If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 21. The Lord Jesus has been in conflict with His enemies. They have continued to bring direct charges against His teaching and His actions. None of that has worked so far, and so in this passage they try a different tactic. Since they have been unable to confront him successfully in rebuking His teaching and His deeds, now they take an indirect approach. They question His authority to be teaching in the first place. And so this passage affords us a marvelous opportunity on this day of resurrection to reflect on the claims of the risen Christ. The resurrection is a testimony to the authority of Christ and it is the authority of Christ precisely that these religious leaders of Israel are questioning. So let's…