Where Will You Spend Eternity?

 N.T.#255 "Where Will You Spend Eternity?"

March 1, 2024 

Matthew 22-Part 7

Jesus asked if the Sadducees had not read: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. (verse 32)

LET IT GLOW 

The topic was still about the resurrection. The Sadducees did not believe in it. Even though the patriarchs were dead physically, they were very much alive spiritually. God is still their God. 

Jesus used the present tense to point to the resurrection and the eternal life that all believers enjoy in Him. (Life Application Study Bible)

Our Christian loved ones, which are departed from us, are not dead in spirit, but with Jesus. They exist in an afterlife, like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. One day we will sit down at the table with those men. (8:11)

As a result of Jesus' words, the Sadducees were silenced, the multitude was astonished, and the Pharisees continued to question Jesus.  (verse 33) 

Silence means to muzzle; hold peace. It is like shutting the mouth of an animal with a muzzle.

As believers, may nothing silence our sharing the Gospel with the lost.

Where is your afterlife going to be spent-Heaven or Hell?

LET IT GROW

The questioning wasn't over. The first attack had come from the Pharisees in cahoots with the Herodians. (verses 15-16) The second attack came from the Sadducees. (verse 23) The third and final attack came from the Pharisees with their star experts in the Law. (Swindoll)

LET IT GO

Give us a hunger for Your Word, Father.

Help us apply it in our life.