Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2006 13:10:00 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Mark 12:18-27
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Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and
asked him a question, saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a
man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry
the widow and raise up children for his brother. There were seven
brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no children; and
the second married her and died, leaving no children; and the third
likewise; none of the seven left children. Last of all the woman
herself died. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the
seven had married her."
Jesus said to them, "Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you
know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise
from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are
like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not
read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said
to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite
wrong."
Devotional
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Jesus believed in the resurrection from the dead. The Saduccees did
not. They attempted to trick Jesus, but as usual, they are not
prepared for Jesus' wisdom and insight. God is the God of the living.
That is the foundation of teaching. From there Jesus moves on to
build a case that God identifies with those that have died, yet are
alive, like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As God lives, so do God's
children.
Prayer
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Keep alive the hope of life eternal in me, O Lord. Amen
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Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and
asked him a question, saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a
man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry
the widow and raise up children for his brother. There were seven
brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no children; and
the second married her and died, leaving no children; and the third
likewise; none of the seven left children. Last of all the woman
herself died. In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the
seven had married her."
Jesus said to them, "Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you
know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise
from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are
like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not
read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said
to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite
wrong."
Devotional
----------
Jesus believed in the resurrection from the dead. The Saduccees did
not. They attempted to trick Jesus, but as usual, they are not
prepared for Jesus' wisdom and insight. God is the God of the living.
That is the foundation of teaching. From there Jesus moves on to
build a case that God identifies with those that have died, yet are
alive, like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As God lives, so do God's
children.
Prayer
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Keep alive the hope of life eternal in me, O Lord. Amen