Now there came to Him some of the Now there came to Him some of the
Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection), and they questioned Him, saying,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother. Now
there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;
and the second and the third married her; and in the
same way all seven died, leaving no children. Finally the woman died also.
In the resurrection
therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.” Jesus said
to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in
marriage, but those who are considered worthy to
attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are
given in marriage; for they cannot even die anymore,
because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection. 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.”
In Luke’s gospel, we continue to see groups of people who
seek Jesus to justify Himself to them instead of them receiving Him as the True
Son of God and receiving Him as such.
Today it is the Sadducees who are a Jewish sect. that do not believe in
the resurrection (the raising from the dead) as Jesus instructs. The lesson Jesus is teaching them here is
that salvation comes to individuals, not to groups of persons. Each must be forgiven their sins and
justified in Christ in order to be saved.
The salvation of a wife does not justify her husband and vice
versa. Finally we need to stop thinking
as dead people, and recognize God is a God of life, and in Him lies eternal
life.
Daily Prayer: Lord God, I recognize that our “inner man” called
our soul cannot perish as does flesh.
For this reason, I choose to build up my soul in order that my flesh can
sustain life, the life that You give to all who believe. In Jesus name I pray Amen. (who say that there is no resurrection), and they questioned Him, saying,
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should marry the wife and raise up children to his brother. Now
there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;
and the second and the third married her; and in the
same way all seven died, leaving no children. Finally the woman died also.
In the resurrection
therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.” Jesus said
to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in
marriage, but those who are considered worthy to
attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are
given in marriage; for they cannot even die anymore,
because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection. 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.”
In Luke’s gospel, we continue to see groups of people who
seek Jesus to justify Himself to them instead of them receiving Him as the True
Son of God and receiving Him as such.
Today it is the Sadducees who are a Jewish sect. that do not believe in
the resurrection (the raising from the dead) as Jesus instructs. The lesson Jesus is teaching them here is
that salvation comes to individuals, not to groups of persons. Each must be forgiven their sins and
justified in Christ in order to be saved.
The salvation of a wife does not justify her husband and vice
versa. Finally we need to stop thinking
as dead people, and recognize God is a God of life, and in Him lies eternal
life.
Daily Prayer: Lord God, I recognize that our “inner man” called
our soul cannot perish as does flesh.
For this reason, I choose to build up my soul in order that my flesh can
sustain life, the life that You give to all who believe. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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