Comments about ‘A surprise, simple question, yet how will we respond?’

RE: When Jesus asks us "What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?" we, like Bartimæus, need to have a ready response.
And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy Faith hath made thee whole). And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way(Mark 10:52).

The Greek word whole=(Sōzō,4982)actually means “saved’ ,Here both physical and spiritual suffering. “and he followed Jesus in the way”. Come follow me, I will make you fishers of me.
The people of God, being enlightened by Christ, follow him as their leader and commander, as the captain of their salvation, as the shepherd of the flock.

@Through the Atonement and the gospel. They are the same thing. The Bible Message of Christ’s death and resurrection as atonement for our sins(1 Cor 15:1-4; Gal 1:8)