How can
you not be in error? How can you avoid
mistakes that will make you miserable? In Matthew 22:29 Jesus told the Sadducees they
were in error for two major reasons. Mark’s
gospel has Jesus asking them to think about why they were in error. I think Jesus’ thoughts here are a great
place to start when we try to consider why we don’t seem to have the answers.
Here’s
the answer to all your questions. You
can only understand this world when you fully considered the Scriptures and the
power of God. The Sadducees had their
“panties in a wad” so to speak because they did not believe in the resurrection,
and they had a compelling reason for believing this way—marriage. After all, if your spouse died and you
married another, it’s not a problem until you get to the resurrection and how
do you decide who your spouse is then?
It made perfect sense to them.
This was their age-old question to trap Jesus. Don’t laugh.
This was serious to them. It
caused them to separate from the other religious leaders; it was their line in
the sand!
Here’s
the problem. They did not read the
Scriptures. No, the Scriptures did not
spell out exactly that we will be like angels in that we will not marry or
reproduce in heaven like we do on earth.
However, the question of eternal being was implied when you read the
Scriptures. The Sadducees were religious
leaders. They had access to the
Scriptures. They supposedly had read the
Scriptures and were most likely familiar with the Scriptures that Jesus pointed
out to them. Everyone knew the account
of Moses and the burning bush. God told
Moses that He was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is the God of the living!
What
about the power of God? That was not
spelled out to them by Jesus. Again it
is implied throughout the entire Bible.
God created people. God created
angels. God resurrected the dead. God spoke to Moses from a burning bush. Need I go on?
The power of God is everywhere you look.
His power is in the sun that rises and sets daily. His power is in the air we breathe. His power is abundant in the midst of the
chaos of this world.
If you do
not want to be badly mistaken in this life, I suggest that you get to know the Scriptures
and the power of God. Don’t let the
circumstances in which you find yourself define what you believe about
God. Look at the way He reveals Himself
in His Word, in His world, and most especially in His Son. You will find all the answers you need. You will find all the answers that are
available to you. One of the best
answers I receive (after a lot of inquiry, which is mandatory before this
answer makes sense) is that I can never know the answers. What I can know is God. When the Scriptures do not spell out the
answer then I can find comfort in the power of God. God is infinite and I am finite. I cannot possibly understand all there is to
know. That doesn’t stop me from wanting
to know. I follow the latest discoveries
about the universes. I love learning
more and more. I don’t come to the same
conclusions as others because I base my knowledge on the Scriptures. I do not contradict the Scriptures even when
science seems to have proven them wrong.
I know there is more to discover.
A case in
point. When they started excavating
first century Jerusalem, they thought they had proved the Scriptures wrong
because there was no Pool of Bethesda where the gospels stated Jesus had healed
a crippled man. A few years later they
found the place. I have no idea how old
the earth is. I know that the Bible
tells me God created it with the word and in a process. I have no way of knowing exactly how it was
done and neither do scientists. They
have made a step of faith to use their best dating but they have no way of
knowing absolutely.
I don’t
want to be in error about my doctrine or my life decisions. The safest way to make good decisions is
always to consult the Scriptures and never underestimate the power of God!
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