In the 90's a fad started in evangelical Christianity that rang to the tune of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?). Ever since, Christians and non-Christians alike ran wild with this slogan, and often in some blasphemous ways. I even had one of these bracelets, and I had no idea what it meant. While I can go on about the many different variations of this slogan and how they are blasphemous, I'm just going to stick to the original meaning and explain why its not such a good idea.To ask yourself "What Would Jesus Do" in certain situations opens the door for a person to just assume what Jesus would do. More often than not, these are situations that a person should not have gotten into in the first place. It would seem that asking "WWJD?" before getting into that situation would have prevented a lot of problems.
Another problem with the slogan, is that people have assumed that Jesus would do things that through a clear understanding of scripture He clearly would not had done. An example would be that people have used it to judge people who do open air preaching, saying that Jesus wouldn't do that, but in fact, Jesus did open air preaching many times, including preaching the greatest sermon - The Sermon on the Mount.
The other acronym "WDJD?" stands for "What Did Jesus Do?" and is a much better question for us to ask ourselves. It forces us to read the Bible and see exactly what Jesus did, leaving little to no room for error. Not only that, but it gets us out in the world, preaching the gospel. That is not only what Jesus did, but it is what Jesus told us to do. "...Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." (Mark 16:15)
Ray Comfort has written a book called "WDJD? What Did Jesus Do?" It explains to us what Jesus did, how He did it, how the apostles followed His example, and shows us how we can do the same. I highly recommend this book.
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