Whose Son Is the Christ?
Matthew 22.41-46, 1.1
The longer I read and the study the Bible the more I realize that I need to slow way down so as to take all I can in.
This opening line of the New Testament is loaded with all kinds of truths.
At the end of Jesus’ ministry He asked an interesting question, the answer to which, proves by God’s Word that the Messiah is God’s Son. Whose Son is the Christ?
This first line of Matthew tells us many things. Brief statements can do that. In God’s Word they always do!
1. Jesus has a genealogy.
It was part of God’s plan from the beginning for His Son to be born into the human race. When Adam sinned, God promised a Redeemer through his and Eve’s line. Genesis 3.15 Mary found favor with God but she was also chosen from the beginning because of God choosing what the ancestral line of His Son would be.
Jesus was born. We remember and celebrate that fact at Christmas. We celebrate it and gave thanks today as we took the LORD’s Supper.
Jesus’ genealogy is very interesting. The people that make it up are varied to say the least. There were saints and sinners in it, righteous and wicked.
One of the things we see in it is The Word Became Flesh because not only was Jesus born into the human race…
2. Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
John 1.1-3 He and the Father are One.
John 14.8-14 He shows the Father because of this. Hebrews 1.3
God, the Father sent Him. John 3.16 He so loved the world
3. Jesus Christ is David’s Son.
Israel’s most beloved King, a man after God’s own heart.
Fulfills promises made to David about his kingdom.
II Samuel 7
The everlasting Kingdom promised to David is the kingdom of God and Jesus as David’s descendant fulfills this promise in a way more wonderful than David could imagine.
God does that with His Promises. As we live them out in our walk with Him we realize that the wonderfully sounding words are indeed wonderful as they become real to us.
The promises He has for us of blessing like this one for David. There are any promises for our dark moments, times of grief and difficulty and pain.
4. Jesus Christ is Abraham’s Son
Fulfills promises to Abraham made by God.
I love the outrageous promises God made to him in his old age.
Hebrews 11.11-12
Look at them when they were given:
Genesis 12.1-3, 15.1-7
I love how all believers are connected into these great promises made to Abraham because of Jesus. Galatians 3.6-9,16
God is a Promise Keeper.
5. Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World.
What a wonderful Savior!
Matthew 1.20-21
Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham… Jesus because He will save His people from their sins
He came into the world
He comes into hearts
O Holy Child of Bethlehem,
Descend on us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today
Descend on us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today
This is why Jesus came. This is the fulfillment of the promises made to Abraham and David. God’s Son Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners and build a holy nation and kingdom of priests through His spiritual offspring, the family of God.
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