Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

N.T.#258 "Who Do You Say Jesus Is?"

March 7, 2024 

Matthew 22-Part 9

LET IT GLOW

Are we blessing and praising the Lord, as in Psalm 103:1? What about honoring and esteeming others? Are you calling those who are sick to ask how you can help them? Do any elderly around you have a need? Are youngsters needing a listening ear by you?

Jesus asked the Pharisees four questions in verses 42-45:

1. What think ye of Christ?  (Christ, in Greek , refers to Messiah.)
2. Whose son is He?
3. How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord? (Ps. 103:1)
4. If David then call Him Lord, how is He (the Messiah) his son?

Look how the Pharisees answered Jesus:

• He is the son of David, in referring to the Messiah Jesus Christ. That was their view of the Messiah. They accepted the Davidic lineage of the Messiah. (Mark 12:35)
• The Pharisees did not believe the Messiah is divine, but only human. Jesus is God, but they would not believe and be saved.

No one could answer Jesus any more, not did they ask Him any more questions. 

LET IT GROW

No one could answer Jesus any more, nor did they ask Him any more questions. In one day, Jesus humiliated the religious ones. They heard the voice of God  and caught a glimpse of God's very face. the divine Lord rendered the crowd speechless. (William Barclay)

It was Jesus' claim of deity that would lead to His rejection and crucifixion. (26:57-68)

David and Mery called Jesus Lord.

Who do you say Jesus is? Do you believe Jesus is who He says He is? Are we loving the Lord with everything we are, do, and have?

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31) 

The Lord is the way of salvation for each person.

Believe means to have faith, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ).

Are you trusting Jesus to be your Lord and Savior? Are you living for Him?

 

LET IT GO 

Hallelujah what a Savior!

How patient and loving You are, Jesus!

Be our Lord and Master today.

*Please pray for me, friends. I have a unique bacteria in my urinary tract. Waiting on a culture to see if it is clear or not. By Monday, I should know. If it is still with me, then I will have an IV of antibiotics that it is not resistant to. Trusting Jesus in the meantime to not allow any serious disease to develop in my wait. Thanks.