Scripture

Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scripture and you don’t know the power of God.”

Observation

Jesus is approached by some Sadducees who do not believe in the resurrection of the dead. They pose a question to Jesus that is meant to prove that he’s wrong. The question involves a woman, who marries a man who dies. She is passed along a line of brothers without producing any children. So, whose wife will she be in the resurrection?

Jesus responds by saying these people know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. Marriage is not an institution for the next life, but it is for producing children in this life, Moreover, the proof of the resurrection is seen in that God describes himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he is the God of the living, not of the dead.

Application

The Sadducees were the liberals of the Jewish people. They basically denied everything supernatural, including the resurrection of the dead.

Like modern liberal christians, they didn’t know the scriptures and they didn’t know the power of God.

We can learn much about the Lord and His ways from studying the Bible. We find that there is much in the word of God that contradict so much of the world views of unbelievers.

The resurrection of Jesus gives us hope because it demonstrates the power of God. The same God who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to us also. What a glorious hope that is! The same God answers prayers and provides all that we need.

Let us endeavour to do all that we can to know the Scriptures and the power of God.

Prayer

Lord, you are a mighty God. Please help me to understand your Word and to have greater faith in you. Amen.