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Questions of Jesus

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 In a unique twist, this podcast will present meditations on the questions asked by Jesus during his ministry as recorded in the Scriptures. What did Jesus want to know? What do his questions reveal? What do his questions require of us? It is fitting to investigate the mind-of-Christ. According to the gospels, it's the very mind he desires for his followers. What is Jesus asking you? There is a message in the Red Letter Edition of the Bible that has been overlooked. Don C Harris, Author, Radio and Podcast Host, compels his audience to take another look to apply Christianity with the mindset of Christ. "Think Red Ink" he implores. Don C. Harris is the founder of the Think Red Ink Ministry (2006) and has been labeled as the "Eraser" (for those whom are ready to listen to him). He is the author of many books (Think Red Ink, The Red Letter Questions, The Questions of Jesus, Revelations On Manna), and runs a radio station plus an internet television from New Mexico.Copyright 2026 Don C. Harris (AP) Catechesi ed evangelismo Cristianesimo Spiritualità
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  • How much then is a man better than a sheep?

    How much then is a man better than a sheep?
    Nov 11 2026
    How much then is a man better than a sheep?Luke 13:15-16 – 14:5 Matthew 12:11-12 (Combined- abridged),“… Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day … Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? … What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep?There is a wonderful truth here that is hidden under the arguments on Sabbath keeping and interpretation of the Law. It is a simple question that is more difficult to answer today than it was in days in which it was asked. The society of today places great value on animal life of all sorts with the exception of human life. We live in a world where, every year, we’re told 1.5 million [1] children are killed in the womb of its mother and at the same time, a person who mistakenly spayed a cat that was newly pregnant was in danger being incarcerated for animal cruelty.We are taught to feel guilt for our position at the top of the food chain and humility is defined as boasting of our being at the bottom of the world’s priority list. All of this modern foolishness aside, we must, if only for a moment, look at the world as our Father sees it. (In truth nothing matters more.) We must see life as His creation and His design in order to implement His plan.On the eve of the end of the perfect will of God, the day that sin found its way into the heart of Adam, God made a statement when He chose the death of a lamb to facilitate the atonement of sin. Although we do not find blood sacrifices performed for atonement, we do find that the Scriptures mention that God made Adam and his wife [2]clothes of skins to cover their nakedness that was now causing shame. We have no way of knowing it was a lamb from which these skins were obtained, but perhaps it was, as it was a lamb that later became the symbol of atonement (covering). Granted these conjectures, we could say that God took the life of a lamb to cover the sins of man.All of the references to the Lamb, from Genesis through Revelation, take on some form and character found in the sacrificial death of Christ. It requires no theological degree to readily see the metaphor, parallel, and symbolism that are to be found throughout the Testaments, Old, and New. From the Lamb skins provided for the first sin in Genesis, to the passover Lamb of Exodus, to the Lamb that John the Baptist claimed was to “take away the sin of the world”, to the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world found in the Revelation, Jesus is, was, and shall be our Pesach, our Passover, our atoning sacrificial lamb. Because He loves us, He gave His life for ours; the Lamb dearly beloved, slain by divine Commandment, for the sin of the world.The Passover is a wonderful example of the love that God has for man. The lamb that was to be slain was not to be brought in from the fields on the day of the slaughter, nor was it to be purchased at the stockyard and slain, the lamb was to be brought from the fields and into the home of each of the families of Israel, as if it were a pet, for three days prior to its being killed[3]. This lamb would likely become endeared to each family member as they were forced to see it and feed it day after day, probably from their own table. It is as though God never wanted the Passover Lamb to go unnoticed, unappreciated, or valued as nothing.Why A Lamb?The lamb is the epitome of servitude; it has no other purpose than to give. No reason but to serve, the lamb always provides food and clothing and neither offers resistance to the one who shears it, nor to the one who slaughters it. It is this innocent animal that becomes the symbol of redemption, the innocent lamb, that did no wrong, that never strayed from its Creator’s way or disobeyed; the lamb that submits to any, rebels against none, the symbol of purity and gentleness was to suffer for no cause of its own making, it was to die for our sin.I think that the account in 2 Samuel 12:3 is Nathan’s remembrance of the emotions he felt for the Passover lambs from his youth. It is an account that illustrates the passover lamb and describes the practice, “But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.” The value of this lamb was to be well understood at Passover. The lamb was to be loved, its slaying dreaded, and its consumption made distasteful for sorrow. But why?Again a message is found in Jesus’ question, “How much then is a man better than a sheep?” We can make no mistake about the love God has for us if we understand the value He places ...
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    10 min
  • Who has such a friend?

    Who has such a friend?
    Oct 12 2026
    Who has such a friend?Luke 11:5-10, “Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”I can remember hearing, when I was a youth, that a true friend was a rare thing, and that if I had more than one in my life, I would be most blessed. I have always desired a close companion, one with whom I could enjoy a similar sense of honor, right, humor, and one who would improve my personality, as Proverbs 27:17 promises, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”I found such a friend in my wife. We share all the best that can come from friendship and closeness. However, a fellow man would be a different thing altogether. I cannot help but feel that great power and strength would come from such a true friendship.Perhaps I place friendship into a lofty and an unattainable category. It may be that friendship is potentially present in all relationships or present in a relationship merely when enmity is absent. Perhaps a friend is simply someone who is not an enemy. We tend, in modern vernacular, to differentiate between friends and acquaintances in that way.Maybe I make too much of it, maybe not. I cannot speak from experience. Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” It is this friend that sticks close, of whom I wish to speak now. As we reflect upon our lives and ponder the stream of people whom have entered and exited our life, touched, helped, or supported us, can we find a friend that has stuck closer than a brother? The question becomes even more poignant, “Who has such a friend?”In the story above, Jesus asks us if any of us have a friend to whom we may go at midnight and ask for food. It is obvious that He is making the situation as awkward as it can be, as inconvenient for the friend, and as frivolous a request, as possible, to make the point. Bread, though essential for life, is not necessary at midnight; it could just as well be placed before his traveling friend in the morning if his arrival was late. His friend, upon whom he has laid his burden of hospitality, is in bed and likely was asleep when this man called.Jesus has set up a scenario of unnecessary aggravation to test this friendship and push kindness to its limits. He does this for a reason. He wishes to show us the value of a friendship that has no limitations, a friendship that has identical values and importance.Many times we find our friendships strained when one of the two parties considers something important that the other does not. It is obvious in this story that the man in bed did not care that his friend had no bread to set before his traveler, for his friend pleads with him, “… lend me three loaves. For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him. And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.” (Luke 11:5-7) Here Jesus shows that one friend has a problem that the other does not evaluate as important.It is when we put friendship to these kinds of tests that it proves to be worthy or not. Let us go from this understanding to what a friend we have in Christ. It is Christ who proves time and time again to be a true friend of those who follow Him. It is well established what a friend we have in Christ, but what kind of friend has He in you? As we follow, we should make those things that are important to Him, important to us. We are to show ourselves “friendly.” For if we are to have a friend, even if it is Christ with whom we wish to be friends, we must show ourselves friendly. We do this by making His concerns, our concerns.Who is At the Door?If it is occurring to you that the friend in bed is not Christ, but us, you are starting to see the picture.Many times this story is told that Christ is the friend in bed with whom we plead to help us. We are told that, although He really does not care about our needs, if we make enough noise, if we pray long enough, if don’t give up, He will eventually come to the door and give us whatever we are whining about, and send us on our way.What a sorry example of a friend! Christ is not that kind of friend at all! It is He who calls upon us and ...
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    12 min
  • Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?

    Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?
    Sep 11 2026
    Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation?(Luke 7:31-35 - Matthew 11:16-19), “And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.”Have children always claimed to be bored? I have trouble remembering being bored as a child, but many children today, complain constantly that they are unstimulated if they find themselves idle for over three minutes. Perhaps it is a selective memory on my part, maybe things have changed somewhat, but I suspect that we all become “bored” when we do not have what we want, or want what we have.Jesus used the example of “little children” to illustrate His point about the men of the generation He then occupied. It was, as if they wanted what they did not have and, what they were given, they did not want. They were given John the Baptist and although, in the estimation of Jesus, he was the greatest prophet ever born, he was rejected as a lunatic. They were given the very Son of God and they said that He was not what they expected. By their rejection they said, “He is not holy, He is not mighty, He is not sympathetic to our religion, He does not fulfill prophecies or our expectations.”It is a pity, really, for He was all that and much, much more. Jesus saw the men of that generation as impudent children selfishly demanding more than what was given to them. Their actions spoke volumes, their words dripped with venom toward the Son of God. Their hearts, callused over with rebellion, were indifferent to the designs and desires of God; neither could their eyes see the gift of God who stood before them.As we complain about the degree to which our God has decided to reveal himself to us, or we cry and beg Him to be more real, more available or more willing to use His power on our behalf, we are acting as bored, spoiled children. Perhaps we do not perceive, like the Pharisees, that it is we who though we see, are not seeing, we who though we hear, do not understand, and perhaps it is we who cannot see what is plainly shown to us.The pleasures, as well as the heartaches of this world, tend to create in us an evaluation of good and evil, right and wrong, sin and righteousness and so forth. This evaluation system, over the years, creeps into everything we do and think about. It forms our policies and politics. This basis of good and evil becomes the foundation of teaching our children and learning from life. If we do not receive this foundation from Jesus Christ, the living Word of God within our souls, we risk the danger of making molds into which we expect even our God to fit. We create doctrines from our minds and experiences that we expect Him to sanction. The lifestyles we predict will please Him, repulse Him and ultimately condemn us. Worst of all, because of our warped and selfish views, we stand still in the streets while He plays music that, to Him, is lively and attractive, compelling and gay, but to our insensitive ears is dull and lifeless. We heard it before, it’s not our favorite tune, or for whatever reason we care not to dance.For centuries, Our God has given many prophecies about His sheep, His people, and their plight of sin and their subsequent separation from Him. He has voiced His displeasure with sin, and on several occasions, He named what grieves Him most. He has listed in Scripture the seven things He hates, things that are an abomination to Him and that He despises.[1] Most people cannot list these things. How many can you name? Do you know what grieves the God you claim to love and serve? Can you name the things He hates? Has it become a part of your nature to hate what God hates? How can you love as He loves if you do not know what He hates and why? His nature is foreign to most and little or no effort is made to discover His temperament.How Well Do You Know Him?The Father weeps over Israel. Do you weep with Him? YHVH cries out in anguish for the lost of His people who will not repent and turn to Him. Do you? He stands in fiery displeasure of those who lie in His name and falsely speak for Him and misrepresent the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ; do you investigate the validity and origin of what is taught you as doctrine? He weeps and laments and His Church does not mourn. “Whereunto then, shall I liken the men of this generation? They are like unto children.”It looks as though not much has changed from the men of that generation to the men of this one. We need, as they did, to see the gap between our desires and His, between our evaluation criteria and His, between our tastes and His. The gap is large, but it is not so large that it cannot be spanned.There are many changes to be made in our thinking, many pauses to be inserted into our speech, many of His concerns added to our list and ...
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    13 min
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