Matthew 22:34 says, But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.  The Pharisees thought that they could discredit Jesus after they saw that the Sadducees had failed.  There will always be another person or another group who will attempt to discredit Jesus.  The fact that no one has ever succeeded in doing so will not stop them, but may simply inspire them to try harder.  Verse thirty-five, states, Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,   Now, we have not only a Pharisee, but a lawyer, questioning Jesus.  Since the Pharisees already felt superior by their claim to keep the law, then one who was a lawyer would likely feel even more superior.  In verse thirty-five the lawyer asks, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?  The lawyer likely felt that he could discredit Jesus whatever He answered.  I don't believe that the lawyer was really concerned with the answer that Jesus would give, but simply wanted Jesus to say anything so that he could argue against Him.  Some people today ask questions about God's word, not to learn from it, but to dispute it.  Verse thirty-seven says, Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  Jesus said that the greatest commandment was that a person love the Lord their God with their heart, soul and mind.  Until we allow God to have total control in our lives, we are not going to be able to keep any other commandment and have it do us any good.  We must first have a personal relationship with God through accepting Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse thirty-eight says, This is the first and great commandment.  Jesus said loving God is the first and great commandment.  Again, until we accept this commandment, none of the others do us any good spiritually.  In verse thirty-nine Jesus states, And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  Jesus said the second great commandment, which is like unto the first, is that we love our neighbor as ourselves.  Jesus did not mean just those who live next door to us and share the same values.  Jesus meant that we are to love even those that we disagree with and maybe don't even like.  Verse forty says, On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.  Jesus tells us that everything else, all the law and teachings of the prophets, hang on these two laws.  We can display the Ten Commandments everywhere, but unless we are following these two commandments, it will be of no effect.  God's commandments must be written in our hearts, beginning with these two.  Verse forty-one states, While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,  Jesus then asked the Pharisees a question, and it is the question that each individual must answer at some point.  Verse forty-two states the question, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.  This is the question that everyone must ask at some point.  The question is, "Who do we say Christ is."  The Pharisees were partially correct in saying that the Christ, or Messiah, was the Son, or descendant, of David.  This was a physical description of Who Christ would be.  When we accept Christ as Savior and Lord, it is not just because of Who He was physically, but because of Who He is spiritually as well.  Both physically and spiritually, Jesus was more than the Son of David.  Jesus was and is the only begotten Son of God.  We must fully understand and accept this fact in order to find salvation.  Verse forty-three then states, He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,  Jesus asked how David in spirit, or under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, could call the Messiah Lord if He were the physical Son of David.  Verse forty-four states, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?  The Messiah was called my Lord by God.  Verse forty-five asks, If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?  The question implies that the Messiah was more than just a physical descendant of David.  We must acknowledge that Jesus was a descendant of David by physical birth, but that He was the only begotten Son of God spiritually.  We cannot deny either the humanity nor the divinity of Jesus and still claim Him for Who He really is.  Verse forty-six says, And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.  No one there could answer the question Jesus asked, so they quit asking Him questions.  Until we accept that Jesus is Who He says He is, there is no need for us to ask any other questions about Him.  We cannot come to a saving knowledge of Christ without the belief that He was both a Man and God.