Mark 12: 18-27

(Mark 12: 18-27) Then come unto him the Sadducees , which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.  Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.  And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.  And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.  In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.  And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?  For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.  And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, 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 the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

In Matthew 22: 29-30 『Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.  For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 』 In resurrection, the spirit wears a spiritual body. Jesus expressed like an angel. It is the present state of the born again. The born again is like a resurrection with a spiritual body. That is why the image of God is restored. Unless you are born again, you are dead to God. In James 2:26『For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. 』 When the spirit dies, we have lost our fellowship with God and are dead. If you are not born again, you will be like this. The born-again faith is testified by the fruits of works.

If there is no new life associated with Jesus Christ, we cannot enter the kingdom of God. The new life is with the Lord as the resurrection life. Otherwise it is only the object of wrath. You can be saved only by denying the old man from your parents and going to the resurrection life from God. This is the life of the born again. The born-again is not a change of heart, but a spirit body reborn with water and the Holy Spirit. The old man dies in the water and is resurrected to the spiritual body by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the resurrection life.

The Spirit comes to life only when the spirit wears a body from heaven. The spirit must wear a spiritual body to enter the kingdom of God. When the spirit is in the body, the spirit is dead.

When Jesus worked for three years on earth, he said, "I came to earth to die as a ransom." He suffered, died, and rose again in three days. Jesus often said this. After the execution on the cross, the priests and scribes visit Pontius Pilate. "When Jesus lived, he often said that he would survive in three days. They did not believe in the resurrection, but they remembered that Jesus died and resurrected in three days. But they who followed Jesus did not even remember.

Jesus' disciples were those who saw "the eating of miracle bread, witnessing the cessation of the storm, and raising the dead Lazarus from the tomb." Peter, John, and James were disciples who saw Moses and Elijah coming down to earth and talking with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. Nevertheless, no one believed the resurrection on the day of Jesus' resurrection. The women first went to the tomb at dawn. They heard that Jesus' body was gone. And they saw the "cloth that laid Jesus' body" overlaid and met an angel: Didn't Jesus tell you that He was resurrected? Before you go to Galilee. ” So Peter and John run to the tomb. Jesus often spoke of the resurrection, when no disciples believed in his resurrection.

How do people in the Church in our day believe in Jesus' resurrection? Have you been brainwashed? Have you heard so much that you have been memorized for the resurrection? Consider how we came to believe in the resurrection. Do you really believe in the resurrection? For the power of the resurrection is not seen in many church people. Nevertheless, Jesus was resurrected and is in the believer. The resurrection is wonderful news, but the power of the resurrection does not appear to people. No matter how much we cry out for the resurrection, people do not believe because they do not see the power of the resurrection. Those who believe in the resurrection do not despair, even though difficulties come to believers. Despair and resurrection cannot be together.

If we believe that the risen Jesus is in us, what can be despairing in this world? Despair will come in, but it will be pushed out. As if there is no light, darkness cannot enter. .

So we should not say that we believe in the resurrection. Saying that we believe in the resurrection, without the power of the resurrection, we are like the Pharisees. If you believe in the resurrection, you must deliver it. People rationally think of the resurrection. But we must turn from that idea. Neither those who walked on the storm, nor those who ate miracle bread, believed in the resurrection. Peter and John return from the tomb and say. "The clothes that wore the body were arranged, and the angels said," Jesus was resurrected. "

But no one in the room believed. Peter and John, who abandoned everything and followed Jesus, told the people, but the disciples in the room did not believe it. How are people convinced that they believe in the resurrection? If people have not experienced miracles and have not seen Jesus' amazing work for three years, and believe in the resurrection, they will be amazing. It is not known whether believing in the resurrection is brainwashed in memory, in the mind of the soul, or in the depths of the spirit. Think of yourself as "How did I come to believe?" The Lord knows by our fruits. Do people have the fruits of resurrection?

No matter how much we cry out that Jesus is resurrected, there is a problem if the world does not respond. In Romans 10: 9『That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 』 If we believe in the resurrection, where is Jesus in me? If there is faith in me in the true resurrection of Jesus, then nothing in this world will be more precious. By the way, is the wave of heartbeat joy and joy coming on this Easter day?

If we believe that Jesus has been resurrected, the resurrection is the answer to all the problems of this world. When Jesus' disciple Thomas went out and came in, the disciples told him that Jesus was resurrected but Thomas could not believe it. Even though Jesus said, Thomas did not believe. Jesus appeared to the other disciples, showing the body of the resurrection. God's Word is the word of the Spirit and becomes life. No matter how much biblical knowledge is, even if it is in the brain or in the mind of the soul, it cannot be life unless it is in the spirit. So in John 6:63『It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 』 It depends on whether the life of faith is the activity of the brain, staying in the mind of the soul, or being in the spirit. If the word of God was planted in the brain, it would be only a knowledge; if it was planted in the mind of the soul, it would only react differently depending on the situation. If the word of God is planted in the spirit, there will be a change of heart and action.

No one believed in the resurrection when Jesus was resurrected. Even when the resurrected Jesus came into the room, the disciples said, "It's a spirit." I saw the risen reality, but I did not believe it. Jesus said, "The spirit has no flesh and no bones, but I have it." Even those who saw Jesus' resurrection in the Bible did not believe in the resurrection of the body, but today they believe that they all believe. The resurrection is not the resurrection of the physical body but the resurrection of the spirit body. Romans 10: 9『That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 』 This faith cannot occur in sinner man. The mind of the brain or soul comes from the body. There is nothing in the flesh that can be saved. Thought from the flesh is knowledge, but not resurrection, because it proves whether or not Jesus exists in our lives.

Paul met the risen Jesus. Paul denied Jesus, but God was merciful to him: "Saul, why do you persecute me?" "Who is the Lord?" "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute"
 The shock blinded Saul, he could not drink water for three days, and was unable to eat. The spirit awakens when the flesh is paused. The moment Saul's spirit awoke, Saul came to believe that "Jesus was the Son of God, and Jesus died on the cross."

Three days later and a disciple of Jesus called Ananias comes. "Why do you hesitate, Saul? Call on the name of the Lord and be baptized and wash away your sins." People misunderstand that being baptized washes away sins. But baptism means the body dies. After baptism sin is washed away; baptism and washing away are not the same thing. After baptism, sin is washed away. Baptism is the dying association of Jesus and the cross.

When you die on the cross in union with Jesus, God will pardon your sins. In Romans 6: 7, For he that is dead is freed from sin. Only the dead of the flesh (old man) are free from sin. When people meet the resurrected Jesus, see heaven, and see Jesus in heaven, if the old man does not die, he sins. In Colossians 2:15, And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Not victory by resurrection, but victory by the cross.