Luke 20:27-36 (New Living Translation)
27 Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. 28 They posed this question: “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name. 29 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children. 30 So the second brother married the widow, but he also died. 31 Then the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them, who died without children. 32 Finally, the woman also died. 33 So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her!”
34 Jesus replied, “Marriage is for people here on earth. 35 But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. 36 And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.
I. A flawed presumption (vv. 27-28)
• Denominations, churches, and Christians can and do take
• The authority of the Bible is
• A flawed presumption is that previous generations were less
• A flawed presumption is that no natural or spiritual truths are
• A flawed presumption is that spirit, soul, and body are
II. An incongruent reasoning (vv. 29-34)
• An incongruent reasoning is that humans are purely
• An incongruent reasoning is to believe that
• The biblical view of romantic love is that there are no
• An incongruent reasoning is to believe humans can find peace without
• Love is choosing to value someone in
III. A choice to embrace (vv. 35-36)
• A choice to embrace is the fact that men and women are different but not in
• Male and female persons will not
• A choice to embrace is that mutual
• Angels and people are immortally
• Christians have been