Matthew 22:41-46 - What Do You Think About the Messiah

Jesus asks the question that slices through religion, politics, and self-help spirituality: “What do you think about the Messiah?” We sit with Matthew 22:41-46 as Micah McCormick walks through why that question is not a debate prompt but a demand for clarity. If “Messiah” feels like a church word you rarely use, this message grounds it in the Bible’s storyline: God’s promised anointed King, Priest, and Prophet, the one we cannot replace with a do-it-yourself version of salvation.We start where the Pharisees start, with the truth that the Christ is the Son of David, and then we slow down to show how careful Bible reading works. Jeremiah, Isaiah, and God’s covenant promise in 2 Samuel don’t just give random predictions; they form a connected web of expectation. When we read Scripture carefully, the picture of Jesus gets bigger, sharper, and harder to domesticate.Then Jesus quotes Psalm 110 and creates a problem the Pharisees refuse to solve: why would David call his own descendant “Lord”? That single question opens up the claim Christians cannot water down, that the Messiah is truly human and also the Lord from heaven. We talk about why we need more than political rescue, why forgiveness from sin sits at the center, and how Christ’s exaltation speaks directly to fear of death and to the hope of the gospel going to the nations.If this challenged you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review. What’s one way you’ve been tempted to settle for a “partial” Jesus instead of receiving the Savior completely?