| | S: Luke 20:4,25,35
4 John’s baptism — was it from heaven, or from men?”
25 “Caesar’s,” they replied. He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,
O: There is a theme in this chapter – the contrast between Heaven’s ways and Men’s ways. People think in terms of taxes and marriage. But Jesus shows that these matters are mortal issues that is below what heaven really stands for. Like a sparrow pecking at a lion, if they are not careful, they will eventually be swallowed up by their consumption of worldly things.
A: I don’t fully understand the implications of this chapter. But one thing God is convicting my heart is to be careful not to try to straddle both worlds, of heaven and earth. I can easily try to rationalize heavenly things with earthly ideas, but this will never measure up. There is a way that God thinks and acts that will always be beyond my human comprehension. I must seek to align myself with Him.
P: Lord, Your ways are higher than my ways. Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts. Amen.
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