Opened Scriptures Bible Studies

  This triumphant Easter hymn was originally written in Latin, translated by Charles Wesley and set to music that stirs our hearts. Most hymnals do not contain all eleven verses by Wesley, but I included them below as they are glorifying to God and His Son, Jesus Christ. Below is the link to a YouTube video of the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra giving beautiful rendition of this Easter Hymn. I hope it is a rich blessing to all of you! Bob https://youtu.be/cErtpg5hBSw?si=d0pusMrZXBsWBZzq 1. “Christ the Lord is ris’n to-day,” Sons of Men and Angels say! Raise your Joys and Triumphs high, Sing ye Heav’ns, and Earth reply.   2. Love’s Redeeming Work is done, Fought the Fight, the Battle won, Lo! our Sun’s Eclipse is o’er, Lo! He sets in Blood no more.   3. Vain the Stone, the Watch, the Seal; Christ hath burst the Gates of Hell! Death in vain forbids his Rise: Christ hath open’d Paradise!   4. Lives again our glorious King, Where, O Death,...

Matthew 22:23-24  The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,  24  Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.  The Sadducees came to Jesus with a question that they believed Jesus could not answer. It is a question regarding the law of Moses and the resurrection. Remember that Sadducees denied miracles, denied the resurrection, denied the existence of angels, and said that the soul dies when the body dies. The focus of their question is what God guided Moses to write regarding a husband who married and then died without having children with his wife. Deuteronomy 25:5-10  If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her....

  So far, the Pharisees joined with the Hero dians to entrap Jesus by using His words against Him. Their scheme was to see if Jesus supported paying taxes to Rome or not, but our Lord knew their evil thoughts and rebuked their hypocrisy. Then, Jesus gave an answer that exploded their evil plan by saying  "Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and render unto God what belongs to God." The next group that came to test Jesus were the Sadducees. They denied miracles and say there is no resurrection. Therefore, they questioned Jesus about about the law, resurrection and heaven. Sadducees had used this same question to stymie Pharisees on the topic of resurrection and the after life. Matthew 22:23  The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,  Sadducees  denied the existence of angels and spirits.  They denied the immortality of the soul and taught  that the soul died with the body.  They insisted t...

Here is where to find indexes containing all Bible lessons posted on this blog since its inception in 2019. Click on the drop down menu and look for the archives tab. Then find the date listed below to find the appropriate index. I hope this will help you find lessons on a particular book of topic that we have studied through. An index for all lessons posted from  2019 through 2021 , was published on  September 7, 2022. An index for all lessons posted  in 2022 , was published  J anuary 24, 2023. An index for all lessons posted  in 202 3 was published on  February 28, 2024.  An index for all lessons posted  in 2024  was published on January 21, 2025. An index for all lessons posted  in 2025  was published on January 24, 2026. Matthew 22:15  Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.  Pharisees were the strictest sect of the Jews when it came to imposing m...