“If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
Matthew 22:45 (NIV)
The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
With this parable Matthew introduces the tests of the Herodians and the Pharisees and the Sadducees. With these prophetic Words ringing in their ears the leaders of the Jewish nation doubled down on their resistance to the Son of the King, by trying to trap Him in His Words. After their tests were dispensed with, our Lord gave them a test of His own, and the test had to do with the King’s Son.
What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he? The son of David,” they replied. He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
These were men who knew the Scriptures, who observed religious services, sacrifices, prayers- they were “close” to God, they were God’s people and they didn’t know that God had a Son! Many many people fail this test today- many people scoff at the idea that God has a Son, and laugh at the concept of the virgin birth
Whose Son is He?
He is God’s Son!
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