Our paragraph topic is: (The Sadducees question Christ) Part 3.
They came with what they considered a true concern or at least they thought that it was true enough to question Christ. They had a foundation, handed down from Moses. They built their premise upon this concern so that it would seem legitimate. But their whole concern was with resurrection because they did not believe.
They started with a man and his wife with no heir. The husband dies leaving a widow with no son to carry the family name. That leaves, according to custom, the wife to be handed over to the brother to take the wife and have a son. Here is the premise: "Now there were among us seven brothers. And the first after having married a wife, died, and having no issue, left his wife to his brother. In like manner the second, and the third down to the seventh."
This is the kind of question that was brought to Christ by the leadership of the Jews. They concerned themselves with the minutia of the Law to confuse and constrain the people to keep them under their control. And they used the same tactics with Christ. But they did not know. They did not understand. They did not see nor did they hear his words. Their eyes were blinded and they could not hear the truth of the words of the Son of Man.
God gave us eyes to see and ears to hear but he gave us hearts to know the truth of who we are. We believe with that which he has given us and it is with the heart that we know the truth. Sometimes the heart can be deceived but with an open mind the truth will be known to those who seek it. For the heart knows the voice of the one who calls us. We hear his words when they are spoken to us. We see the truth when it is given to us in plain sight. And the light of the world will be revealed to those who seek to know who they are in his sight.
My heart compels me to write because much has been given me. A new life, a new sight, a new me I now see. No longer am I just flesh alone. No longer am I without form or fashion. My God has given me newness of life. Christ Jesus has saved me from damnation and it is through his passion and his love that I am here today. The infinite mercy of God forgives me of my sins for I am but a sinner. And I write that I might be a witness to others who are lost in the darkness. I have found the light and you can too. Come! Follow the path. The truth is there waiting for you to see, waiting for you to know, waiting for you to become who you are.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
They came with what they considered a true concern or at least they thought that it was true enough to question Christ. They had a foundation, handed down from Moses. They built their premise upon this concern so that it would seem legitimate. But their whole concern was with resurrection because they did not believe.
They started with a man and his wife with no heir. The husband dies leaving a widow with no son to carry the family name. That leaves, according to custom, the wife to be handed over to the brother to take the wife and have a son. Here is the premise: "Now there were among us seven brothers. And the first after having married a wife, died, and having no issue, left his wife to his brother. In like manner the second, and the third down to the seventh."
This is the kind of question that was brought to Christ by the leadership of the Jews. They concerned themselves with the minutia of the Law to confuse and constrain the people to keep them under their control. And they used the same tactics with Christ. But they did not know. They did not understand. They did not see nor did they hear his words. Their eyes were blinded and they could not hear the truth of the words of the Son of Man.
God gave us eyes to see and ears to hear but he gave us hearts to know the truth of who we are. We believe with that which he has given us and it is with the heart that we know the truth. Sometimes the heart can be deceived but with an open mind the truth will be known to those who seek it. For the heart knows the voice of the one who calls us. We hear his words when they are spoken to us. We see the truth when it is given to us in plain sight. And the light of the world will be revealed to those who seek to know who they are in his sight.
My heart compels me to write because much has been given me. A new life, a new sight, a new me I now see. No longer am I just flesh alone. No longer am I without form or fashion. My God has given me newness of life. Christ Jesus has saved me from damnation and it is through his passion and his love that I am here today. The infinite mercy of God forgives me of my sins for I am but a sinner. And I write that I might be a witness to others who are lost in the darkness. I have found the light and you can too. Come! Follow the path. The truth is there waiting for you to see, waiting for you to know, waiting for you to become who you are.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
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