Sunday
Sermon
April 08,
2007
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Reading:
Luke 24:13-32 (Amplified)
And behold, that very day two of the disciples were going to a
village called Emmaus, which is about seven miles from Jerusalem. And they were
talking with each other about all these things that had occurred. And while
they were conversing and discussing together, Jesus Himself caught up with them
and was already accompanying them. But their eyes were held, so that they did
not recognize Him.
And He
said to them, "What is this discussion that you are exchanging between
yourselves as you walk along?" And they stood still, looking sad and downcast.
Then
one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, "Do you alone dwell as a stranger in
Jerusalem and not know the things that have occurred there in these days?" And
He said to them, "What kind of things?"
And they said to Him, "About Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet
mighty in work and word before God and all the people-- And how our chief
priests and rulers gave Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. But
we were hoping that it was He Who would redeem and set Israel free. Yes, and
besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred. And
moreover, some women of our company astounded us and drove us out of our
senses. They were at the tomb early in the morning, but did not find His body;
and they returned saying that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that
He was alive! So some of those who were with us went to the tomb and they found
it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see."
And
Jesus said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe everything
that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary and essentially fitting
that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer all these things before entering
into His glory (His majesty and splendor)?" Then beginning with Moses and
throughout all the Prophets, He went on explaining and interpreting to them in
all the Scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself. Then they
drew near the village to which they were going, and Jesus acted as if He would
go further. But they urged and insisted, saying to Him, "Remain with us, for it
is toward evening, and the day is now far spent."
So He went in to stay with them. And it occurred that
as He reclined at table with them, He took a loaf of bread and praised God and
gave thanks and asked a blessing, and then broke it and was giving it to them
when their eyes were instantly opened and they clearly recognized Him, and He
vanished. And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts greatly moved and
burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and as He opened and
explained to us the sense of the Scriptures?" |
Message: "Roll the Stone Away and Let the Truth
Come Out!"