Hard Questions

Matthew 22:11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Over and over again throughout this gospel, people - especially the religious leaders, had thrown hard questions at Jesus.  Now that He is about the face the cross, Jesus asks His own hard questions. In his long parable of the King's wedding feast, the king asked this man "How did you get in her without a wedding garment?" There was nowhere for this man to turn. Then, when they asked Jesus about paying taxes, he had them give Him a coin and He asked: “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”, which was a cover for another question: "Why do you have a coin with a pagan image on it?" When they tried to press Him with a twisted question about divorce, He asked them: "have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?", inferring that they either had not been reading their scriptures or else did not understand them. Finally, Jesus asks the most pressing question: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?”, followed by other clarifying questions. The question of questions is: "Do you believe Jesus is the Son of God?"