On The Road With Jesus
Luke 24:13-34
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet,powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”
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Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.
Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.”
John 11:25
Is there any other news you could get in this life that is better than what Jesus told us in the statement above?! Jesus wants us with him FOREVER!
I was the speaker for a week at a Bible camp and a student asked me to describe the concept of everlasting life… life that would never end. I looked at him for a moment and suddenly God impressed upon me an idea. I invited him to come down to the lake with me. We walked out on the dock and I asked him, “how much water do you think is in this lake?” He had no idea. Neither did I.
I told him to hold out his hand as I dipped my finger in the water. I held my finger over his hand and let one drop splash into his palm. I then said, “The length of your life is equivalent to that one drop of water in your hand. Think of all the water of this lake as eternal life. You are only experiencing a small amount of all that God is offering you in this present life. Imagine how wonderful it will be to share together what God is planning for us as we put our trust in His goodness!”
This Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus which broke the power of sin and death in our lives! We are already experiencing the beginning of our life together with him... forever!
Grateful for our journey together,
Pastor John