When We’re Wrong
Jesus is the one talking in Matthew 22:31-32. He has just told those who were asking Him questions that they were mistaken. Imagine that! Humans can have wrong thinking. What’s interesting is that Jesus then used the Old Testament to correct their thinking. “…regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: 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 of the living.” To those who think the Old Testament is irrelevant, please note that Jesus often quoted it as true, authoritative, and relevant. What did Jesus quote? That GOD IS NOT THE GOD OF THE DEAD, BUT OF THE LIVING. Do you have a loved one who is no longer alive on earth? If so, be assured on the basis of Jesus’s words that your loved one is alive.
GOD of the LIVING, thank You for receiving our believing loved ones into Your presence. Thank You that we, too, will one day be alive in Your presence forever.