Whose Son Is the Messiah?

Jesus stumped the Pharisees when He asked them this question (Matthew 22:41-45). 

Matthew Henry's commentary on the passage:

"He took upon him human nature, and so became God manifested in the flesh; in this sense he is the Son of man and the Son of David. It behoves us above all things seriously to inquire, "What think we of Christ?" Is he altogether glorious in our eyes, and precious to our hearts? May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to him, and more devoted to his service."

Who do you say He is?

We easily embrace him as the Babe away in a manger, with no crib for a bed, laying down his sweet head. Do we so easily embrace that Babe as the Great Shepherd laying down his life for his sheep?  

I'm reading a thought provoking little collection of Martin Luther's Christmas sermons. Luther asks: "What could be sweeter than the Babe?"

Consider,

This sweet Babe who was born into the world just when a heavy burden was decreed to trade his light and easy burden for ours.

This Babe, the Creator of the world born in a stable without notice nor regard, lying in a wooden feeding trough. What kind of throne is that for the King of kings?

 A scared, first time mother having to birth her son alone....in the town of Joseph's ancestors....where was his family, surely they could have housed them, helped with the birth?  But, no one came to give the customary assistance. No one took her condition to heart.  No one attended to this woman. 

was there light to see what she was doing? water to bathe Him? where did the wrap come from?

.  In regarding the Nativity, Luther says:

" ...many of you... who think to yourselves: 'If only I had been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby!  I would have washed his lined.  How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger.' Yes you would!  You say that because you know how great Christ is, but if you had been there at that time you wold have done no better than the people of Bethlehem.  Childish and silly thought are these! Why don't you do it now?  You have Christ in your neighbor.  You ought to serve him, for what you do to your neighbor in need you do to the Lord Christ himself. "

 "What think we of Christ?

Is he altogether glorious in our eyes, and precious to our hearts?

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all.

May we daily be made more like to him, and more devoted to his service."