Luke 20:33-40 (New Living Translation)
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.
37 “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”
39 “Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there. 40 And then no one dared to ask him any more questions.
I. Conflicted definitions of identity (vv. 33-35)
• Theology should always be the
• The authority of the Bible is
• Belief that previous generations were less
• Jesus said to reorient our
• Spirituality and sexuality are components of human
• Marriage or the sex partner is temporary but our
II. Conflicted durations of identity (36-38)
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• Humans cannot find inner peace without
• Humans cannot have
• Humans cannot have a
• Fasting helps us to get our
• Prayer
III. Conflicted decisions about identity (vv. 39-40)
• Discipleship is
• Every person is born with
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