The God of the Living 

(Mk 12:18-27) 



God is the living God(Jer 10:10; 2Ki 2:2; 1Sa 17:26). 

He is living yesterday, today and forever(He 13:8) and 

He lives with the living forever. 



Faith is believing and longing for Him and 

The life of this faith is, until living with Him, receiving His help and straining to stay alive at all times. 



While men call those with alive fleshly senses the living, 

God calls those with alive spiritual senses the living, 

For the righteous will live by faith(Hab 2:4; Rm 1:17). 



In spite of the fact that Adam was made a living being(Ge 2:7), 

When he was deceived and sinned, 

Death entered him and all men in him died(Rm 5:12). 



The Israelites knew and loved the fact that their God is 

The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(Ex 3:6), and that 

They were the children of Abraham(Mt 3:9). 

All their fathers, however, were dead, thus they only had a past not a present. 



Yet the testimony inside sanctuary 

Reminded them of the living God and that they were His people. 



Jesus said, "Destroy the temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19), because 

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body, 

He would reveal that He Himself is the living God for 

He is the Word in the beginning that became the living flesh(Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14), 

The Son of God who is living yesterday, today and forever(Mt 16:16) who 

Met Abraham and is greater than him(Jn 8:56-58). 



As He died, Jesus said, "It finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He: 

Laid down His life and fulfilled the Father's will, showing that He alone is the living God(Jn 10:17-18); 

Condemned the devil who challenged the living God though he is just a creation(Is 14:12-15; Ez 28:15); and 

With His living blood redeemed the sins of men and gave life to souls(Jn 6:54). 

The Father raised Him and Jesus ascended to the heavenly throne and 

He is the living Lord. 



The Holy Spirit whom He sent 

Comes to those who received the living blood of Jesus(Ac 2:33, Ac 5:32) and 

Lets them testify that Jesus is the living Lord. 

To keep the little faith alive, 

He appointed the church, worship, pastors, teachers etc(Ac 20:28; 1Co 12:28) 



The people of the Spirit are those 

Devoted to not myths and genealogies, but the works of the living God(1Ti 1:4) and 

Have the living hope of resurrection(1Pe 1:3-5). 



Therefore, they live 

Not by the fleshly senses but by spiritual inspiration, 

Preaching the word in season or out of season, 

Keeping their head in all situations, enduring hardship and 

Doing the work of evangelists(2Ti 4:1-5) for 

They hope to be judged as the living and be taken up to His kingdom 

When the Lord Jesus returns. 



O Lord, 

Because of these fleshly senses are alive and tempt me, 

My soul is dying though it wants to live! 

A bruised reed You will not break and 

A smoldering wick You will not snuff out(Is 42:3)¦ 

Lord, help me to stay alive! Amen.