That day some Sadducees - who deny that there is resurrection - approached him and they put this question
Apparently, one of the favourite sports of the Sadducees was to make fun of their opponents by showing how their beliefs led to ridiculous conclusions. They approached Jesus Christ with a "what if" question, designed to show the absurd consequences that can arise from believing in the resurrection of the dead. "Suppose" they asked, a woman had seven husbands in this life, and each of them died without leaving children? Whose wife would she be in the world to come?
Jesus replied with a two-part answer. First, He said that they were wrong to suggest that earthly relationship, such as marriage, will continue after the resurrection. Second, Jesus pointed out that they were wrong in not believing in the resurrection at all: 'Have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" - Ex. 3:6,15-16; Matt. 22:31-32 -
Jesus' explicitly explained was that God told Moses that He was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Of course, these three men had died long before the time of Moses. Yet, if they were not 'alive' at the time of Moses (that is, if they did not live on after their deaths) then God would not have called Himself their God, for "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living". Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must live on if God is still their God; therefore, it is wrong to deny life after death and the resurrection of the dead.
After posing His reasons, Jesus stated clearly that the Sadducees were greatly mistaken in their beliefs. - Mark 12:27 - And Jesus' teaching made a deep impression on the people who heard it and the Sadducees were silenced.
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question. 'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as your yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole law, and the Prophets also.'
While the Pharisees were gathered round, Jesus put to them this question, 'What is your opinion about the Christ? Whose son is he?' 'David's ' they told him. 'Then how is it' he said 'that David, moved by the Spirit, calls him Lord, where he says:
The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit at my right hand
and I will put your enemies
under your feet?
'If David can call him Lord, then how can he be his son?' Not one could think of anything to say in reply, and from that day no one dared to ask him any further questions. - Matt. 22:34-46 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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