FEBRUARY 4, 2026—No Soul Sleep

Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    The Sadducees, like some today, believed that when a person dies, they are dead. However, they are not. The body may wait for the resurrection, but the soul lives on. The Sadducees did not believe in a resurrection. They took all they knew from the first five books of the Bible and argued that there was no afterlife. Some today believe that when a person dies, their soul goes to the grave with them. Jesus, using a statement from the first five books, tells them it is not so. Jesus said that God said, “I am the God of,” not, I was the God of. He is God of the living, not the dead.

    That is why Paul said in 2 Cor. 5:8, for the believer, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The soul immediately goes to be with God.

  

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Do you believe eternal life is eternal, or interrupted?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this passage and today’s devotion?

Within this reading, do I find a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are the things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

Living In His Word Ministries