Mark 12:18-27

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

Are You Not Mistaken B/c You Do Not Know the Scriptures? – v.24

T h e S c r i p t u r e s a r e A l l - S u f f i c i e n t U n t o L i f e & G o d l i n e s s – 2 P e t . 1 : 3

2 Peter 1:3As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who

called us by glory and virtue

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

Are You Not Mistaken B/c You Do Not Know the Scriptures? – v.24

T h e S c r i p t u r e s a r e A l l - S u f f i c i e n t U n t o L i f e & G o d l i n e s s – 2 P e t . 1 : 3

1 Corinthians 4:6Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to

myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed

up on behalf of one against the other.

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

Are You Not Mistaken B/c You Do Not Know the Scriptures? – v.24

T h e S c r i p t u r e s a r e A l l - S u f f i c i e n t U n t o L i f e & G o d l i n e s s

T h e S c r i p t u r e s T e a c h b y N e c e s s a r y I n f e r e n c e

Mark 12:26-27

“But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am

the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken.”

Argument Based on God’s Very

Nature!

Necessary Inference Based on the Verb Tense

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

Are You Not Mistaken B/c You Do Not Know the Scriptures? – v.24

T h e S c r i p t u r e s a r e A l l - S u f f i c i e n t U n t o L i f e & G o d l i n e s s

T h e S c r i p t u r e s T e a c h b y N e c e s s a r y I n f e r e n c e

G o d E x p e c t s U s t o U n d e r s t a n d W h a t W e R e a d !

Ephesians 3:3-4

How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have

briefly written already, by which, when you read,

you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Luke 10:26

He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading

of it?”

What is Written = Your Reading of It

John 12:48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that

which judges him-- the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

“Well , That’s Just Your Interpretat ion.”

“The Bible Doesn’t Say You Can’t Do I t . ”

Specific

Sons of Aaron, Tribe of Levi 1 Chronicles

23:13

All other tribes

including other Levites

Who Can Be A Priest To The LORD?

2 Chronicles 13:8-12

Who Is God With? Generic

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

“ M e , M y s e l f & I ” W i l l S t a n d i n J u d g m e n t f o r W h a t I D i d i n L i f e

2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

“ M e , M y s e l f & I ” W i l l S t a n d i n J u d g m e n t f o r W h a t I D i d i n L i f e

S w a y e d b y t h e M a j o r i t y , o r

C o n v i c t i o n f r o m M y B i b l e S t u d y ?

John 12:42-43Nevertheless even among the

rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for

they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

“ M e , M y s e l f & I ” W i l l S t a n d i n J u d g m e n t f o r W h a t I D i d i n L i f e

S w a y e d b y t h e M a j o r i t y , o r

C o n v i c t i o n f r o m M y B i b l e S t u d y ?

Galatians 1:8-9But even if we, or an angel from

heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed….so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you

have received, let him be accursed.

H a v e Yo u N o t R e a d ? – v . 2 6

D o e s I g n o r a n c e o f G o d ’ s W o r d = I n n o c e n c e B e f o r e H i m ?

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9…when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His

mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel

of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and

from the glory of His power.

Mark 12:18-27