Note 1 at Lk. 20:44: Jesus took an apparent contradiction in scripture and through combining these paradoxical statements (concerning the humanity and deity of Christ) brought forth the truth that Christ was God in human flesh (1 Tim. 3:16). Both assertions (the fact that Jesus was David's son and yet David's Lord) were right at the same time.

It was correct that Christ was David's son (see note 2 at Lk. 18:39, p. 343) and it was also correct that Christ was David's Lord which meant also that Christ was God (see note 2 at Mt. 16:16, p. 202). However, Christ was not exclusively David's son nor was He exclusively David's Lord. These two truths had to be combined to arrive at the truth. No truth of God's Word stands independent of the other truths in God's Word.

A lack of balancing truth with truth is usually the cause of much contention when interpreting scriptures. Some argue that everything is by grace (Rom. 3:24; 4:16) while others emphatically state that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). The Bible teaches that we have to have both grace and faith to be born again (Eph. 2:8) -- not one without the other. The same is true of faith versus works (Rom. 3:28 with Jas. 2:17-20) and many other truths of God's Word. Error can simply be truth taken to an extreme at the expense of other truths.