David's Lord Defeats the Pharisees

In Matthew 22:34-46, Jesus finishes a brutal round of debate and conflict with the religious leaders. The final question comes from a lawyer who asks him to declare which commandment is the greatest. Jesus goes back to Deuteronomy 6:5 and says it's to love God completely. He then adds the second which is to love our neighbor as ourselves from Leviticus 19:18. Nothing new here, but Jesus' combination of these things as the summation of the entire law is. Like a great teacher, he makes something hard and complex simple. He then goes on to ask the pharisees about who the Messiah would be and they corrently answer "David's son". But Jesus presses the point that he would more than a man, more than just a descendant of David. He would be David's Lord, which could only be the Son of God. Today's message is about whether we can see Jesus for the Messiah he is, or whether like the Pharisees, we will continue ot tell him "you're not my boss."