WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.820 You know, when you encounter someone great, a great person, usually you kind of walk away saying, man, that person was something else. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:11.500 And you walk away a little changed. 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:16.800 Maybe it's a teacher or a coach or a boss or someone like that. 00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:22.000 When you come into contact with greatness, it usually leaves you changed. 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:26.699 Tomorrow morning, you're going to show up somewhere. 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:30.320 You're going to walk into the front doors of a school. 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:32.399 You're going to walk, get into your car. 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:33.640 You're going to show up at work. 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:35.420 You're going to be somewhere. 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:41.079 And tomorrow morning, when you show up somewhere, are you going to be thinking about Jesus? 00:00:44.259 --> 00:00:45.120 You need to. 00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:50.620 This morning, we're going to get a big dose of the greatness of Jesus. 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:54.019 We're going to see his greatness on display in how he teaches. 00:00:54.020 --> 00:01:03.380 But that greatness of his teaching is going to point to an even greater greatness that he's David's greater son. 00:01:03.380 --> 00:01:14.719 My prayer for you this morning is that come this Friday, you will be savoring David's greater son. 00:01:15.540 --> 00:01:17.760 And it will be having a formative effect. 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:20.079 You'll be thinking something like this. 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:22.640 I'm living for him today. 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:32.460 As we turn in our Bibles to Matthew chapter 22, we're going to be looking at verses 15 through 46. 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:36.599 We've got a big swath of scripture to look at this morning. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.400 But I just want to remind you, it's Tuesday of Passion Week. 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:42.799 They're in the temple. 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.400 Jesus is in the temple in Jerusalem. 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:50.200 And he's just gotten done speaking some parables to the leaders. 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:52.520 And they're a little bit scathing. 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.420 Basically, he's saying there's a new sheriff in town. 00:01:58.100 --> 00:02:03.439 In this passage that we're going to look at this morning, verses 15 through 46 of chapter 22, 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:05.400 we're going to see four exchanges. 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:12.460 Three attempts by the Jewish leaders to discredit Jesus publicly in the temple. 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:20.080 And then the last exchange is where Jesus turns the table on his inquisitors, 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.800 and he asks them a question. 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:32.520 And what we're going to see is that the attempts made by these Jewish leaders to entangle Jesus in his words, 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:34.819 look at verse 22, verse 15. 00:02:35.860 --> 00:02:37.879 They're trying to entangle him and discredit him. 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.140 It doesn't work. 00:02:40.139 --> 00:02:42.579 Look down at verse 46. 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:44.679 And here we read, 00:02:44.859 --> 00:02:47.519 And no one was able to answer him a word. 00:02:48.579 --> 00:02:55.439 So what Jesus' enemies, his adversaries, set out to do to entangle him, 00:02:56.939 --> 00:02:58.959 Jesus turned completely around on them, 00:02:59.519 --> 00:03:02.339 and he, with his words, silenced them. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:11.500 What you're going to see this morning is Jesus in his teaching greatness. 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:14.180 He is the greatest teacher of Israel. 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:21.060 But what you're going to see more is that his greatness of teaching shows us who he is. 00:03:22.180 --> 00:03:23.259 David's greater son. 00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:27.480 David called him Lord. 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:31.139 And so let's dig in. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:39.500 Let's start off in the first exchange Jesus has with some Pharisees and some people called Herodians. 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.919 And we see that in verses 16 through 22. 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:43.139 So let me read that for you. 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:47.699 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his talk. 00:03:47.799 --> 00:03:49.819 Jesus has just spoke these parables. 00:03:50.139 --> 00:03:51.879 They're like, let's get this guy. 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.179 And so they're going to entangle and try to entangle him. 00:03:54.180 --> 00:04:00.020 And they sent their Pharisee disciples to Jesus along with Herodians saying, 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.540 Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:07.480 And you do not care about anyone's opinion for you are not swayed by your parents. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:09.980 They're laying it on thick right there. 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:11.180 That's flattery. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:13.540 They're laying it on thick. 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:16.460 And then they say, tell us then what you think. 00:04:16.899 --> 00:04:17.639 Tell us what you think. 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:20.639 Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:25.219 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 00:04:25.659 --> 00:04:27.259 Show me the coin for the tax. 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:28.979 And they brought him a denarius. 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.120 And Jesus said to them, whose likeness and inscription is this? 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:33.240 They said, Caesar's. 00:04:33.419 --> 00:04:38.519 And then he said, therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God. 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:43.039 When they heard it, they marveled and they left him and went away. 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:47.399 The tax is the poll tax. 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:53.359 It's a specific tax that the Pharisees and the Herodians are asking Jesus about. 00:04:53.779 --> 00:05:01.399 And basically what it was is a payment of one denarius for every Jewish adult in Israel at the time. 00:05:01.479 --> 00:05:08.859 So whether you're a man, female, or a servant, a slave, you would have to pay to Rome for being under Roman rule one denarius, 00:05:09.339 --> 00:05:11.959 which was one day's wage for labors. 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:21.599 And so what you need to understand is Jesus is getting being pulled into a very hot political potato right now. 00:05:22.239 --> 00:05:27.339 And so if you are among the Jews and you're like thinking poll tax, are you serious? 00:05:27.659 --> 00:05:33.539 I got to pay one denarius to the very people who've come in and are oppressing me? 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.740 I'm paying them to oppress me? 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:44.860 And so you've got one side of the debate, kind of your everyday Jew who's saying, man, seriously, a Roman tax just beyond the Roman rule? 00:05:45.819 --> 00:05:49.280 And then you have another group of people called the Herodians. 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.000 Did you notice that in verse 16? 00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:54.980 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. 00:05:55.060 --> 00:05:56.139 Who are these Herodians? 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:02.000 Well, they're most likely those people who were supporting Herod's pro-Rome regime. 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.360 Remember, Herod's the guy that killed John the Baptist. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:07.579 He's in power, exerting influence. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:13.860 And he's kind of a Roman puppet exercising authority on behalf of Rome. 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:21.980 So the Herodians would have been supporting the poll tax because the poll tax is supporting Rome and Rome is supporting them. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:23.360 It's politics. 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.439 It goes back thousands of years. 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:28.399 What we experience today is not new. 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:39.000 And so what these guys ask Jesus in verse 17 is, is it lawful, is it right to pay the poll tax to Caesar or not? 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:40.359 You see what they're doing? 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:46.120 Okay, Jesus, teacher, is it right or wrong to pay the poll tax? 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:49.459 They're kind of trying to squeeze Jesus into a decision. 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:51.899 One or the other, Jesus, let's have it. 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.699 They're trying to force Jesus to choose sides. 00:06:56.620 --> 00:06:57.620 So here's the deal. 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:10.280 If Jesus answers yes, it's right to pay the poll tax, it will cast his approval ratings really low with the Jewish people at that time who think they're being politically oppressed by Rome. 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:19.480 But if he says no, it's not right to pay the poll tax, he risks offending the people in power in his hometown of Galilee, the Herodians. 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:21.759 So what is Jesus going to do? 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:24.180 Is he going to just leave? 00:07:24.180 --> 00:07:25.180 He says no, it's not right to pay the poll tax. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:26.180 He says no, it's not right to pay the poll tax. 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:26.819 That's not our Jesus. 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:28.879 This is the Messiah. 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:30.579 He's got something to say. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:32.500 Look at verse 18. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:34.360 This is how he answers. 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:36.439 He says, 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:42.199 Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 00:07:44.699 --> 00:07:48.899 Remember, they just flattered him, and Jesus just reads through the flattery. 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:50.399 He knows their malice. 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:54.220 He knows they're not trying to make him look good. 00:07:54.620 --> 00:07:57.319 He knows they are trying to discredit him. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.019 So this question that they're asking, it's hypocritical. 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:02.180 They don't really want to know. 00:08:02.180 --> 00:08:03.900 They're trying to discredit him. 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:12.840 He knows that they're trying to make him look bad. 00:08:14.019 --> 00:08:17.939 And so in verse 19, he says, show me the coin for the tax. 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:20.199 He's talking about the denarius. 00:08:20.980 --> 00:08:25.420 And again, the denarius was equivalent to one day's work. 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:31.960 Do you remember the parable of the laborers in the vineyard in Matthew chapter 20? 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:37.080 That's the parable in which there's this vineyard owner, and he goes out into the marketplace, 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.320 and he hires a bunch of workers for one denarius for a full day's wage. 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:45.980 And then he keeps on coming back to the marketplace until the 11th hour. 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:47.200 He's like, can you guys go? 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:48.820 And then he pays everybody a denarius. 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.420 One full day's wage. 00:08:51.419 --> 00:08:55.959 And what you need to know about a denarius is it's Roman coinage. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.299 It's printed on behalf of Rome. 00:09:01.979 --> 00:09:08.059 And it would not have been used in the temple because of what was on that coin. 00:09:08.459 --> 00:09:11.719 There was a profile of Tiberius Caesar. 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:14.659 You know how like on a quarter you have a profile of George Washington? 00:09:15.339 --> 00:09:20.419 On a denarius, it was a profile of Tiberius Caesar with a garland around his head. 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:23.139 And the inscription read this. 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:26.279 Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus. 00:09:27.079 --> 00:09:30.339 And on the other side it says, high priest. 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:39.479 And so for a Jew to read something like this, a claim of divinity with a corresponding image of that God, 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:42.479 it would have been highly offensive in the temple. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:48.100 So when Jesus says, hey, go get me a denarius, it's because there's not a denarius in the temple. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:55.100 The image on that denarius represented a claim. 00:09:56.940 --> 00:10:00.480 This coin belongs to this emperor. 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:02.139 His image. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.220 Tiberius Caesar. 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:07.060 This coin belongs to the emperor. 00:10:07.059 --> 00:10:16.879 Now when you hear those words likeness and you hear words being thrown like divinity around, God around, 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:18.559 where does your mind go? 00:10:19.619 --> 00:10:21.139 Could it go to Genesis chapter 1? 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:23.379 Being made in the image of God? 00:10:24.839 --> 00:10:26.639 Now we're getting into Jesus' argument. 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:31.960 When you read those words, hear those words image and divinity, 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:40.639 we with our minds start thinking, okay, God has a claim on me as his image bearer. 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:50.340 In verse 21, Jesus kind of concludes by saying, whose image is that? 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:51.179 It's Caesar's. 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:54.080 Therefore, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's. 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.279 Render to the things of Caesar that bear his image. 00:10:58.340 --> 00:11:03.159 And render to God the things that belong to God that bear his image. 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:10.539 And so what Jesus is saying is he's cutting a line here that would have been amazing at the time. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:16.860 He's saying to these Jews, he's saying to pay a tax to Caesar and to give tribute to God, 00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:19.939 they are not incompatible, but they're compatible. 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:21.219 You can do both. 00:11:21.699 --> 00:11:23.339 And Jesus is putting in perspective. 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:26.579 You just give one of those little coins to Caesar. 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:28.399 It's just a little day's wage. 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:33.439 But you give all of who you are as an image bearer to God. 00:11:36.379 --> 00:11:42.000 So instead of this either or business, Jesus just does this both and action. 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:49.419 And he's saying, hey, being under Caesar's rule and being under God's rule, that's not incompatible. 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.000 It's compatible. 00:11:51.179 --> 00:11:53.120 You just give to each their due. 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:57.100 It just so happens that God's due is your entire life. 00:11:58.399 --> 00:11:59.819 Because you're an image bearer of him. 00:12:01.459 --> 00:12:07.259 So give Caesar his poll tax and give God all that you owe him. 00:12:08.059 --> 00:12:10.740 Every aspect of your life. 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:14.159 Now here's what this means for us today. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:23.259 Because we're image bearers of God and we're followers of Jesus, we pay our taxes. 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:25.259 That's a simple application. 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:31.759 We give to our government what our government is due. 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:34.419 I mean, Jesus paid his taxes. 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:37.059 Do you remember the whole shekelfish thing back in Matthew 17? 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:42.120 What if you have a moral objection to a tax? 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.059 You work within the system. 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:47.679 You make your objection known. 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:58.539 If you want to learn about more how a Christian is to walk within our culture at this time under the government, Romans chapter 13, 1 Peter chapter 2. 00:12:58.719 --> 00:13:01.559 It's based off of what Jesus is saying here. 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:06.339 So let me ask you this question. 00:13:06.699 --> 00:13:15.399 At this point in this story, did Jesus, these Pharisees, did they catch Jesus in his words and entangle him? 00:13:16.619 --> 00:13:17.099 No. 00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:19.979 Did they discredit him? 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:20.619 No. 00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:24.419 We're left in verse 22 with the guys that ask him the question. 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:26.579 They're actually marveling at his answer. 00:13:27.739 --> 00:13:28.639 They're marveling. 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:30.960 And then they walk away. 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:37.899 This passage here shows us that Jesus is the greatest teacher in Israel. 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.939 But that's not the only reason it's here. 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:44.899 We're eventually going to get to see that Jesus is David's greater son. 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:47.899 So the Pharisees walk out. 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.759 And then who walks in? 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:52.039 Look at verse 23. 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:54.779 The Sadducees walk in. 00:13:54.779 --> 00:14:00.799 The same day the Sadducees came to him who say there's no resurrection. 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:11.139 And they asked him a question saying, teacher, Moses said, if a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:13.980 Now there were seven brothers among us. 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:17.800 The first married and died and having no children and left his wife to his brother. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.500 So to the second and third down to the seventh. 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:22.180 After them all, the woman died. 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:27.580 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:29.480 For they all had her. 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:36.379 Now, here we have another exchange, another question being put to Jesus in the temple. 00:14:37.180 --> 00:14:40.519 And they're essentially asking him a question about the resurrection. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:48.279 Now remember, Matthew tells us right in verse 23 that the Sadducees, they were Sadducee because they didn't believe in the resurrection. 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:51.860 They thought once you die, you die. 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:53.480 You become kind of worm food. 00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:55.259 There's nothing left beyond that. 00:14:55.259 --> 00:15:03.259 But what else you need to know is that the Sadducees only recognized the first five books of the Bible as authoritative. 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:08.340 So Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, those were their books. 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:11.319 And they also didn't believe in angels. 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:19.100 Another thing you've got to realize is that the Sadducees, they would have been the aristocratic class in Jerusalem. 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.399 These guys are the high-end guys. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.980 They held positions of power and influence. 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.740 And many of them were high priests. 00:15:26.939 --> 00:15:28.659 Many of them were elders in the community. 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:34.679 And so when we talk about the Sanhedrin, which is going to be playing a bigger role as we move through this week, 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:39.279 the Sanhedrin was the Jewish ruling body in Jerusalem at this time. 00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:43.399 And it was comprised both of Sadducees and Pharisees. 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:46.340 Pharisees believed in the resurrection. 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:51.200 And so what happens between Pharisees and Sadducees is this ongoing debate. 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.920 Is there a resurrection or not? 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:55.540 And these Sadducees are trying to pull Jesus into that. 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.680 They're trying to make this the issue. 00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:06.000 And they're asking this very interesting question, this situation that they present. 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:10.860 It's a very interesting way of trying to disprove the resurrection. 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:25.940 So what we see happening in verses 24 through 28 is that these Sadducees try to make their point that there's no resurrection by this very interesting situation. 00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:34.220 They appeal to this passage from Deuteronomy chapter 25 about, it's called the law of leveret marriage. 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:44.780 It was when a brother of a man who's died and married, and that brother's wife didn't conceive any children. 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:55.020 That brother was then obligated to go into his sister-in-law and conceive a child so that that dead brother's family name would continue on. 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:58.879 When we hear that in our ears, we're like, what? 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:01.559 I've never thought about my sister-in-law that way. 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:03.139 This is really strange. 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.799 Does this in play now? 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.539 I don't know. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:10.019 And so it raises all sorts of questions, and we're not going to go to those questions right now. 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.480 We don't need to because that's not why this is here. 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:18.019 They're using this situation to try to make a point. 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:22.599 And the point that they're trying to make is that there's no resurrection. 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:24.440 So here's their logic. 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:37.539 Okay, Jesus, there's this guy, and he dies, but he's married, doesn't have a kid, so that wife goes to the next brother, and then the next brother, and then the next brother, and then the next brother, and then she dies. 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:43.460 And the resurrection, there's going to be like seven grooms for one bride. 00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:46.720 Whose bride is she? 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:51.099 And their point is, because it's so ridiculous, there must not be a resurrection. 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:54.719 That's the logic. 00:17:58.899 --> 00:18:13.059 Now, despite the exceptional nature of this law, when you start to see how they're trying to use it in order to prove that there's no resurrection, you start realizing, I wonder how Jesus is going to respond to this. 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:15.279 What is he going to say? 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:23.220 Well, in verse 29, we see how Jesus responds to these Sadducees. 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:25.339 He says, you are wrong. 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:27.879 You are wrong. 00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:31.319 Literally, in the Greek, that means you have been misled. 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.319 You're missing it. 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:39.000 They're making a theological hobby horse into something it was never intended to be. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:47.000 They're using this, their theological position, to try to force an understanding on a particular scripture. 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:51.279 When it's the opposite, all the scriptures should be informing our theology. 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:57.880 And so Jesus says, you guys are misled because one, verse 29, you don't know the scriptures. 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.720 And two, you don't know the power of God. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:09.319 So here is Jesus in the temple, say, responding to a bunch of guys saying there's no resurrection. 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:15.640 And in verse 30, he tackles this first issue of their misuse of the Bible. 00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:20.819 He's saying, you have misunderstood marriage altogether. 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:24.120 In verse 30, we read this. 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:34.279 Jesus is like, first things first, guys. 00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:37.859 You've got the wrong understanding of marriage in the resurrection. 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:39.879 You've got the wrong idea of marriage. 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:43.819 The Sadducees were doing something like this. 00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:48.419 If there is a resurrection, then there must be marriage in the resurrection. 00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:52.119 And what Jesus is doing is, your assumption's wrong. 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:56.579 Their whole argument depended on marriage being in the resurrection. 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:59.939 And so Jesus goes after that and then proves them wrong. 00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:03.179 Jesus is saying, there's no marriage. 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:05.979 There's no marrying or giving in marriage. 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:08.079 We're going to all be like the angels in heaven. 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:13.019 And angels in heaven don't procreate. 00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:14.099 They don't have babies. 00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:14.979 They don't have children. 00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:18.319 There's no Mrs. Angel Gabriel. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.259 There's no Mrs. Angel Michael. 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:23.859 There's no marriage among angels. 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:28.379 And we've got to ask the question, why isn't there marriage in heaven? 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:33.259 When my wife and I talk about there's no marriage in heaven, we kind of look at each other and we're like, aww. 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.279 Seriously? 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:41.839 Well, biblically, marriage is God's provision for carrying out the creation mandate in Genesis 1. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.359 To be fruitful and multiply. 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.059 But in the resurrection, there's no more multiplying. 00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:53.119 In the resurrection, there's a set number of people who will populate heaven. 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:55.219 They're the elect of Matthew 24. 00:20:56.439 --> 00:20:58.479 And so there's no more need to make babies. 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.519 And therefore, there's no more need for marriage. 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:03.900 There's no sex in heaven. 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:06.819 And if you're a follower, amen? 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:11.859 And if you're a follower of Jesus and you're like hearing that for the first time, like, well, I'm done. 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.859 You don't realize how glorious Jesus is. 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:24.179 So Jesus is saying, hey, you got it wrong. 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.679 There's no marriage in heaven. 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:29.839 Now, this might be tough for us married folk to imagine. 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:35.399 Like I said, when Jenny and I talk about this, we're kind of like, aww, man. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.379 Seriously? 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:41.719 And what we're saying there is this. 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:47.880 We hear the words of Jesus that there's no marriage in the resurrection. 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.799 And then we think something like this. 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:56.420 Well, that means that the resurrection will somehow be less than our experience now. 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.880 Our experience is good. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:06.799 And if this experience we have isn't the same experience in heaven, then somehow it's going to be less. 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.799 But it's not less. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.819 It's more. 00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:22.879 Your experience of relationships in the resurrection are going to supersede the greatest relationship you have with anybody on earth right now. 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:24.279 It's going to go beyond it. 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:26.379 It's going to go beyond it. 00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:28.299 You think you've got great friendships now? 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:31.180 They're going to be even more glorious in the resurrection. 00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:35.019 It eclipses the best marriages. 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.339 It's not going to be less. 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.539 It's going to be more. 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:48.019 Jesus is exposing these Sadducees' misuse of Deuteronomy 25. 00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:50.799 You guys are using it to make a case for the resurrection? 00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.559 Are you serious? 00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.480 You don't know anything. 00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:55.199 There's no marriage in heaven. 00:22:55.959 --> 00:23:01.259 And then he turns his attention to resurrection itself in verses 31 and 32. 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:08.339 And Jesus makes this amazing case for the resurrection from Exodus chapter 3 verse 6. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.099 It's phenomenal. 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.440 Remember the Sadducees? 00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.980 They didn't believe. 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.720 They only believed the first five books of the Bible. 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:18.140 They didn't believe in the other authority of the other books of the Bible. 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:25.200 So Jesus could have gone to Daniel chapter 12 verse 2 and made a splendid case for the resurrection to the Sadducees. 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:30.420 But they would turn with like, well that's out of play because we don't believe Daniel is authoritative. 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:36.019 And so Jesus skips that step and he goes right to the book that they would know the best. 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.519 Exodus. 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:46.500 Exodus 3 verse 6 is where Moses is encountering God in the burning bush. 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:57.539 And where God says to Moses, he says, I am the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. 00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:02.079 So here's what you need to see Jesus doing here. 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:08.579 Jesus is making an argument for the resurrection on a verb tense. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:13.339 I am the God of Abraham. 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:16.119 Not I was. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.420 The God of Abraham. 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:27.799 Jesus is making a case on a verb tense that shows you how he thinks about the authority of the Bible. 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:30.279 Every word matters. 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:40.220 So the patriarchs would have been dead at this point when God spoke these words to Moses. 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:49.299 But somehow God is saying, even dead, he is still their God. 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:53.579 I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:57.579 How can this be? 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:04.440 How could God be in a present relationship with these guys who are supposed to be dead? 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:08.320 They must somehow be alive. 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.759 There must be life after death. 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:21.799 Their living after dying is dependent upon the living God. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.299 The great I am. 00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:26.339 Jesus is saying this. 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.980 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob aren't dead. 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.940 They're still alive. 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:32.419 That's why God says, I am their God now. 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:40.039 So what he's doing is he's using Exodus to disprove the Sadducees, thinking that there's no resurrection. 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:42.659 They would have never heard this argument before. 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:44.539 It would have totally flabbergasted them. 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.539 They were wrong. 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:57.299 They didn't know the scriptures, nor did they know the power of God to raise a dead person to life. 00:25:57.639 --> 00:26:02.740 And if they had been following Jesus for the last three years, they would have seen him do that a couple times. 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:08.079 You know what this means for us? 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.039 Here's what this means for us. 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:17.659 We, for us who are Christians, who bow the knee to Jesus, who are following after him by faith in God's grace, 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.439 we're in a better covenant now. 00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:28.539 We kind of walk in through Jesus into this great promise. 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:33.000 It's like God is saying of us, I am the God of Mike Salvati now. 00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:37.079 And after I die, he'll still be saying that. 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:43.039 Because though I'm dead, yet will I live because Jesus is the resurrection and the life. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:53.819 So in verse 15, remember the goal of the leaders has been to entangle Jesus. 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:58.779 But in verse 33, we read that the crowd listening to all this is astonished. 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.799 They're shocked. 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.460 They're amazed. 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.940 Like, where did that come from? 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.799 That's awesome. 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:10.240 Verse 34, literally, Jesus silenced the Sadducees. 00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:13.119 It's a word that means to muzzle something. 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:15.619 Like muzzling a Rottweiler. 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:21.379 They try to entangle him. 00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:24.699 He ends up flippant on them and silencing them. 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:29.779 And helping us to see what the scriptures really teach about marriage and resurrection. 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:39.879 So we can look at this passage and say, Jesus is just stinking amazing when it comes to teaching. 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:44.160 He is God incarnate in the temple and he's bringing it. 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:52.379 He's totally exposing these leaders of the time who would have been the Ivy League professional thinkers of Jerusalem. 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.300 And he's exposing them. 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.240 You don't know what you're talking about. 00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:00.780 We could walk away saying, oh, he's an awesome teacher. 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:04.020 But that's not ultimately why this is here. 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:08.920 We're going to see that Jesus is David's greater son. 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:16.180 And so by the end of this sequence, here's the Messiah standing in the temple, silencing his adversaries. 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:19.100 And then the Sadducees leave with their tail between their legs. 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:27.219 And we now come to the next question in verse 34 through 40. 00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.219 Question three. 00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:34.899 One man asked Jesus a question about the law. 00:28:35.719 --> 00:28:36.399 A Pharisee. 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.799 The Greek word is namikos. 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.959 He's an expert in the law. 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.619 Professional. 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:47.679 The Pharisees would be like, all right, let's bring out the big guns. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.820 Let's do the stuff that we know we can do. 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.320 We're experts in the law. 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.000 Let's bring it. 00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:53.380 Let's put him on the spot. 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.600 Let's do it. 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.560 Let's expose him. 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:59.100 So they've huddled up in verse 34. 00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:03.900 And they say to one of them, one of the Pharisees, let's just say his name is Hezekiah. 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:09.080 Hezekiah, you go and bring this question to the quote unquote teacher. 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:11.839 Let's see how he handles it. 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:20.220 And so in verse 35, we read one of them, a lawyer, asked Jesus a question to test him. 00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:23.500 Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law? 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.259 A little background. 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.639 Among Pharisees, there was a debate. 00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:32.319 Which are the weightier commandments and which are the lighter commandments? 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.480 And there was debate. 00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:40.639 And so what commandments you thought were weightier would have an influence on what commandments you thought were lighter. 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:44.700 And there was debate among the Pharisees of that time. 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:53.039 And so what they're saying is, what's the most important commandment of all the 613 commandments of the Mosaic law? 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:56.599 All of those 613, what's the most important one? 00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:03.799 And so Jesus, you tell us, experts in the law, which one is the most important? 00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:11.959 And so in verse 36, we see this man refer to Jesus as teacher. 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.679 It's the third time this has been used in this section. 00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.339 Saying it with a little tongue in cheek. 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.119 Which is the greatest commandment of the law? 00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:23.480 Which commandment is the weightiest of them all? 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.139 Another way to ask it is this. 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:30.580 Which commandment commands all the rest of the commandments? 00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:33.960 Which is the commanding commandment? 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:38.759 And Jesus responds in verse 37. 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:41.140 And you've got to notice how he responds. 00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:48.800 The command that commands all the commandments doesn't start with a to-do list. 00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:53.740 Doesn't start by saying, okay, get your to-do list out. 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:56.240 Let me just kind of rally him through and you can just check him off. 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.839 What he does is this. 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.140 He responds by saying, love the Lord your God. 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:07.000 The first word in Greek is not you shall. 00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.120 It's love. 00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.819 Love. 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.019 What is the greatest thing? 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:14.079 The greatest commandment? 00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:16.799 Jesus says, love your God. 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:20.480 Now when you hear that word love. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:24.700 You need to instantly be thinking in terms of relationships. 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.819 Relationships. 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:34.960 What is to mark our relationship with God is a loving relationship. 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:41.100 And when you think about in terms of loving relationships, it's devotion. 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.700 It's commitment. 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:46.900 I'm going to do what's best for you. 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.340 Love is committing to seek the good of another person. 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.660 That's what love is, biblically speaking. 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:56.140 And so here what Jesus is saying is this. 00:31:56.500 --> 00:32:02.720 The command that commands all the commandments is to seek out God's good first and foremost. 00:32:03.540 --> 00:32:06.440 To seek out his glory among all else. 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:13.220 To live for his renown, his fame, his honor, his reputation among the nations. 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:17.400 His agenda, his will is always first priority. 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.880 That's in a nutshell what Jesus is saying. 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:24.120 You love God first. 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.780 Did you notice all the alls? 00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:34.320 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:38.420 We could kind of debate the nuances of those different words. 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.640 But what you need to see is that heart, soul, mind. 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.720 They are all within you. 00:32:44.800 --> 00:32:46.900 All of who you are. 00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:53.100 For all that is within you, love God first. 00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:57.140 Psalm 103.1. 00:32:57.220 --> 00:33:03.920 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me. 00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:07.340 Bless your holy name. 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:17.419 The command that commands all 613 commandments is to seek God's glory with all that is within you first. 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:27.059 Now, at the risk of being Captain Obvious, the command that commands all commands is not love yourself with all that you are first. 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:32.179 It's love God with all that you are first. 00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:39.159 When you become a disciple of Jesus, when you are confronted with the glorious grace of God, 00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:48.500 what happens is he completely reorients the aim of your life from living for yourself to living for God. 00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:52.980 Seeking God first. 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.759 You know what's ironic about this? 00:33:56.180 --> 00:34:04.380 It's that what Jesus is saying here, love God with all that you are, it is a repeating of the Shema. 00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:07.660 Deuteronomy chapter 6, verses 4 through 5. 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.340 Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one. 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:15.160 So you love him with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, all your mind. 00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:20.519 A pious Jew would have been repeating this twice in Jerusalem a day. 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:24.920 And so Jesus is saying, you already know this. 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.620 Love him with everything you got. 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.400 This is the first and greatest commandment. 00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:35.519 But it's not the only commandment. 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:39.640 In verse 39, Jesus speaks of a second. 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:44.440 If to love God with all that you are is the king commandment, 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:48.340 the second commandment is the queen commandment. 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.400 And they are to rule together. 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:58.500 If the love of God is the first, loving your neighbor as yourself is the second. 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:06.220 In Matthew 5, Jesus helps us understand what he means by neighbor. 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:10.399 Jesus redefines neighbor. 00:35:10.399 --> 00:35:12.399 In Matthew 5, 43 through 47. 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:22.799 He redefines it from those who are like you and like you to include those who are unlike you and may not like you. 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.039 All of them are your neighbor. 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.960 Do you remember Luke chapter 10? 00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:32.640 Jesus speaks the parable of the good Samaritan. 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:37.780 And he's speaking that parable in order to teach what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:42.340 And so by the end of the parable, he asked the lawyer who asked him the question, 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:47.820 which of these do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? 00:35:48.040 --> 00:35:51.400 And that lawyer answered, the one who showed him mercy. 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:53.640 And then Jesus says, go and do likewise. 00:35:53.639 --> 00:36:00.319 That informs this second great commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. 00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:09.739 The love your neighbor as yourself is to show indiscriminate mercy to those who are like you and like you, 00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:13.639 as well as to those who are unlike you and may not like you. 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.960 You show mercy to them all. 00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:17.659 Because all of them are your neighbor. 00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:23.799 We seek the good of someone else. 00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:33.299 It starts with God and his glory and ends with showing mercy to our neighbor, broadly defined. 00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:41.619 So Jesus says that the king and queen commands are the commands that command all the commandments. 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:44.639 And that they are outworkings of love. 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:47.960 Love God, love your neighbor. 00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:53.719 And this would have been very new to all that were listening to him. 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:59.420 They tended not to think about obedience to God quite like this. 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:11.980 In verse 40, Jesus goes on to say that on these two commandments, the king and queen depend, literally hang, all the law and the prophets. 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.000 And here's what he's saying. 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:19.019 Not only do the 613 commandments hang on this, all of your Old Testament hangs on these two commandments. 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.840 Love God, love your neighbor. 00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:25.280 You know, has anybody been to the Brooklyn Bridge? 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.420 Brooklyn Bridge? 00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:33.739 It's that iconic suspension bridge that was finished in 1887. 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:36.179 And it spans the East River. 00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:38.139 It's 1,600 feet long. 00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:44.779 And it connects Brooklyn to Manhattan in New York City. 00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:52.679 Now, there are two massive stone towers that hold up the entire span. 00:37:53.059 --> 00:38:00.000 And those massive stone towers are established on the very bedrock underneath the East River. 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:12.820 Remember, these two towers, they hang on them, the 1,600 feet of cable and Bethlehem steel and now asphalt. 00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:17.440 And everybody that walks across it, all of it hangs on those two towers. 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.440 Here's the point. 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.079 Here's the point. 00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:32.579 All of God's word can be summed up by love God with all that is within you and love your neighbor as yourself. 00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:39.539 It is, for those in the kingdom, very basic and real rules to live by. 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:42.000 We can sum it all up with those two. 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:47.759 Jesus didn't come to abolish the law and the prophets but to fulfill it. 00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:49.360 And here he's saying how. 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.739 We love God and others. 00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:54.119 That's the summation of the entire Bible. 00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:57.039 So here's what that means for us. 00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:05.039 No matter where you show up this week, no matter what you're doing, you find yourself in a situation, you're like, what do I do? 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:07.000 You can ask yourself two questions. 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:11.960 Will this bring glory to God and will this show mercy to my neighbor? 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:18.500 And if you find out how to do that, you're fulfilling the law and you're pleasing God. 00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:25.619 Matthew leaves out the response of the Pharisees. 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:31.360 And Mark, actually, the lawyer's like, whoa, very impressed by what Jesus has to say. 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:33.800 But Matthew doesn't record it. 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:39.019 Our best sense is, though, it's just consistent with what's been going on. 00:39:39.780 --> 00:39:40.940 Silencing his critics. 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:48.280 He has summed up the Old Testament commandments like no one who's gone before him. 00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:52.860 And what we're left saying is, man, this is Israel's greatest teacher. 00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.480 There's nobody like him. 00:39:54.480 --> 00:40:00.980 And you know what happens next? 00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.800 Jesus turns the tables. 00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:09.179 Verse 41. 00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:14.699 Now, while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, what do you think about the Christ? 00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.400 Whose son I mean? 00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.019 Jesus isn't done. 00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:21.079 The Pharisees, Sadducees thought they were done. 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.759 Jesus wasn't done. 00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:25.940 Before you guys leave, I have a question for you. 00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:28.500 What do you think about the Christ? 00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:34.059 Now, we know who the Christ is because we've been going through the Gospel of Matthew. 00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:36.440 We know that Jesus is talking about himself. 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:41.539 Not so with those who've been inquiring of him. 00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:50.780 When he asked them, who is the Christ, they respond immediately, the son of David. 00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:54.420 Because 2 Samuel 7 would point to that. 00:40:55.019 --> 00:41:00.880 There's going to be a man, a descendant of David, sitting on his throne in Jerusalem forever. 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:07.599 And so, what everybody's agreeing to here is the Christ is the son of David. 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:09.720 The Old Testament points to that. 00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.480 So, they're right. 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.800 The Pharisees are right. 00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:16.039 He is the son of David. 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:23.460 What Jesus wants to help these Pharisees see is that he's more than who they think he is. 00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:27.740 They have an inadequate view of the Christ. 00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:32.679 They're thinking about the Christ as just someone else like David. 00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.439 Another king. 00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:41.279 But what Jesus wants to help them see is he's greater than what they think. 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:46.779 And the way that he does that is by pointing to Psalm 110. 00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:50.139 And so, when he says in verse 43, he said to them, 00:41:50.459 --> 00:41:54.719 How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him the Christ Lord, 00:41:54.719 --> 00:42:00.019 saying, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet? 00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:03.659 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son? 00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:05.599 And no one was able to answer him a word. 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:09.019 Here's what you need to see in this Psalm 110. 00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:13.219 It's who's who. 00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:19.039 So, it's a Psalm of David inspired by the Holy Spirit. 00:42:19.279 --> 00:42:20.459 It gives its authority. 00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:23.980 And what Jesus is saying, 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:27.519 The Lord said to my Lord, 00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:30.039 That first Lord is God. 00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:33.519 And God is saying to my Lord, 00:42:33.939 --> 00:42:35.239 Sit at my right hand, 00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.679 A place of honor and power, 00:42:36.859 --> 00:42:37.859 Dominion, kingdom, 00:42:38.399 --> 00:42:39.179 Rightful reign, 00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:42.379 Until I put your enemies under your feet. 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:44.660 So, God is saying to someone, 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.119 Sit at my right hand. 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.559 And we got to ask the question, 00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.559 Who's he talking to? 00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.740 Well, David says, 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.880 The one who he's talking to is my Lord. 00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:58.280 David is the my. 00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:02.680 God is saying to David's Lord, 00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.440 Sit at my right hand. 00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:06.119 So, who is the Lord? 00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:09.099 The son of David. 00:43:10.240 --> 00:43:11.240 The Messiah. 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:14.500 And so, what is amazing about this, 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.679 Is that Jesus is bringing together two things. 00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:18.259 2 Samuel 7, 00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:20.059 The promise of one sitting on David's throne, 00:43:20.459 --> 00:43:22.859 And this one who will sit on David's throne, 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:24.479 Is greater than David, 00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:26.659 Because David calls him Lord. 00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:30.119 He's David's greater son. 00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:35.420 And so, all of this whole sequence, 00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:38.179 Of Jesus responding to his adversaries, 00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:39.339 It comes, 00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:41.779 It lands right where Jesus wants it. 00:43:42.779 --> 00:43:43.719 On him. 00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:46.739 I'm David's greater son. 00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:49.719 He's the Lord. 00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:53.559 He is a great teacher, 00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:54.779 The greatest in Israel, 00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:59.100 Because he is David's Lord. 00:43:59.100 --> 00:44:02.160 David's greater son. 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:07.519 He's not just, 00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.940 The son of David. 00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:11.579 He's the son of God. 00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:14.319 In Matthew 26, 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:16.179 Jesus is going to be questioned, 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.739 By the high priest Caiaphas, 00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.859 And Caiaphas is going to demand, 00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:21.899 That Jesus answer this. 00:44:22.319 --> 00:44:23.139 Tell us, 00:44:23.379 --> 00:44:25.759 Are you the Christ, 00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:27.399 The son of God? 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:27.500 God, 00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:31.320 We know the answer. 00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.660 He is. 00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:36.200 God incarnate, 00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.720 The rightful king, 00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:40.099 Is standing in the temple, 00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.200 In Jerusalem, 00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.180 Saying, 00:44:42.700 --> 00:44:44.240 Talking about how he, 00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.539 Is the fulfillment, 00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.780 Of Psalm 110. 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:52.039 He's not just the greatest teacher in Israel. 00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:55.119 He's David's Lord. 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:58.420 So how do we respond to this? 00:45:00.359 --> 00:45:01.480 Let me just first, 00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:02.440 By saying this. 00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:06.819 If David, 00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:08.639 Called him Lord, 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.519 So, 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.619 Must, 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.299 You. 00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.519 If he's, 00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:15.920 David's Lord, 00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:17.880 He must be, 00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:19.440 Your Lord too. 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:21.519 And the way to respond, 00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:22.759 To someone who's great, 00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:24.639 Is to humble yourself, 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:25.539 Before him, 00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.699 And declare him, 00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.940 Who he is. 00:45:30.279 --> 00:45:31.379 You're my Lord. 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:33.779 And so if you're here this morning, 00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:36.000 And you have not spoken to Jesus, 00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:37.199 The risen Christ, 00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.000 And said, 00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.619 Lord Jesus, 00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:40.179 You are my Lord, 00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:42.299 I submit myself to you, 00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:44.799 You have full reign over my life, 00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:47.079 That's the step you take today. 00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:49.400 You call on him, 00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:49.440 You call on him, 00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:50.559 As Lord, 00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:52.619 Just as King David, 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.079 Called on him, 00:45:54.759 --> 00:45:55.099 Lord, 00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:56.239 As well. 00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:59.500 When you take that step, 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:01.779 When you call Jesus, 00:46:02.059 --> 00:46:02.380 Lord, 00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:04.940 Here's what happens next. 00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:07.340 You pay your taxes. 00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:10.440 You rest assured, 00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.800 That your name, 00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:13.500 Is on his mouth, 00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:14.640 When he says, 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.900 I am the God, 00:46:16.100 --> 00:46:17.079 Of the living. 00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:20.079 He's your God. 00:46:20.700 --> 00:46:21.840 Jesus is the resurrection, 00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.660 And the life. 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.019 If you believed in him, 00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.420 When you die, 00:46:25.600 --> 00:46:26.620 You will live. 00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:29.680 So you can be assured, 00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:32.740 Recognizing who Jesus is, 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.720 Believing in him, 00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:35.879 That your life, 00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:37.539 Will go on beyond the grave. 00:46:39.859 --> 00:46:40.299 Finally, 00:46:40.419 --> 00:46:41.799 If you call Jesus your Lord, 00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:45.359 You will seek God's glory, 00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:46.259 And the good of others, 00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:48.659 Because all of the law, 00:46:48.919 --> 00:46:49.739 Depends on that. 00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:52.099 You will live that way. 00:46:52.939 --> 00:46:54.579 You will trust him that way. 00:46:54.939 --> 00:46:56.059 You'll be constantly, 00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.939 Asking yourself, 00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.179 God, 00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:58.139 Does this glorify you? 00:46:58.459 --> 00:47:00.099 Will this bless this other person? 00:47:00.399 --> 00:47:01.659 Will this show mercy to them? 00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.319 Oh God, 00:47:02.399 --> 00:47:03.299 Is this the thing, 00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:04.420 That will bring glory, 00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:06.400 Most glory to your name right now? 00:47:06.620 --> 00:47:06.880 No, 00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.740 I'm not going to do it. 00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.080 Yes, 00:47:08.180 --> 00:47:08.840 I'm all in. 00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:11.340 That's how we live. 00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:14.660 So when we recognize Jesus, 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:15.900 For who he is, 00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.300 Lord of all, 00:47:18.080 --> 00:47:19.039 David's greater son, 00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:22.780 We just follow suit with our lives. 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:26.680 Jesus is the greatest teacher, 00:47:26.680 --> 00:47:28.320 Because he's David's greater son, 00:47:29.120 --> 00:47:30.039 God incarnate. 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:34.360 May you savor that, 00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:36.420 May you savor that, 00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:37.340 Let's pray together. 00:47:39.059 --> 00:47:40.159 God in heaven, 00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:44.000 Would you take little fish, 00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:44.619 And bread, 00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:45.599 And multiply it, 00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.360 And God, 00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:48.920 Would you help us, 00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:50.880 Live this week, 00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:53.739 In light of David's greater son, 00:47:54.259 --> 00:47:55.139 Who's living, 00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:57.159 Who's risen and living, 00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:58.899 He's at the right hand of the father, 00:47:59.259 --> 00:48:00.599 Reigning on high, 00:48:00.940 --> 00:48:01.500 As father, 00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:03.619 You are bringing all things under his feet, 00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:05.239 And you will one day, 00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:06.519 He's coming back, 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:08.039 And he'll make all things right. 00:48:08.879 --> 00:48:09.359 God, 00:48:09.399 --> 00:48:10.559 We look forward to that day, 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.299 And we joyfully say, 00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:13.619 We will follow you. 00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:15.379 You are worthy, 00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:15.980 Lord Jesus. 00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.219 Amen.