23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”
29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.” Matthew 22:23-29
The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection even though they knew what the Scriptures said. Because of their unbelief Jesus faulted the Sadducees for 2 things:
a) not knowing, or rather, acknowledging (they knew what Moses said) the truth of the Scriptures
b) not believing the power of God
As a Christian I
must ask myself, "Can Jesus fault me for these?" Of course the answer
is yes. So I must always be asking God to help me
know what is in the Scriptures,
acknowledge that it is truth, and
believe in His power as it is described.
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