Matthew 22:42-45. No one dared ask him where his son was - and a child is what bears witness to fatherhood - so he raised the question himself: what think ye of the Christ, whose son is he? They answered from tradition, the son of David. Then why did David in the spirit call him Lord, and if David thus calls him Lord, how could he be David's son? Neville notes that the word rendered Lord is Adoni, which every child used of a parent - my father, my lord - so the question resolves the other way round: the Christ is not David's son but David's father, which fulfils the 89th Psalm, 'thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation'. The conclusion he draws is the whole of his late teaching: everyone is destined to be the father of David, and being the father of David they are Jesus Christ, without losing their own individuality.
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Matthew 22:42 | What think ye of the Christ, whose son is he?
Matthew 22:45 | If David thus calls him ‘Lord,’ how could he be David’s son?
Psalm 89:26 | Thou are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my Salvation
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And David will call him: “My father, my Lord, and the rock of my salvation”
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The promise is made that the Son will make the father free. If he sets the father free, there must be a child, and he tells us he is trying to find the child.
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LectureThe Larger Venture
So David calls him Father, and David is God’s only begotten son. You must spiritualize the mission of David.
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LectureGod's Promise to Man
They said: “The son of David.” He said: “Then why did David in the spirit, call him ‘Lord’? If David thus calls him ‘Lord,’ how could he be David’s son?”
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LectureGod's Promise to Man
Everyone is destined to be the father of David, and being the father of David they are Jesus Christ.
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LectureHis Name
David in the spirit calls him “Adonai,” a word used by every child when it refers to its father. Every child spoke of its father as “Adonai,” translated in the English: “My Lord.”
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