on a house, and there is no evidence that he married. Does this make it wrong for the Christian to take out a 20 year mortgage on a house, or to marry? No, it does not.

I think the idea is what would Jesus do today in the world we find ourselves in. God wants us to marry but Jesus and others are called not to do so. But if He had been called to do so, how would he be? That is the question.

 

[Silly Uncle Wayne]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

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I'm not a fan of WWJD - it can sometimes become a crutch and prevent people from thinking for themselves, particularly in areas where we just don't know what Jesus would do.

So at its heart, I have no problem, but I am of the opinion that if you [not you personally] are asking WWJD the question then you probably don't know Jesus very well.

And Jesus said that after he left he would give us the Holy Spirit to guide us into truth. So in reality we should be asking what does the Holy Spirit indicate?

 

[BNR32FAN]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

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Jesus would most likely be banned from CF. Lol

 

[BNR32FAN]

Jesus was sinless, so. What he did and would do is live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.

I politely sort of disagree, Jesus would keep God’s commandments no doubt, but the Mosaic Law exceeded God’s commandments when the priests began trying to decipher and define exactly what God meant when He gave them. For example what God considered as work on the Sabbath. Jews today go way overboard, even so far as to not turn on a light switch or even flush the toilet on the Sabbath. I mean I get it, they do it to honor God, but I don’t think that was the intention of the commandment. Just like when the Pharisees rebuked Jesus because His disciples were picking grain on the Sabbath. According to the Pharisees that was breaking the Mosaic Law but Christ being God has a better understanding of what exactly the commandments entail.

 

[Soyeong]

I politely sort of disagree, Jesus would keep God’s commandments no doubt, but the Mosaic Law exceeded God’s commandments when the priests began trying to decipher and define exactly what God meant when He gave them. For example what God considered as work on the Sabbath. Jews today go way overboard, even so far as to not turn on a light switch or even flush the toilet on the Sabbath. I mean I get it, they do it to honor God, but I don’t think that was the intention of the commandment. Just like when the Pharisees rebuked Jesus because His disciples were picking grain on the Sabbath. According to the Pharisees that was breaking the Mosaic Law but Christ being God has a better understanding of what exactly the commandments entail.

If what Jesus would do is obey the Mosaic Law according to how it was originally intended rather than according to what the Pharisees taught, then it nevertheless remains true that what Jesus did and would do is live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.

 

[ViaCrucis]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

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I've been asking questions like that for the last 20 years. And I'd like to think questions like this have been a major contribution to how I express and explore my faith.

-CryptoLutheran

 

[BNR32FAN]

If what Jesus would do is obey the Mosaic Law according to how it was originally intended rather than according to what the Pharisees taught, then it nevertheless remains true that what Jesus did and would do is live in obedience to the Mosaic Law.

Not if the Mosaic Law is actually different than God’s commandments. According to the Mosaic Law it was unlawful for anyone to pick grain on the Sabbath and yet Jesus allowed his disciples to do this.

 

[Soyeong]

Not if the Mosaic Law is actually different than God’s commandments. According to the Mosaic Law it was unlawful for anyone to pick grain on the Sabbath and yet Jesus allowed his disciples to do this.

In Deuteronomy 5:31-33, Moses wrote down everything that God commanded him without departing from it, so all of the Mosaic Laws are God's commandments. Likewise, the Law of Moses is referred to as the Law of God in places like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23. It has always been lawful to pick grain for our own consumption on the Sabbath, which is why Jesus allowed it, and why he criticized the Pharisees for condemning the innocent.

 

[Aabbie James]

What would Jesus do?

This seems like an interesting question to ask oneself?
To what extent do Christians today follow this... ? To what extent do they live like Jesus would in this modern world?

And would they get into trouble with the religious and secular authorities if they did?

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Jesus would think, act, and behave in perfect accordance with God's will. Jesus would obey the Father in all things, for His will and God's will are one and the same.

To become a follower of Christ is to become like Jesus. Through the transformational power of the Holy Spirit of God, by God's grace, we are given the gift of faith that we may believe on the name of the LORD, trust in Him, and be adopted into the invisible Church of Christ Jesus, as sons and daughters of God.

During our time in this world, limited by the sinful nature of our flesh condition, we cannot live the perfect life that Jesus demonstrated to us, although that perfection is what God demands.

Fortunately for those who repent and believe in Jesus, God offers salvation and we are justified through Jesus. That's the short answer. There's more, of course, it's written in God's Word, the Holy Bible. I'm hopeful you take time to hear the gospel and consider it carefully. The Gospel of Mark or John would be good starting places to read about the life of Jesus. Isaiah chapter 52:13- Ch.53 is also a good read which foretells to story of Jesus Christ.

With respect to Christian living in the modern world, you need look no further than the front page of the nearest internet news journal, or local news outlet, to find some Christian who has fallen from grace, or some well-known Christian organization in legal squabbles over secular matters. It's not much different than what we see in other realms of society, with all of mankind.

You can however, find true believers sitting among the congregations of nearly each and every (small "c") church, actively participating in God's will for man and bringing the gospel to the world. Should you encounter such true believers personally, they would be light and salt to a world that Jesus commanded his disciples to preach the gospel too.

I realize your's is a hypothetical question about Jesus returning to live in today's modern society--that's not going to happen! The next time He returns it will be a time for a reckoning, a judgement, a separation of the sheep from the goats, when believers will continue their eternal life in the joy of heaven with our Heavenly Father, and those who Jesus never knew will spend eternity in hell separated from God. The time is near... so says the LORD. (Revelation 22:6-21)

 

[ViaCrucis]

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." - G.K. Chesterton

The narrow way is narrow not because God is mean and only permits a few to be saved. The narrow way is narrow because following Jesus is hard, it's serious business. To quote Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "When Jesus calls a man, He bids him 'Come and die'." The way of Jesus is the via crucis, the way of the cross, of Christian discipleship lived out selflessly in love toward our fellow man and the world.

"Wherefore, having said, 'The first and great commandment is, You shall love the Lord your God,' he added, 'and the second — (He leaves it not in silence, but sets it down also)— is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' And see how with nearly the same excellency He demands also this. For as concerning God, He says, "with all your heart:" so concerning your neighbor, 'as yourself,' which is tantamount to, 'with all your heart.'

Yea, and if this were duly observed, there would be neither slave nor free, neither ruler nor ruled, neither rich nor poor, neither small nor great; nor would any devil then ever have been known: I say not, Satan only, but whatever other such spirit there be, nay, rather were there a hundred or ten thousand such, they would have no power, while love existed. For sooner would grass endure the application of fire than the devil the flame of love. She is stronger than any wall, she is firmer than any adamant; or if you can name any material stronger than this the firmness of love transcends them all. Her, neither wealth nor poverty overcomes: nay, rather there would be no poverty, no unbounded wealth, if there were love, but the good parts only from each estate. For from the one we should reap its abundance, and from the other its freedom from care: and should neither have to undergo the anxieties of riches, nor the dread of poverty." - St. John Chrysostom, Homily 32 on 1 Corinthians, XI

-CryptoLutheran