Hebrews 2: Is Jesus the Answer or the Question?

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(Oct 18, 09 – Mike Nichols)
Is Jesus really the answer? Here are a couple of interesting web posts: The Mysterium Dei blog notes: I recently saw a bumper sticker that read “Jesus is the Answer”…. Jesus isn’t the answer, he’s the Question. What do we do with him? How do we respond to him? What was his message & how do we respond to it? It’s so tempting to get caught up in finding the right sound bite & bumper sticker slogan. Unfortunately, we so often miss the forest for the trees. Jesus didn’t come to make me happy, he came to make me whole–by following his example of emptying, humility, and self-sacrifice–so that I can know God. He came to reveal the Father and call us to be sons [and daughters] in the Son, filii in FIlio. When we finally begin to wrap our heads around the idea that the Gospel isn’t about us, that salvation isn’t about us,that being a Christian isn’t about us, but about God then we can really start to understand what it means to be a disciple, to be a community, a family of God.
On Facebook, Louis Brittz writes: No, Jesus isn’t the Answer…Firstly, because He never said that He is. …Secondly, because if Jesus were the answer, there would be no relevant questions left. Hmm. Maybe Hebrews 2 will help us figure out if Jesus is the answer or the question.

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