The Certainty of Christ Resurrection
Book of Luke 24:1-35
The truth is, the atonement of Jesus Christ did not end with His death. The atonement of Jesus Christ could not end until His resurrection.
Rom 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
When John and Peter raced to the tomb of Jesus they saw grave clothes lying in the tomb still retaining their shape as though the body of Jesus was still in them but He was not there.
They realized that only one thing could have happened. The body of Jesus had passed through His burial wrapping and Jesus had risen from the grave just as He had said He would do.
It is John who later writes how Jesus had passed through the walls or the physical doors in that upper room in His resurrected body.
Joh 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Joh 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
It was John who verified the reality of a bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and in His final work, He had overcome death to show us all what true life is all about!
Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ what hope would we have of eternal life?
Joh 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Joh 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Jesus Christ openly displayed this truth for all the world to see!
It must be clear to us all discovering that empty tomb was the greatest discovery in human history.
The facts remain, that many people either have not heard of the resurrection or they simply refuse to accept that Christ Jesus arose from that grave having defeated death.
Every human being must discover this fact for themselves in order to be saved from the wrath of God!
It's called "Faith" and that faith in the Word of God and His promises.
*****Luk 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
This first day of the week would have been on Sunday and would have begun at 6 PM the previous Sabbath evening.
This was the day after the Jewish Sabbath and the same day chosen by the early church and the modern day church to gather together to worship the Lord, the Apostle John called it the Lord's Day.
We are to worship the Lord everyday but the Lord's Day should always be special!
The Lord's day should remind us all of the "Resurrection" of the Lord.
After all, Jesus Christ is the only One who said He would come back from the dead and then proved it by doing it!
That empty tomb that morning was the greatest discovery in all of human history and there is no other way to look at it.
The truth is, Jesus arose before the dawn of that day because He had made a promise to another man on a cross and we know that God will always keep His promises.
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ was His triumph over death to prove to us all that we could also triumph over death if we would place our "Faith" in the work that He did at the Cross.
Death reigns no more in the life of the believer!
The rule of death hanging over our heads has been broken forever!
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The laws of the Sabbath and it's observances no longer had any authority over the Lord nor His New Testament Church.
The New Covenant was in place for the Church!
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Because of "Resurrection Power" every believer is now dead to the law but open to the laws of Christ.
Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Those who first witnessed that empty tomb are a strong evidence of this truth because they had also witnessed His death.
They knew He was dead. They knew He had been buried in a borrowed tomb. They had no question in their mind about His death because they had been eyewitnesses to all these things.
If it had been a stranger who found this empty tomb, it could have made all these things irrelevant and no one would have ever trusted in the resurrection.
Further proof is the fact that they had purchased spices to anoint the body of Christ in a more proper Jewish way as it had only been hastily done before.
They knew Jesus had died.
They truly cared for the Lord.
They wanted to take care of the body of Jesus just as they would have for any family member who had died.
They were also obedient to the Law because they had strictly obeyed the law of the Sabbath.
They had refused to break the Sabbath even though they certainly wanted to take care of the Lord.
They certainly would not have lied about any of these things and they had no cause to!
*****Luk 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
On the way to the grave they had discussed how they could ever roll the stone that had closed off the tomb from thieves, so we can just imagine that it was a great stone.
Mar 16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Mar 16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
They were perplex at what they saw, the stone was not where it had been placed as they had also witnessed.
We now know that the physically resurrected body of Jesus was was not bound by the physical laws of this earth!
Jesus did not resurrect as a spirit but His body was now obedient to the Heavenly Laws and this world we know of, had no control over Him!
So twice already we have had a glimpse of a "Glorified Body"!
*****Luk 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
There was no body in that tomb.
Oh, the folded napkin was there, to serve it's own purpose.
The wrappings that had been placed around the body of Jesus were there, still holding to the shape of the body but his body was not within those wrappings.
The body of the Lord Jesus Christ was not inside that tomb anywhere!
They were then persuaded that what Jesus had said that He would do, He had actually done!
Rom 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
We must believe that God means what He says and He also says what He means!
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
And if further proof was needed God also provided His own witnesses.
*****Luk 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
Luk 24:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Luk 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Luk 24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Luk 24:8 And they remembered his words,
We should clearly understand that stone was not rolled back because Jesus could not have escaped without that being done.
That stone was rolled back so these ladies could enter that Garden Tomb.
AND, There was no doubt that these were angels:
Mat 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Mat 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
These women fell down in reverence but they fell down more in fear.
But these angels only had one question which really meant, "Why Did You Not Believe The Words Of Jesus"
We are fools not to believe the Word of God!
The world is full of people who honor truly dead men, who they believe to be their savior.
How can anyone honor a dead man in that way, as they certainly could not save themselves, so what power could they have over death.
I worship a Living Savior!
I worship a Living God who has power over death, the grave, and in fact over all things!
All these that worship a dead savior have no hope for any life after this life they live now!
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
To be without God, is to live all your life in the grip of death!
These angels said He is not here, because He has risen!
That evidence was very clear. Jesus was not in that tomb!
Those angels reminded these ladies that Jesus had done exactly what He said He would do.
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
They had never accepted these words of Jesus as being true!
But now they were convicted by their own thoughts.
All the followers of Jesus had been confused about these things Jesus had said but they now realized that they had been wrong.
We should all remember these simple words of Jesus:
Mat 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
We serve the God who has the power to do as He wishes to do at any moment!
There are some places we just will never find our Lord!
We will never find Him dead and in some grave!
We will never find Him in man's law!
We will never find Him in human nature!
We will never find Him in philosophy!
Since our Lord is alive and cannot die, He certainly cannot be found among the dead!
Even though some Christians are worldly, you will never find Christ Jesus to be worldly!
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
What we see in the Scriptures about the Lord will always hold true!
The modern day Christ is the same One who is written about by the New Testament writers!
These ladies who now knew the truth then rushed to tell the 11 remaining disciples what they had seen.
*****Luk 24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luk 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Luk 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
It seems amazing that these men who had spent so much time with the Lord and had heard the words that He had said, simply refused to believe these ladies who now knew the truth.
To these 11 men these things just seem to be too astonishing to be true and had to be ridiculous and wild imaginations.
Mat 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
It would have been hard to miss the excitement these ladies had when they were trying to convince these men of the truth and them so full of doubt.
They had a lot to tell.
The stone was rolled away, the body of Jesus was not in those grave clothes that were still laying there.
They had seen the angels and the angels had told them many things.
These 11 men really had no excuse to not believe, these were the very things that Jesus had said He would do.
Mary Magdalene was a true believer not some religious nut.
Joanna had provided finances for the ministry of Jesus and no doubt much of that had provided for the families of these men. She was a sincere Christian.
Mary was the actual mother of James the Less one of these 11 men and a mother would have never lead her son in the wrong way.
And there were other women also.
Salome the mother of James and John.
These men simply thought that the government had done something with the body of Jesus.
The government thought these disciples of Christ had stolen the body but neither of these things could have been true.
This secret could not have been hidden!
The governments persecution proves they did not have the body of Jesus.
The faith of the disciples proves they did not have the body of Jesus.
The family of Jesus became believers so they could not have stolen the body of Jesus.
There was only one alternative, Jesus had done exactly what He said He would do!
There can be no Church if this is not true!
1Co 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
1Co 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
1Co 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
1Co 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
1Co 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
But Peter's heart was still drawn to the Lord, even though he had failed Him!
*****Luk 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Peter who had denied Jesus three times at His trial and whose heart was broken for what he had done, just could not wrap his head around the things that Jesus had told Him.
BUT, Peter was still drawn to the Lord despite his failures.
When we look down on Peter we need to take a hard look at ourselves in life's mirror.
Peter arose.
Peter rushed to the tomb.
Peter was ready to believe what Mary and the other ladies had told him.
Peter took a close look at the evidence.
The folded napkin lying by itself. We already know that a folded napkin meant the one who folded it was not finished.
The linen clothes in which Jesus had been wrapped lying undisturbed as the body of Jesus had just passed through them.
It was plain that the body of Jesus had not been carried away or stolen because no one would have taken the time to do these things!
BUT, Peter still could not accept what he saw as many do today.
The truth is, it is very dangerous for us not to understand the Word of God.
God says:
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2Ti 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Unless the words we read are intended to be symbolic and those places are noted, we need to accept the Word of God just as it is written!
Twisting the Word of God to mean something else is sinful.
Adding to the Word of God is sinful.
Taking away from the Word of God is damnation!
These things lead to unbelief and eternal damnation.
The evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ speaks for itself.
That tomb was empty!
The evidence within, revealed that no one could have stolen that body of Jesus.
Peter was so locked up in the impossibility of these things that he just could not believe at this time.
This my friends is where most of the world is today, yet they still believe in so-called gods whose bones are still within the tomb in which they were buried.
Who can figure that one out?
What other proof do we have?
The Apostle Paul wrote these words:
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1Co 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
1Co 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
1Co 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
1Co 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
But at this time Peter and John departed from that tomb just wondering about these things that had seen and heard.
Next we see how the Lord Jesus deals with those who have lost all hope.
*****Luk 24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luk 24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
The first thing we see is how easily the Lord Jesus can join in communication with us.
And like Jesus has already said, where two or three are gathered He would be there with them.
Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Many have guessed who these two men are but that is not even important or the Word of God would have said.
This was simply a lonely walk by two disciples of the Lord who walked with broken hearts, their world was crushed by the death of our Savior.
This day was the same day that those women had discovered the empty tomb and reported it, so these two disciples had heard all these things.
As they made their way to Emmaus they were very sad to the point of despair.
So as they walked they hardly noticed as a stranger joined with them.
*****Luk 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Luk 24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
As these two disciples were walking and discussing all the things that they had heard that morning, Jesus did what He does for everyone of us. "He went with them"
They had been so caught up in their sorrow that they had not noticed Jesus who had joined them in their travel.
Their eyes being "holden" would be similar to not being able to see because of the glare of the Sun.
The truth is, we can become so preoccupied with our own sorrows and distress, that we do not recognize the truth of our Lord:
Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Jesus had been walking along with them for a while and they had not noticed Him.
*****Luk 24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Jesus will always show concern for our troubles and sadness as He said unto them, "why are you so sad".
The Lord will always ask us "Why are we so sad".
No matter what happens to God's people, we are still saved.
The truth is, these two were trying to understand the death, the burial, and the empty tomb of out Lord.
Jesus Christ was the subject of their conversation!
They wanted answers that only God could provide!
*****Luk 24:18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Luk 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Luk 24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Then Jesus ask them "what things" have cause you to be this way?
God will always want us to know exactly what is bothering us.
When we pray to God we need to give Him a good description of what our problems are!
He already knows, He just wants us to see if we know exactly what we are seeking the answers to.
At first this Cleopas attacks, saying "how could anyone in the area not know what had happened in Jerusalem".
We need to always be aware that when we are full of doubts, that is when the Devil will launch one of his attacks.
It helps to have friends we can discuss these things with. That's why God wants us to be like a family because we are the family of God.
Cleopas said Jesus, the Great Prophet of Israel had been condemned to death and crucified.
It had not just been the elders of Israel but also the Roman rulers, in a sense the whole world that had done this evil thing.
BUT, this was not what they had expected from Jesus, they had had higher hopes.
*****Luk 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Luk 24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
Luk 24:23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
Luk 24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
You see the biggest disappointment of Cleopas and the disciples. They had expected Jesus the Messiah to over come all these enemies of the people and it had been just the opposite, He had been overcome. He had even promised to return in 3 days and they still believed He had not even done that.
The disciples could only see the end of all their hopes.
When we allow the things of this world to take us down to this level, we need to question our faith!
Jesus had told them to watch, for on the 3 day something dramatic would happen, days are still 24 hours long.
They had expected this to mean that His triumph over Rome would have taken place but they had seen no changes in these things.
Added to all this, they felt that even the body of Jesus had been stolen.
They had heard about the heavy stone that was rolled away, the women could not have done this thing.
They had heard of the empty tomb but could not understand the significance of this.
They had heard about the angels but that seemed too far fetched.
Some had felt that Jesus was alive but how could that be true.
If so, then why had Jesus not been seen.
The things of this world had robbed them of their "faith"!
Jesus Christ wants to know all the things that bother us as we go through this life down to the most minute detail.
And how did Jesus respond?
*****Luk 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Luk 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
What's wrong with this world? This world does not take the Word of God serious!
These disciples of Christ Jesus simply did not believe what the prophets had said and they had come up with their own plan of what the Messiah would be and would do.
The greatest sin of all is the sin of unbelief!
The world today refuses to accept the truth of a "risen Savior".
The sin of unbelief will send them to an eternity in the "Burning Lake of Fire"!
If we have faith in our risen Savior, then we must relinquish the control of our lives to Him and obey and serve Him.
Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
What had been the truth of the Scriptures?
As true disciples we are to take the Word of God seriously!
We are to study the Word of God to see what it says and not so much how men interpret what it says.
God says what He means and God means what He says and we need to feel comfortable with this truth!
If we were not capable of understanding the written Word of God, God would have chosen another method to teach us.
If the death of the Messiah and then the Resurrection of the Messiah had not been necessary we can be sure God would have used some other method!
In order for our salvation, these things had to take place.
Jesus had no choice but to obey the will of His Father!
We must accept these things and also realize that we are also to obey the will of our Father who is in Heaven.
In fact to be in the will of our Heavenly Father is to be in the safest place we can be in the world!
The pure truth is, that the plan of God had not been defeated but there was actually a great victory!
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
When our doubts over come us, then we need to return to the Word of God and begin at the beginning, the Book of Genesis and we will see that the Messiah was promised even from the words of Moses.
The Lord Jesus Christ can be found throughout all the Bible!
Unbelief will ruin our day and also our testimony and break the heart of our Lord, but He will never give up on us because His faith remains steadfast.
1Co 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Jews lived according to the Pentateuch, the 5 books of Moses so Jesus began from these books and went through the writings of all the prophets and pointed out all the places that concerned the Messiah.
We are expected to believe what the Word of God says!
If we are to slow to believe, then we may listen to what some man says that opposes the Word of God.
We are to believe what the prophets of God say. If we are to slow to believe we may miss the fulfillment of that prophesy.
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had to die!
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had to rise again!
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had no choice!
These things were the will of God and had been God's plan even before creation began.
AND, God's plan was a complete success!
Jesus showed these two disciples "all the Scriptures" concerning these things.
We can see that "unbelief" not only destroys our testimony but it will leave us sad, perplexed, and in despair.
We simply cannot symbolize all the Scriptures.
The disciples of Jesus Christ had begun to accept a dead Savior just like the world does, and so many other men today but they had a hard time dealing with a risen Savior and most of the world has that same problem today.
We simply cannot pick and choose what we are going to believe in the Word of God. It is an all or nothing book.
This trip was about 7 miles or as much as 3 hours as they drew close to the village where they were going.
*****Luk 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
Luk 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luk 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luk 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
When the truth of the Scriptures open up our eyes then we will always want to hear more.
Jesus wold have gone on further because He will never enter into any house where He is not invited, just as He will never enter into any heart unless He has been invited.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
In order to hear the truth, we must invite Jesus into our temple to become a Temple of God!
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
There are 9 different occasions recorded in the Gospels where Jesus broke bread with His disciples and then blessed it.
SO, We can see why they remembered this thing but not only that, those hands still bore the scars of the nails that bound Him to the cross.
God opened their eyes to the truth and Jesus vanished out of their sight!
If they had not invited Jesus into their home they would have missed out on this great opportunity.
We miss so very much when we do not accept the Lord when we first come under Holy Ghost conviction. Even when we do later, we have already missed out on so many blessings.
It is a fact that once we are saved, the Word of God will burn within us and our need to tell others about what Jesus has done in our lives will just want to come out.
When we hear the Word of God explained and conviction comes, the only thing lacking is a response on our part.
What is Christian Heartburn?
Jer 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
It is a fact that once we are saved the Word of God will burn within us and our need to tell others about what Jesus has done in our lives will just want to come out.
When we sit on our hands and refuse to do the work of the Lord we not only hinder our blessings but someone in this world may have missed their own opportunity to know the Lord.
Quit having Christian heartburn and get busy serving the Lord!
That soul that is won to the Lord is the remedy to Christian Heartburn!
These two disciples of the Lord had Christian Heartburn.
They now knew the truth and they had to let it out!
*****Luk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Luk 24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
Luk 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Luk 24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
It was night time and night time travel was dangerous but that did not stop these two disciples. They now knew the risen Savior and not just a dead Savior.
It was a late hour when they arrived back in Jerusalem but most all the disciples were already gathered together and all the talk was about their risen Savior!
They were all bursting with excitement because the truth of the Messiah was finally sinking in!
The amazing truth about the Word of God is that there are promises that no man has ever tried to find!
There are treasures that no one has taken the time to dig up.
There are medicines that have not been uncovered.
There are truths that have not yet been exposed.
There are little golden nuggets of information that are waiting on those that are willing to search for them!
The Bible is a love letter from God, He has not left anything out that would be a help to us but we just refuse to search the Scriptures.
These disciples had been around the Scriptures all their life and the truth of a risen Savior had never been a part of their reality until now when the truth was before their eyes.
This was one of those things in the Scriptures that had eluded them but was now exposed by the Lord Himself.
One of the most beautiful sights there are is when that lost soul finally realizes the truth of the Scriptures and faith takes over.
Once we know the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, it is then time for our feet to take over and go tell someone else about it!
Our biggest mistakes are made in this life when we look at our plan for this life from ground level and not from God's level
We can be certain that Jesus Christ arose from that grave, not because there were so many witnesses to this truth but because the Word of God has told us about our Messiah, our Savior, from the very first book of the Bible and has relayed His truth all the way to the Book of Revelation and every book in between.
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Book of Luke 24:1-35
The truth is, the atonement of Jesus Christ did not end with His death. The atonement of Jesus Christ could not end until His resurrection.
Rom 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
When John and Peter raced to the tomb of Jesus they saw grave clothes lying in the tomb still retaining their shape as though the body of Jesus was still in them but He was not there.
They realized that only one thing could have happened. The body of Jesus had passed through His burial wrapping and Jesus had risen from the grave just as He had said He would do.
It is John who later writes how Jesus had passed through the walls or the physical doors in that upper room in His resurrected body.
Joh 20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Joh 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
It was John who verified the reality of a bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and in His final work, He had overcome death to show us all what true life is all about!
Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ what hope would we have of eternal life?
Joh 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Joh 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Jesus Christ openly displayed this truth for all the world to see!
It must be clear to us all discovering that empty tomb was the greatest discovery in human history.
The facts remain, that many people either have not heard of the resurrection or they simply refuse to accept that Christ Jesus arose from that grave having defeated death.
Every human being must discover this fact for themselves in order to be saved from the wrath of God!
It's called "Faith" and that faith in the Word of God and His promises.
*****Luk 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
This first day of the week would have been on Sunday and would have begun at 6 PM the previous Sabbath evening.
This was the day after the Jewish Sabbath and the same day chosen by the early church and the modern day church to gather together to worship the Lord, the Apostle John called it the Lord's Day.
We are to worship the Lord everyday but the Lord's Day should always be special!
The Lord's day should remind us all of the "Resurrection" of the Lord.
After all, Jesus Christ is the only One who said He would come back from the dead and then proved it by doing it!
That empty tomb that morning was the greatest discovery in all of human history and there is no other way to look at it.
The truth is, Jesus arose before the dawn of that day because He had made a promise to another man on a cross and we know that God will always keep His promises.
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ was His triumph over death to prove to us all that we could also triumph over death if we would place our "Faith" in the work that He did at the Cross.
Death reigns no more in the life of the believer!
The rule of death hanging over our heads has been broken forever!
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The laws of the Sabbath and it's observances no longer had any authority over the Lord nor His New Testament Church.
The New Covenant was in place for the Church!
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Because of "Resurrection Power" every believer is now dead to the law but open to the laws of Christ.
Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Those who first witnessed that empty tomb are a strong evidence of this truth because they had also witnessed His death.
They knew He was dead. They knew He had been buried in a borrowed tomb. They had no question in their mind about His death because they had been eyewitnesses to all these things.
If it had been a stranger who found this empty tomb, it could have made all these things irrelevant and no one would have ever trusted in the resurrection.
Further proof is the fact that they had purchased spices to anoint the body of Christ in a more proper Jewish way as it had only been hastily done before.
They knew Jesus had died.
They truly cared for the Lord.
They wanted to take care of the body of Jesus just as they would have for any family member who had died.
They were also obedient to the Law because they had strictly obeyed the law of the Sabbath.
They had refused to break the Sabbath even though they certainly wanted to take care of the Lord.
They certainly would not have lied about any of these things and they had no cause to!
*****Luk 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
On the way to the grave they had discussed how they could ever roll the stone that had closed off the tomb from thieves, so we can just imagine that it was a great stone.
Mar 16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Mar 16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
They were perplex at what they saw, the stone was not where it had been placed as they had also witnessed.
We now know that the physically resurrected body of Jesus was was not bound by the physical laws of this earth!
Jesus did not resurrect as a spirit but His body was now obedient to the Heavenly Laws and this world we know of, had no control over Him!
So twice already we have had a glimpse of a "Glorified Body"!
*****Luk 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
There was no body in that tomb.
Oh, the folded napkin was there, to serve it's own purpose.
The wrappings that had been placed around the body of Jesus were there, still holding to the shape of the body but his body was not within those wrappings.
The body of the Lord Jesus Christ was not inside that tomb anywhere!
They were then persuaded that what Jesus had said that He would do, He had actually done!
Rom 4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
We must believe that God means what He says and He also says what He means!
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
And if further proof was needed God also provided His own witnesses.
*****Luk 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
Luk 24:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Luk 24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Luk 24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Luk 24:8 And they remembered his words,
We should clearly understand that stone was not rolled back because Jesus could not have escaped without that being done.
That stone was rolled back so these ladies could enter that Garden Tomb.
AND, There was no doubt that these were angels:
Mat 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Mat 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
These women fell down in reverence but they fell down more in fear.
But these angels only had one question which really meant, "Why Did You Not Believe The Words Of Jesus"
We are fools not to believe the Word of God!
The world is full of people who honor truly dead men, who they believe to be their savior.
How can anyone honor a dead man in that way, as they certainly could not save themselves, so what power could they have over death.
I worship a Living Savior!
I worship a Living God who has power over death, the grave, and in fact over all things!
All these that worship a dead savior have no hope for any life after this life they live now!
Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
To be without God, is to live all your life in the grip of death!
These angels said He is not here, because He has risen!
That evidence was very clear. Jesus was not in that tomb!
Those angels reminded these ladies that Jesus had done exactly what He said He would do.
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
They had never accepted these words of Jesus as being true!
But now they were convicted by their own thoughts.
All the followers of Jesus had been confused about these things Jesus had said but they now realized that they had been wrong.
We should all remember these simple words of Jesus:
Mat 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
We serve the God who has the power to do as He wishes to do at any moment!
There are some places we just will never find our Lord!
We will never find Him dead and in some grave!
We will never find Him in man's law!
We will never find Him in human nature!
We will never find Him in philosophy!
Since our Lord is alive and cannot die, He certainly cannot be found among the dead!
Even though some Christians are worldly, you will never find Christ Jesus to be worldly!
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
What we see in the Scriptures about the Lord will always hold true!
The modern day Christ is the same One who is written about by the New Testament writers!
These ladies who now knew the truth then rushed to tell the 11 remaining disciples what they had seen.
*****Luk 24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luk 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Luk 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
It seems amazing that these men who had spent so much time with the Lord and had heard the words that He had said, simply refused to believe these ladies who now knew the truth.
To these 11 men these things just seem to be too astonishing to be true and had to be ridiculous and wild imaginations.
Mat 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
It would have been hard to miss the excitement these ladies had when they were trying to convince these men of the truth and them so full of doubt.
They had a lot to tell.
The stone was rolled away, the body of Jesus was not in those grave clothes that were still laying there.
They had seen the angels and the angels had told them many things.
These 11 men really had no excuse to not believe, these were the very things that Jesus had said He would do.
Mary Magdalene was a true believer not some religious nut.
Joanna had provided finances for the ministry of Jesus and no doubt much of that had provided for the families of these men. She was a sincere Christian.
Mary was the actual mother of James the Less one of these 11 men and a mother would have never lead her son in the wrong way.
And there were other women also.
Salome the mother of James and John.
These men simply thought that the government had done something with the body of Jesus.
The government thought these disciples of Christ had stolen the body but neither of these things could have been true.
This secret could not have been hidden!
The governments persecution proves they did not have the body of Jesus.
The faith of the disciples proves they did not have the body of Jesus.
The family of Jesus became believers so they could not have stolen the body of Jesus.
There was only one alternative, Jesus had done exactly what He said He would do!
There can be no Church if this is not true!
1Co 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
1Co 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
1Co 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
1Co 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
1Co 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
But Peter's heart was still drawn to the Lord, even though he had failed Him!
*****Luk 24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Peter who had denied Jesus three times at His trial and whose heart was broken for what he had done, just could not wrap his head around the things that Jesus had told Him.
BUT, Peter was still drawn to the Lord despite his failures.
When we look down on Peter we need to take a hard look at ourselves in life's mirror.
Peter arose.
Peter rushed to the tomb.
Peter was ready to believe what Mary and the other ladies had told him.
Peter took a close look at the evidence.
The folded napkin lying by itself. We already know that a folded napkin meant the one who folded it was not finished.
The linen clothes in which Jesus had been wrapped lying undisturbed as the body of Jesus had just passed through them.
It was plain that the body of Jesus had not been carried away or stolen because no one would have taken the time to do these things!
BUT, Peter still could not accept what he saw as many do today.
The truth is, it is very dangerous for us not to understand the Word of God.
God says:
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2Ti 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Unless the words we read are intended to be symbolic and those places are noted, we need to accept the Word of God just as it is written!
Twisting the Word of God to mean something else is sinful.
Adding to the Word of God is sinful.
Taking away from the Word of God is damnation!
These things lead to unbelief and eternal damnation.
The evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ speaks for itself.
That tomb was empty!
The evidence within, revealed that no one could have stolen that body of Jesus.
Peter was so locked up in the impossibility of these things that he just could not believe at this time.
This my friends is where most of the world is today, yet they still believe in so-called gods whose bones are still within the tomb in which they were buried.
Who can figure that one out?
What other proof do we have?
The Apostle Paul wrote these words:
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1Co 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
1Co 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
1Co 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
1Co 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
But at this time Peter and John departed from that tomb just wondering about these things that had seen and heard.
Next we see how the Lord Jesus deals with those who have lost all hope.
*****Luk 24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luk 24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
The first thing we see is how easily the Lord Jesus can join in communication with us.
And like Jesus has already said, where two or three are gathered He would be there with them.
Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Many have guessed who these two men are but that is not even important or the Word of God would have said.
This was simply a lonely walk by two disciples of the Lord who walked with broken hearts, their world was crushed by the death of our Savior.
This day was the same day that those women had discovered the empty tomb and reported it, so these two disciples had heard all these things.
As they made their way to Emmaus they were very sad to the point of despair.
So as they walked they hardly noticed as a stranger joined with them.
*****Luk 24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Luk 24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
As these two disciples were walking and discussing all the things that they had heard that morning, Jesus did what He does for everyone of us. "He went with them"
They had been so caught up in their sorrow that they had not noticed Jesus who had joined them in their travel.
Their eyes being "holden" would be similar to not being able to see because of the glare of the Sun.
The truth is, we can become so preoccupied with our own sorrows and distress, that we do not recognize the truth of our Lord:
Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Jesus had been walking along with them for a while and they had not noticed Him.
*****Luk 24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Jesus will always show concern for our troubles and sadness as He said unto them, "why are you so sad".
The Lord will always ask us "Why are we so sad".
No matter what happens to God's people, we are still saved.
The truth is, these two were trying to understand the death, the burial, and the empty tomb of out Lord.
Jesus Christ was the subject of their conversation!
They wanted answers that only God could provide!
*****Luk 24:18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Luk 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Luk 24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Then Jesus ask them "what things" have cause you to be this way?
God will always want us to know exactly what is bothering us.
When we pray to God we need to give Him a good description of what our problems are!
He already knows, He just wants us to see if we know exactly what we are seeking the answers to.
At first this Cleopas attacks, saying "how could anyone in the area not know what had happened in Jerusalem".
We need to always be aware that when we are full of doubts, that is when the Devil will launch one of his attacks.
It helps to have friends we can discuss these things with. That's why God wants us to be like a family because we are the family of God.
Cleopas said Jesus, the Great Prophet of Israel had been condemned to death and crucified.
It had not just been the elders of Israel but also the Roman rulers, in a sense the whole world that had done this evil thing.
BUT, this was not what they had expected from Jesus, they had had higher hopes.
*****Luk 24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Luk 24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
Luk 24:23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
Luk 24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
You see the biggest disappointment of Cleopas and the disciples. They had expected Jesus the Messiah to over come all these enemies of the people and it had been just the opposite, He had been overcome. He had even promised to return in 3 days and they still believed He had not even done that.
The disciples could only see the end of all their hopes.
When we allow the things of this world to take us down to this level, we need to question our faith!
Jesus had told them to watch, for on the 3 day something dramatic would happen, days are still 24 hours long.
They had expected this to mean that His triumph over Rome would have taken place but they had seen no changes in these things.
Added to all this, they felt that even the body of Jesus had been stolen.
They had heard about the heavy stone that was rolled away, the women could not have done this thing.
They had heard of the empty tomb but could not understand the significance of this.
They had heard about the angels but that seemed too far fetched.
Some had felt that Jesus was alive but how could that be true.
If so, then why had Jesus not been seen.
The things of this world had robbed them of their "faith"!
Jesus Christ wants to know all the things that bother us as we go through this life down to the most minute detail.
And how did Jesus respond?
*****Luk 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Luk 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
What's wrong with this world? This world does not take the Word of God serious!
These disciples of Christ Jesus simply did not believe what the prophets had said and they had come up with their own plan of what the Messiah would be and would do.
The greatest sin of all is the sin of unbelief!
The world today refuses to accept the truth of a "risen Savior".
The sin of unbelief will send them to an eternity in the "Burning Lake of Fire"!
If we have faith in our risen Savior, then we must relinquish the control of our lives to Him and obey and serve Him.
Act 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
What had been the truth of the Scriptures?
As true disciples we are to take the Word of God seriously!
We are to study the Word of God to see what it says and not so much how men interpret what it says.
God says what He means and God means what He says and we need to feel comfortable with this truth!
If we were not capable of understanding the written Word of God, God would have chosen another method to teach us.
If the death of the Messiah and then the Resurrection of the Messiah had not been necessary we can be sure God would have used some other method!
In order for our salvation, these things had to take place.
Jesus had no choice but to obey the will of His Father!
We must accept these things and also realize that we are also to obey the will of our Father who is in Heaven.
In fact to be in the will of our Heavenly Father is to be in the safest place we can be in the world!
The pure truth is, that the plan of God had not been defeated but there was actually a great victory!
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
When our doubts over come us, then we need to return to the Word of God and begin at the beginning, the Book of Genesis and we will see that the Messiah was promised even from the words of Moses.
The Lord Jesus Christ can be found throughout all the Bible!
Unbelief will ruin our day and also our testimony and break the heart of our Lord, but He will never give up on us because His faith remains steadfast.
1Co 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Jews lived according to the Pentateuch, the 5 books of Moses so Jesus began from these books and went through the writings of all the prophets and pointed out all the places that concerned the Messiah.
We are expected to believe what the Word of God says!
If we are to slow to believe, then we may listen to what some man says that opposes the Word of God.
We are to believe what the prophets of God say. If we are to slow to believe we may miss the fulfillment of that prophesy.
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had to die!
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had to rise again!
The Bible plainly states that the Messiah had no choice!
These things were the will of God and had been God's plan even before creation began.
AND, God's plan was a complete success!
Jesus showed these two disciples "all the Scriptures" concerning these things.
We can see that "unbelief" not only destroys our testimony but it will leave us sad, perplexed, and in despair.
We simply cannot symbolize all the Scriptures.
The disciples of Jesus Christ had begun to accept a dead Savior just like the world does, and so many other men today but they had a hard time dealing with a risen Savior and most of the world has that same problem today.
We simply cannot pick and choose what we are going to believe in the Word of God. It is an all or nothing book.
This trip was about 7 miles or as much as 3 hours as they drew close to the village where they were going.
*****Luk 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
Luk 24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luk 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luk 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
When the truth of the Scriptures open up our eyes then we will always want to hear more.
Jesus wold have gone on further because He will never enter into any house where He is not invited, just as He will never enter into any heart unless He has been invited.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
In order to hear the truth, we must invite Jesus into our temple to become a Temple of God!
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
There are 9 different occasions recorded in the Gospels where Jesus broke bread with His disciples and then blessed it.
SO, We can see why they remembered this thing but not only that, those hands still bore the scars of the nails that bound Him to the cross.
God opened their eyes to the truth and Jesus vanished out of their sight!
If they had not invited Jesus into their home they would have missed out on this great opportunity.
We miss so very much when we do not accept the Lord when we first come under Holy Ghost conviction. Even when we do later, we have already missed out on so many blessings.
It is a fact that once we are saved, the Word of God will burn within us and our need to tell others about what Jesus has done in our lives will just want to come out.
When we hear the Word of God explained and conviction comes, the only thing lacking is a response on our part.
What is Christian Heartburn?
Jer 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
It is a fact that once we are saved the Word of God will burn within us and our need to tell others about what Jesus has done in our lives will just want to come out.
When we sit on our hands and refuse to do the work of the Lord we not only hinder our blessings but someone in this world may have missed their own opportunity to know the Lord.
Quit having Christian heartburn and get busy serving the Lord!
That soul that is won to the Lord is the remedy to Christian Heartburn!
These two disciples of the Lord had Christian Heartburn.
They now knew the truth and they had to let it out!
*****Luk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Luk 24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
Luk 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Luk 24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
It was night time and night time travel was dangerous but that did not stop these two disciples. They now knew the risen Savior and not just a dead Savior.
It was a late hour when they arrived back in Jerusalem but most all the disciples were already gathered together and all the talk was about their risen Savior!
They were all bursting with excitement because the truth of the Messiah was finally sinking in!
The amazing truth about the Word of God is that there are promises that no man has ever tried to find!
There are treasures that no one has taken the time to dig up.
There are medicines that have not been uncovered.
There are truths that have not yet been exposed.
There are little golden nuggets of information that are waiting on those that are willing to search for them!
The Bible is a love letter from God, He has not left anything out that would be a help to us but we just refuse to search the Scriptures.
These disciples had been around the Scriptures all their life and the truth of a risen Savior had never been a part of their reality until now when the truth was before their eyes.
This was one of those things in the Scriptures that had eluded them but was now exposed by the Lord Himself.
One of the most beautiful sights there are is when that lost soul finally realizes the truth of the Scriptures and faith takes over.
Once we know the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, it is then time for our feet to take over and go tell someone else about it!
Our biggest mistakes are made in this life when we look at our plan for this life from ground level and not from God's level
We can be certain that Jesus Christ arose from that grave, not because there were so many witnesses to this truth but because the Word of God has told us about our Messiah, our Savior, from the very first book of the Bible and has relayed His truth all the way to the Book of Revelation and every book in between.
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