by Frank Retief | Aug 28, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 20 v 41. “Then Jesus said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is the Son of David?” Jesus now carries the argument regarding the resurrection on to the offensive. His opponents, the Sadducees had quoted an Old Testament law without any regard to...
by Frank Retief | Aug 27, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 20 v 33. “Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?” The Old Testament law referred to by the Sadducees was Deuteronomy 25 verses 5-10. It was required that if a man died without leaving a son and heir, his...
by Frank Retief | Aug 26, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 20 v 38. “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” When the Sadducees tried to express what they thought was the fallacy of the resurrection by presenting Jesus with a fanciful illustration of a woman who outlived seven...
by Frank Retief | Aug 25, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 20 verses 37 – 39 “But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” Some...
by Frank Retief | Aug 24, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 20 verse 25 “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” The Temple leadership were very troubled by Jesus and tried to discredit him in every way they could. They had challenged him on the matter of his religious authority. He answered...
