Mark 12:18-27
Key Verse 12:27 “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
1. Who are the Sadducees? (18; Acts 23:8) Why would so-called religious people not believe the resurrection, or heaven and hell?
2. What sorrowful story did they tell? (19-22) What is the Biblical basis of their story? (See Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Genesis 38) What was the Sadducees’ question and what was the real motive behind the question? (23)
3. According to Jesus, why were the Sadducees in error? (24) What did Jesus teach about marriage in heaven? (25) What does Jesus mean by “We will be like the angels in heaven”? (1 Corinthians 15:49; Romans 8:29)
4. What Old Testament Scripture did Jesus quote to prove resurrection? (26: Exodus 3:6) What does it mean that God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? (Luke 20:38)
5. Why is it important for us to know that God is living? How does the belief in the resurrection affect the way we live in the present?