Jesus Astounds His Enemies and ME

As the end drew near for Jesus, his enemies were hard at work trying to get him to mess us by what He said.  Luke 20 tells us:  They questioned where he got his authority and he refused to answer because they would not answer a basic question the he asked.

They questioned him on taxes-hoping he would he make some mistake with his answer but he astounded them by saying we are to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to him. Once more, he was smarter than they ere.

Finally, they tried to trap him with the issue of marriage and death.  He made it clear that marriage was only for this life and not the next.   And he also made it clear that this life is not the end for those who know God.  Once again they were astounded by his answer.

Jesus was smarter than all of his enemies.  They wanted him to make some mistake so that they could kill him.  He was not trapped by anything that he said.  Instead, He willingly took the cross for us-not because he had to, but simply because he chose to.   I don"t know about you, but that astounds me even more than his ability to outsmart His enemies!!!