Friday:9th Week of the year – C
Gospel: Mark 12:35-37: How can they maintain that the Christ is
the Son of David?
The Entangled Idea of the Messiah, Mk 12:35-37
Jesus
asked the important question to his opponents and today he asks every person:
“What do you think about the Christ, the Messiah?”
1.
Jesus questioned men (v.35)
2.
The entangled idea of the Messiah: He is David’s son-a mere man (v.35)
3.
The correct idea of the Messiah: He is the Lord of David-God Himself (v.36-37)
4.
The crowds listened to Jesus: with delight (v.37)
Thought: The
religionists missed the truth of the Messiah because they misread the
Scriptures and did not believe in the power of God. They studied their teachers
and authorities more than the Scripture itself. They were dogmatic about their
own ideas and notions about the future and how events would actually take
place. Prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah were made a matter of
fellowship.
But some
people listened to Jesus with a great
delight.
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