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The Pharisees and Herodians hated each other, but they
joined forces here to try to do away with Christ – their common enemy. They hoped they’d developed a question that
would alienate Jesus from either the Jewish people or the Roman authorities,
depending on how He answered, thus taking Him out of their way.
My commentary said, “Yes, our citizenship is in heaven, and
we are strangers and pilgrims on
earth, but that does not mean that we should ignore our earthly
responsibilities … Human government is essential to a safe and orderly society,
for man is a sinner and must be kept under control …
Governmental authority is instituted by God and must be respected.”
The Sadducees stepped into the ring next. Their motto seemed to be, “If Moses didn’t
mention it, it didn’t happen.” “They did
not believe in angels, spirits, or the resurrection of the dead. They claimed that Moses didn’t write about
any of these doctrines … Jesus pointed out that His opponents were wrong and that their question revealed assumptions that limited God’s power and denied God’s Word … Is God
not powerful enough to raise the dead and give them new bodies suited to their
new environment?”
Jesus asked the Pharisees a final question: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” “They knew the expected reply: ‘The Son of
David’ … Jesus then refereed them to Psalm 110 … a messianic psalm … David was
speaking of the Messiah. But if the
Messiah is David’s Lord, how can He
be David’s son? Here was an enigma for them to solve. They only
explanation is that Messiah must be both
God and man… The Pharisees did not
believe in Him because their minds were
made up, their hearts were hardened, and their eyes were blind … They led the nation into ruin because they
would not admit their sins and confess Jesus Christ.”
Father, thank You for opening my heart and mind and eyes to
Your reality. Continue to watch me, and
if You see me exhibiting spiritual blindness, open my eyes, my heart, and my
mind to the new reality You want to show me.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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