He is Risen! 2013.03.31
The road to
Emmaus
Luke
24:1- 35
Good morning!
He is risen…..He is Risen Indeed!
Luke 24: 1- 35 NKJV
1 Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and
certain other women with them,[a] came to the tomb bringing the spices which
they had prepared. 2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 Then
they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it happened, as
they were greatly[b] perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them
in shining garments. 5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the
earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is
not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in
Galilee, 7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’”
8 And they remembered His words. 9 Then they returned from the tomb and
told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who
told these things to the apostles. 11 And their words seemed to them like idle
tales, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter arose and ran to the tomb;
and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying[c] by themselves; and he
departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.
13 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called
Emmaus, which was seven miles[d] from Jerusalem. 14 And they talked together of
all these things which had happened. 15 So it was, while they conversed and
reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 16 But their eyes
were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
17 And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have
with one another as you walk and are sad?”[e]
18 Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You
the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which
happened there in these days?”
19 And He said to them, “What things?”
So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a
Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the
chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and
crucified Him. 21 But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem
Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things
happened. 22 Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb
early, astonished us. 23 When they did not find His body, they came saying that
they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. 24 And certain of
those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had
said; but Him they did not see.”
25 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in
all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered
these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 And beginning at Moses and all
the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
Himself.
28 Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He
indicated that He would have gone farther. 29 But they constrained Him, saying,
“Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He
went in to stay with them.
30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He
talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” 33 So
they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and
those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord is risen
indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 And they told about the things that had
happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.
Luke 24: 1-
35 Schlachter 2000
1 Am ersten
Tag der Woche aber kamen sie am frühen Morgen zum Grab und brachten die
wohlriechenden Gewürze, die sie bereitet hatten und noch etliche mit ihnen.
2 Sie fanden
aber den Stein von dem Grab weggewälzt.
3 Und als
sie hineingingen, fanden sie den Leib des Herrn Jesus nicht.
4 Und es
geschah, als sie deswegen ganz ratlos waren, siehe, da standen zwei Männer in
strahlenden Gewändern bei ihnen.
5 Da sie nun
erschraken und das Angesicht zur Erde neigten, sprachen diese zu ihnen: Was
sucht ihr den Lebenden bei den Toten?
6 Er ist
nicht hier, sondern er ist auferstanden! Denkt daran, wie er zu euch redete,
als er noch in Galiläa war,
7 und sagte:
»Der Sohn des Menschen muß in die Hände sündiger Menschen ausgeliefert und
gekreuzigt werden und am dritten Tag auferstehen«.
8 Da
erinnerten sie sich an seine Worte,
9 und sie
kehrten vom Grab zurück und verkündigten das alles den Elfen und allen übrigen.
10 Es waren
aber Maria Magdalena und Johanna und Maria, die Mutter des Jakobus, die dies
den Aposteln sagten, sie und die übrigen mit ihnen.
11 Und ihre
Worte kamen ihnen vor wie ein Märchen, und sie glaubten ihnen nicht.
12 Petrus
aber stand auf und lief zum Grab, bückte sich und sah nur die leinenen Tücher
daliegen; und er ging nach Hause, voll Staunen über das, was geschehen war.
13 Und
siehe, zwei von ihnen gingen an demselben Tag zu einem Dorf namens Emmaus, das
von Jerusalem 60 Stadien entfernt war.
14 Und sie
redeten miteinander von allen diesen Geschehnissen.
15 Und es
geschah, während sie miteinander redeten und sich besprachen, da nahte sich
Jesus selbst und ging mit ihnen.
16 Ihre
Augen aber wurden gehalten, so daß sie ihn nicht erkannten.
17 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: Was habt ihr unterwegs miteinander besprochen, und warum seid
ihr so traurig?
18 Da
antwortete der eine, dessen Name Kleopas war, und sprach zu ihm: Bist du der
einzige Fremdling in Jerusalem, der nicht erfahren hat, was dort geschehen ist
in diesen Tagen?
19 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: Was? Sie sprachen zu ihm: Das mit Jesus, dem Nazarener, der
ein Prophet war, mächtig in Tat und Wort vor Gott und dem ganzen Volk;
20 wie ihn
unsere obersten Priester und führenden Männer ausgeliefert haben, daß er zum
Tode verurteilt und gekreuzigt wurde.
21 Wir aber
hofften, er sei der, welcher Israel erlösen sollte. Ja, bei alledem ist heute
schon der dritte Tag, seit dies geschehen ist!
22 Zudem
haben uns auch einige Frauen aus unserer Mitte in Verwirrung gebracht; sie
waren am Morgen früh beim Grab,
23 fanden
seinen Leib nicht, kamen und sagten, sie hätten sogar eine Erscheinung von
Engeln gesehen, welche sagten, er lebe.
24 Und
etliche der Unsrigen gingen hin zum Grab und fanden es so, wie es auch die
Frauen gesagt hatten; ihn selbst aber haben sie nicht gesehen.
25 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: O ihr Unverständigen, wie ist doch euer Herz träge, zu glauben
an alles, was die Propheten geredet haben!
26 Mußte
nicht der Christus dies erleiden und in seine Herrlichkeit eingehen?
27 Und er
begann bei Mose und bei allen Propheten und legte ihnen in allen Schriften aus,
was sich auf ihn bezieht.
28 Und sie
näherten sich dem Dorf, wohin sie wanderten; und er gab sich den Anschein, als
wollte er weitergehen.
29 Und sie
nötigten ihn und sprachen: Bleibe bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, und der
Tag hat sich geneigt! Und er ging hinein, um bei ihnen zu bleiben.
30 Und es
geschah, als er mit ihnen zu Tisch saß, nahm er das Brot, sprach den Segen,
brach es und gab es ihnen.
31 Da wurden
ihnen die Augen geöffnet, und sie erkannten ihn; und er verschwand vor ihnen.
32 Und sie
sprachen zueinander: Brannte nicht unser Herz in uns, als er mit uns redete auf
dem Weg, und als er uns die Schriften öffnete?
33 Und sie
standen auf in derselben Stunde und kehrten nach Jerusalem zurück und fanden
die Elf und ihre Gefährten versammelt,
34 die
sprachen: Der Herr ist wahrhaftig auferstanden, und er ist dem Simon
erschienen!
35 Und sie
selbst erzählten, was auf dem Weg geschehen war, und wie er von ihnen am
Brotbrechen erkannt worden war.
2 disciples…. one named Cleopas….. Cleopas was probably well known to the early
church…..
The most important reality in the world is truth...... God’s truth... the
truth that saves from hell…… The most
important truth of all….. The truth that´s sets us free…..
There’s only
one place this truth is found and that is in the Scriptures, the Word of God,
the Bible…… Only those who understand the Bible can know the
truth about salvation and be saved from hell….. Only those who know the truth of the Bible can live fulfilled,
obedient, blessed, effective, joyful lives….. Therefore the greatest service that can
ever be rendered to anyone is to explain to them the meaning of the Bible…..
SCRIPTURE
1. need for
understanding
We are lost and ignorant
2. the
source of understanding
The Word of God produces understanding…
3. response
to understanding……
we repent of
our sins…. we believe the Gospel…… we find joy…..
The
knowledge of Scripture produces joy……
To understand Scripture is to understand everything from God’s
perspective…… the one true view….. Only when we dig into the Word of God
believing that it is true…..can we can understand the purposes of God for us…… The clearest picture of God and His
plan…. can be known only to those who
understand the meaning of Scripture…… It´s a lifelong task (aufgabe)…… The very best thing that you can do for anyone is
to teach them and help them understand The Word of God……. It transforms
lives……. It gives true freedom and great hope even in the midst of disaster….
We have a powerful illustration of the power of the Gospel in Luke 24 this
morning…. Jesus ministers to two of His followers who
are confused…. They are filled with doubt......
Jesus gives them a clear understanding of Scripture…… He opens the
Scripture and shatters the darkness and confusion with the light of truth….. In
fact, verse 27 of Luke 24 sums it up
Luke
24:27 NLT
Neues Leben
27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets,
explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
27Und er
begann bei Mose und den Propheten und erklärte ihnen alles, was in der Schrift
über ihn geschrieben stand.
How I wish we were there! Can you imagine? Their hearts were on fire! Verse 32…...
Luke
24:32 NLT Neues Leben
32“They said
to one another, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to
us on the road while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?’”
32 Sie
sagten zueinander: »War es uns nicht seltsam warm ums Herz, als er unterwegs
mit uns sprach und uns die Schrift auslegte?«
The Lord Jesus using the Word of God took them from despair to Joy!….. The
disciples believed that all their hopes and dreams were destroyed at the foot
of the cross…. Gone because Jesus had
been crucified…….
Can you imagine their disappointment…… Can you imagine their great Joy as
Jesus explained the Word to them…… They went from the lowest despair to the
highest joy……
Their hearts were on fire…… Lighted into flame by the Word of God!
These are 2 important
lessons for us to learn today.…….
1. Jesus truly
rose from the dead….. Both His death and
resurrection had been prophesied many times in great detail in the Old
Testament……
Knowing that Christ is alive is the first great lesson…… The second great
lesson is knowing that
2. Scripture
is alive…..
Those are the lessons that we want to learn as we look at this tremendous event
on the road to Emmaeus……
In a
wonderful act of love and still teaching at every opportunity…… our Lord makes this glorious
appearance and teaches this incredible lesson on the Messiah from the OT……. He did it for 2 ordinary
people……
Like the Scripture says….
“Not many
noble and not many mighty, the Lord has chosen the lowly and the humble.”
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the most important event that has ever happened in the history of the world….. His death and His resurrection are the events that seal salvation…… If He doesn’t die and rise, there’s no salvation for anyone….. the whole human race is damned to hell……
The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is the most important event that has ever happened in the history of the world….. His death and His resurrection are the events that seal salvation…… If He doesn’t die and rise, there’s no salvation for anyone….. the whole human race is damned to hell……
Because the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ are the most
important events….. the resurrection being THE most important event ever…..
they are predicted in Scripture….. Anybody who doesn’t see that in the Old
Testament is needlessly ignorant because it is all explained here. ….
It’s not as if it’s difficult to see…… that’s why Jesus says in verse 25
Luke 24: 25,26 NLT
Neues Leben
25“O foolish men and slow of heart to believe
in all that the prophets have spoken….. 26 Was it not necessary for the
Messiah, the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”
25 Darauf
sagte Jesus zu ihnen: »Was seid ihr doch für unverständige Leute! Es fällt euch
so schwer zu glauben, was die Propheten in der Schrift gesagt haben.
26 Haben sie
nicht angekündigt, dass der Christus alle diese Dinge erleiden muss, bevor er
verherrlicht wird?«
Jesus said….
Come…..You should have known it…… It is not the fault of the Scripture if you do
not understand….. It is clear….. It is written to us so that we can understand……
The sadness and the confusion of
these two on the road to Emmaus is because they didn’t understand the Scripture
which they possessed…… notice this….
It wasn’t that they didn’t believe the Scripture…… They did….. It wasn’t
that they didn’t think God wrote the Scripture….. They did…. It was because
they had a very limited understanding of Scripture……They had been taught about
the Glory and triumphant kingdom of the Messiah…….. They had heard these things
from their youth…..
But they had not been taught the
whole story…… the whole nation had a limited theology of Messiah…… They had
only a partial understanding of the Old Testament…..
Their
sadness and disappointment…… their confusion and their grief……. was related to
the fact that they didn’t understand all that the prophets have spoken……. It´s
often the same with us…. We are often confused and disappointed when we don´t
understand what´s happening in our lives….. Sometimes we
lose our faith and trust in the LORD because
we do not have His Word hidden in our hearts… Or like these 2 disciples…..
because what is happening to us doesn´t line up with our expectations… It
doesn´t fit with our understanding of The Word….
They had such a limited understanding of the Messiah…..
That when he instead of establishing the Kingdom immediately….. He was
crucified…. They were wiped out….. There was just no place in their very small
understanding of Messianic theology for a dying Messiah……. They expected that
the Messiah would come and He would establish the throne…… the throne promised
to the greater Son of David in Jerusalem and He would reign in Jerusalem not
only over Israel but He would extend His Kingdom over the world…… That’s the
triumph and the glory….. That part they believed…… And they were so satisfied
with that that they were literally
blinded to the suffering and the death part…….
And it wasn’t that Jesus didn’t tell them…… He had told them many times……
And it wasn’t that Jesus didn’t tell them…… He had told them many times……
There was just no place in their Messianic theology for a dying Messiah…….
It wasn’t that the Old Testament didn’t say it, the Old Testament said it in
detail…… It was that they weren’t interested in believing it……. They didn’t
follow Jesus, the Apostles and the disciples, because they thought they were
going to get persecuted……. They followed Jesus because they thought they might
get to sit on His right and left hand in the Kingdom……. They really didn’t want to die
with Him…… They wanted to reign with Him…… That’s why they were so upset, you
remember, when He said, “I’m going to go to Jerusalem.” And Thomas, the
pessimist said, “Well, let’s all go and die with You, because that’s liable to
happen to You, they hate You there so much.”
So they had no room for the death of Christ in their theology…... And when
Jesus was crucified…… They forsook Him and ran to hide…… Only John stayed
around at the cross…… They thought it was over….. And they were scratching
their heads about how they could have been so wrong……
So here are two of them heading home, convinced that all their hopes are
gone….. It’s over……
Their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him, verse 16 says, and that was the way it was in every case after His
resurrection….. Though He was human, He wasn’t dazzling like an angel…. They
didn’t fall over in a dead faint….. He was human, there was enough different
about Him in His glorified form that they were not able to recognize Him…..
They don’t know who it is, He just walks along with them…..
Luke 24:
17,18 NLT Neues Leben
17 And He said to them, “What kind of conversation is this that you have
with one another as you walk and are sad?”[e]
18 Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You
the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which
happened there in these days?”
17 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: Was habt ihr unterwegs miteinander besprochen, und warum seid
ihr so traurig?
18 Da
antwortete der eine, dessen Name Kleopas war, und sprach zu ihm: Bist du der
einzige Fremdling in Jerusalem, der nicht erfahren hat, was dort geschehen ist
in diesen Tagen?
Cleopas says….. Haven´t you heard about everthing that´s been going on?
Luke 24: 19-
24 NKJV
19 And He said to them, “What things?”
So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a
Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the
chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and
crucified Him. 21 But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem
Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things
happened. 22 Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb
early, astonished us. 23 When they did not find His body, they came saying that
they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive. 24 And certain of
those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had
said; but Him they did not see.”
Luke 24: 19-
24 Schlachter 2000
19 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: Was? Sie sprachen zu ihm: Das mit Jesus, dem Nazarener, der
ein Prophet war, mächtig in Tat und Wort vor Gott und dem ganzen Volk;
20 wie ihn
unsere obersten Priester und führenden Männer ausgeliefert haben, daß er zum
Tode verurteilt und gekreuzigt wurde.
21 Wir aber
hofften, er sei der, welcher Israel erlösen sollte. Ja, bei alledem ist heute
schon der dritte Tag, seit dies geschehen ist!
22 Zudem
haben uns auch einige Frauen aus unserer Mitte in Verwirrung gebracht; sie
waren am Morgen früh beim Grab,
23 fanden
seinen Leib nicht, kamen und sagten, sie hätten sogar eine Erscheinung von
Engeln gesehen, welche sagten, er lebe.
24 Und
etliche der Unsrigen gingen hin zum Grab und fanden es so, wie es auch die
Frauen gesagt hatten; ihn selbst aber haben sie nicht gesehen.
Naturally Jesus knows all of this…..
He just wants to hear from them….. They’re
confused about how this could happen…… He is going to shine the light of
scripture on their hearts…..
The whole thing is too bizarre….. If He is alive and if He’s been alive
since morning, since six o’clock this morning, ten hours ago, maybe, where is
He?
So they’re totally confused…... They didn´t understand….
They didn´t understand because they
didn’t know the Scripture….. Then Jesus tells them the whole story of
redemption….
Luke 24:
25-27 NKJV
25 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in
all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered
these things and to enter into His glory?” 27 And beginning at Moses and all
the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
Himself
Luke 24: 25-27
Schlachter 2000
25 Und er
sprach zu ihnen: O ihr Unverständigen, wie ist doch euer Herz träge, zu glauben
an alles, was die Propheten geredet haben!
26 Mußte
nicht der Christus dies erleiden und in seine Herrlichkeit eingehen?
27 Und er
begann bei Mose und bei allen Propheten und legte ihnen in allen Schriften aus,
was sich auf ihn bezieht.
They are confused because they only understand part of the Old Testament……
They only understand part of the prophecies regarding Messiah…… They have a
limited view of Messiah…..
They were right to expect the Messiah to reign and rule…… But that was only
part of it…..
He calls them fools, anoetos, dull and He says slow of heart…… He doesn’t blame the Scripture….. He doesn’t say, “Well, the Old Testament is a
really hard book……
The problem is not the Word…... Jesus simply say….Have you not read the
Scriptures?
You’re wrong
because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.”
Jesus said
“Search the Scriptures for they are they which speak of Me.”
So, verse 27…… Jesus says…. Wasn’t it necessary? Why did Jesus say that?
Because there are passages in the Old Testament that speak of the Messiah
suffering…….. And so beginning with
Moses…..
Jesus
explained the Scriptures……
Jesus is the theme of Scripture….. He’s the theme of the Old Testament…..
What He wants to make it clear to them that before the glory comes the suffering……. Was
it not necessary for Christ to suffer?
The Old Testament is clear about the need for a substitute…..
In Genesis where God Himself slays an animal to make coverings for Adam and
Eve…… You have a picture of the death of an innocent to cover the sin of a
guilty sinner……. The Day of
Atonement is a powerful picture of the need for the shedding of blood and for a
substitute to bear our sins….. It was celebrated every year….
What about all the daily sin and guilt offerings? Remember the morning sacrifices……
and the evening sacrifices….. every day
of the year…… And of course as was fresh in their minds…. The Passover….. A
perfect symbol of substitution and sacrifice…..
They knew that sin caused death….. and that God would accept the death of a
substitute…… But they also knew that no animal ever offered satisfied God
completely because they had to offer another animal and another one and another
one and another one and another one and another one….. Those daily sacrifices
did not cleanse their hearts…… They needed to be finally and permanently
redeemed…….
Everyone of them knew that sin brings death…... The soul that sins, it
shall die, said the prophet…..
All of the sacrifices in the Levitical system were pictures of that final substitute that would
come…… As we see in verse 27….
Jesus….opens it all up to them…..
He gives them a solid biblical understanding of the Messiah’s suffering…….
I wish there was more here, don’t you? I wish I knew all that He said……
We know what the Old Testament says about the suffering of Messiah…… So let
me give you a little survey of what the lesson might have been like, okay?
The first
Bible text about the Messiah…. According to the ancient rabbinical texts is Gen
1:2…… They taught that the Spirit of God moving across the face of the waters…….
was the Spirit of the King Messiah!...
It was the
ancient rabbis who first taught that the
Whole scripture is about the Messiah! I can imagine Him beginingwith the
beginning…. Genesis…
He might have started in Genesis 3:15….. He might have told them, “Do you
not know that I am the wounded seed of the woman who crushes the serpent’s
head?” He might have stayed in Genesis for awhile….
Probably He went to Genesis 6 through 8 and recounted the history of the
Flood….. And as Peter does……Calling
Jesus the Ark of safety……
I’m sure He stopped at Genesis 22 and reminded them of the story of Isaac…….
There Abraham was prepared to offer up His only son…… but a
ram caught in a thicket was used in Isaac’s place which is a true picture of
Christ, the substitute……
I’m sure He must have gone to Exodus 12 talked about the Passover that they
had just celebrated with Jesus….“Don’t you remember the Passover lamb….. the
Passover lamb had to be without blemish and without spot….. And if his blood
was shed and splattered on the doorpost and the side beams, the angel of death
would pass by that house….. I am the
true Passover Lamb who protects the sinner from divine judgment….. I will
sprinkle men and they will be clean….. I think He probably went to Exodus
16 told them that He was the true manna
from heaven….. He said that to them before…. in John 6……
I think He
went in to Leviticus….. and explained that all of the OT sacrifices are about
the need for a substitute for sin….
Hebrews
makes it clear that He is the true offering, the final permanent sacrifice….the
perfect substitute….
All through First five books of
Moses…. every reference to the Day of Atonement pictured Him….. and I´m sure
that He made it clear that He was not only the sacrifice on the altar…… but He
was alsothe scapegoat who took away sin…….
It´s a
powerful picture of substitution….
I´m sure that He told lot´s of things from the Psalms….. There are many
Messianic Psalms…. beginning in Psalm 2…….
The Psalms are A great place for your personal quiet times….
Surely He spent some time in Psalm
22…… He is the one the psalmist hears when the Psalm begins, “My God, My
God, why have You forsaken Me?” The very words He spoke on the cross…… Psalm 22 says, “He will be a reproach…..
He will be sneered at…. His bones will be out of joint. His strength will be
gone….. His hands and feet will be pierced….. His clothes will be divided up by
lots as He dies…..All of these crucifiction Details are found in Psalm 22……
Maybe He went to Psalm 40 verse 7
which says, “Behold, I come in the
scroll of the book, it is written of Me, I delight to do Your will, O God, Your
law is within My heart,” …… Hebrews says this text applies to the Messiah……
I´m sure that Jesus took them to Isaiah...... to the suffering servant
passages that we talked about last week…..
Isaiah makes it clear…… The Suffering servant of the Lord is the
King Messiah and He is the permanent final substitute for our sins….
JESUS is the final substitute…... This is
a picture of Messiah…… It’s unmistakable…….
The lesson must have been stunning and staggering……
Look at verse 32 as they approach the village….
Luke 24: 32 NKJV Schlachter 2000
32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He
talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”
32 Und sie
sprachen zueinander: Brannte nicht unser Herz in uns, als er mit uns redete auf
dem Weg, und als er uns die Schriften öffnete?
Their hearts were on fire with the deepest joy…… Scripture was true…… This was the Messiah….. It was all part of the
plan…… He is alive. ……
Now that
brings us to the 3rd point in our outline……
knowledge of Scripture produces joy.
Remember….. They don’t know who He
is yet……. They still don’t know this is Jesus…… What fires their hearts is to better
understand the Scriptures…. It’s the
truth, not the person……. Anyone who explains accurately the Scripture can
expect to see that kind of response…… Understanding the truth fulfills the true
believer’s deepest longings…..
When you understand the Word of God, it all makes sense…… All your faith is
anchored in reality….. Knowing the truth
produces profound joy……. To understand
the Scripture is to know God and to know the things are the way the Scripture
says they are…… and that God’s plan is unfolding……. and God is sovereign and
His purpose is being accomplished…… This is exhilarating..... exhilarating…..
And that’s how they feel….. They’re literally on fire on the inside…. They
have been dead dry and no fire burns as bright as that one lit of dry kindling……
And their dry hearts are now on fire…… And here’s their response…… Don´t go…..
stay with us……
Why did they invite Him in?
This is about more teaching…… Stay
with us….. The Word of God was coming alive….. It thrilled them….. They still
don´t know that they are with Jesus….. They only know that their fear and
confusion is leaving them….. as they see the scriptures clearer….. Then when he
broke the bread….
Luke 24: 30, 31 NKJV Schlachter 2000
30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened
and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
30 Und es
geschah, als er mit ihnen zu Tisch saß, nahm er das Brot, sprach den Segen,
brach es und gab es ihnen.
31 Da wurden
ihnen die Augen geöffnet, und sie erkannten ihn; und er verschwand vor ihnen.
their eyes were opened….. Now they
see that it is Jesus…… In an instant going from the depths of despair to
the transcendent heights of joy, they recognized Him……. And He vanished out of
their sight……
They had hoped He would be their Redeemer…… and turns out He was……. And all the Scripture now made sense……
verse 33….
Luke 24: 32-35 NKJV
32 And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He
talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” 33 So
they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and
those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord is risen
indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35 And they told about the things that had
happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.
Luke 24: 32-35 Schlachter 2000
32 Und sie
sprachen zueinander: Brannte nicht unser Herz in uns, als er mit uns redete auf
dem Weg, und als er uns die Schriften öffnete?
33 Und sie
standen auf in derselben Stunde und kehrten nach Jerusalem zurück und fanden
die Elf und ihre Gefährten versammelt,
34 die
sprachen: Der Herr ist wahrhaftig auferstanden, und er ist dem Simon
erschienen!
35 Und sie
selbst erzählten, was auf dem Weg geschehen war, und wie er von ihnen am
Brotbrechen erkannt worden war.
Their hearts were burning while He was explaining the Scriptures…..
What lit
their hearts on fire was an understanding of Scriptures…… The most important thing in the world is the Scriptures….. The most
important thing that we could ever do is explain and teach the Word of God to a
lost and dying generation….
it produces a burning heart……. It transforms lives….. It comforts the
faithful….
Jesus is
alive……. and the Scripture is alive……. Their flaming hearts came from Him
explaining the Scriptures……. And it
turned in to zeal to preach the message…… proclaim the Good News…… What we’re
talking about here is joy and testimony……
Two things that flow out of this, when your heart's on fire because you
understand the Scripture….. you have an internal joy because you know it’s the
truth……. It´s all true and our salvation
is certain…….
Close
I know that sometimes even we who are believers find our world shaken by
the things that happen in our lives….. we don´t understand….. Where is the
Lord? How could this have happened ….. We find ourselves on the rough road of
our life…… Where do we go….. We go to the Word of God….. Jesus is in our
hearts….. ready…. More than ready to open up the scriptures to us……… It will
set our hearts on fire…. And we will understand….
Hebrews
10:35-36
"So do
not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it
brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now so that you will continue to
do God's will. Then you will receive all that He
promised. "
Hebrews 10:35-36
35 So werft nun eure Zuversicht
nicht weg, die eine große Belohnung hat!
36 Denn standhaftes Ausharren tut
euch not, damit ihr, nachdem ihr den Willen Gottes getan habt, die Verheißung
erlangt.
It was more than 40 years ago That I bought a bible….. A long haired hippie
on TV said that God was real….. That Jesus was real….. that the Bible was
true……. He said that if I would read it for myself….. I could find Jesus…..
I went and read the bible…I began at Matthew 1 ….I read it nonstop …… By
the time I had spent a few days reading it…..The Holy Spirit had used it to
take out my heart of stone…….. My eyes were opened to see Jesus….. My heart was
burning within me…… It was all true…. There was hope….. The Resurrection of
Jesus turned a disaster into Glory! Jesus sacrifice has once for all time made
it possible for every disaster in our lives to be turned into Glory! It´s Good
News!
There is
hope! It´s all true….. He is Risen! We have a savior…. His Name is Jesus!
Matthew 12:
21 NKJV Schlachter 2000
21 And his name will be the hope of all the world.
21 Und auf seinem Namen wird die
Hoffnung der ganzen Welt ruhen.
He is Risen….. He is Risen in deed!
Benediction
from Hebrews…
Hebrews 13: 20, 21
NLT
20 Now may the God of peace—who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the
great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—
21 may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in
you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to
him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
Hebrews 13:
20, 21 Neues Leben
20 Ich
wünsche euch, dass der Gott des Friedens, der unseren Herrn Jesus, den großen
Hirten der Schafe, durch das Blut des ewigen Bundes von den Toten
zurückgebracht hat,
21 euch mit
allem versorgt, was ihr braucht, um seinen Willen zu tun. Ich wünsche mir, dass
er durch die Kraft von Jesus Christus all das in uns wachsen lässt, was ihm
Freude macht. Ihm gehört die Ehre für immer und ewig! Amen.
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