IS JESUS A GOOD REFERENCE?

 

Lately, I have been questioning most things, and one of the things that has me feeling bad after the thought of it is the question, “Is Jesus a good reference?”. This question is brought about by the wonder of how Jesus dealt with things in the scriptures. Now, I know that Jesus Christ or Yeshua was Man and God. He is 100% man and 100% God. He is both and there is no difference between the two. But when I get born again, I am 100% man and a tug of war between my spirit and flesh starts and hopefully by the time I get to rest in eternal peace I will be 100% Spirit. But Yeshua didn’t have this war… or did He? Did He also struggle like I do but it was not recorded that He did?

I think there is a distinguishable difference between me and Jesus which is I am a Son of God by belief while He was and is a Son by birth and also, He is God. This fact makes me think that I can never handle sin or temptation like He did. Well, one can argue that He did send the Holy Spirit but I also think that most of us ‘Christians’ don’t let the power accorded to the Holy Spirit work in our lives. We still lean on our efforts and we fail drastically when we could have taken the ‘risk’ of believing that the Helper is here for us.

Now, is it wrong to say that Yeshua is a bad reference when it comes to matters of my faith? On one end I know it is wrong since it feels wrong but since I chase after reason then the reason would be that since he was already God he could handle all situations differently because his “mind is not like my mind”, which could mean that when I am in trouble and I have tunnel vision then he could still see the whole picture. But wait, some people are more composed and calmer when handling problems and it doesn’t mean that they are Yeshua. Sigh…This is getting confusing… So, what can I use to say that Jesus is not a good reference?  

Well, He is God. I think that is a valid reason. Yes, He is God and I am Man. But He was also a Man. And I am Man and I have Spirit while He was Man and God; I think that accounts for something but can that be accounted as a good argument? That I do not use Yeshua as a reference since He was God so his way of handling sins and temptations would always be different compared to mine. But do you think Jesus struggled with music? Was there a ‘secular’ genre during his days? Where he would listen to songs and be told that he has sinned? Or were there more temptations and battles that He fought and I would never grasp them… but wouldn’t it be easier since He was God?

This is my reasoning, If I was 100% rich and also 100% poor then I could view a problem through the lens of both situations. I have experienced life as a rich man and also as a poor man so my perception of things will always be different compared to a person who has always been rich or poor. So, would they be able to understand my thoughts if I tried to reach them, or rather would they think that I ridicule their problems since my perception is different from theirs? Hence the question, “How does Yeshua view us and our sinful struggles?”. Does He think that we struggle with simple things or does He know that the battles we fight to maintain our faith overwhelm us? Does He laugh at some of our choices? When we proclaim to never sin again then sin the very next day? Does He wonder why we do not rely on the Holy Spirit but try to lead our lives trying to convince ourselves that we will be okay?

So, is Yeshua a good reference? Maybe He is but I don’t have my answer yet. I still think He would deal with things better than I do. Wait, what if I am the one not letting the Holy Spirit work in my life? What if I am the one not offering a space that the Holy Spirit can work and this leads to me not being able to experience Yeshua? Well, I guess I will have to give it a try and see. If it works out then I will be sure to write about it and if it doesn’t then I guess I will have to keep trying till I get my answer…