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welcome to everyone just two brief announcements the first is if you've tried to call my cell or text me I'm not receiving anything so it's not ignoring you I'll try and get that sorted out tomorrow and then secondly there is a ministry today at the hospital at the extended care unit in the main hospital and that's at 2 30 for any at all who would like to attend try to get there a few minutes early to 20 to 25 ish so we can get ready for that ministry well for our call to worship this morning you can turn in your Bibles to psalm 89 psalm 89 specifically will read verses 19 to 29 psalm 89 verses 19 to 29 then you spoke in a vision to your Holy One and said I have given help to one who is mighty I have exalted one chosen from the people I have found my servant David with my holy oil I have anointed him with whom my hand shall be established also my arm shall strengthen him the enemy shall not outwit him nor the son of wickedness afflict em I will beat down his foes before his face and plague those who hate him but my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with them and in my name his horn shall be exalted also i will set his hand over the sea and his right hand over the rivers he shall cry to me you are my father my god in the rock of my salvation also I will make him my firstborn the highest of the kings of the earth my mercy I will keep for him forever and my covenant shall stand firm with him his seed also i will make to endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven amen well please take your Trinity hymnal and turn to pay age 32 him number 32 when you find that please stand as we sing together you you you you you well let us pray our God and Father we gather together in your house on your day and it is a great privilege and a joy we acknowledge this morning your greatness and your majesty and your excellence we acknowledge your handiwork in creation we acknowledge the fact that you are sovereign in your Providence that you govern all your creatures and all their actions and we acknowledge this morning in a special way your redeeming work how we thank you Father Son and Holy Spirit for so great a salvation we thank you for your holiness and your excellence and we thank you for the wisdom displayed in the way that you have redeemed your people from their sins we would ask today that as we sing and as we pray and as we look to Holy Scripture you would be worshipped and glorified that we would come to you and acknowledge you and realize that there is the sense of fear and trembling in the presence of our great and lofty God as well may there be great joy may there be celebration may there may be there be a genuine desire to express this through our songs to you for God Almighty you are worthy and you are most excellent and most worthy to to be glorified in this glad our we would ask that you would send forth your Holy Spirit for as Jesus said apart from him we can do nothing the worship of God is a spiritual exercise and we need help from on high so we pray that he would enable us to approach you through your son our great high priest and we would do all these things according to what we find in Holy Scripture the Bible says we are to worship you in an acceptable manner that cannot mean acceptable to the creature it must mean acceptable to the living in the true God so help us to be obedient and help us God to come with Thanksgiving in our hearts we would ask that you would be pleased to forgive us now for our sins and our transgressions whenever we consider your holiness and we consider your righteousness and justice we see ourselves before you we see ourselves as on done and we would cry with the prophet Isaiah that we are a men and women of unclean lips and we dwell among a people of unclean lips for our eyes have seen Yahweh we have seen the Lord of hosts and we would pray now that you would forgive us and cleanse us in the blood of the Lord Jesus we know that you have given us your perfect law you have given it to us as a rule of life and yet we transgress what is written we do not conform to those things told to us so we confess our iniquity now and we thank you that there is forgiveness with you that you may be feared so wash us and cleanse us and purify us in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray for any and all who have come here this morning who have not tasted and seen that the Lord is good those who are still dead in their trespasses and sins we pray that by your grace and for your glory you would make them alive together with Jesus Christ that you would bless the preaching of the word and that the Spirit of God would take that word and bring the conviction of sin and show sinners that Jesus alone is the one who can save them to the uttermost we know god this is an impossibility with men but we know with you all things are possible so we pray that today would be the day of salvation in this place we pray for young and for old we pray for those God who who have gone astray we would ask that you would bring them back she would be merciful and gracious and display the sovereign grace of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and we would pray father for your blessing to be upon those in our midst that that are suffering with physical problems and issues we know Lord God that you own the cattle on a Thousand Hills and certainly you are are over the care of each and every one of your Saints we know that these physical trials and challenges may not diminish altogether but I do pray that as persons go through these things that while the outer man decays I pray the inner man would be renewed day by day that they would be strengthened and realized that there is an exceeding weight of glory coming in the future and that what we suffer in this lower world are but momentary light affliction 'he's in comparison to that new jury zusalem in comparison to Emmanuel's land in comparison to that place where God Himself will wipe away all of our tears where there will be no more pain no more sorrow no more suffering no more hunger no more thirst and there will be no more death our blessed bud and our Holy Father we thank you for what you have secured for us and what does lay in our future and I pray these things would encourage not just the physically ill but each and every one of us got and may it cause us to walk with joy and with Thanksgiving and with great hope knowing what our God has promised will indeed come to pass we would ask that you would just be merciful as well Lord in this society we live in a day and age where such wickedness of bounds and such lawlessness we know that men try to fix this with legislation and with political power while we do acknowledge the role of the governing authorities and pray that they would be men of uprightness and men that would legislate with justice and judgment we know and are convinced that the hope lay in the Christian gospel so we pray for the preaching of your word throughout this country today we pray father that that word would run swiftly and be glorified and that a multitude would turn from their useless idols and they would turn to the living in the true God and they would know what it is to be found in Jesus Christ not having their own righteousness which is from the law but having a righteousness given by a holy God that righteousness which comes by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we pray for revival we pray for awakening we pray for an outpouring of your Holy Spirit and that good things what occur that God would be glorified and that souls would be made right with you through faith in the Lord Jesus we pray for those persons and brothers and sisters in other countries where they suffer under godless magistrates where they suffer under godless religion we would just commit them to you into the word of your grace and pray that you'd uphold all of our fellow believers that are in prison for those who have lost homes or business those who have lost loved ones we just pray God for the persecuted Church that you would be merciful and gracious she would use the faithful in these lands to proclaim the truth as it is in Jesus and we pray that through the the proclamation of that truth more and more that are steeped in false religion more and more that are steeped in atheism or secularism or materialism would be brought out of darkness into marvelous light that more people would come to know Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior we pray this that you would do this for your glory and for your honor we pray that our Blessed Christ would have dominion from sea to sea and that you would be praised in the sight of the nation's on the earth and our Father continue with us now again just watch over each and every one of us we may not all have physical challenges we certainly all have spiritual challenges and I pray that the Word of God today would be the balm of gilead that it would be a help to our souls for we are all weary we all get down cast we all have struggles we all have sin and temptation and many challenges in this world so we pray that it would be good for us to be in the house of God today that it would be good for us to gather together to encourage one another to exhort one another while it is still called today lest we be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin may the Word of God be a great help to each and every one and may the singing of psalms and hymns and spiritual songs be a time of of Thanksgiving and rejoicing in our gracious God continue with us now we pray we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord amen well please turn again in your Trinity hem knolls to number 253 253 we'll use a familiar tune you may stand as we sing together you and you can turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 6 for our scripture reading this morning to continue our consecutive reading through the New Testament Scriptures were in Matthew 6 beginning in verse 19 do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal for where your treasure is there your heart will be also the lamp of the body is the eye if therefore your eye is good your whole body will be full of light but if your eye is bad your whole body will be full of darkness if therefore the light that is in you is darkness how great is that darkness no one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other you cannot serve God and Mammon therefore I say to you do not worry about your life what you will eat or what you will drink nor about your body what you will put on is not life more than food and the body more than clothing look at the birds of the air for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feeds them are you not of more value than they which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature so why do you worry about clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow they neither toil nor spin and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these now if god so clothes the grass of the field which today is and tomorrow is thrown into the oven will he not much more clothe you oh you of little faith therefore do not worry saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we wear for after all these things the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things sufficient for the day is its own trouble amen well our Lord Jesus highlights and perspectives here on kingdom living and very specifically he addresses persons who struggle with worry fact if you've ever thought that you're all alone and that nobody knows what it's like to be a warrior like you well Jesus has a whole section in the Sermon on the Mount directed specifically to you and to those of your ilk notice in verse 25 therefore I say to you do not worry about your life that doesn't mean don't wear your seat belts it doesn't mean walk out in front of trucks it doesn't mean to ingest poison but it means not to engage in a carnal anxiety don't be so fretful and so full of worry that you are paralyzed and immobilized he says isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing then he uses these very particular illustrations concerning food and clothing he points his listeners he points us very specifically to consider the birds these birds become preachers under the hand of the great preacher the Lord Jesus he says look at the birds of the air for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feeds them and notice what he goes on to say much to the chagrin of animal rights worshipers he says are you not of more value than they this doesn't mean we shouldn't discriminately go out and kill all of God's lesser creatures but it does mean that man is the image bearer of God and as a result man is of more value than birds man is of more value than baby whales or seals abortion is wretched because it is an assault upon the image of God most high so is euthanasia when we kill a baby whale again I'm not advocating that or a sealed one club them and hurt them we're not destroying image bearers Christ whole argument here hinges upon the reality of Genesis 1 god made man in His image and if god made you and he makes the birds and he feeds the birds is he going to feed you isn't he going to take care of you it may not be the the fair or the sumptuous things that you like may not be lobster and steak each and every day but you eat because God the Lord cares so though therefore don't worry says don't worry about clothing either again he's not advocating nudism he's not saying go out walk around naked and get in touch with you know the earth in a real special way that's not what Jesus is saying don't have a carnal anxiety and an inordinate weren't worried about these things and he says look at the lilies of the field God clothes them neuza there's a house on Broadway that's just filled with tulips in the front yard I mean it's amazing how many tulips I think Calvinism when I walk by that particular front yard there this is five points in that tulip it's beautiful God does that God makes that God's created this world isn't he going to put clothes on your back again it may not be seventy or eighty dollar t-shirts and it shouldn't be but it's going to be clothing don't worry about such things notice in verse 31 therefore do not worry saying what shall we eat what shall we drink what shall we wear for after all these things the Gentiles seek makes a distinction between God's people and those who are not God's people this is what characterizes not God's people there about inordinate worry there about Carl anxiety they're always continually constantly thinking about what am I going to eat what am I going to wear Jesus says don't be like them your heavenly Father knows what you need and he is going to provide for you so don't worry and then notice the principal the governing principle in all of life is verse 33 but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you be a man be a woman of principle not in the first place what am I going to wear what am I going to eat Gentiles do that but be a man or woman of principle seek first God's kingdom seek first God's righteousness and then these things will be added to you life is about priorities and about structure about putting things first that demand and deserve to be first and God always comes first for the people of god and he concludes with verse 34 therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own thing sufficient for the day is its own trouble now I say the all of this as a person who worries when he doesn't have something to worry about so I really need to take heed to verses 25 to 34 and I suspect that some of you are the same way Jesus Christ has told his children has told his people not to be characterized with a carnal anxiety with a paralyzing fear and with this constant a priority structure in place that seeks goods before it seeks the giver God must come first will let us pray our Father we thank you for the word of truth and we thank you for its applicability in our lives and we know that Jesus speaks specifically to persons who struggle in these areas and I pray that we would receive these things with Thanksgiving that we would walk by faith Jesus condemns those who engage in such worries those of little faith help us to have strong faith and help us to trust in you the living in the true God who gives to his children those things necessary we also want to pray this morning for brother Ron Baines we just commit him to you and to the word of your grace we pray that you'd watch over him that you would strengthen him she would uphold him that you would bless his wife his children the church that he ministers to and also be with this man of Martin we just commit him to you as well and know that he struggles with his own own troubles and cancer and we just pray that you'd watch over them and we pray these things through Christ our Lord amen well you may take your Trinity Salter and turn to Psalm 110 Psalm 110 before we look in more detail at God's Word will stand as we sing together we could turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 22 where we come to the last controversy between Jesus and the religious leaders it began in Matthew 21 at verse 23 with the dispute concerning Authority they asked Jesus by what authority he did the things that he did and Jesus puts them on the horns of a dilemma they are unable to answer and Jesus says neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things then Jesus tells a series of three parables which has as its focus or has as the focus the judgment of God upon Israel national Israel Old Covenant Israel specifically the religious leaders and those who followed them and after those three parables there's a series of four debates or disputes or controversies in the first one the Pharisees and the Herodians asked Jesus about the lawfulness of paying taxes to Caesar in the second one the Sadducees come and present a riddle to Jesus trying to test him or entangle him or show him as one who is unable to justify the position that there is a resurrection of the dead in the third one Pharisees again are the larger category but one of their scribes or one of their lawyers comes to Jesus to test him and to ask him which is the Great Commandment in the law and this last controversy comes from our Lord Jesus goes on the offensive instead of being the the one questioned Jesus becomes the questioner remember the specific context it's still the Tuesday of the Passion Week most likely in the temple courts later on that afternoon the Lord Jesus will give the Olivet discourse which is recorded in Matthew chapters 24 and 25 much of what Jesus is doing here had already been done by the prophet Isaiah remember in Isaiah chapter 5 the Prophet under God tells the people that they were the vineyard that had not been fruitful and then on the heels of that the prophet Isaiah condemned his generation by virtue of pronouncing woes upon them well Jesus tells the same parallel similar parallel in Matthew 21 and he will engage in the same woes in Matthew 23 so that's the larger context the judgment of God upon the nation of Israel the old covenant people who had rejected their God well I want to read verses 41 246 and then take up the question concerning the Messiah while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them saying what do you think about the Christ whose son is he they said to him the son of David he said to them how then does David in the spirit call him Lord saying the Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool if David then calls him Lord how is he his son and no one was able to answer him a word nor from that day on did anyone dare question him anymore we'll let us pray our Father we pray now for the Spirit of God to illumine our minds and our hearts that we would receive with Thanksgiving your word as we wrestle with the question presented by the Lord in this passage what do we think about the Christ may you bring this to bear upon believer and unbeliever and may we wrestle with these things in our own heart and life if we profess saving faith we must love him with all our heart our soul or mind we are not believers we must flee to him and I pray that the spirit would guide us and lead us along this path that you would now forgive us for all of our sins and everything that would darken our understanding and we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord amen well want to look at three things this morning in the first place the question concerning the identity of the Messiah in verses 41 to 42 and some of these words I'm going to define in just a moment but for now the question concerning the identity of the Messiah secondly the question concerning the end pretation of Psalm 110 specifically verse 1 and then thirdly the conclusion of the public controversies but note in the first place the question concerning the identity of the Messiah in verses 41 2 42 while the Pharisees were gathered together remember the Pharisees had been bested by Jesus when it came to paying taxes to Caesar remember the Pharisees had witnessed Jesus best the Sadducees by silent silencing them concerning their question about the resurrection again the Pharisees specifically their lawyer of their scribe had been silenced by Jesus when he asked which is the Great Commandment so these Pharisees are now gathered together probably another hint to Psalm 2 verse to where the peoples gather together against God and against his Christ they are sort of licking their wounds or musing upon the fact that this Jesus this rabbi this one has indeed bested them in several arguments note in this context Jesus asked them saying what do you think about the Christ whose son is he Davies and Allison say that Jesus abandons his defensive posture for the offensive he quit or his questions unlike his opponents go to the heart of things for they concern christology it is everything what we do with our answer in verse 42 what do you think about the Christ if you are a believer here this morning hopefully you think about the Christ that he's altogether lovely and chief among ten thousand and one who is David son and David's Lord one who is worthy of my worship and love and adoration and affection with all my heart soul and mind from an unbeliever here this morning what do I think of Christ well hopefully you will see from this passage that he is David son but he's also gave its Lord he is both God and man two natures and one glorious person who is completely sufficient and able to save you from your sins so everything in life ultimately hinges on that question in verse 42 what do you think about the Christ I mean you all face big questions each and every day what are we going to have for supper yeah not to worry some sort of way where are we going to go to college Who am I going to marry what sort of a person am I going to be in business those are big questions to be sure but no question is as big as what we find in verse 42 what do you think about the Christ not what is the Church's official position concerning price though that's important not one of my parents think about Christ though that's important not what is the guy down the street think about Christ oh that's important but what do I think about Christ what do I think right now concerning this one who is set forth in Matthew's Gospel this one who is described as David's son and David's Lord what think I of this Christ so I hope that you will pay close attention this morning now notice specifically Jesus asks a two-fold question he says what do you think about the Christ and whose son is he the question concerns the Christ now the word Christ is the Greek word that means Anointed One in the Old Testament the word Messiah was the word that meant Anointed One so if I refer to Messiah or I refer to Christ I'm referring to the same person the same party one is in the Hebrew language Messiah the other is in the Greek language Christ but when you come into a Christian Church and you hear reference to Messiah or you hear reference to Christ it's referring to the Anointed One of God the one sent by the father to do a particular task and in Jesus sake or in Jesus case he's anointed as the mediator he is prophet and priest and king and he does all these sorts of things so that he may bring glory to his father and salvation to his people as well this particular question or these two questions that Jesus asks them goes back to the original dispute remember they asked by what authority do who do these things Jesus applies Psalm 110 verse 12 himself so Jesus is essentially answering the question it's by the authority that I have as the Lord of David stationed at the right hand of God most high so this will effectively bring everything back to bear on that original dispute now when we come to this we will see as well that it's a hot topic notice back in chapter 21 before this Tuesday specifically on the Sunday that records the triumphal entry or when Jesus entered in to Jerusalem notice the persons all laid down these palm branches before the Lord Jesus and then in verses 9 and 10 in verse 8 we read in a very great multitude this is chapter 21 spread their clothes on the road others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out saying Hosanna to the son of David they are saying this to the Lord Jesus Christ so now Jesus is asking the religious leaders who is Messiah who is Jesus whose son is he notice they say in verse 8 blessed is here verse 9 blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord hosanna in the highest and then on the Monday when Jesus cleanses the temple notice again verse 15 when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple and say Hosanna to the son of David they were indignant and said to him do you hear what these are saying so Jesus is not one to avoid controversy Jesus is not one to avoid hot topics Jesus is not one to sort of danced around the issues he knew as they knew that the crowds had ascribed to him the position of David's son and so Jesus now brings it all to bear upon these religious leaders and say and he says to them what do you think about the Christ whose son is he the question as well is not an academic debate these rabbis the these Pharisees should have had settled opinions decided opinions on this particular matter notice what they answer to him as he asks the question they say and they say rightly at the end of verse 42 they said to him the son of David this is a good answer and it's part of the answer but it's incomplete and that's why Jesus counters with more questions but they understood rightly the nature of the question what do you think about the Messiah what do you think about the Christ whose son is he and even the Pharisees got this right as any of us should have they said David's if you've been at our Bible studies on Wednesday nights we've considered the Davidic covenant God promised to David in second samuel chapter a7 that God from David's line would bring one that would rule and reign as a king forever in a unique way this one would be David son but according to God in that promise in 2nd Samuel 7 God also says he will be my son so the rabbi's understood the David part but they didn't get this God part and that's what the questions Jesus goes on to ask will further show but consider this they knew the son of David we read Psalm 89 at the outset of worship it's a song that rehearses that Davidic covenant of 2nd Samuel 7 so does Psalm 132 so these rabbis these Pharisees should have gotten this and they they did what about Isaiah the prophet chapter 9 verses 6 and 7 that text we rehearse every December a relative to the Incarnation it speaks of a Davidic Sun one upon whom the government will be upon his shoulders and he will be mighty counselor and Prince of Peace and and an everlasting father let's David son what about Isaiah 11 this shoot that comes from the the stem of of Jaya of Jesse which is David about Jeremiah 23 and Jeremiah 33 these Pharisees were right David son but they were not completely right and that's why Jesus goes on draw out from them this notice secondly the question concerning the interpretation of Psalm 110 he said to them how then does David in the spirit call him Lord see remember I've said many times Jesus doesn't need me to say how wise he is but he is wise is indeed you see what Jesus is doing they understand he's David son this Messiah this Christ this anointed want but they haven't gone far enough in several things that we see in Jesus statement here ought to cause us to to consider in the first place he understands that David wrote Psalm 11 Psalm 110 so of course he did well if you happen to be in a bible school college or a seminary seminary setting especially a non conservative one they would laugh at Davidic authorship of Psalm 110 Jesus assumes that David wrote it as well Jesus assumes that Psalm 110 isn't about David it's another misunderstanding that scholars brained to Psalm 110 ho David's writing about himself no David's writing about the Messiah David's writing about the Christ David is writing about this anointed one come from God to do a particular job that's what Jesus assumes that David is the author and that the Messiah is the subject of Psalm 110 but notice as well what Jesus assumes he assumes divine inspiration of Scripture he says that David said this in the spirit in the parallel in mark 12 it says David said this in the Holy Spirit the doctrine of divine inspiration God the Lord spoke his truth through his servants David but the truth spoken is God's truth it's origin is God its sufficiency its authority its integrity is all bearing the mark of God Jesus assumes the divine inspiration of Scripture and says that David in the spirit called him Lord and as well notice this goes specifically to the situation they said to him the son of David and he says well how those the son of David Colin Warren it's a good question isn't it is everybody with me pay attention as I said verse 42 is the most important question you'll certainly hear today or ever so you need to track with me you need to follow along with me and you need to see what our Lord is doing before we come to make application of this particular tact you need to see how he silences his opponents you need to see how what he does to silence them says something grand amazing and glorious about himself notice how then does David and the spirit call him Lord that's what the text says and now Jesus appeals to that specifically verse 44 the Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool not we need to have a little bit of a Hebrew lesson again I don't want you to go man this just is in about ebro I've got to understand a few things about the tax you've got to understand what's happening in the text so that you understand that G David isn't talking about himself when he writes Psalm 110 1 he's talking about two persons the one is called Lord and the other is called Lord so if we don't take a little time to define how this is the case we're going to be confused that's like Jim said to Jim well which jim said to Jim we need to identify our gems don't we you didn't understand our define our Billy's we need to know which Tom's are speaking to other Tom's if we're going to make heads or tails out of our Tom talk we're going to understand Psalm 110 1 we need to understand this Lord it says to that Lord so that we can appreciate what David is describing concerning Jesus the first instance it says the Lord if you have a new king james bible it's all capitalized capital L capital o capital R capital D the translators do this to indicate the word Yahweh in Psalm 110 1 the First Lord is identified as Yahweh sometimes we call him Jehovah these are anglicized or English English versions of a 4 letter word that we find in Hebrew it's basically yhw H so you can see where we would get Yahweh you can also kind of see where we would get Jehovah but let's just go with y'all way at this particular time y'all way is the personal name of God the word God tells us what God is his spirit is infinite he is eternal he is unchangeable his being his wisdom his power his holiness is justice his goodness it is true that the word Elohim has applied to God or the word el means God that's what he is Yahweh tells us who he is his personal name its the Tom it's the gym it's the mic it's the Bob it's the personal identifier of this God so the first instance of Lord is Yahweh this Lord Jehovah said to my lord now in the Hebrew text this word is a deny again you can say wow this is all boring stuff or you can just internalize it so you can understand what Psalm 110 1 is about and hopefully by the time we get to the end and I ask you again what do you think about the Christ you can start to turn it in your head with a little bit more information so your way says to Adonai now the Adonai in the text is David's on the Adonai in the text is the Messiah the Adonai in the text is the Christ the Adonai in the text is our Lord Jesus Christ so you see the argument they say David son well how in the spirit does David call him Lord no man in this place calls his son Lord do you you don't do that the fifth commandment forbids it prevents it it prohibits it the children must honor their parents anything the children should call their dads Lord oh now he's really getting into bad territory he's punishing this respect your parents why would David call his son Lord because he is David's Lord he is David song any David's Lord see the issue isn't that they were wrong the issue was that they stopped short the whole point of Psalm 110 1 is to indicate something of the identity of the Messiah yes he will come from David's line yes he will come from David seen yes he will be in that Davidic line but it will also be divine he'll also be God's Son this is how David can call in son and call him Lord it's what later in theology will be called the hypostatic union now there's a passage a word we won't get too much into but the fact is that our beloved Christ our Messiah our Lord Jesus is two natures he is both humanity and deity all in one glorious person and this is what they did not reckon with and this is what they did not understand so Jesus presses it upon them in this particular instance it is intriguing as well David the language of Davies and Allison makes a Christian confession he calls Jesus Lord he calls Christ Lord he calls Christ Messiah Jesus Lord Messiah now notice again in verse 44 the Lord said to my lord so there is the identity who he is he is a tone I is the one promised but notice as well something concerning his authority under the lish you whole debate back chapter 21 by what authority do you do this Jesus underscores the nature of his authority its enthroned at the right hand of Yahweh he has a position of exultation he has a position of majesty he has a position of absolute authority the Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand and then notice specifically something concerning his mission till I make your enemies your footstool it is quite intriguing brethren that these enemies are going to be made Jesus footstool in about a generation Jesus after he condemns them by whoa inver chapter 23 will condemn them by prophecy in Matthew 24 specifically speaking about the destruction of the temple when the Son of Man is enthroned at the right hand of the majesty of God Most High David's on david's war will execute judgment upon these persons in the destruction of their city he will lower his foot upon them he will exercise his authority over them he will subdue his enemies and even in our particular instance after he finishes here they can't answer him it is figuratively as if he has bested his enemies it is figuratively as if he's lowered his foot upon them that he is ruling in the midst of his enemies and he must reign till all of them are made his footstool so Psalm 110 verse 1 in discussions concerning the identity of Jesus Christ are absolutely crucial he is David Sun and yetis David's Lord and this is what he underscores to these particular person's now does Matthew tell us that Jesus is this man yes this is a good time for every to wake up now because we're gonna look through several passages of Scripture several passages of scripture to see where Jesus is identified as son of David the first place notice in Matthew 11 the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the Son of David the son of Abraham what follows is a genealogy in verses 2 to 16 to show us how Jesus Christ is the son of David notice as well Matthew 9 27 and 28 and notice in several of these passages how both son of David and Lord are used interchangeably as applied to Jesus Christ notice in Matthew 927 some will say well you know Lord just meant like Sir yes it did mean something like sir but when Matthew continually sets forth Jesus Christ as he does the attentive reader ought to be able to apply Lord to Jesus and something far surpassing than sir right correos meant sir but it also meant Lord and as its applied to the Lord Jesus Christ in conjunction with son of David notice again this fleshes out what psalm 110 one says notice in verses 27 in 28 when Jesus departed from there two blind men followed him crying out and saying son of David have mercy on us notice at the end of verse 28 they said to him yes Lord notice Matthew 12 23 Matthew 12 23 and all the multitudes were amazed and said could this be the son of David again all these people had second Samuel Chapter seven they had Psalm 89 Psalm 132 Isaiah 9 Isaiah 11 Jeremiah 23 Jeremiah 33 they had Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15 the very first promise concerning the deliverer was that he would be a man that he would be the seed of a woman and that he would crush the head of the serpent that's the first promise in Genesis 12 he's associated with the family of Abraham in Genesis 49 he's further associated with the tribe of Judah in the Shiloh prophecy by the time we get to 2nd Samuel 7 he's completely identified with the Davidic line so he is a man from the seat from a woman he is associated with the nation of Israel visa V Abraham he is from the tribe of Judah and he comes specifically from David's line so these persons had this and when they saw what Jesus was doing they asked questions like these could it be the son of David could this be the promised deliverer could this be the 2nd Samuel 7 man could this be the King in the line of Judaic Kings that will assume the throne that will reign on his throne that will do what David typify din terms of judgment and justice is this the one that's going to occupy that throne and dwell forever and ever and rule and reign and righteousness and Jeff there's an anticipation and a joy in the parts of these people notice as well 1522 again its association with Lord 1522 and behold a woman if Kanan came from that region and cried out to him saying have mercy on me O Lord son of David my daughter is severely demon-possessed notice where it's not coming from it's not coming from the religious leaders is not coming from those in high places it's coming from the rank and file of men it's coming from the common people they are seeing this Christ they are seeing is power they're seeing these displays they are thinking in terms of 2nd Samuel 7 and they asked the question or they even asserted this is the son of David notice as well in 20 30 and 31 20 30 and 31 the multitude warned them that they should be quiet but they cried out all the more saying have mercy on us Oh Lord son of David verse 33 they said to him Lord that her eyes may be open you see already in Matthew he's prepared us for this exposition of Psalm 110 1 he's identified this Jesus as both son of David and as Lord he's identified him as both son of David & Son of God and the notice in 20 19 and 15 we already read those so we don't need to duplicate it but when we get to 22 to a 44 and we see Jesus apply this particular passage we the careful reader go that's right he is David son please David's lure too he is from the tribe of Judah he comes from the line of David but he is eternally begotten by the father god of God light from light true God from True God begotten not made he is from everlasting he continues to everlasting he is the second person of the triune God that second person of the triune God took on our nature that second person of the triune God went into the Virgin's womb that second person of the chine got exited the Virgin's womb that second person of the triune God with that humanity was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief that blessed Jesus is the one here schooling them on the doctrine of Christology and does Matthew apply the title son of God to Jesus absolutely 123 the language isn't I'm going to tell you that he's the son of God the fact that he identifies Jesus as he Manuel or God with us indicates something unique or different about Jesus he is the son of David as the genealogy has described but in verse 23 he says he's our Emmanuel when Jesus is with us God is with us when Jesus in the upper room is speaking to the disciples and Phillips has shown us the Father and Jesus says if you've seen me you've seen the father this is God with us but then notice Matthew 2 verse 15 an application of Isaiah 11 specifically to our Lord and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the Prophet saying out of Egypt I called my son this is the father speaking of Jesus and identifying him as his son notice in 317 at the baptism of our Lord Jesus when he had been baptized verse 16 Jesus came up immediately from the water and behold the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and a lot and alighting upon him and suddenly a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased see he's David son brethren he's David's Lord he is son a man according to the flesh according to David he son of God declared with powered by the spirit in the resurrection chapter 4 verses 3 and 6 the temptation if you are the son of God now on the lips of the devil that's perverted to be sure but Jesus is the Son of God Matthew 829 Matthew 829 again not the religious leaders not the skilled ones not those who'd studied christology and their rebenok schools but demon-possessed men notice in 8 29 and suddenly they cried out saying what have we to do with you Jesus you son of God have you come here to torment us before the time notice in 1433 here thankfully it is the disciples Matthew 1433 jesus walks on the water jesus walks on the water they acknowledge this they see what's happened and then in verse 33 than those who were in the boat came and worshiped him saying truly you are the son of God do you know what's in their minds sometimes I wish we knew the Old Testament better than we do because when these disciples see Jesus walking on the water they're thinking of Yahweh who's over the waters they're thinking of Yahweh who can walk on the waters they're thinking of God most high and it brings out this confession truly you are the son of God 16 16 who do you say that I am verse 16 of Matthew 16 Jesus you are a Peter answered and said you are the Christ the Son of the Living God 17 5 Mount of Transfiguration what is yall way say this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased brethren as we get to 2244 we see Psalm 110 one we see its application to our Lord Jesus there ought to be with us a victory shout triumph praise God the Son of David and yet David's Lord the one who does come according to our nature from the line of David the one who has come eternally begotten by the father to come into this world taking all of our the common infirmities and everything except sin identifying with his creatures so that he could live and die and rise again so that we might have everlasting life 26 63 and 64 the last one here 26 63 and 64 notice verse 63 Jesus kept silent the high priest answered and said to him I put you under oath by the Living God tell us if you are the Christ the Son of God jesus said to him it is as you said nevertheless i say to you hereafter you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming on the clouds of heaven does that mean sitting on the right hand of the power it means Psalm 110 one right you see Jesus here specifically applies it to himself in 2244 you'll notice he does not say oh and David was writing about me it's implying it's inferred it's almost you know everybody has this in their heads but Jesus doesn't say this at that particular time because they would have carted him off right then and put him to death but there were certain things that had to happen before they put him to death and in this instance he says it is as you said nevertheless i say to you hereafter you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming on the clouds of heaven and he's speaking to that generation and I will submit he is talking about the fact that their fair city and their temple would be demolished before their eyes brethren this is what Psalm 110 verse 1 is all about so back to our text Jesus draws out this question he cites Psalm 110 1 verse 45 he says if David then calls him Lord ah how is he his son let's not forget I want the answer remember the Sadducees presented a riddle to him there was this woman and she had a husband he died and she married the brother and he died she married the brother and he died she married the brother and he died she married the brother and he died there have been seven times the lesson is don't marry that woman young man as you will die it's not a good thing they they present a riddle to him don't they well in a sense that's what verse 45 is if David then calls him Lord how is he his son answer me come up with the goods present your interpretation tell me what I'm supposed to conclude in terms of your ability to discuss the doctrine of Christ the obvious implication from Psalm 110 one is that he's both he is david's son he is david's lord he is both human and divine as i said theology calls this the hypostatic union hypostatic union simply refers to the two nature's of Christ human and divine united in the one person if you've got that you've got a big piece a big chunk of christology down he is one Christ he's not 60 40 not 50 50 s not 30 70 he's not a mix of this and a mix of that he is fully human he is fully God in one glorious person okay they didn't get that they didn't understand that they couldn't answer him Luther says concerning this text Psalm 110 one sit says God to him not at my feet nor over my head but next to me as high as i sit but sitting next to God what is what else is that then being also God so that's what Psalm 110 1 means Jesus sits at the right hand of god that means Jesus occupies a position of dignity that is consistent with God Luther goes on for God is so jealous for his honor that as he had as he said himself Isaiah 40 28 he will give it to no other and yet here says the psalmist's it's one who is like him from this it follows that he must be God Agustin commenting on the whole reality that Jesus is the Son of David and the Son of God does so with reference to John 11 and John 114 AG Austin says and the Word was God that's John 11 in the beginning was the word that's Jesus and the Word was with God and the Word was God agustin said and the Word was God John 11 see how he is David's Lord but because the word was made flesh John 114 and the word became flesh and dwelt among us Agustin says see how he is David's son so the one antes David's Lord the other hand he's David's son Philippians 2 verses 5 to 7 describes Jesus according to the form of God and according to the form of a bondservant how can that be well it's that reality called the hypostatic union those two nature's in the one person according to the form of God according to the form of a bondservant now these Pharisees these rabbis were not able to answer the question Carson rightly notes that there was a Pharisee there was a rabbi no doubt in Jerusalem quite possibly in Jerusalem at this particular time who would understand it who after his conversion on the road to Damascus would understand it all too well and would pan Romans 1 3 & 4 Paul would write concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead one commentator says Jesus has blazed the trail here that leads the church through the answers of the Gospel of John to the answers of the council's of nicaea Constantinople and Cal sidhant well for believers to say or to suggest or persons to say well that's not fair to those Jews because those Jews at the time of Jesus didn't have Nicaea they didn't have Constantinople they didn't have chaos it on but they had Psalm 110 1 and in Psalm 110 1 David son is called David's Lord Nicaea Constantinople and Cal so don simply encapsulate what the Bible everywhere presents Psalm 45 Jesus is called gone Isaiah 9 Jesus is called God the old testament scriptures that the Jews supposedly receive and hold to teach the Messiah would be defined and they rejected that so therefore they're going to reject Nicaea constantinople and jealous it on yes it's fair yes it's absolutely accurate and yes it's right to press those claims before that because what is claimed in those creeds and confessions is simply what the scripture sets forth that he is the son of David and he is David's Lord at Psalm 110 one brethren Yahweh said to my lord sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool Jesus Christ sigh ences the opponents notice verse 46 and no one was able to answer him a word someone came up with an illustration that I wished I would have used Isaac said when I mentioned about the the Pharisee coming to Jesus and asking him about the Great Commandment I fumbled through something I don't think it was that clear but Isaac said it'd be like a toddler going to a Supreme Court justice and wanting to discuss issues of law we should have said that because that really fits imagine your three-year-old well one-year-old two-year-old it still sits in its own filth going up to Justice Scalia the United States Supreme Court saying I'd like to discuss with you the finer points concerning this law and say you don't want to do that this scribe this lawyer comes to Jesus and says what is the Great Commandment well here they're debating Christology with Christ they're debating the application of a messianic promise with the Messiah they're debating with somebody they are out of their league with it's not out of their league because it's so hard to understand not that they're out of their league because it's such a a high and lofty argument that that no one can get their mind around I hope that if you're not a Christian here this morning you will leave this morning not saying and that was so confusing I tried to define the terms tried to identify Yahweh tried to identify you out and I the father of the son tried to tell you what Christ means tried to tell you on the Scion means tried to tell you how he comes from the side the line of David and how he is the Divine Son of God tried to explain all that so if you continue to go on so what I just can't get it it's so hard it's so mysterious it's so high it's all off day well you know it's been brought down as clear and simple as I can make it so in the same sense here it's not that it was so hard wasn't that there was so you know perplexed in terms of the basic answer is that they didn't have faith they resisted the Messiah they rejected the Messiah they despise the Messiah they had already plotted in their hearts as destruction that's why they could not answer it wasn't the intellectual argument it was the faith commitment that they lacked and that's why he silences his opponents and no one was able to answer him a word they couldn't answer him they couldn't respond and I would say to this question but cumulatively all of the debates they've had he's able to silence them and refute them the wickedness of these leaders is matched and bested by the wisdom of our Lord Jesus as Osborn said I've already alluded to earlier the debates are over and only Jesus is standing at the end the leaders are figuratively under his feet don't miss that brethren and no one was able to answer him a word who's standing in this exchange who's the victor in this exchange who's the one that has supremacy over the argument it's Christ and in light of Psalm 110 1 he has made them his footstool notice as well he says nor from that day on did anyone dare question him anymore so become entrepreneurs other questions that are presented to him yes in Matthew 24 the disciples will say look at the look at the tadpole and Jesus says it's going to be destroyed this a woman's are going to be the answers that public controversy public confrontation they're not going to do this anymore they're not good at it they're the toddler going up to the Chief Justice and arguing about you know civil law criminal law they can't do it they're not going to ask him any more so what are they going to do what will they do brethren because they're going to silence him aren't they they are going to silence him once and for all after 24 25 comes 26 and in verses 3 and 4 we see these wicked conniving godless wretched men taking steps to silence him once and for all they can't silence him through argument they can't silence him through debate they can't silence and by the way they ask their stupid questions but they will silence him through execution they will silence and through crucifixion they will silence him by by getting the mob to cry out away with him away with them crucify him oh they'll silence him to be sure insofar as there they are able but what Paul says he was raised on the third day he comes out of the tomb they will never silence this Lord Christ listen to Spurgeon they could neither they could not in trap or entangle him in his talk if they would put him to silence they must do it by putting him to death and that explains for us the rest of Matthew's Gospel o brethren just a couple of thoughts before we close in the first place we see here the end of controversy the end of controversy a continual display of the wretchedness of these religious leaders is matched by a continual display of the wisdom of our Lord the one whom Paul describes as the one in whom all the wisdom of God is hidden in bodily all things are deposited in Christ in terms of wisdom and Jesus silence is that the second thing I think we ought to appreciate from this passage and again I'm not trying to stretch our minds too much we've learned a little bit about the doctrine of Christ the two natures and the one person there's going to be a test afterwards and if you fail it you can never come back so make sure you get that in your head human divine one Christ we ought to appreciate that the Lord Jesus tells us something about the triune God in this passage you see Jesus was a Trinitarian the doctrine of the Trinity is foundational and fundamental to the Christian faith in other words you cannot be a Christian unless you affirm the Trinity there is but one true and living God but this God exists in three persons the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit these three are one God the same in substance equal in power and glory but there is distinction among the person's the father is not Sun the Sun is not the father the Spirit is not the Father the Son there is a doctrine of the Trinity and notice that Jesus alludes to Jesus assumes it rather in this argument David in the spirit pens Psalm 110 1 the function of the Holy Spirit he's the author of Scripture all Scripture is given by inspiration of God its profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness Jesus assumes the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit at the time of David Jesus assumes and says that it was by the spirit that Psalm 110 came in to be 8 and as well Jesus highlights Yahweh father Jesus highlights the second person of the Trinity add-on I himself the Christian doctrine of the Trinity is set forth we see it back in Matthew chapter 3 when Jesus is baptized what happens he comes up out of the water and the spirit in the form of a doll comes Andalites upon him the voice of the father says this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased turton says the ancient said that if you want to see the Trinity to the aryans go to the River Jordan you will see father son and spirit at the River Jordan how does Jesus and the Gospel of Matthew he says go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name cingular of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit this isn't some obscure little thing that Christians debate in the in the privacy of their studies this is biblical fundamental foundation Christian truth that you must believe in order to be saved Jesus says as much in John 8 if you do not believe that I am worried identifies himself with your way you will die in your sins Jesus isn't in the first place of religious teacher Jesus wasn't a revolutionary Jesus didn't come to sip tea with you and make your life better Jesus came is the second person of the triune God to do what no man could ever do he fulfills the law of God he fulfills what the father specified with perpetual exact and entire obedience to that law Jesus came to to die on the cross is that per sacrifice as that lamb of god that spotless holy harmless want that is able to atone for the sins of men this Jesus is one that we need to reckon with as well I think the citation of Psalm 110 1 there is very important for all of us we need to consider the psalm originates with the Holy Spirit we need to consider that Psalm underscores the powerful reign of the Lord Christ it's very easy for churches and for Christians to get discouraged listen you'll get discourage you ever look at the news and say man what a mess if you don't you're not looking at the news or you got a different news service that I have is when i watch do i get to the point oh that's it i'm not a look anymore I can't look anymore it's just discouraging it's all bad I realize that news in general doesn't highlight people that do what they're supposed to do and they go home and eat supper and go to bed early and get up in the next morning go to work and I realize the nature of news is not that to tell us the normal in the ordinary but man it's a steady diet of that bad bad bad bad news transgender this this person is going to be that this one's killed this one this one's murdering this one new laws to murder these people I mean it's just a mass isn't it what's the church need a fresh dose of Yahweh said to add and I sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool this was indeed the battle cry of the New Testament church do you know that Psalm 110 one is the most often cited or alluded to text in the New Testament the Lord's a new testament oftentimes sites that means a direct quotation or alludes to gives you the hint of it or gives you the the fragrance of it that the New Testament does that with many many Old Testament texts the most popular by far in Psalm 110 one in other words when the Roman Empire was breathing threats and hatred against the Christian believers when unbelieving Israel was breathing threats and and vengeance against the Christians you know what they did they encourage their hearts in the reality that you always said to add and I sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool you see that tax cited and alluded to over and over again I think its third seven times in the New Testament that's amazing isn't it we think the New Testament authors want for us they want us that in the midst of these things to encourage our souls with the reality that Jesus Christ is indeed sitting at the right hand of God where he must reign till all of his enemies are made his footstool but we shouldn't close our study without concerning or considering one other aspect of Psalm 110 well it's not quoted here and only verse 1 is we sang it even though we didn't read the passage today we sang it we sang Psalm 110 and what is first for tell us about this King that's what first one is Yahweh says to add noise sit at my right hand that means that a denied Jesus Messiah Christ is key but he's a unique King because he does what not many other Kings have done Melchizedek was a king who did this as well but Jesus according to matt Psalm 110 4 is going to be a priest he's a king and a priest pretty amazing isn't it he not only rules us he not only defends us he not only protects us he not only legislates for us but he has laid down his life for us he is that king-priests promised by David in Psalm 110 you say well here we don't really see that you will in chapters 26 and 27 what's the focus in the spotlight in Matthew 26 and seven it is on the priestly office of our Lord Jesus as he goes to the cross as he bears our sin as he suffers under the wrath and fury of God the Father as he takes the penalty that is due us he is functioning he is operating as that priest promised in in Psalm 110 who's also a king and as well property is glorious and majestic and most excellent and so for believers when we press the implications of a verse 42 and I ask you with our Lord what do you think about the Christ do you say with the bride he is altogether lovely and he's chief among 10,000 do you say as you should I need to love him with my heart are my soul in mind do you see him as that one set forth in chapter 6 verse 33 seek first seek first God and his kingdom and his righteousness and that then these things will be added to you Christian professor Christian believer person to identify with the Savior are you identifying with the Savior is he everything do you love him do you worship Him you praise him do you adore him is your life about him if he is the man if he is David Sun and David's Lord that's described here then he certainly the one that he told that that lawyer to respond to with this heartfelt love with his whole soul love with his home my love is that what you're giving to your king is that what you're giving to your Lord is that what indicates or characterizes rather your life is Christ all to you now if you're like me the answers got to be a big fat no but I wanted to be or to help me cause me to see his beauty cause me to see his glory caused me to see his Majesty caused me to see his infinite worth and his excellent caused me to want him more than I want my sin caused me to want here more than I want even legitimate things legitimate things can be sinful when they take priority over the one who demands that we love and with our heart our soul our my Christian what do you think about the Christ take this home think through it pray through it consider the ramifications when you confess faith in Christ brethren you are giving yourselves to another we see that in Redemption he redeems us from one master and brings us into the possession of another master namely himself or our lives characterized with the sort of discipleship that our beloved Jesus calls us two are we putting to death our sin are we living daily to him are we as fathers bringing up our children in the training and admonition of the Lord are we as children who profess saving faith honoring our parents are we as husbands loving our wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her are we as wives being submissive to our our husbands as the church is to the Lord or if we sucked in the secularism and the paganism of our day have we become Bale worshippers and Molech worshippers have we subscribed to the thought that I can do whatever I want and still have a saving interest in Jesus not according to Jesus not according to Jesus because you are to seek him first you ought to seek his kingdom you ought to seek His righteousness you were to love him with your heart mind and soul you say well Butler you up to preach it away but this is stuff we all gotta work through you all gotta wrestle with you got to take it home and instead of you know doing whatever it is you're going to do typically on a on a Sunday afternoon go into your place where you pray go outside look at the hills look at the mountains and ask the question what do I think about the Christ would my children testify that I prize him above everything was my wife know that I value him supremely does the pagan I work with realize that I am sold out to the service of another brethren these are the sorts of things that people of God have asked themselves throughout the history of the church and things that we need to reckon with what do you think about the Christ and if you're not a believer here this morning what do you think about the Christ you need to see him the way the Bible sets him forth she's man altogether perfect man a man who could do what we can never do we're told to love God with all our heart all of our soul all of our mind we get about a millisecond in and I were thinking about clouds we're thinking about cats we're supposed to love him constantly continuously we forget it we turn the back to him we're told to love our neighbors as ourselves do we really do that is that indicative of your life as an unbeliever do you value do you prize other image bearers are you in this for yourself you to think about this Christ to his David son and as David Sonny always did what was demanded he always did what the father commanded he even said my meat my food is to do the will of him who sent me have you ever had that thought has that ever risen up in your mind or in your heart that the very sustaining power that you need is to do the will of God if you're like me you'll have to say no absolutely not you say with the Heidelberg catechism by nature I hate God and by nature I hate man I'm an atom i'm dead i have no spiritual life no vitality no desire no nothing will consider David's son perfect compliance to the law of God do you know that David son never had a lustful oh never had a lustful thought young men take that home and consider it young women take that home and consider our Blessed Christ never violated the seventh commandment our Blessed Christ never got angry with somebody without cause he never called them Rocca or fool or engaged and that sort of malice he didn't break the sixth word our Blessed Christ was always devoted to his father not only in this worship but with reference to his name with reference to his day our Blessed Christ continued in subjection to his earthly parents you know many times people have said you don't know what is like to live in the situation I do I've got these parents or I've got this way for I've got this husband and we base our obedience on whether or not they're worthy Jesus continued in subjection to his earthly parents jesus said pay taxes to Caesar every jot and tittle of the law our Jesus did and as God he's able to sustain he's able to empower he's able to go through to take the wrath and the fury of his father and to pay the debt that we are so unbelievable and I ask you to think about this today too I can't bind your conscience I can't command you go home and 45 minutes think about this but verse 42 what do you think about the Christ I hope you see him in his beauty I hope you see him in his majesty I hope you see him as the god man who alone is able to save you from your sins and I hope that by the grace of God you would believe you would look and you would live will let us pray our Father we thank you for the word of God we thank you for Matthew 22 we thank you for Psalm 110 we thank you that Jesus is the fulfillment of what David spoke those many years ago we praise you that he sits enthroned at your right hand now where he does rule and where he does rain and he is making all of his enemies his footstool we know as well that he brings salvation to all this all those who come down all those who look to him in faith he will not cast out I pray that today you would work in the hearts of sinners I pray that you would cause them to turn and to live and we pray these things through Christ Jesus our Lord amen I'll close with a brief time of meditation and then be dismissed you