PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 22:41-46
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“No one could say a word… no one dared to ask him any more questions.” (Matthew 22:46)
Have you ever talked with someone who strongly rejected God, Jesus, or faith?
Their arsenal of arguments was ready to attack, to expose it all as hogwash.
‘What about this or that’, hoping to beat us with their tough questions.
And I admit it, I do not have answers to many of their questions.
I’ve decided its best not to argue or try to win a debate with them.
Honestly, they’re not really looking for answers, they’ve already decided.
And who am I to judge, I have my own ideas that I’m convinced are right too.
This story challenges us to take our debates and challenges to Jesus.
One day we all will stand before him and debate him… and will all be silenced.
Even the greatest and the best among us will all be humbled.
“Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20)
Our best response is to start being humble now, to admit we don’t know it all after all.
When we claim to be wise, we actually reveal how foolish we are (Romans 1:22).
Lord Jesus, sometimes we’re so smart, we have it all figured out. How little we actually know. How fragile our systems and theologies are. Like David, we will all one day admit you are Lord… not us!