Jesus Answers Questions - Part 4 (Mark 12:35-40)
Bob Schultz, November 23, 2014Part of the Gospel of Mark series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
This Sunday we continue our study in Mark by looking at 12:35-40 as Jesus asks a question that would force the Jewish leaders to think about His true identity and the very definition of Messiah Christ from the Old Testament. Specifically, Jesus goes back to Psalm 110:1 (quoted some 25 x in the NT marking its importance) and rightly defines Messiah as Lord, God, Christ, co-equal with God. This passage is a wonderful example of using the Bible to inform our theology and Christology.
Mark 12:35–40 (Listen)
35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,
“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 40 who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
(ESV)
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