41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’? 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
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While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
After a series of different groups challenged Jesus’ credibility, now it is Jesus’ turn to ask the questions.
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saying, “What do you think about the Christ [Messiah]? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.”
“The Son of David” refers to the Messiah. This title was the most common title for the coming Messiah. Jesus was of the lineage of David.
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He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, David called the Messiah “Lord.”
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‘The Lord [all large capitals indicates Jehovah] said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1, a Psalm clearly recognized by David as a Messianic psalm. The early church alluded to this verse often (Ac 2:34-35; 1Co 15:25; Eph 1:20; Co 3:1; He 1:3, 13; 8:1; 10:12-13).
The first use of “LORD” refers to the Father and the second to the Messiah. David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord. The Messiah was more than the human offspring of David.
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If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”
How could David call his son “Lord”? The point of this question showed that the Messiah was more than man; He carried the presence of God. This claim justified Jesus’ extravagant claims earlier. He was indeed the unique “Son of the living God.” Jesus was on par with Jehovah of the Old Testament. Jesus made an unequivocal claim to deity.
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And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
Jesus’ opponents gave up their interrogation techniques because they were completely baffled by His answers. They knew the implication that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God.
PRINCIPLE:
David’s son is David’s Lord.
APPLICATION:
Jesus was both David’s son and David’s Lord. Messiah is David’s Lord as God. The Messiah is David’s Son as man. We cannot explain the Son of God in strictly human categories.
Our decision about who Jesus is makes all the difference in the world. If we miss that decision, we miss eternity.
