Prepare: In asking tricky questions, they hoped he would say something wrong; but His answers only exposed their folly and increased their guilty.
Read: Luke 20:19-40
The leaders even failed to escape present responsibility. They were fighting a losing battle and would not surrender. Everyone from 14-65 had to pay tribute simply for the privilege of existing. This tribute was a burning question in Palestine, and had been the cause of more than one rebellion.
There should be no better and no more conscientious citizens of any state than Christians; and one of the tragedies of modern life is that Christians will not take their part in the government of the state. If they abandon their responsibilities and leave materialistic politicians to govern the country, they cannot complain about what is happening. Nonetheless it remains true that in the life of the Christian, God has the last word and not the state.
Sadducees and Pharisees are often mentioned together, but in beliefs they were poles apart. Pharisees were entirely a religious body. The priests and the aristocrats were nearly all Sadducees. They were the governing class; and were with Rome. The Pharisees accepted the scriptures and the resurrection of the dead, whereas the Sadduceees accepted only the written law of the Old Testament and said there is no resurrection. Life after death will be quite different, because we will be quite different, because we will be quite different. It would save a mass of misdirected imagination, if we ceased to speculate on what heaven is like and left things to the love of God.
Respond: The voice of conscience is louder than the voice of any man made laws.
Read: Luke 20:19-40
The leaders even failed to escape present responsibility. They were fighting a losing battle and would not surrender. Everyone from 14-65 had to pay tribute simply for the privilege of existing. This tribute was a burning question in Palestine, and had been the cause of more than one rebellion.
There should be no better and no more conscientious citizens of any state than Christians; and one of the tragedies of modern life is that Christians will not take their part in the government of the state. If they abandon their responsibilities and leave materialistic politicians to govern the country, they cannot complain about what is happening. Nonetheless it remains true that in the life of the Christian, God has the last word and not the state.
Sadducees and Pharisees are often mentioned together, but in beliefs they were poles apart. Pharisees were entirely a religious body. The priests and the aristocrats were nearly all Sadducees. They were the governing class; and were with Rome. The Pharisees accepted the scriptures and the resurrection of the dead, whereas the Sadduceees accepted only the written law of the Old Testament and said there is no resurrection. Life after death will be quite different, because we will be quite different, because we will be quite different. It would save a mass of misdirected imagination, if we ceased to speculate on what heaven is like and left things to the love of God.
Respond: The voice of conscience is louder than the voice of any man made laws.
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