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Question 10
The teacher fires off concrete WWJD questions about entertainment, risk/adrenaline, work ethic, employer practices, money, giving, eating, and even wasting food, then urges self-examination without detailed judging of others; which of his questions landed most uncomfortably on you, and what specific habit change would actually demonstrate “preeminence” rather than just agreement?
Another way to ask: The teacher asks WWJD about entertainment, thrills, work, money, giving, eating, and wasting food, and says to examine yourself without judging others. Which question hit you the hardest, and what one specific habit would you change to show Jesus is truly first?
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The transcript doesn’t tell us which question should land most on any one person, but it pushes each believer to pick a concrete area and let WWJD lead to actual behavioral change, not just talk. A transcript-faithful way to answer is to choose one category he named (money, work, eating, entertainment) and identify a measurable change that reflects Jesus being “always first.”
- He frames the method: “the most important question… is, what would Jesus do?”
- Entertainment: “What kinds of entertainment would he engage or stay away from?… high risk?… adrenaline rushes?”
- Work: “Would he always round his hours… in favor of himself?… be labeled as a workaholic?… be a lazy employee?”
- Employer ethics: “Would Jesus ever advantage himself over his employees?… pay above what is expected?… go dig a ditch with the guy?”
- Money: “Would Jesus have to have the most expensive? How much would Jesus give away? Where would he give it?”
- Eating: “Would the thought of the poor affect his eating habits?… Would he waste food?”
- He concludes with posture: “important to ask our own selves… exhort one another… but leave out the detailed judgments of one another.”