Sunday 6 November 2022
You are welcome to worship in person this Sunday at 10.15am. Hand sanitizer and masks are available if you would like to use them.
We are also live streaming of our services. The service can be seen each Sunday morning commencing at 10.15am. Here is the link to our YouTube channel to access the live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEm1fJeADpcP6gO1BsBKcg
Luke 20:27-38, Missing the Point
This Sunday’s gospel reading is the story of another tricky question: “Whose wife will a woman who has been married and widowed seven times be, when all eight of those people get to heaven?” This was a question that the Sadducees posed to Jesus to entrap him.
The Sadducees were very pleased with themselves and waited for Jesus to answer. Which he did: “You’re so focussed on the rules of this life but that will be the least of what you’ll be thinking about in the resurrection. Concern yourselves not with the jot and tittle of marriage law here, but with the bigger truth: that in resurrection, all are alive! That seems a better truth to focus on.”
No one knows what life beyond death is like. That is one of God’s secrets. What we do know is that God will still be loving. Therefore, we can expect only that life will be good. That answer puts the question in a familiar class of questions for which there are no answers—only mysteries.
The Sadducee’s question is, of course, a trap question. But to recognize that and to deal with Jesus’ point about the God of the living (vs. 37-38) requires in-depth knowledge about the Sadducees and their logic. We are going to explore more about that this Sunday. IL-WOONG.
Our Mission is to
Connect with people in Jesus;
Build each other up in faith; and to
Become Like Jesus.