Matthew 22:31says, But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, Jesus then addressed the resurrection of the dead, which the Sadducees did not believe in, and asked if they had not read the scriptures concerning this. Verse thirty-two adds, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Jesus said that God proclaimed Himself to be the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and since God is not the God of the dead but of the living, then they would have had to be resurrected. Verse thirty-three states, And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. Once again, when the multitude heard Jesus, they were astounded at His doctrine. Verse thirty-four declares, But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, but not to worship Jesus or even to learn from His teachings. Verse thirty-five adds, Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, One of the Pharisees, a lawyer, asked Jesus a question in order to tempt Him. Verse thirty-six asks, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? The lawyer thought that he could trap Jesus by getting Him to declare one of the commandments to be greater than another. The lawyer thought that he knew the law of God better than Jesus did. We should never think that we know the law or anything else better than Jesus does. Verse thirty-seven declares, 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. This basically took care of the commandments concerning God. Then verse thirty-eight adds, This is the first and great commandment. Jesus said this is the first and great commandment, and until we accept it, we cannot keep the others. Verse thirty-nine adds, And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Though not asked, Jesus said the second commandment was like the first, and that is that we love our neighbor as our self. If we do this, then the rest of the ten commandments will take care of them self. Verse forty continues, On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Jesus tells us that all the other commandments hang on these two, and the second one really isn't a part of the Ten Commandments. Verse forty-one states, While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, While the Pharisees were still gathered together, Jesus then asked them a question. Verse forty-two asks, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. Jesus asked the Pharisees who they thought that Christ, the Messiah, was. This is the ultimate question that we must all answer. They said the son of David, which would make Him an earthly ruler and not the Son of God, which would make Him a spiritual ruler. Verse forty-three then asks, He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, Verse forty-four adds, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? Jesus said if Christ was the son of David, then why did David in the Spirit call Him Lord. David recognized that he was but a servant of God, and his children would be also, at best. He did not declare himself to be the spiritual savior of Israel. Verse forty-five continues, If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? Jesus asked how David could call Christ Lord if He were David's physical son. Verse forty-six concludes, 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, even the Pharisee who was a lawyer could answer the question that Jesus posed, and from that day forward, no one asked Him any more questions. There comes a time when we must quit questioning Who Jesus is, and either accept Him as the only Savior that there is or reject Him altogether. The choice is always up to each individual.
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