Matthew 22:23-33 23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us.

Matthew 22:23-33 23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.

Matthew 22:23-33 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:23-33 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married “to her?” 29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married “to her?” 29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 22:23-33 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:23-33 31 But about the resurrection of the dead - have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. Matthew 22:23-33

April 24, 2011

 “Unbelievable” ...“strained the credulity of even the most devoted believer.”  “presented credibility problems”  “For my part, I don’t buy it.”  Newsweek’s senior editor of the religious section, Lisa Miller.

She is not the first to have problems with the idea.  In Jesus’ day the Sadducees rejected that anybody would rise from the dead.  Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” (Matt. 16:22)  “and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved. (Matt. 17:23)

For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. (John 20:9)  Several years later Paul writes to Corinth dealing with the same issue.

God ties our resurrection directly to that of Jesus. Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? (I Cor. 15:12)

16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. (I Cor. 15:16-19)

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. (Matt. 16:21)

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.” (Matt. 17:22)

17 As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, 18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, 19 and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” (Matt. 20:17-19)

Jesus rose from the dead as proof that we will rise.

Why would people struggle with such a clear teaching?  They reject it because they can’t understand it.  Paul says we’ve seen it over & over...  35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies. (I Cor. 15:35 - 36)

Two other reasons people might reject the resurrection of the dead:... “ in the resurrection whose wife will she be?”

“For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.” (Matt. 22:30) But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.” (Matt. 22:29)

First, they don’t know scripture: 37 “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.’ 38 Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.” (Luke 20:37-38)

Old Testament was loaded with promises:  For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. (Psalm 16:10)  25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26 Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; 27 Whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! (Job 19:25-27)

Your dead will live; their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. (Is. 26:19) Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight. (Hos. 13:14)

Problem with Sadducees wasn’t that they didn’t have Biblical proof of God’s promises. It just didn’t say what they thought it should say, so they chose to ignore it.

The second reason the Sadducees rejected and others might reject the resurrection of the dead is they don’t know the power of God.

The Sadducees god wasn’t big enough... The result of their belief in this pathetic god was a hopeless future.

Sigmund Frued observed, “And finally there is the painful riddle of death, for which no remedy at all has yet been found, nor probably ever will be!”  Paul said, “If the dead are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.” (I Cor. 15:32b)

For many folks death is an inescapable hole in the ground... all because their god has no power.

BLINDNESS

I am lost in blindness And I refuse to believe that I can see One has to accept a life of darkness Years from now I can only tell my children not to believe that Simple grace triumphs over utter darkness I was born in sin and I was conceived in sin It doesn’t matter to God that I live every day of my life in hopelessness No longer can it be said that There is a God who hears the cries of His people My whole life testifies to one truth: Blindness has robbed me of every good thing And it is no longer true that God saves those who are crushed in spirit Now I don’t know much, but I know one thing for sure I was born blind, with no hope and no future But then O met Jesus, and He turned everything in my life upside down

I am lost in blindness And I refuse to believe that I can see One has to accept a life of darkness Years from now I can only tell my children not to believe that Simple grace triumphs over utter darkness I was born in sin and I was conceived in sin It doesn’t matter to God that I live every day of my life in hopelessness No longer can it be said that There is a God who hears the cries of His people My whole life testifies to one truth: Blindness has robbed me of every good thing And it is no longer true that God saves those who are crushed in spirit Now I don’t know much, but I know one thing for sure I was born blind, with no hope and no future But then I met Jesus, and He turned everything in my life upside down

I am lost in blindness And I refuse to believe that I can see One has to accept a life of darkness Years from now I can only tell my children not to believe that Simple grace triumphs over utter darkness I was born in sin and I was conceived in sin It doesn’t matter to God that I live every day of my life in hopelessness No longer can it be said that There is a God who hears the cries of His people My whole life testifies to one truth: Blindness has robbed me of every good thing And it is no longer true that God saves those who are crushed in spirit Now I don’t know much, but I know one thing for sure I was born blind, with no hope and no future But then O met Jesus, and He turned everything in my life upside down

Not For Us! 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (I Cor. 15:51-52)

That promise is included in the very act of our salvation.  having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. (Col. 2:12)

3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. (Rom. 6:3-7)

Because we joined Jesus in His death and burial... we are raised up to a new life.

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