The Challenge from the King
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1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” 2 The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” 3 Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. 4 The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. 7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.
Passion week: Triumphal entry, cleansing of temple, healing the sick, teaching in the temple, challenge of His authority, 3 parables of condemnation (2 Sons, Vineyard owner, Marriage Feast), questioning by thePharasees and Herodians (Taxes), Questioning by the Sadducees (Marriage in the Resurrection)
In the final testing from the religious leaders, Jesus directs them to their greatest need and our greatest need as well.
psalm 110
I. A Final Question (34-40)
I. A Final Question (34-40)
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 “This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 “The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 22:34-
A. An Un-Holy Huddle (34)
A. An Un-Holy Huddle (34)
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.
Happy about the failure of the Sadducees but more disappointed in the victory of Jesus. Last hope of the religious leaders to discredit Jesus.
B. A Haughty Question (35-36)
B. A Haughty Question (35-36)
35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
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Lawyer=an expert in the OT scriptures.
613 laws in the OT. 238 positive laws (for each of the bones of the body) 365 negative (1 for each day)
C. A Perfect Answer (37-40)
C. A Perfect Answer (37-40)
37 And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 “This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 “The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
28 One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 “The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; 33 and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.
mark 12:3
Simple Theological Math Problem, A+B=C
II. The Final Question (41-46)
II. The Final Question (41-46)
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 “This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 “The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 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.
Simple Theological Math Problem, A+B=C
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 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.
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.
A. A+B=C (41-42)
A. A+B=C (41-42)
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 42 “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”
They did not refute at all that Jesus was a Son of David. In their thinking the Messiah was the highest ideal of humanity. Many today think this way of Jesus. He is the “Emperor of Love.” Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons (Satan’s brother), Islam, Jewish religion, academic atheists,
B. A+B=C (43-44)
B. A+B=C (43-44)
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” ’?
1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” 2 The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” 3 Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. 4 The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. 7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.
Matthew 22:
יְהֹוָה Jehovah, pr. name of the supreme God
אָדוֹן (ʾā·ḏôn): n.masc.; ≡ Str 113; TWOT 27b—1. LN 12.1–12.42 lord
Jesus interprets this Psalm as Messianic, as written by David, and as affirming the deity of the Messiah.
C. A+B=C (45)
C. A+B=C (45)
45 “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”
Matthew 22:
The only answer?…the Messiah must be humanly David’s son and supernaturally God Himself.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.
The religious leaders came to Jesus demanding that He stop people from calling Him a Son of David and asking by what authority He was doing these things. They were saying that He was not lofty enough for that title and Jesus said, no, that title is not lofty enough for Him! He was more.
The religious leaders came to Jesus demanding that He stop people from calling Him a Son of David and asking by what authority He was doing these things. They were saying that He was not lofty enough for that title and Jesus said, no, that title is not lofty enough for Him! He was more.
D. Final Result (46)
D. Final Result (46)
46 No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.
Jesus confronted them with their greatest need: to understand who He was, their Messiah and LORD.
Matthew 22:41-
1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” 2 The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.” 3 Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. 4 The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. 7 He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.
Put it all together. The great commandment is to love God and love man. Jesus was standing before them as both God and a man challenging them to love Him love Him.
Jesus confronted them with their greatest need: to understand who He was, their Messiah and LORD.
Jesus confronted them with their greatest need: to understand who He was, their Messiah and LORD.
Put it all together. The great commandment is to love God and love man. Jesus was standing before them as both God and a man challenging them to love Him love Him.
It is THE QUESTION. The Final Question for all mankind: What do you think of Jesus? Whos Son is He?
If He is God how should we respond to Him? In worship.