Getting to Know Jesus' Passion #1

Over the past month we have followed alone after Jesus at a fast past as He "set His face to Jerusalem", then once He got there as His opponents threw one attack after another against Him. Yesterday, we ended with this statement: in Luke 20: 40 And no one dared to ask him any more questions. Now get to slow down the pace just a bit as We get to know Jesus' Passion.

41 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:
“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”’
44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

Jesus wanted His followers, opponents, and us, to stop and slow down and ask: "Who is the Messiah? The people were following along after Jesus, expecting that while He was there in Jerusalem for the Passover, He would take David's throne.  The problem was, their view of the Messiah was too small; He was, and is, much more than a descendant of David; He is the Lord, who was before David.  The implication is then, that He is even greater than David, and David expressed that here in his song.  We forget that. When we think about Jesus simply as the provider of our needs, healer of our pains, and soother of our discomfort, we are forgetting that He is our Lord, worthy to rule and reign over our lives. Let's remember that today.