Pondering the Person of Christ (Mt. 22:41-46)
Image from Pixabay The question our Lord asks his hearers is a good question for all of us to consider: “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?” (41-42). This is similar to a question he asked his disciples back in chapter 16, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” (13), which elicited Peter’s Great Confession: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (16). Here we see, from our Lord’s own mouth, that it matters what we think about Christ. Christianity is not a religion that focuses only on the feelings and bypasses the mind. It is the most natural question for a Christian to ask, or be asked, “What do you think?” It is not because our religion supposes that correct thinking is all there is to true religion. After all, even the devils believe that God exists and tremble (Jam. 2:9). But true religion requires faith in God – “the just shall live by f...
