Not Being In Error

 DEVOTION

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN

NOT BEING IN ERROR

Matt 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. 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. 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. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 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.

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It is interesting that those who did not believe in the resurrection should ask Jesus about what happens after the resurrection. Obviously, they were trying to trap Jesus and they were not even hiding it. Jesus has no problem correcting them, in fact, telling them they are in error. That is our first lesson. We should make sure we know the scriptures and the power of God so that we will not also be in error. The problem is that we the people of God have too many different ideas as to what the scriptures mean. Therefore, we have so many denominations with varying statements of faith. We know the scriptures, but we cannot agree on some of them. Then we have so many commentaries, again with varying views, based on their denominational bias, followed by a plethora of authors, all having something to say about how the scriptures mean this or that, or how we should live according to this or that truth. Are we to believe any of them, or is it possible to use them simply to gain some insight into one direction of thinking? However, who we do have is the Holy Spirit who leads us into all truth, so with His direction, we can know the truth and the power of God and not be in error. We also have this wonderful assurance that God is and not was. That is God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, and the God of us. Although Jesus used the fathers of Israel or at least the famous ones to whom Israel points, we are just the same as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the eyes of God for they were given a promise and we too have been given a promise. Are not all men just as important to God as any one man? Are not we all seen as equal in the eyes of God? Sure we put some importance on some more than others, based either on their amount of education, knowledge, wealth, or deeds. We have all sorts of qualifiers to give one person more praise than another, or for that matter to even think more highly of ourselves based on one of those factors. The fact is we all are sinners and in need of a Savior and in the resurrection, there will be no differences, as we all will be like the angels. This is not that we will have wings or something, but God created them as eternal beings, and so shall we be, eternal beings to live in the presence of our God forever and ever, Amen. We will most likely know each other, and fellowship with one another, but not in the sense of marriage, other then we all will be the bride of Christ, living all together as one people of God, knowing him fully and his power completely forever and ever, Amen.