Matthew 22:41-46

Who is the Christ? Jesus Asks the Pharisees

42 "What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?" They said to Him, "The son of David."

43 He said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,

44 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,

"SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET"'?

45 "If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son?"

46 No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

Who's Son is Christ?

The Pharisees were up to their old tricks, as were the Sadducees and Herodians, asking Jesus questions with underlying traps in mind.

 

A side note here is that the three mentioned above were never successful and were more likely to be caught themselves by His answers. This frustration ultimately led to plots to kill Jesus as they were not able to discredit him.

 

Like so many times before, Jesus answered questions with questions. The Pharisees did not realize how close they were to the Christ as they stumbled to answer his question of who's son Christ was.

 

These scholars knew that the Christ would be a descendent of David but did not know that He would be God in flesh.

 

Using Psalm 1:10 to reinforce his answer, Jesus presented that the Messiah would be over David; not the other way around.

 

The question to us today is, what do we believe. If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God and our Savior then the rest of these questions and answers will fall into place.

 

Do you know who Jesus is?

 

 

 

Love in Christ

- Bob

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