Jesus and the Sadducees

Ballard Campus 7-17-11 Pastor Bill Clem
Tags: Parable, Rhetoric, Perspective
Luke 20:27-44
Jesus and the Sadducees
Last week of Jesus' life
The Sadducees have this great argument saying that there cannot be a resurrection
Jesus pushes back by saying you religious professionals don't understand the scriptures and the are not sons of God
Jesus is saying their perspective is not God's perspective so it is flawed
+Kind of like a man looking into binoculars the wrong way, the perspective is ruined.
God's perspective is not waiting to pour out his wrath
All of the Father's wrath was poured out on Jesus, God is not like us, he is not filled with wrath based on how we perform
Jesus is chiding the Sadducees' beliefs because they pair down the God of the Bible into something manageable, not the Big God of the Universe
Jesus quotes the Psalms and leave an impossible question that cannot be answered without his impending death and resurrection. This question cannnot be answered without a supernatural event.
+Ths Sadducees believe in a non-supernatural existence (no resurrection)
Evidence for the Resurrection
+500 people at a time saw Jesus, and Paul says go ask them
+Roman soldiers guarded the legally sealed tomb to make sure there was no tampering.
People to pray for
1 The marriages both in and not so much in trouble
2 The single folks, the other folks
3 My Pastors to live in balance not in therapy and administrative, but rather a resurrection
4 For Seattle trying to live without God's perspective
5 The public education and the students enrolled