CHRIST IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER

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It is common among Christians to use catchy phrases to invite unbelievers to accept Christ—but sometimes those phrases become false advertising. Take for example the familiar line, “Christ is the answer.” Many of us say this, claiming that Jesus is the solution to every problem and the fulfiller of every dream, that He will satisfy all our desires in life. He can and will fulfill all our desires in life. It appears that these claims are not entirely wrong, but most of the time they are misleading, for they create false hope that Jesus can never disappoint anyone because we say that He is always the answer to just about anything and everything.

In Jesus’ own day, people carried very different expectations of the coming Messiah. Because of their oppression, they were looking for a Savior that could deliver them from their enemies. A Christ that can fulfill their need for a political leader. A Messiah who can overthrow the Roman Empire.  When they saw Jesus, they wanted to make Him king (John 6:15). But He was not the kind of “answer” they sought. As He explained, His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). Imagine their disappointment when the one they expected to rescue them did not even rescue Himself from humiliation and the cross. Christ’s mission was clear: He came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). Concerns outside that purpose were not His priority. In that sense, Christ is not always the answer people envision.

This calls us to reconsider the way we share Jesus to the world. If someone chooses to follow Him, it must be the true Jesus as revealed in Scripture—not a version we invent to make the gospel more appealing. We can be creative in evangelism, but never deceptive. Deception is never a tool for sharing Christ. Scamming people into hearing the good news is not a Christian practice. Just as we must not preach a different gospel, neither may we promote a different Jesus: “But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles” (1 Corinthians 1:23). Stay Curious.

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