Well, one thing is that He would never ask that kind of hypothetical question.
Jesus most assuredly did NOT base His conduct on what He thought anybody else on earth would do-- past, present or future.
He would not ask: "What would King David do?"
He would not ask: "What would Abraham do?"
He definitely wouldn't ask: "What would Job do?"
He would not ask: "What would Abraham do?"
He definitely wouldn't ask: "What would Job do?"
Nor would he ask, and I am saying this a little tongue in cheek, "What would I, Jesus, do?"
He didn't seek David's will, Abraham's will, Job's will, OR even His own self-will.
Jesus only and always sought the will of the Father.
Jesus didn't ask hypotheticals, but acted solely on unction, on direct relational input from His Father, on a flow of RHEMA impulses, the same RHEMA on which He said WE are to continually "live by" as it comes directly from the Lord's mouth. Matthew 4:4.
There are no need for "hypotheticals" because God is here to reveal the "actualities" of God.
Hypotheticals are for an absent God, not for a richly present One.
Jesus' question was not even, "What is the Father doing today, here and now!"
That last question sounds good at first, but it is missing the crucial element-- it is not phrased in the second person
Jesus' one question addressed the Father directly, "Father, what are YOU doing today, here and now?"
And so should ours. God wants YOU to vibrantly connect with HIM-- all the time abiding in relational interactions with Him.
The sons of God are those who are led, and led, and led BY the Spirit of God! Romans 8:14.
"Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner....I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." John 5:19, 30.
Jesus did nothing without first seeing or hearing the Father do it.
Now, let me say there IS great benefit in knowing what the Lord would NEVER do. For instance, He would NEVER kill us, coerce us, forsake us, mislead us, oppress us or destroy us. Knowing these things keeps us from listening to the voice of the stranger who accuses God of unworthy things.
But, this is only a small part of the battle. Knowing what God would never do is NOT the same thing as discerning what He IS doing TODAY, HERE, AND NOW-- His RHEMA will in other words!
You may say, "Well, this sounds so mystical!"
I totally agree!! It is mysticism, but it's practical mysticism, it's vital mysticism, and it is promised mysticism.
Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit dynamically leads us into all RHEMA truth. And He meant it.
The Holy Spirit is the voice of God living within us, the indwelling projector of His truth onto all the screens of our consciousness.
Jesus rejoiced when Peter HEARD within his heart FROM the Father who Jesus really was-- the Son of the living God! Peter's "confession" isn't the rock on which Christ would build His church, but rather Peter's hearing from Heaven. It was Peter's RHEMA hearing directly from the Father RATHER than from mere flesh and blood.
Read this passage below carefully and it will hit you like a ton of golden manna-- we are the Church of those who are called live by every RHEMA which proceeds, and proceeds, and proceeds out of the mouth of the living God.
"And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: FOR 'flesh and blood' hath NOT revealed it unto thee, BUT my Father who is IN heaven. And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon THIS rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:17-19.
