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SERMON TIMELINE

10. Jesus Cleanses the Leper

11. Jesus Heals the Paralytic

12. Jesus and the Tax Collector

13. Jesus Questioned About Fasting

14. Of Wine and Wineskins

15. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath & Resurrection Sunday 2025

16. Hard Hearts and Hard Thoughts

17. Three Responses to Jesus

18. Jesus Appoints the Apostles

19. The Family of Jesus

20. The Unforgivable Sin

21. The True Family of Jesus

22. Parable of the Four Soils

23. How Well Do You Listen

24. Parable of the Growing Seed

25. Parable of the Mustard Seed

26. Benefits of Private Teaching

27. Jesus Calms the Storm

28. Who is Afraid of Jesus?

29. The Touch of Jesus

30. When Familiarity Breeds Contempt

31. Principles of Evangelism

32. Weakness in the Seat of Power

33. The Need for Rest

34. Feeding 5000

35. Jesus Walks on Water

36. Healings at Gennesaret

37. The Danger of Traditions

38. The Source of True Defilement

39. Gentile Blessed for Her Faith

40. He Has Done All Things Well

41. Jesus Feeds 4000

42. Jesus Sighs

43. Beware of Leaven

44. The Blind Man at Bethsaida

45. Who Do You Say That Jesus Is?

46. Mindful of the Things of God

47. The Cost of Discipleship

48. The Value of a Soul

49. Ashamed of Jesus and His Word

50. The Transfiguration

51. The Disciples ask Questions

52. The Unclean Spirit

53. The Way to Greatness

54. Principles of Discipleship

55. God Hates Divorce

56. Jesus Blesses Children

57. The Problem with Wealth

58. The Cost and Reward of Discipleship

59. A Couple Days Before Palm Sunday

60. The Cup and Baptism

61. Greatness in the Kingdom Comes from Serving

62. Blind Bartimaeus

63. Triumphal Entry

64. Cursing and Cleansing

65. Faith and Forgiveness

66. Is it from Heaven or from Men?

67. Parable of the Wicked Vine Grower

68. Our Duty to God and Country

69. The Resurrection of the Dead

70. The Two Greatest Commands

71. David’s Son and David’s Lord

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Mark 12:35-37

“And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? ³⁶David himself said so by the Holy Spirit,

‘Yahweh said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet.”’

³⁷David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so in what sense is He his son?” And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him.”

INTRODUCTION

Teaching in the temple (Tuesday of the last week during the Passover), Jesus has silenced His critics, the Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, and Teachers of the Law, and even the Herodians.

They questioned His authority in Mark 11:27-33, the Pharisees and Herodians tried to trick Jesus about taxes in Mark 12:13-17, the Sadducees tried to trap Jesus about the resurrection (in which they did not believe in spirits, afterlife, etc.) in Mark 12:18-27, and last week a scribe, asking Jesus a serious question with no malice, but seeking truth in Mark 12:28-34, asked what the greatest command was, and then graciously proclaimed Jesus was correct in all He said.

Jesus replied to him that He was close to the Kingdom of God because of this.

Now we see Jesus asking a question. It concerns the Messiah as the son of David, meaning from his bloodline. Yet, in the Holy Spirit-inspired text, David calls the Messiah Lord.

Jesus asked, How can David call the Messiah Lord, if the Messiah is the son of David? They could not answer this.

In today’s passage, Jesus refers to Psalm 110, which is the most frequently quoted Old Testament text in the New Testament. Either quoted or referenced approximately 33 times.

Though the Pharisees could not answer this question, we are blessed to have the benefit of the revelation of the New Testament text to understand HOW Christ could be both David’s son and David’s Lord, and how Jesus proved to be both.

I. CHRIST JESUS IS DAVID’S SON

a. According to prophecy

i. 2 Samuel 7:12 It was prophesied to David that the Messiah would come from his lineage

“When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers (die), I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will come forth from your own body (descendant from his bloodline), and I will establish his kingdom.”

ii. The Messiah coming from the lineage of David was also prophesied by the prophets.

1. Isaiah 11:1-5

2. Jeremiah 23:5-6

3. Ezekiel 34:23-24

4. Ezekiel 37:24-25

At the time of the New Testament, the common Jewish expectation was that the Messiah (Christ) would be a descendant of David.

b. According to lineage, Jesus is David’s descendant.

i. Scripture shows that Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus and husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, was “…Joseph, son of David…” in Matthew 1:20.

ii. Matthew 1:1-16 traces Joseph’s ancestry in the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. This genealogy establishes Joseph’s legal descent from David through the royal line.

iii. Mary was also from the lineage of David.

1. Luke 3:23-38 reveals Mary’s lineage.

2. Unlike Matthew’s genealogy, Luke traces the line through Nathan rather than Solomon. Showing Jesus is not just from the line of David on His earthly adoptive father’s side, but also the bloodline through His mother Mary’s side.

3. Jewish genealogies often listed a woman's ancestry through her husband or father-in-law because women were seldom named in formal genealogical records.

iv. We also need to remember the angel Gabriel’s promise in Luke 1:32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.”

Jesus was a descendant of David on both sides, His mother and stepfather!

Jesus did not ask this question to cast doubt on the Messiah being David’s son. Rather, it was to reveal that His critics did not understand the scriptures because they could not answer how the Son of David could also be David’s Lord.

II. CHRIST JESUS IS ALSO DAVID’S LORD

a. According to prophecy

i. David said so while writing his Holy Spirit-inspired words in Psalm 110

1. Christ would be David’s Lord

2. Ruling at the right hand as both king and priest forever

ii. Christ is David’s Lord as prophesied in Isaiah 9:6-7

1. The Christ would be a Son, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father over a coming government with no end

iii. Also prophesied in Micah 5:2

1. The Christ, born in Bethlehem, would be a ruler who would be from everlasting, from the ancient of days!

Old Testament prophecy declares the kingship AND deity of the Christ!

b. Jesus is the Son of God

i. As Jesus claims in scripture!

1. In Matthew 14:33 Jesus accepts the title “Son of God” in worship

2. And in John 5:25, John 10:36 and John 11:4, Jesus refers to Himself as the “Son of God”

ii. Others in scripture also proclaim Jesus is the Son of God!

1. God called Jesus His Son in Matthew 3:17 and Matthew 17:5

2. Peter confessed Jesus as the Son of God in Matthew 16:16

3. Mark begins his gospel by declaring Jesus as the Son of God in Mark 1:1

4. The angel Gabriel said Jesus was the Son of God in Luke 1:35

5. John the Baptist testified that Jesus is the Son of God in John 1:34

6. Nathaniel, Martha, and John confessed Jesus as the Son of God in John 1:49, John 11:27, and John 20:31

iii. Being the Son of God reveals the pre-existence of Jesus

1. Expressed in John’s prologue to his gospel in John 1:1-2

2. And as proclaimed by Jesus Himself in John 8:56-58

3. And taught by the apostle Paul in Philippians 2:5-7

The scriptures clearly declare the deity of Christ! Not just from the line of David, but the Son of God AND king of all kings!

c. Jesus is the King of Kings

i. Jesus now has authority in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18)

ii. All things (including David) have been made subject to Him

1. Ephesians 1:20-23

2. 1 Peter 3:22

iii. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth (Revelation 1:5)

iv. The King of kings and Lord of lords (1 Timothy 6:14-15; Revelation 17:14)

v. He will reign until all enemies are placed under His feet, death being the last of them!

1. Psalm 110:1

2. 1 Corinthians 15:24-26

Jesus Christ is clearly declared the King of all.

CONCLUSION

So the answer to the question Jesus posed to the Pharisees, How can the Messiah be David’s son and David’s Lord?

Christ Jesus is David’s son by virtue of His incarnation in the lineage of David, and Christ is David’s Lord by virtue of His eternal deity and present reign over all!

FINAL THOUGHT

In later scripture, the apostle Paul would write that Jesus is the Son of David according to the flesh (lineage; Romans 1:3) and the Son of God as evidenced by His resurrection (Romans 1:4), Lord of all (Romans 1:3).

Not only did David (whom Jesus said was inspired by the Holy Spirit when writing) rightly call his Son “Lord,” but so should we. Have we accepted David’s Son (Jesus) as Lord?

Psalm 110:3 “Your people will offer themselves freely in the day of Your army; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, The dew of Your youthfulness will be Yours.”

Luke 6:46 “Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Gospel of Mark Part 71: David’s Son and David’s Lord