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JESUS THE SON OF DAVID
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Matthew 22:41-23:12

Psalm 110

 

“The LORD said unto my Lord,

Sit thou on my right hand…”

 

JESUS THE SON OF DAVID
 
Now it was Jesus’ turn to question the Pharisees. It is a simple and yet profound question, “What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?” It is practically the same question Jesus had asked His disciples in Matthew 16:15. The Pharisees correctly answered, “The Son of David.” The Messiah was from David’s line (2 Sam 7:12-14). The scribes themselves taught so (Mark 12:35). However, the Messiah was not only the Son of David, but also the Son of God. This the Pharisees failed to see. So Jesus posed them another question: If the Christ is the Son of David, “How then doth David in spirit (by the Holy Ghost, in the book of Psalms) call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?” Jesus directed their attention to the Messianic Psalm 110. David, who wrote this psalm under divine inspiration, presents the LORD (YHWH, i.e. Yahweh or Jehovah) telling David’s Lord (Adonai, i.e. the Messiah) to sit at His right hand of kingship and authority. If the Messiah was David’s son, why did David address Him as Lord? Why and how was David inferior to his son? The Pharisees were stumped. They could not answer for they were spiritually empty. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned (1 Cor 2:13-14). To save themselves from further embarrassment and humiliation, they dared not asked Him any more questions.
 
Jesus is the paragon of biblical fundamentalism. He not only taught the truth, but also warned against error. Here, He publicly denounced the hypocrisy of Israel’s religious teachers, pronouncing seven woes on them. Teachers indeed shall receive the greater judgment (James 3:1).
 
THOUGHT: A Biblical fundamentalist believes the Bible and defends the Bible.

PRAYER: Father, I want to be valiant for the truth.

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