马太福音22:41-46
41法利赛人聚集的时候，耶稣问他们说：42“论到基督，你们的意见如何？他是谁的子孙呢？”他们回答说：“是大卫的子孙。”43耶稣说：“这样，大卫被圣灵感动，怎么还称他为主，说：44‘主对我主说：你坐在我的右边，等我把你仇敌放在你的脚下’？45大卫既称他为主，他怎么又是大卫的子孙呢？”46他们没有一个人能回答一言。从那日以后，也没有人敢再问他什么。
这段经文很好的教导了基督的二性。他是大卫的子孙，是完全的人；他也是神的儿子，被正确的称呼为“主”，“主”这个名字在旧约里最常被用来称呼赐下拯救的神。主（父神）对我主（弥赛亚基督）说，“你坐在我的右边，等我把你仇敌放在你的脚下”。耶稣是大卫的子孙，也是神的儿子，他从死里复活升到天上，坐在神的右边。
你会如何看待耶稣呢？在我们已经学习的马太福音的那些章节里，你不得不一遍遍的问自己那个问题。他是你的榜样吗？他远不止是这样。他是你的老师吗？绝对是，他回应撒都该人和法利赛人问题的方式，表明没有比他更好的老师。但他不只是老师。他是我们患难时的朋友吗？当然是，但不只是这样。他是拯救你脱离罪，舍弃自己的生命为你的罪付上赎价的那一位吗？当然是。他的复活和升天显明他不只是那样。
当多马把自己的手指探入耶稣的伤口，他宣告，“我的主我的神！”我们每一天也应当像多马那样惊奇。我的神已经成为我的朋友和兄弟，我的神已经成为我的救主。你会如何看待耶稣呢？相信他，敬拜他。
祷告：我的主我的神！求你让我不要忘记这个充满祝福的真理——在同一个位格中你是完全的人也是完全的神。我敬拜你，我尊崇你，我信靠你对我的拯救和你的一切。这是我今天的祷告，求你增强我的信心，使我不依赖自己。阿们。
Matthew 22:41-46: 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, 44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
This passage beautifully teaches the two natures of the Christ. He is the Son of David and fully human. He is also the Son of God and rightfully called, “Lord,” the name used most commonly for our Savior God in the Old Testament. The Lord (God, the Father) said to MY Lord (the Messiah), “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” Jesus is the Son of David and the Son of God. He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven and sits at God’s right hand.
What will you do with Jesus? In these chapters in Matthew that we have studied, you are forced to ask yourself that question over and over again. Is he your role model? He is much, much more than that. Is he your teacher? Absolutely, and the way he answers the questions of the Sadducees and Pharisees proves that no one is a better teacher. But he is more than that. Is he our friend in time of trouble? Yes, and more than that. Is he the one that rescues you from your sin, the one who gave his life as a payment for your guilty verdict? Absolutely. And his resurrection and ascension show that he is even more than that.
When Thomas put his fingers into the wounds of Jesus, he declared, “My Lord and my God!” We should be as amazed as Thomas was every day. My God has become my friend and brother. My God has become my Savior. What will you do with Jesus? Believe in him. Worship him.
Prayer: My Lord and my God! Let me not forget this blessed truth that you are fully human and fully divine in one person. I worship you. I adore you. I trust in you for my salvation and everything else. Here is my prayer today. Keep me from believing in myself by increasing my faith in you. Amen.