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Daily Bread

The God of the Living

Date: Nov. 15, 2015

Passage

Matthew 22:23-33 

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

Daily Bread

Key Verse: Matthew 22:31b,32

31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:

First, a tragic story (23-28). The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection or angels (Ac 23:8) and wanted to make Jesus' teaching about resurrection absurd. So they gave a made-up story about a woman who married seven brothers in succession and died. They asked him whose wife she would be at the resurrection. This reveals their darkness, emptiness and lifelessness now on earth as well as in the life to come.

Second, the God of the living (29-33). Jesus pointed out that they were in error by teaching the Scripture. First, there will be no marriage in heaven. Heaven will be incomparably beautiful beyond human marriage. Second, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all died long years ago, but they are living with God. God is the God of the living.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving us a glimpse of heaven through Jesus. I shall also live with the living God!

One Word: God is the God of the living

Daily Bread

God is Our Deliverer

Psalm 78:40-72

Key Verse: 78:65

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.

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