Luke 20

Christ turns the tables on the Scribes that had been relentlessly throwing questions at Him.

"Then He said to them, 'How is it that they say the Christ is David's son? For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to My Lord, sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. Therefore David calls Him, Lord, and how is He his son?' v.41-44

*The Son of David was the most common messianic title in the usage of Jesus' day.

Matthew tells us that the scribes were unable to answer the question; the reason being that they believed that the Messiah was going to be a man, a king, and not Deity, not God. Only Deity could be David's Lord and his son.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham', and the 'God of Isaac', and the 'God of Jacob'. Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him." v. 37-38

Then in John: "Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me." vv 28-30b

Even from the Old Testament we see that we go on eternally as ourselves, and I pray that my eternal life will be of the resurrected life and not that of judgement, though I deserve the latter. If Jesus can do nothing on His own initiative, then how much more should I seek God's will and ask for God's initiative in my life!