Jesus N Me

When I became a Christian, I got a strong education on Jesus, and on Bible prophecy. Years went by. About 40 of them.

I heard a sermon series on Psalm 40. I almost quit going to that church due to the sermon on verses 6-10. The sermon did not mention prophecy at all, and the verse is very obviously prophetical, being quoted in the New Testament as applying directly to Jesus. I looked at the rest of the Psalm and saw hints of Psalm 22 in it. Christians have recognized for centuries that Psalm 22 gives prophecy about Jesus. With the parallels, it seems obvious that much of Psalm 40 is also directly about Jesus.

I hadn't studied Psalm 40 but, as I looked at it, one thing I was convinced of is that Psalm 40 is all about Jesus. Only about Jesus. It is about His early decision that led Him to accept the cross (verses 6-10 ). It is about His time on the cross and His reaction then. It is about His reaction after the cross. It is all about the glory of Jesus. It is only about the glory of Jesus. It confounded me that the sermon series used Psalm 40 to promote the glories of, well, some of man's doings. I saw the sermons I heard as stealing the glory of Jesus.

Those sermons really bothered me. I wrote my own commentary on Psalm 40 as a reaction to those sermons. And, as is normal for me, I did not consult the writings of experts. I stuck with the Bible as my only text.

After that, I asked myself how any pastor could miss the message of Psalm 40 so thoroughly. Especially a pastor I believe is called to lead the church he is in. Surely the commentaries... Oh, what a mess most of the ones I checked are! Wow. The best one was by Charles Spurgeon. That one was good. Another was fairly good. I understand how Jewish commentators miss on Psalm 40, since they cannot understand the message of 2 Corinthians 5:21, and Psalm 40 can only be understood in the light of 2 Corinthians 5:21. I don't understand how so many Christian commentators miss the message. In fact, some flat out reject the message. I suspect they haven't really thought through the ramifications of 2 Corinthians 5:21.

I wrote my commentary about Psalm 40. Then I stopped. I thought I was done. I had things to do. I didn't know it at the time, but God had other plans. I had just started writing a book about Jesus, and did not know it yet.

I finished my book God WANTS You. I wanted to start distributing the book. And yet, something was missing. My mind turned to Psalm 40. Jesus. I had to write more on Jesus. I just knew I had to write more on Jesus. Before I started making my books widely available. And I did. It became Jesus N Me.

I learned things as I wrote that book. Especially about the mercies of God. I had to go back and rewrite parts of God WANTS You to reflect my new understand about God's mercies. In fact, first I had to rewrite earlier parts of Jesus N Me after God finally got me to understand the mercies of God idea. No wonder God had me write Jesus N Me before I started widely distributing my books for people to read them.

I have wandered into a new theology system. It can be called IN or Anointing or Mercies Theology. I didn't set out to do this.

To God be the glory.

4-25-2022