The Magnificent Answer of Our Lord

I suppose that with preaching, we preachers are always over our head. We are called to proclaim the word of our Lord to His people. Who is sufficient for this? But today as we come to Mark 12:28-34 in our sermon series, I am especially aware of my insufficiency. If you have been following this sermon series, you will recall how in Mark chapter 12, our Lord has different members of the Sanhedrin, the highest court of the Old Testament Church, come to test Him with questions. They have come with malicious intent to try to entrap Him in His words. We have seen how His answers are so excellent that in every case He is exalted instead of dishonoured. It has been a pleasure to present to you His wonderful answers that you might see His glory and love Him more. It is a pleasure to do so this week as well—but this week His answer is so magnificent that even the scribe who presented the question openly praises Him. It is my task today to present to His answer that summarises our whole relationship with God and man. Truly, I am out of my depth.