What Would Jesus Do?

Remember WWJD?  What would Jesus do? It was a slogan we heard a few years back; we saw it on hats and t-shirts and such. 

But have you ever thought about it? What would Jesus do?

The Bible supplies the clear answer, which is this - he would keep his Law!

No doubt about it, what Jesus would do is obey his own law, and that is in fact what he did. 

Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 

Sin is any transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4).  Jesus never sinned, which means what he always did was keep his law.

And thanks be to God that he did. Because he kept the law perfectly, he was qualified to be our sin-bearer. Also, his perfect keeping of his law (or his righteous behavior) was put on to our account the moment God saved us. 

The righteousness that we now have, in position, by faith alone, is the righteous deeds of Christ. He took on our sin. We took on his righteousness by grace. 2 Cor 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We can rejoice because God looks at us and sees Christ's perfect obedience to the law. 

WWJD? The answer is the law of God. And because of that, we may stand before the Lord. 

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.