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But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.<\/span> Here’s a question that bothers me: What Would Jesus Do?<\/em><\/p>\n Let me explain.<\/p>\n Remember all the WWJD?<\/em> paraphernalia from the 90\u2032s? Yeah, you do. The key chains\u2026 bracelets\u2026 necklaces\u2026 bumper stickers\u2026 license plates\u2026 Who hasn\u2019t<\/em> seen the popular acronym before? I couldn\u2019t help but laugh when a few months ago I stumbled upon the old WWJD?<\/em> key chain that faithfully held my first car key my sophomore year of high school. What made this especially funny to me is that I wasn\u2019t even a Christian then. I thought I was a Christian (but only by default, since I went to a Christian church); however, it would be another few years until I truly believed upon the gospel and came to radical saving faith in Christ.<\/p>\n So, with key chain in hand, I asked myself: What was it that inclined an unbelieving Chris Poblete to dig the \u201cWWJD?\u201d phrase at the time? Perhaps it was an attractive ideology to live by?<\/em><\/p>\n That\u2019s when I realized that, though totally well-intentioned, WWJD?<\/em> was the wrong question to be asking myself.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a bad<\/em> question\u2026 not at all. However, it does miss the point. Hugely. \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d sells Jesus Christ as an ideology\u2026 and idea for how to make good decisions for living a proper life. It sells us short of knowing the Gospel. He becomes our friendship model, our self-help mantra, our \u20195 steps to a better marriage\u2019 and our \u201910 steps to worry-free living.\u2019<\/p>\n But Jesus came to bring the Gospel. And the Gospel is good news\u2026 not good advice.<\/p>\n Now that I\u2019m saved, I understand that God did not send His Son\u00a0 just to merely teach me the right things to do in this life\u2026<\/p>\n Jesus didn\u2019t come to make me more religious and spiritual. He didn\u2019t come so that I would be overcome by emotional religious piety and experiences. He didn\u2019t come so that I would vote for family values and lowered taxes. He didn\u2019t come so that I would passionately serve in the latest cause, raising awareness for health pandemics and social injustices. He didn\u2019t come to teach me to be accepting and open-minded to everyone else, everywhere and no matter what (unless they are not as \u201copen-minded\u201d as I am). He didn\u2019t come to make me a better “people person” with a charming smile, a good handshake, and polite manners.<\/p>\n I am not saying that these are all bad (though some are). It’s just that Jesus didn\u2019t come because I needed the perfect example on how to do good \u201cJesus-things\u201d.<\/p>\n The Jesus Christwe need is the Great Reedemer\u2014the Savior King. This King of Kings showed God\u2019s own love for us by leaving His great throne in heaven to live a life that we were supposed to have lived, die a death that we are otherwise condemned to die, and rise victoriously from the grave in triumphant victory over sin, Satan and death. He came to free us! He absorbed the wrath of God and ushers us not<\/em> into a life of reconditioned morals but, rather, into a life marked by God\u2019s irresistible grace, the forgiveness of sins, and the free gift of salvation.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 he was wounded<\/strong> for our transgressions; he was crushed<\/strong> for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed<\/strong>\u201d –Isaiah 53:5<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nHe came because I needed a Savior.<\/h3>\n
That\u2019s what Jesus did.<\/h3>\n