Whatever is there and isn't there, one thing we know will not be there in heaven is sin.

And everything that profanes human relationships will be gone.

No sin, no deceit, no death, no sickness, no sorrow.

Although we know some things about heaven, we don't know everything.

So we must be careful when we speculate about eternity.

Hi, I'm Nathan Dobie-Bangham, and thank you for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

The Sadducees approached Jesus, and although they didn't believe in a future resurrection,

they asked him a question about heaven, in an attempt to trap him in something that he might say.

As R.C. Sproul continues his sermon series through Luke's Gospel, he unpacks Jesus' conversation with the Sadducees,

and what we can learn about eternity and the exultation of Christ.

Here's Dr. Sproul.

Well this morning we're going to continue our study of the Gospel according to St. Luke.

And I will be reading from Luke chapter 20 verses 27 through 44.

When asked the congregation, please sustain for the reading of the Word of God.

There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

And they asked him a question saying,

Teacher Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children,

the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers.

The first took a wife and died without children, and the second and the third took her,

and likewise all seven left no children and died.

Afterwards the woman also died.

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