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Mark 12:18-27 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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We continue our verse-by-verse exposition through the Gospel according to Mark.
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! We find ourselves in the last week of Jesus' earthly ministry.
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! This is the week most often called Passion Week.
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He leaves, comes back, cleanses the temple.
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And now he's back in the temple.
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He's established some authority in this place.
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And he's now being questioned.
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The Sadducees, the Pharisees, etc. are coming to him
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and wondering how it is that he has this authority.
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And they're now beginning to work on discrediting him.
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As we come to this text, I was really thankful this morning
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to hear the song on Jordan's stormy banks.
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As we live in this life, a life full of trouble,
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and we stand on the banks, so to speak, metaphorically of the Jordan,
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looking to the promise of God in Christ.
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I feel that way a bit in our text together.
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I want to rush to the great work of Jesus on our behalf on the cross
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and then his resurrection.
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It's going to take us some months to get to that point.
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And I feel in my own soul kind of attention for this
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as we preach through it.
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The last couple of weeks, we've been in Wednesday of Passion Week
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and we'll be there a bit longer still.
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I hope that you feel that way this morning.
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We've now experienced the redemptive work of Christ on our behalf.
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He has accomplished this thing, this great climax of redemptive history.
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And we're waiting for the next great event in redemptive history.
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And that is his return where he's brought in the kingdom of God.
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He's now going to bring it to a full culmination one day.
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And there should be a longing in our hearts for such a thing to come to pass.
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But in the midst of that, we come to these small stories.
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These, at first glance, maybe even insignificant stories
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in light of the thing that's going to happen in just a few days
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in the life of Christ, which has such a massive effect
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on the world and on us as well.
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But it's important that we pause
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and we take a careful look at these things.
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We saw last week in verses 13 through 17
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an interaction that he has with the Pharisees and the Herodians
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with a religious group and a political group.
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They've come together and they worked a question in such a way
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they believed it was so incredibly brilliant
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that they would trap him with both this political and theological question.
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And today we're going to see the Sadducees,
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another group, another religious group,
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and they're going to take a turn and take a stab
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at discrediting Jesus Christ.
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So I'm going to read to you in Mark 12, beginning in verse 18.
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So follow along as I read.
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And Sadducees came to him who say that there is no resurrection.
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And they asked him a question, saying,
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Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies
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and leaves a wife, but leaves no child,
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the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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There were seven brothers.
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The first took a wife and when he died left no offspring.
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And the second took her and died, leaving no offspring.
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And the third likewise.
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And the seven left no offspring.
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Last of all, the woman also died.
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In the resurrection, when they rise again,
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whose wife will she be?
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For the seven had her as wife.
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Jesus said to them,
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Is this not the reason you are wrong?
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Because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
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For when they rise from the dead,
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they neither marry nor are given in marriage,
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but are like angels in heaven.
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And as for the dead being raised,
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have you not read in the book of Moses,
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in the passage about the bush,
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how God spoke to him, saying,
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I am the God of Abraham,
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and the God of Isaac,
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and the God of Jacob.
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He is not God of the dead,
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but of the living.
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You are quite wrong.
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This is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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Let's pray together.
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Father God,
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for the preaching of your gospel,
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who is sufficient for such a thing?
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Surely not I.
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And none of us are sufficient
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for the proper application of these words
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to our minds and our hearts.
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And so we would pray this morning,
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by your Spirit,
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that you would illuminate our minds and our hearts,
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that you would help us to rightly understand
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and rightly apply these words of truth.
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We recognize that your word is authoritative,
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that it is inerrant,
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that it is sufficient,
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that it has something to say to us in this day,
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and we expect that, Lord,
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for your name's sake.
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So use me as a vessel.
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Surely you can accomplish good things
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in my speaking.
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Work to the great end of your people
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looking more like Christ,
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proclaiming your name in greater
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and more radical ways
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to your glory.
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And we pray all this in Jesus' precious name.
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Amen.
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So we have this new group that comes to Jesus,
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a group that's not mentioned
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all that often in the Scriptures,
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and so we must first ask the question,
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who were these Sadducees?
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Who are they?
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They're not so much a religious party,
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an established religious party,
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but this is rather a label given them,
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a people with a particular
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Judaic theological viewpoint.
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Now, it contained within it
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a number of variances,
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a number of discrepancies
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between what they and the Pharisees believed,
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and in fact,
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we could spend the entire time together
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just talking about that,
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the things that they believed
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versus what the Pharisees believed.
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In fact, this text has a lot of things
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we could spend a lot of time on,
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and it doesn't it?
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The nature of resurrection,
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we could talk about angels
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and our relation to them,
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but we're going to focus primarily
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on this question and this challenge, right?
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The context is driving us to Friday,
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to Jesus' judgment,
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his death,
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and then his subsequent resurrection.
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So we're going to stay in that realm.
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So these Sadduceean views
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were espoused by most
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of the priestly families in this day,
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so that most of the ruling class,
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those in the temple,
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the Sanhedrin,
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the court that was held,
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most of them were Sadducees, right?
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This belief system was held
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by most of those in power, right?
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Now, in one sense,
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and you've heard me say this
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over and over again,
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they were liberals.
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The Pharisees tended to be
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the more fundamental,
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the more conservative in that regard,
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in their practice of the law,
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their strict adherence to the law.
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It was the Pharisees
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that had added to the law of God,
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the hedge laws.
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They had heaped upon the law of God
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extra laws to keep you from ever breaking.
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So you might break the hedge laws,
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but to ever keep from breaking
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the law of God,
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which of course they all did,
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and they just didn't recognize it.
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They were hypocrites,
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whitewashed tombs,
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very unaware of their inability
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to keep the law.
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The Sadducees were a bit more liberal
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in that case,
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a little less concerned
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about strict adherence to the law.
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But in another,
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they were very conservative,
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and that was that they did not
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accept oral tradition.
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In this day,
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there was something called
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oral tradition.
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It exists in some denominations today,
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which was a passing down of teaching.
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They would listen to the teachings
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of a rabbi,
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rabbinical teachings,
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and they would apply those teachings
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and understand the scriptures
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by them,
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in many cases,
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elevating them even to the degree
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of scripture.
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The Sadducees did not do this.
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They totally rejected
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the oral tradition,
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and they held just to the scriptures.
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Now,
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interestingly,
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they held almost exclusively
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to the Pentateuch,
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to the books of Moses,
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Genesis, Exodus,
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Levitas,
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Numbers,
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Deuteronomy.
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They highly elevated
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the writings of Moses.
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They didn't deny the rest
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of the Jewish scriptures,
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which we would have
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as our Old Testament.
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They didn't deny them
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as the word of God,
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but those were always
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subservient to the Pentateuch.
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So,
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if something was taught
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in the rest of our Old Testament
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and their scriptures of the day
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that they couldn't find proof for
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in the Pentateuch
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and the writings of Moses,
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they would disregard it altogether.
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And the resurrection
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is one of those cases,
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right?
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In fact,
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it was a rather major one
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in this day.
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This was a common theological debate
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that took place
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between the Sadducees
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and the Pharisees.
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It was something
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that was talked about often.
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Is there a resurrection?
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Is there an afterlife?
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It would seem,
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and it's my belief,
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that the Sadducees
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were what we would call
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annihilationists.
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They believed that
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at the end of your life,
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you died
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and nothing happened beyond.
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You just were gone.
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There was no eternal joy.
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There was no eternal punishment.
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You were simply gone.
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Now, the Old Testament
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does teach about resurrection,
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but in some of these,
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in their minds,
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lesser books,
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like in Isaiah 26, 19.
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Your dead shall live,
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their body shall rise.
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You who dwell in the dust,
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awake and sing for joy.
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For your dew is a dew of light,
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and the earth will give birth
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to the dead.
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Daniel 12, 2 also.
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Possibly, with some hindsight,
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knowing what we know now,
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you can look back at some other texts
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and see this idea of resurrection,
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although in their day
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it would have been challenging.
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For further study,
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Psalm 16, 9-11,
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Psalm 49, 15, 73, 23-26,
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Job 19, 25-26.
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There are some places
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that it's spoken of,
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but it wasn't so explicit
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in this case.
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So the only two explicit examples
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we have is Isaiah 26, 19
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and Daniel 12, 2.
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Now the Pharisees tried,
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although they failed,
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to make a case from the Pentateuch
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for the resurrection,
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and the Sadducees just
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were not convinced of this.
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Now Jesus believed in resurrection.
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Praise God.
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I'm really glad that He did.
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We see some examples of that
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in the Gospel of Mark already.
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So turn back a few chapters
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to Mark 8, verse 31.
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Chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 10,
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we see predictions
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of what's about to happen.
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He's teaching the disciples
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what's coming.
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We're headed on a journey.
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We're going towards Jerusalem.
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Let me tell you what's going to happen
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in this Passion Week.
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Verse 31 says,
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And He began to teach them
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that the Son of Man
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must suffer many things
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and be rejected by the elders
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and the chief priests
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and the scribes.
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Isn't that what's happening
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on this Wednesday
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in this interaction?
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And be killed.
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And after three days,
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rise again.
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Chapter 9, verse 31,
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For He was teaching His disciples,
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saying to them,
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The Son of Man is going to be delivered
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into the hands of men,
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and they will kill Him.
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And when He is killed,
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after three days,
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He will rise.
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Chapter 10, verse 33 and 34,
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See, we are going up to Jerusalem,
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and the Son of Man will be delivered
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over to the chief priests
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and the scribes,
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and they will condemn Him to death
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and deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
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and they will mock Him
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and spit on Him
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and flog Him
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and kill Him.
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And after three days,
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He will rise.
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This is the great hope
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and the suffering
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that Jesus was going to experience
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is that He would, in fact,
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one day,
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three days, in fact,
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after His death,
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rise again.
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Jesus certainly believed
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in raising from the dead
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as He had raised Lazarus
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from the dead.
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It's not recorded
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in the Gospel of Mark,
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but it is elsewhere
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that Lazarus
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had come back to life
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by the words of Jesus Christ.
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So, the Sadducees come to Him
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with this question
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knowing this of Him.
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They have placed Him
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in this category
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with the Pharisees,
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and they mean to humiliate Him
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by this question.
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Because this question,
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by their attempt,
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is a reductio ad absurdum,
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which is Latin for
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reduction to absurdity.
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They're essentially saying to Him,
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how can you possibly believe
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in such a thing
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as a resurrection from the dead?
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Let us give you this
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insane situation
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that makes it just seem
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that it would be impossible.
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It's not a genuine question.
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They're not coming to Him
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with teachable hearts,
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wanting to know
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from the Lord of Lords
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what the answer
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to this question is.
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They're coming to Him
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to trick Him,
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to humiliate Him,
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as He, they suppose,
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would not be able
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to give an answer
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to such a question.
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They obviously didn't know
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who they were talking to.
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So they set up
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this scenario for Him.
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You see in verse 19,
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they say,
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Teacher, Moses wrote for us.
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And they're quoting directly
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after this from Deuteronomy 25,
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5, and 6.
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Let me read that to you.
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If brothers dwell together,
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and one of them dies
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and has no son,
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the wife of the dead man
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shall not be married
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outside the family
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to a stranger.
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Her husband's brother
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shall go into her
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and take her as his wife
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and perform the duty
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of a husband's brother
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to her.
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And the first son
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who she bears
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shall succeed
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to the name
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of his dead brother
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that his name
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may not be blotted out
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of Israel.
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So this was a command,
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a way in which
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the brother's lineage
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was maintained
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that an unmarried brother
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living in the home
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would step into the role
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of the husband,
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would become the husband,
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and the first son
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would carry on
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the name of his brother.
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And there's some
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extreme examples
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and some severe punishments
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that go on beyond that
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you're welcome to read
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in Deuteronomy 25
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at a later time.
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So they set up
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a scenario for him
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where there are
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seven brothers
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living in a house together.
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The first one's married
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and they go through
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this process
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of death and remarriage
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and death and remarriage
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and death and remarriage
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and none of them have
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a child.
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There's never a child.
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There's never a child
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to carry on the posterity
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and they finally wrap
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all this up
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in the resurrection.
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So if this thing
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called resurrection is true,
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if it happens,
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if there's life after this,
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whose wife will she be?
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Oh, what are you going
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to do with that, Jesus?
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Whose wife is she going to be?
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She had seven husbands.
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What are we going to do?
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And Jesus answers
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in the great wisdom
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that he always does.
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Right?
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A double indictment.
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And you see that he says
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in verse 24,
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you are wrong.
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And at the end of verse 27,
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he says again,
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you are quite wrong
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because you know
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neither the scriptures
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nor the power
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of God.
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You do not know
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the scriptures.
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This would have been
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an incredible statement
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to say to these men
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in this day.
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These were the leaders.
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These were the guys
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that knew the scriptures.
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These were the guys
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in positions
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of religious authority.
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These are the guys
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that spent their days
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studying the scriptures.
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In fact,
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this particular group
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were the guys
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that said,
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we're not even going
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to listen to oral traditions.
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We're going to stay
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honed in on the scriptures.
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More than that,
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Moses is our great father.
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We're going to really,
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really apply ourselves
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to those books,
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to the Pentateuch,
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to those five.
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Right?
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This would have been
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shocking to them.
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You do not know
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the scriptures.
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They had no clear
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understanding
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of the scriptures at all.
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In fact,
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if they had,
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they would be leading Israel
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in a much different way.
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Jesus is going to continue
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to establish this for us
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and show us the way of God
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rather than the way
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of apostate Judaism.
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Right?
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Jews in this day,
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by and large,
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didn't follow the ways of God.
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They followed some set-up religion
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that they had formed.
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It had kind of come out
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of the law of God.
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But they had formulated it
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and thought that they were
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in right standing with Him
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because of the things
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that they did
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rather than the condition
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of their heart.
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Right?
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You do not know
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the scriptures.
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And this God
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that they claimed
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to worship,
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they apparently
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had no real understanding
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of His character
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because He also says
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nor the power of God,
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the God that can,
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in fact,
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raise someone
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from the dead.
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You don't understand
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either of these things.
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And we see so often
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it would seem
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with the Pharisees
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that they worshipped
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the right God
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wrongly.
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In the case of the Sadducees,
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it seems that they were
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worshipping the wrong God
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wrongly altogether.
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Jesus goes on
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to explain what He means.
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Verse 25,
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For when they rise
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from the dead,
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they neither marry
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nor are given in marriage
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but are like angels
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in heaven.
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Now here He's introducing
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some additional
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theological information
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to the scene of this day.
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I looked and looked.
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I thought for sure
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He had to have been
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quoting something
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in the Old Testament.
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Showing these men
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how they really
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should have known
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and really should have
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understood their Scriptures
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and known this.
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That there was no marriage
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after.
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There's not.
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That I could tell.
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Someone please tell me
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if I'm wrong about that
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later.
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Not at this moment.
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But He's introducing
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some new theological
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information to the scene.
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But we know now
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what marriage is for.
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What is marriage
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meant to do?
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Why marriage?
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Marriage.
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We find out from
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Ephesians chapter 5
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that marriage is
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prefigurative.
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It's a shadow.
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It's something meant
18:19
to point to a greater thing.
18:22
And that is our union
18:23
with Christ.
18:26
Imperfect people
18:26
joining together
18:28
to be made more perfect,
18:29
to procreate.
18:30
There are certainly
18:30
some other,
18:32
some subservient purposes
18:34
for marriage.
18:35
But the major purpose,
18:36
the major reason
18:38
that we are joined
18:38
in union with one another
18:39
is to show this picture
18:41
of this relationship
18:42
between Christ
18:43
and the church.
18:45
Let me read to you
18:46
Ephesians 5
18:46
beginning in verse 31.
18:48
Therefore a man
18:49
shall leave his father
18:50
and mother
18:50
and hold fast to his wife
18:52
and the two
18:53
shall become one flesh.
18:55
This mystery is profound
18:57
and I am saying
18:58
that it refers
18:58
to Christ
19:00
and the church.
19:02
We get to have
19:03
a very clear understanding
19:04
of this on this side.
19:05
There's no need
19:06
for marriage anymore
19:07
once we're raised
19:08
from the dead
19:09
because we don't need
19:10
it any longer.
19:12
It's meant to be
19:13
a picture,
19:13
a snapshot
19:14
of the real thing.
19:16
Once we have
19:16
the real thing,
19:17
it's no longer
19:18
necessary
19:19
to be married.
19:21
Now let's read
19:22
a little bit more
19:23
about resurrection.
19:25
I mentioned
19:25
Daniel 12, 2 to you.
19:27
Let me read to you
19:27
Daniel 12, 2
19:28
and verse 3.
19:30
And many of those
19:31
who sleep
19:32
in the dust of the earth
19:34
shall awake,
19:35
some to everlasting life
19:37
and some to shame
19:38
and everlasting contempt.
19:40
And those who are wise
19:41
shall shine
19:42
like the brightness
19:43
of the sky above.
19:44
And those who turn
19:45
many to righteousness
19:46
like the stars
19:47
forever and ever.
19:50
So catch here
19:51
the connection
19:52
he's making
19:53
as he's drawing
19:54
this out for us.
19:55
What marriage
19:56
is meant for
19:56
and that we are going
19:58
to be like angels
19:59
in heaven.
20:01
From Daniel 12, 2 there,
20:02
when we rise
20:03
from the dead,
20:04
we shall shine
20:05
like the brightness
20:06
of the sky above
20:07
and those who turn
20:08
many to righteousness
20:08
like the stars
20:09
forever and ever.
20:11
And in the Old Testament
20:12
when brightness
20:13
is talked about,
20:14
it's speaking of,
20:15
it's referring to,
20:15
it's referencing
20:16
the glory of God.
20:18
So when we rise,
20:19
we'll be made perfect
20:21
and glorify God
20:22
forever.
20:23
This is how we will be
20:24
like the angels
20:26
in heaven.
20:27
The angels in heaven
20:28
versus the angels
20:29
not in heaven,
20:30
those who were
20:31
cast down,
20:32
which are actually
20:32
mentioned as stars,
20:34
a third of the stars
20:35
being cast down
20:36
out of heaven.
20:37
But the angels
20:38
in heaven
20:38
worship God
20:39
perfectly forever.
20:42
And this will be
20:43
us.
20:45
Nehemiah 9, 6
20:46
says,
20:47
You are the Lord,
20:49
you alone.
20:50
This is Israel's
20:51
prayer of repentance
20:52
found right in the
20:53
middle of it.
20:54
You have made heaven
20:55
the heavens of heaven
20:56
with all their host,
20:58
the earth and all
20:59
that is on it,
21:00
the seas and all
21:01
that is in them.
21:02
And you preserve
21:03
all of them
21:03
and the host of heaven
21:05
worships you,
21:06
the angels in heaven
21:08
forever and ever
21:09
and ever.
21:11
So there's this new
21:12
theological information
21:13
introduced to the scene
21:14
to help us better
21:15
understand.
21:16
And Jesus is saying
21:17
to them,
21:18
you don't understand
21:19
the scriptures
21:19
and you don't know
21:20
the power of God
21:21
for resurrection.
21:24
He more explicitly
21:25
addresses it
21:26
and brilliantly
21:27
now uses
21:28
their very text
21:30
to make his points.
21:31
And so now he quotes
21:31
from the Pentateuch.
21:33
And as for the dead
21:34
being raised,
21:35
have you not read
21:35
in the book of Moses
21:36
in the passage
21:36
about the bush
21:37
how God spoke to him
21:39
saying,
21:39
this is from Exodus
21:40
chapter 3,
21:42
I am the God of Abraham
21:43
and the God of Isaac
21:44
and the God of Jacob.
21:46
Verse 27,
21:47
He is not God of the dead
21:49
but of the living.
21:50
You see,
21:51
as God is saying this
21:52
to Moses,
21:53
He's saying,
21:53
I am and they are.
21:56
I'm not worshipped
21:57
by corpses.
21:58
I am God.
21:59
I am the God of Abraham.
22:01
Abraham worships me.
22:03
Abraham lives
22:04
and he worships me.
22:04
I am the God of Isaac.
22:06
Isaac lives
22:06
and he worships me.
22:08
And I am the God of Jacob
22:09
who lives
22:10
and he worships me.
22:12
I am and they are.
22:14
Not that they were
22:15
but that they are.
22:18
So he is the God
22:20
not of the dead
22:21
but of the living.
22:23
He totally deconstructs
22:25
their entire idea
22:26
of resurrection
22:27
and what that means now
22:29
for their lives.
22:32
Totally destroys it.
22:33
They come to humiliate him
22:34
and he flips it around
22:35
this double indictment
22:37
and humiliates them
22:38
in return.
22:41
So what do we gain
22:42
from a little story
22:43
like this?
22:44
A pericope.
22:46
I have learned
22:47
I was mispronouncing that
22:48
as of recent.
22:49
Not a pericope.
22:50
A pericope.
22:52
This little story.
22:53
What is the application?
22:54
What does it mean
22:55
for us today?
22:56
If the scriptures
22:56
were written
22:57
for this day
22:58
and for us
22:59
in this day
22:59
what does this story
23:00
mean for us?
23:02
Three things
23:03
I want to address.
23:05
Firstly
23:05
do not be
23:08
like the Sadducees.
23:10
Do not be
23:11
like the Sadducees.
23:13
Not knowing
23:13
your scriptures
23:15
or the power
23:16
of God.
23:18
We live in a very
23:19
scripture rich
23:20
environment.
23:22
I don't know
23:22
all of you in the room.
23:23
In fact we have a number
23:24
of guests with us today.
23:25
I don't know
23:25
if you have ever
23:25
placed believing faith
23:27
in Jesus Christ
23:28
but it is likely
23:29
it is most likely
23:30
that you have heard
23:31
the gospel.
23:33
That you have
23:33
had a copy
23:35
of the scriptures.
23:36
That you may have
23:37
actually read
23:38
the scriptures
23:38
themselves.
23:40
Don't be like
23:41
the Sadducees.
23:42
God himself
23:43
has spoken.
23:44
He has given us
23:45
a book
23:46
that we might
23:46
know him
23:47
and know the way
23:48
of holiness.
23:49
That we might
23:49
turn from sin
23:50
and pursue him.
23:52
Do not be
23:52
like the Sadducees.
23:54
Having some degree
23:55
of mental assent.
23:57
Some understanding
23:58
of it.
23:59
And not allowing
23:59
it to work
24:00
into your heart.
24:03
The Sadducees
24:04
misunderstood
24:05
the resurrection
24:06
altogether.
24:08
Christians understand
24:09
it.
24:09
We understand
24:10
it to be
24:11
true.
24:11
And in fact
24:12
if it's not true
24:13
as the Sadducees
24:14
believed
24:14
we are people
24:16
to be
24:17
most
24:18
pitied.
24:19
Paul says this
24:20
in 1 Corinthians
24:21
chapter 15
24:22
For if the dead
24:23
are not raised
24:24
not even Christ
24:25
has been raised.
24:27
The Sadducees
24:27
were right.
24:29
If the dead
24:29
aren't raised
24:29
not even Christ
24:30
has been raised.
24:31
And if Christ
24:31
has not been raised
24:32
your faith
24:33
is futile
24:34
and you are still
24:35
in your sins.
24:37
Then those also
24:38
who have fallen
24:38
asleep in Christ
24:39
have perished.
24:40
The Sadducees
24:41
were right.
24:42
They're gone.
24:43
If in Christ
24:44
we have hope
24:44
in this life
24:45
only
24:46
we are of all
24:47
people
24:48
most
24:49
to be pitied.
24:50
If our faith
24:51
only means
24:52
something for us
24:52
now in this life
24:54
and it does
24:55
certainly
24:55
but if that's
24:56
it for us
24:57
we are to be
24:58
pitied
24:59
as Christians
25:00
if the resurrection
25:00
is not true.
25:02
Don't be like
25:03
the Sadducees.
25:04
Place believing
25:05
faith in Christ.
25:06
Believe in the
25:07
resurrection.
25:08
Believe that
25:08
in Him
25:09
there is
25:10
life.
25:13
Secondly
25:13
if you have
25:15
been saved
25:16
if you have
25:16
placed
25:17
saving faith
25:18
in Christ
25:18
you have
25:19
been saved
25:20
by grace
25:20
alone
25:20
through faith
25:21
alone
25:21
do not
25:22
be like
25:23
the Sadducees.
25:25
If you are
25:25
a Christian
25:26
do not
25:27
be
25:28
like the
25:29
Sadducees.
25:30
I'm afraid
25:31
that we
25:32
live in a
25:33
biblically
25:34
illiterate
25:35
time.
25:37
Copies of
25:37
God's Word
25:38
everywhere.
25:39
I've got a
25:40
hard copy of it
25:40
here in front
25:41
of me.
25:41
I can
25:41
pull up
25:42
on my
25:42
iPad
25:43
every
25:44
single
25:44
translation
25:45
imaginable
25:45
in a
25:46
matter
25:46
of
25:46
moments.
25:47
I've
25:47
got so
25:47
many
25:47
tools
25:48
practical
25:48
tools
25:49
at my
25:49
fingertips.
25:50
So
25:50
much
25:51
is
25:51
access
25:52
to
25:52
us.
25:53
We have
25:53
so
25:54
much
25:55
of the
25:55
Word
25:55
of
25:56
God
25:56
but
25:56
it
25:56
seems
25:56
that
25:57
so
25:57
many
25:58
of
25:58
us
25:58
know
25:58
it
25:58
very
25:59
little.
26:01
Just
26:01
really
26:02
don't
26:03
understand
26:03
the
26:04
scriptures.
26:05
It's
26:05
a
26:05
travesty
26:05
as
26:06
Christians
26:06
that we
26:06
wouldn't
26:07
know
26:08
the
26:09
Word
26:09
of
26:09
God.
26:09
We're
26:10
a
26:10
people
26:10
of
26:10
the
26:11
Word.
26:11
We
26:11
came
26:11
to
26:12
saving
26:12
faith
26:12
by
26:13
the
26:13
Word
26:13
of
26:13
God
26:13
preached
26:14
to
26:14
us.
26:15
This
26:15
is
26:15
the
26:15
way
26:15
in which
26:15
God
26:16
has
26:16
chosen
26:16
to
26:16
communicate
26:17
to
26:17
us.
26:17
Why
26:18
would
26:18
we
26:18
not
26:18
pour
26:19
over
26:19
this?
26:20
Why
26:20
would
26:20
we
26:20
not
26:20
know
26:21
every
26:21
bit
26:22
of
26:22
it?
26:22
So
26:22
that
26:23
we
26:23
can
26:23
be
26:24
obedient
26:24
to
26:25
it.
26:26
It's
26:27
a
26:27
massive
26:27
travesty.
26:28
On
26:29
Facebook
26:29
the
26:30
other
26:30
day,
26:30
a
26:31
very
26:31
good
26:31
friend
26:31
of
26:31
mine
26:32
from
26:33
the
26:33
past
26:34
and
26:34
been
26:34
around
26:35
him
26:35
that
26:35
much
26:35
as
26:36
of
26:36
late
26:36
attends
26:37
one
26:37
of
26:37
the
26:37
monolithic
26:38
places
26:40
south
26:40
of
26:41
us
26:41
wrote
26:43
a
26:43
little
26:43
thing
26:43
he
26:44
realized
26:44
and
26:44
learned
26:45
about
26:45
prayer
26:46
and
26:48
I
26:48
was
26:48
glad
26:48
that
26:48
he
26:48
did
26:49
I
26:49
praised
26:49
God
26:49
for
26:49
the
26:49
fact
26:50
that
26:50
he
26:50
realized
26:50
the
26:51
fact
26:51
that
26:51
he
26:51
came
26:51
to
26:51
some
26:51
understanding
26:52
of
26:52
what
26:52
prayer
26:53
is
26:53
and
26:53
what
26:54
it
26:54
does
26:54
in
26:54
the
26:54
life
26:55
of
26:55
a
26:55
Christian
26:55
glad
26:56
that
26:56
he
26:56
had
26:57
but
26:58
this
26:58
young
26:59
guy
26:59
had
26:59
grown
27:00
up
27:00
in
27:00
the
27:01
church
27:01
this
27:01
young
27:02
guy
27:02
volunteers
27:03
to
27:03
a
27:03
high
27:04
degree
27:04
in
27:05
the
27:05
place
27:05
that
27:05
he
27:05
currently
27:06
attends
27:06
and
27:06
had
27:07
totally
27:07
missed
27:08
it
27:08
had
27:09
not
27:09
been
27:09
taught
27:10
these
27:10
things
27:11
at
27:11
all
27:11
and
27:12
it
27:12
just
27:12
saddened
27:12
me
27:13
for
27:13
the
27:13
state
27:13
of
27:13
the
27:13
church
27:14
that
27:14
a
27:14
Christian
27:15
of
27:15
his
27:15
age
27:16
as
27:17
long
27:17
as
27:17
he
27:17
had
27:17
been
27:17
a
27:18
believer
27:18
was
27:18
just
27:19
now
27:19
understanding
27:20
how
27:20
it
27:20
was
27:21
that
27:21
prayer
27:21
works
27:22
in
27:22
the
27:22
life
27:23
of
27:23
a
27:23
Christian
27:23
just
27:24
made
27:24
me
27:25
sad
27:26
how
27:26
has
27:26
he
27:26
functioned
27:27
in
27:27
this
27:28
world
27:28
how
27:29
has
27:29
he
27:29
had
27:29
any
27:30
hope
27:30
at
27:30
all
27:31
that
27:31
God
27:31
hears
27:32
him
27:32
and
27:32
uses
27:33
his
27:33
prayers
27:34
to
27:34
accomplish
27:34
anything
27:35
whatsoever
27:35
I
27:36
don't
27:36
know
27:36
what
27:36
a
27:37
travesty
27:37
what
27:38
a
27:38
travesty
27:38
that
27:39
is
27:40
my
27:41
wife
27:41
was
27:41
at
27:41
a
27:42
yard
27:42
sale
27:42
yesterday
27:43
and
27:43
took
27:43
a
27:43
photo
27:44
of
27:44
a
27:44
little
27:44
knick
27:44
knack
27:45
you
27:46
know
27:46
older
27:47
people
27:47
like
27:48
knick
27:48
knacks
27:48
in
27:48
their
27:49
house
27:49
things
27:49
that
27:49
have
27:49
to
27:50
be
27:50
dusted
27:50
and
27:52
it
27:52
was
27:52
one
27:52
of
27:52
those
27:53
like
27:53
a
27:53
little
27:53
placard
27:53
thing
27:54
like
27:54
a
27:54
rock
27:55
that
27:55
had
27:55
words
27:56
engraved
27:56
into
27:56
it
27:57
and
27:57
said
27:57
this
27:58
God
27:59
could
28:00
not
28:00
be
28:00
everywhere
28:00
so
28:02
he
28:02
created
28:02
grandfathers
28:03
oh
28:06
that's
28:07
so sweet
28:07
right
28:08
it's
28:09
heresy
28:10
right
28:10
it's
28:11
absolute
28:11
heresy
28:12
this
28:14
is
28:14
not
28:14
a
28:14
thing
28:14
in
28:15
fact
28:15
in
28:16
retrospect
28:17
I
28:17
kind
28:17
of
28:17
wish
28:17
I
28:18
had
28:18
gotten
28:18
her
28:18
to
28:18
buy
28:18
it
28:18
so
28:18
we
28:18
could
28:19
have
28:19
gotten
28:19
away
28:19
from
28:20
anybody
28:20
else
28:20
and
28:21
destroyed
28:22
such
28:23
a
28:23
thing
28:23
God
28:23
could
28:24
not
28:24
be
28:24
everywhere
28:25
God
28:25
poor
28:26
little
28:26
God
28:26
little
28:27
pitiful
28:27
God
28:27
had
28:28
to
28:28
get
28:28
the
28:28
grandpas
28:28
to
28:28
help
28:29
him
28:29
out
28:29
in
28:30
this
28:30
thing
28:31
this
28:32
item
28:32
was
28:32
produced
28:33
and
28:33
it
28:33
was
28:33
sold
28:33
and
28:34
given
28:34
as
28:34
a
28:34
gift
28:34
and
28:35
hung
28:35
around
28:35
somebody
28:36
actually
28:36
had
28:36
this
28:36
thing
28:37
and
28:37
had
28:37
kept
28:37
this
28:38
thing
28:38
right
28:39
biblical
28:40
illiteracy
28:41
right
28:42
we live
28:43
in a
28:43
culture
28:43
of
28:44
consumption
28:45
we live
28:46
in a
28:46
day
28:46
and age
28:47
where we
28:47
just
28:47
want to
28:47
sit
28:48
back
28:48
and be
28:48
fed
28:49
information
28:49
just
28:50
give me
28:50
what I
28:50
need
28:51
to
28:51
know
28:51
just
28:51
tell
28:51
me
28:51
what
28:52
I
28:52
need
28:52
to
28:52
know
28:52
and
28:53
I'll
28:53
tell
28:53
you
28:53
right
28:53
now
28:53
beloved
28:53
Sunday
28:54
mornings
28:54
are
28:54
not
28:55
enough
28:56
for
28:56
you
28:57
know
28:57
God
28:58
and
28:58
know
28:58
him
28:58
by
28:58
his
28:59
word
28:59
it
28:59
is
28:59
not
28:59
enough
29:00
for
29:00
you
29:00
to
29:00
come
29:00
and
29:00
hear
29:01
a
29:01
sermon
29:01
on
29:02
Sunday
29:02
morning
29:02
as
29:03
much
29:04
as
29:04
I
29:04
like
29:04
to
29:04
pack
29:05
in
29:05
on
29:05
a
29:05
Sunday
29:05
morning
29:05
if
29:06
you
29:06
guys
29:06
would
29:06
permit
29:07
me
29:07
to
29:07
preach
29:07
for
29:07
hours
29:08
on
29:08
a
29:08
Sunday
29:08
morning
29:09
it
29:09
still
29:09
wouldn't
29:09
be
29:10
enough
29:10
for
29:10
me
29:11
to
29:11
give
29:11
to
29:11
you
29:11
everything
29:12
from
29:12
the
29:12
word
29:12
of
29:12
God
29:12
you
29:13
need
29:13
to
29:13
live
29:13
a
29:13
holy
29:14
life
29:14
you
29:14
need
29:14
it
29:15
daily
29:15
you
29:16
need
29:16
to
29:16
be
29:16
enriched
29:16
by
29:16
it
29:17
constantly
29:17
this
29:18
is
29:18
called
29:18
the
29:18
bread
29:19
of
29:19
life
29:19
right
29:20
feast
29:21
upon
29:21
it
29:21
right
29:22
you
29:22
need
29:22
to
29:22
be
29:22
taking
29:22
it
29:22
in
29:23
all
29:23
the
29:23
time
29:24
so
29:24
many
29:24
of
29:24
you
29:24
are
29:24
famished
29:25
because
29:25
you
29:26
have
29:26
a
29:26
meal
29:26
of
29:27
some
29:27
sort
29:27
I
29:28
hope
29:28
you're
29:28
even
29:28
paying
29:28
attention
29:29
and
29:29
taking
29:29
it
29:29
in
29:30
and
29:31
then
29:31
you
29:31
go
29:31
away
29:31
and
29:32
you
29:32
come
29:32
back
29:32
a
29:32
week
29:32
later
29:33
and
29:33
you
29:33
do
29:33
it
29:34
again
29:34
and
29:35
it's
29:35
not
29:35
having
29:35
any
29:35
real
29:35
effect
29:36
in
29:36
your
29:36
life
29:36
because
29:37
you're
29:37
!
29:37
you're
29:37
!
29:38
some
29:41
of
29:41
you
29:41
might
29:41
listen
29:41
to
29:42
some
29:42
supplemental
29:42
sermons
29:42
in
29:43
between
29:43
that's
29:43
not
29:44
enough
29:44
either
29:44
open
29:45
the
29:45
word
29:45
of
29:45
God
29:46
get
29:46
on
29:46
your
29:46
knees
29:47
and
29:47
ask
29:47
the
29:47
Lord
29:47
to
29:48
work
29:48
in
29:49
you
29:49
if
29:49
you're
29:49
a
29:49
Christian
29:50
you have
29:50
the
29:51
spirit
29:51
of
29:51
God
29:51
which
29:52
can
29:52
illuminate
29:53
the
29:53
scriptures
29:53
to
29:53
you
29:53
can
29:54
make
29:54
it
29:54
clear
29:54
to
29:55
you
29:55
it's
29:55
an
29:55
important
29:55
biblical
29:56
doctrine
29:56
the
29:56
clarity
29:57
of
29:57
scripture
29:58
you
29:58
can
29:59
understand
30:00
this
30:01
part
30:02
of
30:02
the
30:02
reason
30:02
that
30:02
I
30:11
out
30:11
loud
30:11
about
30:11
how
30:12
I
30:12
arrived
30:12
at
30:13
the
30:13
position
30:13
that
30:13
I
30:14
hold
30:14
is
30:14
because
30:14
I
30:15
want
30:15
you
30:15
to
30:15
see
30:15
that
30:16
it's
30:16
not
30:16
that
30:16
hard
30:17
I'm
30:18
not
30:18
brilliant
30:19
look
30:20
at
30:21
the
30:21
context
30:21
I go
30:23
isn't that
30:23
an interesting
30:24
statement
30:24
seems
30:25
confusing
30:26
at first
30:26
you hear
30:26
me say
30:27
things
30:27
like
30:27
that
30:27
because
30:28
I
30:28
know
30:28
that
30:28
happens
30:29
to
30:29
you
30:29
when
30:29
you
30:29
open
30:29
up
30:29
the
30:30
scriptures
30:30
you
30:30
go
30:30
what
30:30
in
30:31
the
30:31
world
30:31
I
30:32
do
30:32
it
30:32
all
30:32
the
30:32
time
30:32
often
30:34
the
30:34
things
30:41
many
30:41
times
30:41
but
30:42
I
30:42
never
30:42
had
30:42
to
30:42
preach
30:43
I
30:43
never
30:43
had
30:43
to
30:43
stand
30:44
up
30:44
with
30:44
any
30:44
authority
30:44
and
30:45
tell
30:45
you
30:45
what
30:45
it
30:45
means
30:46
and
30:46
I
30:46
just
30:47
honestly
30:48
can't
30:48
say
30:48
you
30:49
need
30:49
to be
30:50
doing
30:50
the
30:50
same
30:50
you
30:50
need
30:51
to be
30:51
constantly
30:51
in
30:52
the
30:52
Bible
30:53
consuming
30:54
it
30:54
2
30:54
Timothy
30:54
3
30:55
16
30:55
17
30:56
Paul
30:56
writes
30:56
all
30:58
scripture
30:58
is
30:58
breathed
30:59
out
30:59
by
30:59
God
31:00
and
31:00
profitable
31:01
it's
31:01
profitable
31:01
it's
31:02
good
31:02
for
31:02
us
31:02
for
31:02
teaching
31:03
for
31:03
reproof
31:04
for
31:04
correction
31:04
and
31:05
for
31:05
training
31:05
and
31:06
righteousness
31:06
that
31:06
the
31:07
man
31:07
of
31:07
God
31:07
or
31:07
woman
31:08
of
31:08
God
31:09
may
31:09
be
31:09
complete
31:10
equipped
31:11
for
31:11
every
31:12
good
31:13
work
31:13
if
31:14
you're
31:14
finding
31:14
that
31:15
there's
31:15
not
31:15
fruit
31:15
in
31:16
your
31:16
life
31:16
and
31:16
you
31:16
desire
31:17
that
31:17
you
31:17
want
31:17
to
31:17
see
31:18
God
31:18
use
31:19
your
31:19
efforts
31:19
in
31:20
this
31:20
world
31:20
you
31:21
need
31:21
to
31:22
be
31:22
equipped
31:22
by
31:22
the
31:22
word
31:23
of
31:23
God
31:23
to
31:24
that
31:24
great
31:24
end
31:24
be
31:25
equipped
31:25
for
31:26
every
31:26
good
31:26
work
31:27
it's
31:27
my
31:28
great
31:28
task
31:28
on
31:34
faithful
31:34
and
31:35
you
31:35
come
31:35
every
31:36
Sunday
31:36
that's
31:36
only
31:37
52
31:37
chances
31:38
I get
31:39
to do
31:39
that
31:39
it's
31:40
not
31:40
enough
31:40
and
31:41
most
31:41
of
31:41
you
31:41
don't
31:41
make
31:42
it
31:42
that
31:42
often
31:42
to
31:43
our
31:44
meetings
31:44
together
31:44
so
31:45
don't
31:45
be
31:46
like
31:46
the
31:46
Pharisees
31:46
as
31:46
a
31:47
Christian
31:47
know
31:48
the
31:48
scriptures
31:49
you
31:50
can
31:50
do
31:50
it
31:50
start
31:51
now
31:51
I'm
31:51
still
31:51
working
31:52
it
31:52
out
31:52
right
31:52
I'm
31:52
never
31:53
going
31:53
to
31:53
arrive
31:53
at
31:53
a
31:53
complete
31:54
understanding
31:54
of
31:54
them
31:54
but
31:55
you
31:55
can
31:55
begin
31:55
to
31:56
let
31:56
God
32:04
by
32:04
the
32:04
father
32:05
to
32:05
speak
32:05
to
32:05
people
32:06
in
32:06
terms
32:07
they
32:08
will
32:08
understand
32:08
it's
32:10
really
32:10
important
32:11
for us
32:11
to
32:11
remember
32:11
every
32:12
time
32:12
we
32:13
behold
32:13
the
32:13
brilliance
32:14
of
32:14
Jesus
32:14
Christ
32:15
that
32:16
it
32:16
was
32:16
ultimately
32:17
the
32:17
brilliance
32:17
of
32:17
God
32:18
Jesus
32:19
did
32:19
not
32:19
stop
32:20
being
32:21
God
32:21
when
32:21
he
32:21
came
32:22
to
32:22
earth
32:22
and
32:22
became
32:22
a
32:22
man
32:22
he
32:23
didn't
32:23
lay
32:23
aside
32:23
his
32:24
deity
32:24
he
32:25
was
32:25
still
32:25
fully
32:25
God
32:26
fully
32:26
man
32:27
but
32:27
he
32:27
submitted
32:28
!
32:34
And in
32:44
John
32:44
20
32:44
21
32:45
he
32:45
says
32:45
as
32:46
the
32:46
father
32:47
has
32:47
sent
32:47
me
32:48
even
32:48
so
32:48
I
32:49
am
32:50
sending
32:50
you
32:51
so
32:52
Jesus
32:53
as a
32:53
man
32:53
he
32:54
knew
32:54
his
32:54
scriptures
32:54
he
32:55
had
32:55
studied
32:55
his
32:55
scriptures
32:56
we
32:56
find
32:56
him
32:56
at
32:56
the
32:56
age
32:57
of
32:57
12
32:57
in
32:57
the
32:57
synagogue
32:58
teaching
32:58
the
32:59
teachers
33:00
of
33:00
the
33:01
synagogue
33:01
he
33:01
is
33:01
actually
33:01
telling
33:02
them
33:02
what
33:02
the
33:03
scriptures
33:03
mean
33:03
because
33:03
he
33:04
understood
33:04
them
33:04
we
33:05
can
33:05
do
33:05
this
33:06
we
33:06
can
33:06
gain
33:07
a
33:07
knowledge
33:07
of
33:07
the
33:07
scriptures
33:08
and
33:08
by
33:08
his
33:08
spirit
33:09
we
33:09
can
33:09
speak
33:10
we
33:10
can
33:10
submit
33:11
our
33:11
authority
33:12
to
33:12
his
33:12
authority
33:13
and
33:13
speak
33:13
well
33:14
to
33:14
people
33:14
and
33:14
we
33:14
have
33:14
to
33:14
understand
33:15
Jesus
33:17
was
33:17
a
33:17
master
33:17
of
33:18
this
33:18
and
33:18
we
33:18
should
33:18
take
33:18
example
33:19
from
33:19
him
33:19
he
33:19
understood
33:20
who
33:20
the
33:20
Sadducees
33:21
were
33:21
he
33:22
got
33:22
it
33:22
right
33:23
when
33:23
they
33:23
came
33:23
!
33:23
asking
33:24
!
33:24
the
33:24
question
33:24
that
33:24
they
33:33
quote
33:34
from
33:34
the
33:34
very
33:35
writings
33:35
that
33:35
they
33:35
esteemed
33:36
so
33:36
highly
33:37
to
33:37
make
33:38
his
33:38
point
33:38
and
33:38
we
33:39
should
33:39
do
33:39
the
33:40
same
33:40
doesn't
33:42
mean
33:42
that
33:42
we
33:42
become
33:42
these
33:42
master
33:43
tacticians
33:44
these
33:44
wonderful
33:45
orders
33:46
that we
33:46
study
33:46
and
33:47
study
33:47
and
33:47
we
33:47
pour
33:48
ourselves
33:49
into
33:49
apologetics
33:50
and
33:50
all
33:50
these
33:50
things
33:50
although
33:50
they
33:50
have
33:51
their
33:51
place
33:51
and
33:51
their
33:52
value
33:52
but
33:52
simply
33:53
that
33:53
we
33:53
empty
33:54
ourselves
33:55
or
33:56
fill
33:57
with
33:57
spirit
33:57
we
33:57
ask
33:58
that
33:58
he
33:58
would
33:58
work
33:58
through
33:59
us
33:59
ask
33:59
that
33:59
he
34:00
would
34:00
help
34:00
us
34:00
to
34:01
understand
34:01
people
34:01
and
34:02
where
34:02
they're
34:02
coming
34:02
from
34:03
their
34:03
viewpoints
34:03
so
34:04
that
34:04
we
34:04
can
34:04
speak
34:04
to
34:05
their
34:05
viewpoints
34:06
I
34:07
would
34:07
love
34:07
to
34:07
see
34:08
that
34:08
the
34:08
summation
34:08
of
34:09
this
34:09
story
34:09
is
34:09
that
34:09
all
34:10
the
34:10
Sadducees
34:10
that
34:10
came
34:10
to
34:11
him
34:11
realized
34:11
they're
34:12
wrong
34:12
repented
34:12
turned
34:13
to
34:14
him
34:14
that's
34:14
not
34:14
the
34:14
case
34:15
in
34:15
fact
34:15
it
34:15
was
34:15
the
34:16
Sadducees
34:16
that
34:16
were
34:16
part
34:16
of
34:16
!
34:16
!
34:17
!
34:17
We
34:17
have
34:29
such
34:30
a
34:31
precious
34:31
gift
34:32
in
34:32
the
34:32
scriptures
34:33
if
34:33
you're
34:34
not
34:34
a
34:34
believer
34:34
the
34:35
gospel
34:36
is
34:36
in
34:36
the
34:36
scriptures
34:37
the
34:37
power
34:37
of
34:37
God
34:38
unto
34:38
salvation
34:39
if
34:39
you
34:39
are
34:40
a
34:40
believer
34:40
oh
34:41
how
34:42
we
34:42
need
34:42
to
34:42
hear
34:42
that
34:42
story
34:43
over
34:43
and
34:44
over
34:44
and
34:45
over
34:46
again
34:46
many
34:47
of the
34:48
songs
34:48
we
34:48
sing
34:49
on
34:49
Sunday
34:49
morning
34:49
if
34:50
you're
34:50
not
34:50
very
34:50
familiar
34:50
with
34:51
the
34:51
scriptures
34:51
you
34:51
wouldn't
34:52
know
34:52
this
34:52
but
34:52
many
34:52
of
34:53
them
34:53
are
34:53
saturated
34:55
with
34:55
Old
34:55
Testament
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and
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New
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Testament
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quotations
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just
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carried
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through
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I
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so
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often
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want
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to
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preach
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little
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sermons
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in
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between
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songs
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just
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to
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tie
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it
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all
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together
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for
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you
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and
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they
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talk
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about
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our
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pre-Christ
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experience
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the
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actual
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conversion
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and beyond
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that
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it's
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why
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most
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hymns
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we
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should
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sing
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the
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verses
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because
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it's
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a
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complete
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gospel
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presentation
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in
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those
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things
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oftentimes
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first
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third
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and
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fifth
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just
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doesn't
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quite
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cover
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it
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for
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us
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and
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and
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sometimes
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I go
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man
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this
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song
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feels
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like
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it's
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getting
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really
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long
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but
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if
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you're
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really
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paying
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attention
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to
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the
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words
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are
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so
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necessary
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and
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Wes
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is
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so
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careful
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to
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do
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that
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for
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us
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that
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we
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see
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this
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entire
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expression
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of that
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in
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our
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songs
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together
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beloved
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we need
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the
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gospel
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we need
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it
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every
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day
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we
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need
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to
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be
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reminded
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of
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God's
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goodness
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to
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us
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in
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Christ
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let's
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pray
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!