Some Sadducees, those who deny there is a resurrection, came forward. Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called, ‘Lord’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
Luke 20:27, 34-38 (NABRE)
A God of the living.
Who but God gives us life? It is He who breathes into our nostrils (Gen 2:7) and animates our being, placing us in the time and place of His choosing for a purpose. God brings life, and time and again, Jesus mentions the reward of everlasting life in the Kingdom of Heaven for those who die in His friendship. This is the road to eternal life, that you gently follow Jesus on the Way of the Cross, a path of closeness and friendship with Him, opening yourself entirely to Him and what He wants for you. Holiness is conducive to our flourishing. Sin has a disintegrating effect on us. It leaves us susceptible to commit more evil and entrench ourselves further in misery. One will never be left feeling empty and hopeless on account of choosing chastity over fleeting encounter, patience over temper, or kindness over rudeness. The Lord is God of the living. Therefore, what is of Him is life-giving. All that He commands us to do comes from a place of love. We may not quite get why God desires us to act a certain way or refrain from certain activity, but we must accept that God knows better than us and is only trying to bring us to a place of peace and holiness. This mere acknowledgement is a monumental first step in allowing God to work in our soul and bring us that peace.
Thank you for reading. Peace.
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