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| Messiah, the Healer of the Sick: A Study of Jesus As the Son of David in the Gospel of Matthew |
One of the great riddles of Jesus’ sayings is that found in Matthew 22:34-46. He was again being confronted by those who loved the law more than God, and sacrifice more than mercy (Hosea 6:6). People who love the letter of the law cannot love God and their neighbors because the letter kills (2 Corinthians 3:6). So, to such people Jesus asked, What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he? They replied, The son of David. Then Jesus put forth a riddle, Why did David call the Messiah “my Lord”? If he is a son, why did David write, The Lord [God] said to my Lord [the Messiah]? How can the Messiah be his son if he calls him my Lord? They could not answer the obvious: the Messiah is the Son of God.
