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NASB | Matthew 22:29 ¶ But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:29 ¶ But Jesus replied to them, "You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead]. |
Subject: "my people...are ignorant" |
Bible Note: Greetings in Jesus' Name Radioman! Consider the following illustration of these very verses! Recently, I was made aware of a sermon delivered to members of my family. Sadly, they and countless others sitting in the pews of this mainline denomination church are ignorant of God's Word. They have no idea that what they are listening to (love and tolerance aka acceptance?) is far from the Truth of God's Word! Consider the following excerpt from the Easter Sunday Sermon! "It must be up to us who bear the mark of Christ forever, who no longer must hide our identity, to rearrange the world, so that the whole world will be sanctuary and fear and violence will be compressed into the alcove. That must be the point of this Easter Day. If you think about it, Jesus had found his rest. A borrowed tomb was opened and sanctuary offered, and in death he was safe. Except the work was not finished. Even his closest friends retreated to a safe house, with the doors locked because they were afraid. But they were seduced by a false hope, and when Jesus appeared to them in the locked room he enlarged their sanctuary to include the whole world. . . And had the frightened company of disciples stayed in their locked room forever, they would not have found true sanctuary and peace. If the hand of God truly reached into a rock tomb and marched death backward, then perhaps everything has been reversed. Perhaps we have awakened a world in which gay men will not need a sanctuary such as the club on Main Street, will not need confidential guidebooks, will not need an underground network of safe places to enjoy the fruits of the heart and the grace of intimacy. But today it is enough to tell the story of Jesus' withdrawal from false sanctuary, to sing the canticles of resurrection, and to recognize the risen one outside his safe place. I can imagine Mary running down the street against the receding shadows of the dawn, her heaving body silhouetted against the sun, throwing open every door she can find and gasping the truth, "I have seen the Lord." Open the doors and open the windows, come out of the darkness and release your fear, for Christ is risen from the dead. Amen." After reading this distorted message I wonder, can we plead, "God forgive them, for they know not what they do?" Not according to God's Word! (Romans 1 makes that abundantly clear!) Ignorance is NOT bliss! They are without excuse. And those charged with "teaching the truth" . . . My response is what God has to say about such matters! “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness . . .” Isaiah 5:20 “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires,they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” 2 Timothy 4:3 In His Grip, Mommapbs |