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Monday, November 19, 2007
Our Questions Betray Our Hearts
Some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that people
will not rise from death.) They asked Jesus, "Teacher, Moses
wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, then
his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have
children for the dead brother. One time there were seven
brothers. The first brother married a woman, but died. He had
no children. Then the second brother married the woman, and
he died. And the third brother married the woman, and he
died. The same thing happened with all the other brothers.
They all died and had no children. The woman was the last to
die. But all seven brothers married her. So when people rise
from death, whose wife will this woman be?"
-- Luke 20:27-33 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Ever notice how the questions we ask often betray what is really in our
hearts? The Sadducees didn't believe in a resurrection. So their
question was a trap, not an earnest seeking of truth. Their hearts were
hardened and their goal was destroying Jesus. Jesus longs to hear our
honest questions and help us to the truth. Sometimes, however, we need
to listen to our own questions and ask the Lord what they reveal about
hearts!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, give me a clean heart and pure motives as I seek your truth. In
Jesus' name I ask it. Amen.
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