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. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” (Matthew 22)
Usually, Jesus confronted the errors of his opponents in a subtle, yet powerful way, but on this occasion, He was straightforward: "You are wrong!. You don't know the Bible, and you don't know the God of the Bible! The Resurrection is Real!" Today, above all days, realize, recognize, and remember this: Christ is risen, just as He said! Because He is risen, we too shall rise. God is the God of the living, and we can have new, eternal, abundant life in His Risen Son. Make no mistake. Trust in the Risen Christ today.
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