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Encounter #46:

“Don't Enter Eternity Without Jesus!”
Read: Mark 12:18-27

The Jewish religious leaders called Sadducees did not believe in an after- life, nor the resurrection, nor angels nor demons. Wow! They were spiritual leaders?! Jesus was again challenged. Jesus was presented with a situation that Moses wrote about in Deuteronomy 25:5. If a man marries a woman and he dies without children, then the husband's brother is to marry her. If he dies without children, then his brother marries her, etc.... If the woman ever has a child, it will have the first husband's name and inheritance. The challenge presented to Jesus is that all the seven brothers who married the woman had no children. The question was, whose wife will she be? Who will be her husband?

Jesus responded by stating that the Saducees were in error. They didn't know the Scriptures. Neither did they know God's power. Jesus cleared it up by stating that when they rise in the resurrection they will be like the angels. Jesus said there will be a resurrection, and that there are angels. Life continues beyond the grave. There is an after-life. There are no marriage relationships in heaven. We will know one another, but there will be no marriages. God is the God of the living. All who died are still alive. They are either in Heaven or in Hell. Physically one dies, but spiritually they live on. The question is where will one spend eternity?

Prayer: Father God, thank You for sending Your Son Jesus to die for my sins. I believe He is my Savior. He has prepared a place for me in Heaven. Help me to tell others about Your love. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Application: Read God's Word. It is truth. Don't be tricked into believing lies. Know God and know His Word. Tell someone about God's love.

Encounter Jesus: Realize Jesus loves you. He knows you. He has given you His Word. Trust Him for everything and everyone.

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