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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON MARK - MARK 12:35-44
  by J.C. Ryle
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We have seen in the former part of this chapter, how the enemies of our
Lord endeavored to "catch Him in His words." We have seen how the
Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Scribes successively propounded to Him
hard questions--questions we can hardly fail to observe more likely to
minister strife than edification. The passage before us begins with a
question of a very different character. Our Lord Himself propounds it.
He asks His enemies about Christ and the meaning of Holy Scripture. Such
questions are always truly profitable. Well would it be for the church
if theological discussions were less about trifles, and more about
weighty matters, and things necessary to salvation.

Let us learn, in the first place, from these verses, how much there is
about Christ in the Old Testament Scriptures. Our Lord desires to expose
the ignorance of the Jewish teachers about the true nature of the
Messiah. He does it by referring to a passage in the book of Psalms, and
showing that the Scribes did not rightly understand it. And in so doing
He shows us that one subject, about which David was inspired by the Holy
Spirit to write, was Christ.

We know, from our Lord\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-mark-mark-1235-44/
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