Sadducees Question Jesus

Mark 12:18-27

(Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40)

You Do Not Know the Scriptures

I. Know the Preservation of Scriptures vs. 24

1. Sixty-Six Books

2. Broken into two testaments

3. Old (First) = Anticipation

4. New = Manifestation

5. Old - 39 Books

6. New - 27 Books

7. Three Continents “Africa, Asia, Europe;”

8. Three languages “Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic”

9. Written by 40 men over 1,600 years

10. Middle verse = (Psalm 118:8)

"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man."

Genesis - Beginnings

Exodus - Deliverance

Leviticus - Instruction

Numbers - Journeys

Deuteronomy - Obedience

Joshua - Conquest

Judges - Deterioration

Ruth - Redemption

1+2 Samuel - Transition

1+2 Kings - Dispersion

1+2 Chronicles - History

Ezra - Restoration

Nehemiah - Reconstruction

Esther - Preservation

Job - Suffering

Psalm - Praise

Proverbs - Wisdom

Ecclesiastes - Vanity

Song of Solomon - Joyful Song

Ill. Book of Mormon, Koran “Muslims”

II. Know the Power of God vs. 24

2 Timothy 3:16–17 KJV 1900

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Psalm 119:105 KJV 1900

105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path.

Isaiah 40:8 KJV 1900

8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Hebrews 4:12 KJV 1900

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Matthew 24:35 KJV 1900

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

III. Know The Presence of God vs. 26, 27

Mark 12:26 KJV 1900

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Exodus 3:6 KJV 1900

6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.