Sunday March 12 2017

Sermon: “Marriage & the Kingdom”

Pastor Kim's sermon notes 
Marriage at the Resurrection  

 Matthew 22:23-33 (NASB)
²³  On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,
²⁴  asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.'
²⁵  "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;
²⁶  so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
²⁷  "Last of all, the woman died.
²⁸  "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."
²⁹  But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding 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  "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
³²  'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
³³  When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. 

Spirit is so different from physical creation

Nature of Spirit relationship  -- father, Son, Holy Spirit

Life is a training ground for eternity

  Revelation 12:11 (NASB)
¹¹  "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. 

  1 John 3:16 (NASB)
¹⁶  We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

 John 15:13 (NASB)
¹³  "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

Verse for today
Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

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