Friday, February 29, 2008
Psalm 148; Matthew 22:23-33- - - - - -
I'm in Atlanta this weekend with our Mark and Monica. We'll be working on their ceilings and spending special time with the first-time expectant parents! So the next few posts will be shorter, and maybe sweeter...
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Question # 2. This time from the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. Basically, a woman with multiple, legitimate husbands - whose wife will she be in the resurrection?
Jesus says their fundamental problem is that they don't know the Scriptures or the power of God. It's amazing, in listening in on these questions, these hostile traps set by his enemies,
how much we as his followers, his friends, can learn. Lord, help us to learn and apply your Word, and to know your power in our lives, our church, and our world.
Interestingly, Jesus says to the Sadducees that what was said to Moses (Exodus 3:6) was said to them. Jesus' interpretation of this old text is that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive to God, alive in God. He implies that their resurrection has happened, or is clearly pointed to, in the fact that God says "I am the God of... " not "I was the God of ..."
Lord God, in you we live and move and have our being; grant that we who have died with Christ in baptism, and been raised to new life in him, may be so alive to you this day, so saturated with your life, your Word, your love and your power, that we may show forth your glory in all that we say and do, through Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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