{"id":503,"date":"2022-03-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=503&2022"},"modified":"2022-03-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T00:00:00","slug":"lord-and-son-matthew-22-41-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/lord-and-son-matthew-22-41-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord and Son: Matthew 22:41-46"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Matthew 22:41-46 (GW)<\/div>
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41\u00a0<\/sup>While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them, 42\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhat do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?\u201d<\/p>

They answered him, \u201cDavid\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>

43\u00a0<\/sup>He said to them, \u201cThen how can David, guided by the Spirit, call him Lord? David says,<\/p>

44\u00a0<\/sup>\u2018The Lord said to my Lord,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTake the honored position\u2014the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0until I put your enemies under your control.\u201d\u2019<\/p>

45\u00a0<\/sup>If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?\u201d<\/p>

46\u00a0<\/sup>No one could answer him, and from that time on no one dared to ask him another question.<\/p>\r\n

Read Matthew 22:41-46<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

When I look closely at this event, the implications of what Jesus was pulling together are fascinating. After receiving all the challenges the Pharisees and religious leaders could think up, Jesus chooses to counter their questions with a question of His own \u2013 one that is answerable, but one that is not logically possible.<\/p>\r\n

Of all the people to know the scriptures well, the Pharisees and religious leaders knew them the best, so when Jesus sets them up with a question: \u201cWhose son is the Messiah?<\/strong>\u201d the leaders are quick to answer \u201cDavid\u2019s son<\/strong>\u201d. (v. 42)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

For some of these leaders, this setup question probably seemed a little too easy, that is, until Jesus lays out the remaining details of His counter challenge: David calls the Messiah \u201cLord\u201d, and that title is reserved for a ruler, master, or the owner of something.<\/p>\r\n

Ultimately, the highest \u201cLord\u201d is God, but in any one of these cases, sons are not masters, rulers, or owners of their parents or grandparents. In this regard, there is a paradox that is very difficult to answer, and probably impossible to understand.<\/p>\r\n

Looking back onto this event, and onto what the gospel writers share about Jesus, we can find the answer to this question: A virgin birth. If Jesus gave up His divinity and was born as a human, this can make sense. If God the Father was His Father, and a descendant of David was His mother, then the Messiah can have coexisted prior to David, ruling with God, and also be one of David\u2019s descendants.<\/p>\r\n

However, even this is hard to grasp: Why would God (a Ruler\/\u201cLord\u201d) give up His position in heaven for a race of beings that were actively rebelling against Him? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

The answer is that He loves them. He loves the human race \u2013 which includes you and me!<\/em><\/p>\r\n

In the answer to Jesus\u2019 counter-challenge to the religious leaders, He shares a huge truth about Himself, and about how God cares about each and every one of us!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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