WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.719 The Son of Man is Jesus' favourite way of introducing himself. 00:00:05.600 --> 00:00:10.120 The Gospels tell us that the Son of Man came. We saw that a few weeks ago. 00:00:11.060 --> 00:00:13.320 The Son of Man came, Mark 10, 45. 00:00:14.380 --> 00:00:21.859 ! The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:24.019 Luke 19, verse 10. 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:29.300 The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:32.679 And they are purpose statements, aren't they? 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:34.480 That's what he came to do. 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:36.700 That is why Jesus came into this world. 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:42.039 He came into this world to rescue you and me and us. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.880 But there is a third way that the sentence is used in Mark 7. 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:48.439 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking. 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.840 And that is a slightly different statement, isn't it? 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.200 That isn't a purpose statement. 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:56.980 It's not telling us what Jesus came to do. 00:00:56.979 --> 00:01:00.239 It is telling us what was Jesus' life like. 00:01:01.319 --> 00:01:03.339 It's telling us the method of Jesus' life. 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:11.019 If you want to know how Jesus came, how Jesus did life, the Gospel tells us he came eating and drinking. 00:01:12.579 --> 00:01:14.159 I don't know about you, but I love that. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:20.019 What can you not like about someone who came eating and drinking? 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.060 There's something very, very attractive to that. 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:28.859 At the heart of our faith is a Saviour who wants you to give your life to him. 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:31.079 And what does that look like? 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:31.719 What is that like? 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:34.359 Well, it's eating and drinking with him and other people. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:40.280 So there are six stories in Luke's Gospel of him eating with people. 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:47.140 One scholar says that in Luke's Gospel Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or is coming from a meal. 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.640 And there's something, isn't there, immediately attractive about that. 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:56.840 And we're looking at the meal after Jesus rose from the dead. 00:01:57.620 --> 00:02:01.620 And this is Luke's primary post-resurrection account. 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:04.980 None of the other Gospel writers write about it. 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:09.439 Now, whatever your view of the historicity of Luke's Gospel, 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.120 I think you've got to admire what he's written here. 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:15.120 You've got to admire the level of drama. 00:02:15.979 --> 00:02:16.960 He's got everything, isn't he? 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.820 This passage that Alison read just, it's got everything. 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:24.300 It's got sorrow. 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:25.780 It's got puzzlement. 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:28.980 It's got the glorious dawning of life. 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:29.879 It's got suspense. 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.219 It's got unexpected actions. 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.000 It's got astonished recognition. 00:02:36.939 --> 00:02:39.960 And it closes with a flurry of excitement and activity. 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.300 But as well as actually being historical and a wonderful tale, 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:48.840 as well as giving us another account of a meal that Jesus is at, 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:51.980 Jesus here addresses people with dashed hopes. 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:54.340 So as we go through the story, 00:02:55.040 --> 00:02:58.320 we're going to see that that is at the heart of what he's saying. 00:02:59.980 --> 00:03:02.060 At the heart of this story is disappointment. 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:06.780 It's disappointment on the part of those whom Jesus meets. 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:09.939 Disappointment expressed by those two disciples 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:12.000 in the form of dashed hopes. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:14.500 So do you see it in the middle of the account? 00:03:15.580 --> 00:03:17.639 In the middle of the account, it says, 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:19.759 We had hoped. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:22.919 We had hoped. 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:23.759 Verse 21. 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:27.860 And I'm guessing there are quite a few of us here 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:30.460 that know the melody line of those three words, don't we? 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:32.219 We had hoped. 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:34.259 We had hoped. 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:36.979 Among us as a congregation, 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:39.259 there will be those who've got dashed hopes financially. 00:03:39.259 --> 00:03:42.679 We've got dashed hopes romantically. 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:45.780 We've got dashed hopes medically. 00:03:47.219 --> 00:03:49.959 We've got dashed hopes in their work vocationally. 00:03:51.399 --> 00:03:55.299 And some of you here may be feeling very disillusioned about life. 00:03:56.239 --> 00:03:57.979 Maybe even cynical about it. 00:03:58.399 --> 00:03:59.899 Definitely sad about it. 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:05.219 And as Jesus addresses the seeming hopelessness of these travellers, 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.340 I would suggest to you that he addresses your hopelessness as well. 00:04:09.500 --> 00:04:11.080 And what I want us to discover today 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.219 is how does the risen Jesus give hope to the hopeless? 00:04:16.420 --> 00:04:18.500 How does he give hope to the hopeless? 00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:19.800 How does he encourage them? 00:04:19.819 --> 00:04:20.840 We're going to see three things. 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:21.699 The first thing is, 00:04:21.939 --> 00:04:24.939 we're going to see the humility of the risen Jesus. 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:28.980 The humility of the risen Jesus. 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:32.639 Look how Jesus operates in this passage. 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.019 Right from the start, look at verse 13. 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:35.600 That very day, 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:38.019 two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:39.439 about seven miles from Jerusalem. 00:04:40.459 --> 00:04:41.680 And they were talking with each other 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:43.800 about all these things that had happened. 00:04:44.420 --> 00:04:46.139 And while they were talking and discussing together, 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.819 Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:51.980 But their eyes were kept from recognising them. 00:04:51.980 --> 00:04:54.480 Right from the start, 00:04:55.259 --> 00:04:57.000 Jesus is undercover, isn't he, here. 00:04:57.939 --> 00:04:59.560 He draws alongside these two people 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:01.300 travelling from Jerusalem to Emmaus, 00:05:01.379 --> 00:05:02.700 and he is incognito. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.939 They don't recognise who is walking with them. 00:05:06.280 --> 00:05:08.340 And Luke is actually more specific than that. 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:09.960 He says, to see verse 16, 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.759 they were kept from recognising Jesus. 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:14.920 Whether there were physical reasons for that, 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:15.500 I don't know. 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:18.180 However, the wording is such that 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:19.759 Luke wants you and I to know 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.800 that it was God who prevented them 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.240 from seeing it was Jesus. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.199 Now let me say a quick word 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:28.199 about these two travellers, 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.180 before we look specifically at Jesus' humility. 00:05:32.139 --> 00:05:33.279 Look at verse 18. 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:34.240 Alright? 00:05:34.579 --> 00:05:35.879 You'll see that one of the travellers 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:36.939 is called Cleopas. 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:40.099 It's worth asking the question, isn't it? 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:41.839 Why does Luke give us the name of one 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:42.439 and not the other? 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:45.879 Some commentators think that it was Cleopas 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.879 and his wife that were walking through the church. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:49.959 I think there's a good argument for that. 00:05:50.019 --> 00:05:51.019 We might come back to that later. 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:53.860 But we're only told the name of one. 00:05:54.899 --> 00:05:56.300 We're told the name of Cleopas. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:57.159 Why is that? 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:00.379 Well, one of the things that's become 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:01.360 really, really popular, 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:02.240 I don't know whether you've heard it, 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:03.180 you've heard it if you go 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:05.560 slightly to different churches, 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:07.659 you've heard that it's fine to believe 00:06:07.659 --> 00:06:09.120 in Jesus. 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:10.959 It's great to believe in Jesus, 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:12.279 but just forget the church. 00:06:12.719 --> 00:06:13.259 Have you heard that? 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:14.319 I love Jesus, 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:15.719 I just don't like the church. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.500 So you can believe in the divinity 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:19.180 and the person of Jesus, 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:21.360 and the focus needs to be 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:22.259 less on the doctrines, 00:06:23.159 --> 00:06:25.139 the truths of who Jesus says he is, 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:26.879 and more just on his instruction 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.199 and on his teaching. 00:06:29.099 --> 00:06:30.319 And that will solve 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:31.539 the credibility problem 00:06:31.539 --> 00:06:32.980 in Christianity today, they say. 00:06:33.819 --> 00:06:35.519 So, the church, bad, 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:36.759 Jesus, good. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.719 Jesus, teaching, good, 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:40.240 but don't worry about the doctrine. 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:42.279 The problem with that, 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:43.139 the New Testament, 00:06:43.239 --> 00:06:44.599 completely disagrees with it. 00:06:46.299 --> 00:06:47.239 In the New Testament, 00:06:47.539 --> 00:06:48.559 the history of Jesus, 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:51.359 the historicity of who Jesus said he was, 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:54.239 and what he said, 00:06:55.299 --> 00:06:56.859 is absolutely central 00:06:56.859 --> 00:06:58.079 to the Christian faith. 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:00.439 So, 1 Corinthians 15 tells us 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:01.779 that Christianity hangs 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:03.139 on the historical nature 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:03.879 of the resurrection. 00:07:05.479 --> 00:07:05.959 People say, 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:07.939 whether it's actually true, 00:07:08.059 --> 00:07:09.439 the miracles of the resurrection, 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:11.099 that isn't the big point. 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:12.460 You've got to understand 00:07:12.460 --> 00:07:13.640 the way the story works. 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:14.980 The big point is not actually 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:15.960 whether it happened, 00:07:16.760 --> 00:07:17.700 this kind of meaning 00:07:17.700 --> 00:07:18.379 of the event. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:20.340 The Apostle Paul says, 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:21.379 that is nonsense. 00:07:22.420 --> 00:07:23.180 The Apostle Paul says, 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:24.180 I will send you to hell. 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.020 He puts his cards on the table, 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:27.360 and he said, 00:07:27.580 --> 00:07:28.420 if this is true, 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:29.340 then your life can never 00:07:29.340 --> 00:07:30.160 be the same again. 00:07:31.140 --> 00:07:32.360 If this man died, 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:33.200 and rose again, 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:34.160 never to die again, 00:07:34.420 --> 00:07:35.500 your life has got to be 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:36.360 affected by it. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.120 If it's not true, 00:07:38.220 --> 00:07:39.220 you and I are wasting 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:40.080 our Sunday morning. 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:42.560 The whole thing hangs 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:43.740 whether this is true or not. 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:44.740 And the whole thing 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:46.020 hangs on an incident 00:07:46.020 --> 00:07:46.720 like this one. 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:47.699 And Luke says, 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:49.160 this was an historical event, 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:50.180 which brings us back 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:50.900 to Cleopas. 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:52.580 Why tell us his name? 00:07:55.180 --> 00:07:56.420 Richard Bocum, 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:58.300 is a New Testament scholar, 00:07:58.400 --> 00:07:59.199 and he argues that 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:00.220 the Gospel writers 00:08:00.220 --> 00:08:01.800 deliberately named 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:02.439 their sources 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.300 within the text. 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:05.500 It's a brilliant sentence. 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:08.220 The Gospel writers 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:09.540 deliberately named 00:08:09.540 --> 00:08:10.060 their sources 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:10.840 within the text 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:12.660 to assure the readers 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:14.680 of the authenticity 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.160 of the accounts. 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:18.280 It was the ancient way 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:19.060 of footnoting. 00:08:19.340 --> 00:08:19.480 You know, 00:08:19.500 --> 00:08:20.319 we put footnotes 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.840 at the bottom of the page 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:24.400 to check out the source. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:25.980 That's what Luke is doing here 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:27.379 by giving you the name. 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:30.519 Luke didn't need to tell us 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:31.340 the name of either 00:08:31.340 --> 00:08:32.019 of these people. 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:32.620 I mean, 00:08:32.699 --> 00:08:34.059 if Cleopas is not named, 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:34.659 it doesn't affect 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:35.319 the story at all, 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:35.679 does it? 00:08:37.179 --> 00:08:38.379 Richard Bocum argues 00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:39.679 that Luke includes 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:40.039 the name 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:40.740 because readers 00:08:40.740 --> 00:08:41.799 of this Gospel of Luke 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:43.299 would have known Cleopas. 00:08:44.819 --> 00:08:45.740 And so would have been 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:46.879 able to go to Cleopas 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:47.159 and say, 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:47.379 listen, 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:47.980 I've read this, 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:49.019 did this really happen? 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:51.860 So Luke is right 00:08:51.860 --> 00:08:52.899 in between the lines, 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:53.419 isn't he? 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.439 This is what happened. 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:57.460 If you want, 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:58.139 go and ask him. 00:08:58.199 --> 00:08:58.939 It is an important 00:08:58.939 --> 00:08:59.740 piece of evidence 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.399 for the Gospel. 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:02.439 that there were 00:09:02.439 --> 00:09:03.840 these eyewitnesses 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:04.919 who could vouch 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:05.980 for the authenticity. 00:09:09.500 --> 00:09:10.319 Luke is telling us 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:10.799 there was a man 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:11.579 called Cleopas. 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:13.639 This man, 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.100 Cleopas, 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:15.100 doesn't even recognise 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:15.980 who is walking with him 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:16.220 yet, 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:16.639 does he? 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:18.480 And I would suggest 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:19.059 to you that there are 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:20.759 three times in this encounter 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:22.919 where if you or I 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:24.120 had been in Jesus' shoes, 00:09:24.439 --> 00:09:25.419 we would have let 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:26.379 the cat out of the bag 00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:27.179 as to who we were. 00:09:28.719 --> 00:09:29.459 So the first thing 00:09:29.459 --> 00:09:30.199 is that he comes into 00:09:30.199 --> 00:09:31.240 the company of Cleopas 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:31.899 and his companion. 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:33.240 Here are two people 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:34.199 who are relatively 00:09:34.199 --> 00:09:35.299 insignificant 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:36.639 in the grand scheme 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:37.199 of things. 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:39.479 And Jesus chooses 00:09:39.479 --> 00:09:40.959 to spend the afternoon 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:42.819 of his resurrection 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:44.339 walking with these 00:09:44.339 --> 00:09:45.539 two nobodies 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:46.919 to Jerusalem, 00:09:47.219 --> 00:09:47.620 to remit. 00:09:49.459 --> 00:09:50.019 I mean, 00:09:50.099 --> 00:09:50.879 if you or I 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.860 had been the first 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:52.719 person to rise 00:09:52.719 --> 00:09:53.279 from the dead, 00:09:53.379 --> 00:09:54.539 never to die again, 00:09:54.539 --> 00:09:56.399 I am guessing 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:57.259 that is probably 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:57.719 not the way 00:09:57.719 --> 00:09:58.139 that you would have 00:09:58.139 --> 00:09:58.519 done it. 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:00.219 I would have called 00:10:00.219 --> 00:10:00.980 a press conference, 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:03.159 I would have commissioned 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:04.159 the best hotel 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.699 in Jerusalem, 00:10:05.699 --> 00:10:06.379 I would have made sure 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:07.459 the BBC were there, 00:10:08.219 --> 00:10:08.839 and I would have been 00:10:08.839 --> 00:10:09.459 tempted to look 00:10:09.459 --> 00:10:10.399 straight into the camera 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:10.839 and say, 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:11.299 Pilate, 00:10:11.459 --> 00:10:12.279 I told you so. 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:14.120 But Jesus doesn't 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:14.439 do that, 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:14.779 does he? 00:10:16.699 --> 00:10:17.839 He comes alongside 00:10:17.839 --> 00:10:18.779 these two travellers 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.500 and he starts to 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:20.319 walk with them. 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:22.459 And he asks them 00:10:22.459 --> 00:10:22.860 a question, 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:23.639 verse 17, 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:24.039 doesn't he? 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:24.439 He asks them 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:24.719 a question, 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:25.039 what are you 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:25.620 talking about? 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:28.000 And it's a question 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:28.839 that stops the two 00:10:28.839 --> 00:10:29.319 of them in their 00:10:29.319 --> 00:10:29.779 tracks, 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.319 their downcast 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:31.860 feces, 00:10:32.299 --> 00:10:33.159 reveal broken 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:33.779 hearts. 00:10:35.339 --> 00:10:35.959 And it's probably 00:10:35.959 --> 00:10:36.639 a question that 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:37.439 made them look 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:37.959 at Jesus 00:10:37.959 --> 00:10:39.099 with two heads, 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:39.559 isn't it? 00:10:40.839 --> 00:10:41.579 They say, 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:43.120 you're a visitor, 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:43.480 right? 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:45.099 You're not from 00:10:45.099 --> 00:10:45.379 here. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:47.719 It would be like 00:10:47.719 --> 00:10:48.299 going up to 00:10:48.299 --> 00:10:48.860 somebody in New 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:49.839 York on September 00:10:49.839 --> 00:10:50.439 the 11th, 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.079 2001, 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:52.899 and asking, 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:53.840 what are you 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.319 talking about? 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:56.319 It didn't make 00:10:56.319 --> 00:10:57.240 any sense at all. 00:10:58.939 --> 00:10:59.559 Cleopas said, 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.419 don't you know 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.039 the things that 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:01.379 have happened 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:01.860 in Jerusalem 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:02.720 these days? 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:03.860 Cue opportunity 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.539 number two. 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.579 Surely now 00:11:07.579 --> 00:11:08.159 is the great 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:08.899 moment of 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:09.519 revealing 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:10.539 who he 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:11.319 actually is. 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:12.419 But look how 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:13.120 he replies. 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:15.220 Look how he 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:15.579 replies. 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:17.399 He says, 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.299 verse 19, 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:19.079 I think it 00:11:19.079 --> 00:11:19.659 is probably 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:20.059 the most 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:20.459 shocking 00:11:20.459 --> 00:11:21.319 question of 00:11:21.319 --> 00:11:21.639 the whole 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:21.859 of the 00:11:21.859 --> 00:11:22.199 gospel. 00:11:23.219 --> 00:11:23.620 What 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.359 things? 00:11:25.939 --> 00:11:26.379 Isn't that 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:26.679 priceless? 00:11:28.719 --> 00:11:29.459 Jesus has 00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:30.199 gone through 00:11:30.199 --> 00:11:30.639 the three 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:31.819 most excruciating 00:11:31.819 --> 00:11:32.319 days in 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:32.939 human history 00:11:32.939 --> 00:11:35.099 that any 00:11:35.099 --> 00:11:35.559 human being 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:35.879 has ever 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.539 known before 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:37.099 or after 00:11:37.099 --> 00:11:37.599 Jesus. 00:11:37.959 --> 00:11:38.479 Not just 00:11:38.479 --> 00:11:39.019 the physical 00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:39.599 anguish of 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:40.000 death on 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.419 the cross 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:41.099 that was 00:11:41.099 --> 00:11:41.699 terrible enough 00:11:41.699 --> 00:11:42.079 but hell 00:11:42.079 --> 00:11:42.620 itself. 00:11:43.859 --> 00:11:44.299 As the 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:45.219 father pours 00:11:45.219 --> 00:11:46.579 his wrath 00:11:46.579 --> 00:11:47.039 upon the 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:47.359 son whom 00:11:47.359 --> 00:11:47.839 he loves. 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:49.779 Judgment 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.479 upon Jesus. 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:51.059 So he 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:51.679 bears the 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:52.059 weight of 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:52.599 our sin 00:11:52.599 --> 00:11:53.199 on our 00:11:53.199 --> 00:11:53.740 behalf. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.240 And he 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:54.679 pours it 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:55.039 out on 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:55.419 Jesus. 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:56.079 And now 00:11:56.079 --> 00:11:56.839 when Jesus 00:11:56.839 --> 00:11:57.479 is asked if 00:11:57.479 --> 00:11:57.740 he knows 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.039 what has 00:11:58.039 --> 00:11:58.439 happened in 00:11:58.439 --> 00:11:58.779 the last 00:11:58.779 --> 00:11:59.299 few days 00:11:59.299 --> 00:11:59.439 and 00:11:59.439 --> 00:12:00.500 Jesus says 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:01.599 what things? 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:02.979 The humility 00:12:02.979 --> 00:12:03.659 of Jesus. 00:12:07.599 --> 00:12:08.139 Well they 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:08.620 proceed to 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.099 tell Jesus 00:12:09.099 --> 00:12:09.399 what they 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.959 somehow figure 00:12:09.959 --> 00:12:10.279 that he's 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:10.559 missed. 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:11.339 Here is what 00:12:11.339 --> 00:12:11.639 they say. 00:12:11.719 --> 00:12:11.859 Look at 00:12:11.859 --> 00:12:12.519 verse 19. 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:14.359 And he 00:12:14.359 --> 00:12:14.599 said to 00:12:14.599 --> 00:12:14.839 them what 00:12:14.839 --> 00:12:15.120 things? 00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:15.439 And they 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:15.740 said to 00:12:15.740 --> 00:12:16.240 him concerning 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:16.819 Jesus of 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:17.359 Nazareth of 00:12:17.359 --> 00:12:17.519 course. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.279 A man 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:18.460 who was 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:18.860 a prophet 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.419 mighty in 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:19.819 deed and 00:12:19.819 --> 00:12:21.120 word before 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:21.519 God and 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:21.740 all the 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:22.019 people. 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:23.039 And how 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:23.439 our chief 00:12:23.439 --> 00:12:24.620 priests and 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.480 rulers delivered 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.019 him up to be 00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:26.519 condemned to 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:26.879 death and 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.559 crucified him. 00:12:28.319 --> 00:12:28.919 But we had 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.860 hoped that he 00:12:29.860 --> 00:12:30.460 was the one to 00:12:30.460 --> 00:12:31.319 redeem Israel. 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.059 Yes and 00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:32.840 besides all this 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:33.319 it's now the 00:12:33.319 --> 00:12:34.079 third day since 00:12:34.079 --> 00:12:34.480 those things 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.019 have happened. 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.399 Moreover some 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:36.960 women in our 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:37.759 company amazed 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:37.939 us. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:38.360 They were at 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:38.639 the tomb 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.079 early in the 00:12:39.079 --> 00:12:39.419 morning. 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:40.559 But when they 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.379 did not find 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.100 his body they 00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:43.199 came back saying 00:12:43.199 --> 00:12:44.000 that they'd seen 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:44.500 a vision of 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.439 angels who'd 00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:45.960 said that he was 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:46.439 alive. 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:48.180 Some of 00:12:48.180 --> 00:12:48.480 those who 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:48.920 were with us 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:49.380 went to the 00:12:49.380 --> 00:12:49.620 tomb and 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.240 found it just 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:50.820 as the woman 00:12:50.820 --> 00:12:51.560 had said but 00:12:51.560 --> 00:12:52.420 him they did 00:12:52.420 --> 00:12:52.920 not see. 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:53.760 It's a very 00:12:53.760 --> 00:12:54.700 interesting summary 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:57.100 on their part. 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.200 In many ways it 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:58.880 presents the 00:12:58.880 --> 00:12:59.440 facts. 00:13:00.380 --> 00:13:01.220 Many of the 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:02.240 elements of the 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:03.520 gospel are here. 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.700 It spoke of 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.680 Jesus' death. 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:08.440 They mentioned 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:09.280 the empty tomb. 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.160 But the crux of 00:13:11.160 --> 00:13:11.840 the summary is in 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:12.540 verse 21. 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:14.059 We had hoped. 00:13:15.319 --> 00:13:16.159 We had hoped 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:16.860 that he was 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:17.679 the one who 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:18.079 was going to 00:13:18.079 --> 00:13:19.000 redeem Israel. 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.799 In other words 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:21.199 they'd hoped 00:13:21.199 --> 00:13:21.839 that Jesus was 00:13:21.839 --> 00:13:22.500 the Messiah. 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:23.419 They'd hoped 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.059 that this 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:24.980 Jesus was 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:25.839 God's 00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:26.819 promised 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:27.539 king. 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:28.519 But if 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.000 Jesus had 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.299 been the 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:29.659 one to 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:30.439 redeem Israel 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:31.000 then he 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.199 would have 00:13:31.199 --> 00:13:31.959 been defeating 00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:33.000 the pagans 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:34.439 not dying 00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:34.740 at their 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:35.299 hands. 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.099 And so they 00:13:37.099 --> 00:13:37.480 said we'd 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:37.699 hoped. 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.139 We were 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.360 wrong. 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:39.740 How wrong 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:40.259 can you be? 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:43.919 How did 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:44.200 they know 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:44.460 they were 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:44.819 wrong? 00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.460 Because Jesus 00:13:46.460 --> 00:13:46.720 had been 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.139 killed. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.059 That is not 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:49.519 the way the 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:49.960 script was 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:50.439 supposed to 00:13:50.439 --> 00:13:50.819 go. 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.299 In their 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:52.700 minds at 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:53.139 best he 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.460 was a 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:53.860 prophet. 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:55.240 But he 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:56.059 was clearly 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.299 not who 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:57.879 he'd hoped 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:59.679 he would 00:13:59.679 --> 00:13:59.899 be. 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:01.620 And it's 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:02.019 opportunity 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.659 number three 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:02.980 isn't it 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.419 for Jesus? 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:05.319 Here's the 00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:06.159 perfect chance 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.639 to put them 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.019 out of their 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.100 misery and 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.480 so say I'm 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:09.840 back. 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.139 It's me. 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.159 Wouldn't 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.399 you do 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.580 it? 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.899 No glum 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.879 faces anymore. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.120 Let's call 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.480 everybody. 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:17.960 Let's get 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:18.299 the gang 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.639 together. 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.080 Let's have 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:19.659 a party. 00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:21.259 But Jesus 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:21.720 doesn't do 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:21.899 that. 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.279 Three 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:23.019 opportunities 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:23.519 where you 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:23.860 and I 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.159 would have 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:24.379 been. 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.379 We would 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.539 have 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:25.980 busted 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.639 guts to 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.139 tell people. 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.259 And Jesus 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:30.759 doesn't even 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.200 give them a 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:31.500 whiff. 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.019 And here 00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.840 is unbelievable 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.840 supernatural 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.559 dare I say 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:37.059 it humility. 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:37.139 humility. 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.879 Here is 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:40.519 somebody who 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:40.779 I am 00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:42.159 guessing that 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:42.859 everyone would 00:14:42.859 --> 00:14:43.539 like to get 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:44.119 to know. 00:14:46.099 --> 00:14:47.039 Because humility 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.079 is a very rare 00:14:48.079 --> 00:14:48.879 commodity isn't 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.119 it? 00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:52.000 And yet here 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.339 is a 00:14:53.339 --> 00:14:54.259 personality with 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.739 something that 00:14:54.739 --> 00:14:55.479 is absolutely 00:14:55.479 --> 00:14:56.119 magnetic. 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.839 Something that 00:14:58.839 --> 00:14:59.979 draws us in 00:14:59.979 --> 00:15:00.559 and says to 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.239 us I've never 00:15:01.239 --> 00:15:01.979 met anyone like 00:15:01.979 --> 00:15:02.559 this before. 00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:04.099 Here is the 00:15:04.099 --> 00:15:04.819 humility of the 00:15:04.819 --> 00:15:05.419 risen Jesus. 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:06.319 But if Jesus 00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:06.959 isn't going to 00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:07.399 reveal his 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:08.179 identity to 00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:08.740 the travellers 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.159 what does 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.439 he do? 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:10.179 How does 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:10.799 Jesus give 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.459 hope to 00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:12.059 the hopeless? 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:13.360 Well what 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:13.759 does he do? 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.419 Secondly he 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:14.899 points them to 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.579 the message. 00:15:16.479 --> 00:15:17.360 The message 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.099 of Jesus. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.879 In telling 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.199 them the 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:21.919 message Jesus 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.959 initially 00:15:22.959 --> 00:15:23.379 well he 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.659 he seems 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.279 almost deep 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.559 in their 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.279 misery by 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.759 rebuking 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:26.860 them. 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.099 Look at 00:15:27.099 --> 00:15:27.979 verse 25. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:29.679 And he 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:29.959 said to 00:15:29.959 --> 00:15:30.459 them oh 00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:31.679 foolish ones 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:33.439 slow of heart 00:15:33.439 --> 00:15:34.159 to believe all 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.379 that the 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.839 prophets have 00:15:34.839 --> 00:15:35.179 spoken. 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:36.120 Was it not 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.919 necessary that 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.360 the Christ 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.839 would suffer 00:15:37.839 --> 00:15:38.319 these things 00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:38.879 and enter 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.279 into his 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.719 glory? 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:41.179 Jesus sounds 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:41.939 so insensitive 00:15:41.939 --> 00:15:42.399 doesn't he? 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.199 These poor 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:45.779 people are at 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.439 rock bottom 00:15:46.439 --> 00:15:47.219 downcast 00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:47.599 hopeless 00:15:47.599 --> 00:15:48.199 and Jesus 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.019 says you're 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.620 a bit slow 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.059 aren't you? 00:15:51.719 --> 00:15:52.519 It's hardly 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.039 the politically 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:53.799 correct thing to 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:54.379 say is it at 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:54.819 the time of 00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:55.159 grief? 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.799 But look at 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.319 what he makes 00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:58.979 the accusation. 00:15:59.099 --> 00:15:59.559 He says you 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:00.179 fail to 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.039 understand the 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.679 message that's 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.240 already been 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.919 given to you. 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.740 it's not 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.179 as if they 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:06.519 hadn't been 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.259 told this. 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:08.799 But the 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:09.439 Christ had 00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:10.079 to suffer 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.819 these things 00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:11.620 and enter 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.360 his glory. 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.439 And suddenly 00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:14.919 for us 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.639 the reader 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.219 things become 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:16.599 a little bit 00:16:16.599 --> 00:16:16.939 clearer. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.299 Because Jesus 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.079 is showing us 00:16:20.079 --> 00:16:20.479 here that he 00:16:20.479 --> 00:16:21.019 hadn't revealed 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.539 himself to 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:21.899 these two 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.740 people because 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.279 they didn't 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:23.899 understand the 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.559 big picture. 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:26.620 Jesus seems 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.199 to be saying 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:28.139 that unless you 00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.860 understand why 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.519 Jesus had to 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.339 die on Friday 00:16:30.339 --> 00:16:30.799 you're never 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.319 going to understand 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.860 why you had to 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.699 rise on Sunday. 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.279 Or to put it 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.740 another way 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.399 the resurrection 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.240 really is only 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.139 good news if 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.620 you understand 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.379 the cross. 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:40.500 You see the 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.379 big mistake 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.120 that Cleopas and 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.659 his mate have 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:44.199 made is they 00:16:44.199 --> 00:16:45.019 misunderstood about 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.500 the cross. 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.479 They thought 00:16:47.479 --> 00:16:48.199 the cross meant 00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:49.339 defeat and 00:16:49.339 --> 00:16:50.039 Jesus says no 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.659 the cross means 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.179 victory. 00:16:52.579 --> 00:16:53.099 They thought 00:16:53.099 --> 00:16:53.759 the cross had 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.179 come as a 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.919 great shock 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.500 or surprise 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.240 nobody was 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.099 expecting it. 00:16:57.599 --> 00:16:58.120 But Jesus 00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.699 needs them to 00:16:58.699 --> 00:16:59.279 understand not 00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.799 only has he 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.519 been expecting 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.419 for it he's 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.240 been planning for 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.579 it with his 00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:03.080 father from 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.680 all eternity. 00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.100 They thought 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:06.360 that they 00:17:06.360 --> 00:17:07.019 needed Jesus 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.039 to be a 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.759 mighty king 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:08.980 who would 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.380 get rid of 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:09.840 the Romans. 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.559 Jesus needed 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:11.980 them to 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.500 understand that 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:12.860 he was a 00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.259 king who 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.559 would go 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.160 to a cross 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.680 because the 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.299 cross is the 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:15.940 only way to 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.259 deal with 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.779 your greatest 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.180 need. 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.299 need. 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.220 And your 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.799 greatest need 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.240 of mine is 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.660 forgiveness. 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.279 Forgiveness from 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:24.060 a holy God 00:17:24.060 --> 00:17:24.700 whom you have 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.140 offended. 00:17:26.320 --> 00:17:27.160 Against whom 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.720 we have 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.279 rebelled. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.320 Whom we have 00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:31.580 derided and 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.360 ignored every 00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:33.039 single one of 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.160 us. 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.920 And the reason 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:34.620 Jesus had to 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:34.960 go to the 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.299 cross and 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.840 not stick 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:36.960 around to 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.080 write his 00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:38.960 memoirs. 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.400 To write 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:40.740 Jesus' 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:41.880 soup for the 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:42.560 soul or your 00:17:42.560 --> 00:17:43.360 best life 00:17:43.360 --> 00:17:44.799 now is because 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.620 the cross is the 00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.159 only way. 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.339 The only way 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:48.779 that you and 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.199 I can be 00:17:49.199 --> 00:17:49.719 forgiven and 00:17:49.719 --> 00:17:50.539 restored into a 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.139 relationship with 00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.639 the God who 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.139 made us. 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.699 The only way 00:17:53.699 --> 00:17:54.279 that there is a 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.279 message of hope 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.959 for hopeless 00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:58.319 people is if 00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.979 we understand 00:17:58.979 --> 00:18:00.179 that that hope 00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:00.959 only comes through 00:18:00.959 --> 00:18:01.419 the forgiveness 00:18:01.419 --> 00:18:02.059 of a loving 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.739 God for our 00:18:03.739 --> 00:18:04.419 rebellion against 00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:04.659 him. 00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.459 The only way 00:18:06.459 --> 00:18:06.959 there is hope 00:18:06.959 --> 00:18:07.459 for eternal 00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:09.399 life is if we 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:09.759 have that 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.559 relationship with 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.419 God restored 00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:12.799 because of what 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.399 Jesus has done 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.879 for us. 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:15.620 But the good 00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.240 news is that 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.700 is what the 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.340 resurrection is 00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:17.820 all about. 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.160 That Jesus 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:20.860 came into this 00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.440 world not just 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.080 to set you an 00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:22.880 example of how 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.360 you or I 00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:23.960 should live. 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.540 He came to 00:18:26.540 --> 00:18:27.620 give his life. 00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:29.200 The Son of 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.820 Man came to 00:18:29.820 --> 00:18:30.700 seek and to 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:32.060 save the lost. 00:18:33.260 --> 00:18:34.000 The Son of 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.160 Man came not 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.180 to be served 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:37.500 but to serve 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.220 and to give 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.140 his life as a 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.660 ransom for 00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:39.980 many. 00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.320 He came to 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.600 take the 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.140 punishment that 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.680 you deserve. 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:45.880 Jesus came to 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.820 take hell so 00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.300 that you and 00:18:47.300 --> 00:18:48.280 I don't have 00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:48.820 to take it. 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.640 The Son of 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.700 Man had to 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:52.040 suffer these 00:18:52.040 --> 00:18:52.480 things and 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:52.840 then enter 00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.360 his glory. 00:18:54.520 --> 00:18:55.020 And that is 00:18:55.020 --> 00:18:55.700 the message of 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.040 the risen 00:18:56.040 --> 00:18:56.540 Christ. 00:18:58.840 --> 00:18:59.560 The message 00:18:59.560 --> 00:18:59.960 of the risen 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.780 Christ primarily 00:19:00.780 --> 00:19:01.460 is not just 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.340 be like me 00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:02.920 which is a 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:04.140 ridiculous message 00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:04.520 isn't it? 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.340 Because believe 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:05.780 it or not you 00:19:05.780 --> 00:19:06.420 can never be 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:06.960 like Jesus. 00:19:08.520 --> 00:19:09.220 Jesus was 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.240 kind, you 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.860 be kind. 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.600 Or try it. 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.900 No, the 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.540 message is 00:19:15.540 --> 00:19:17.140 salvation 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.200 is what you 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.540 need. 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:21.040 And this is 00:19:21.040 --> 00:19:21.460 the message 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.440 Jesus communicates 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.980 to them while 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.840 incognito. 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.820 Because he 00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:26.400 knew that those 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.380 two need to 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.080 know why he 00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:28.760 had died on 00:19:28.760 --> 00:19:30.480 Friday before 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.140 they get excited 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.420 about him 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.860 rising on 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.080 Sunday. 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.580 The humility 00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:33.100 of Jesus, 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.060 the message 00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:34.620 of Jesus, 00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:35.820 which brings 00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.500 us lastly to 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.080 the meal of 00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.380 the risen 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:37.760 Jesus. 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.260 Don't forget 00:19:40.260 --> 00:19:40.940 Jesus here is 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.620 incognito. 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:41.940 They don't 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.259 know who he 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.519 is. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.059 He's been 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.700 speaking about 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.360 the Messiah 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:48.080 and his 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.740 suffering in 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.080 the third 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:49.460 person. 00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.420 But that is 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:51.340 not enough 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:52.039 for Jesus. 00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.840 Because Jesus 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.440 doesn't want 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.000 these two to 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.700 have a theology 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.380 lecture and 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.960 know a little 00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.840 bit more about 00:19:58.840 --> 00:19:59.140 Jesus. 00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.720 He wants them 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.480 to know him. 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.080 He wants them 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.860 to know the 00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.580 risen Jesus. 00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.600 He wants a 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:06.519 relationship with 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.980 them. 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:08.519 Just like he 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.820 wants a 00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.440 relationship with 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.740 you. 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.920 And he wants 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.400 more than a 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.200 formal relationship 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.640 with you. 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.299 He wants you 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.140 to know him. 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.640 Not just 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.480 about him. 00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.640 And the 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.059 thing is he 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.519 can't give 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.279 hope to the 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.940 hopeless unless 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.680 that relationship 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.279 is there. 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.140 So the 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.759 question is how 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.220 can you and 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.860 I know this 00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.279 Jesus? 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.100 And Luke 00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.640 shows us here 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.140 that we get 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.039 to know Jesus 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.620 through his 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:37.299 word and 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.779 around his 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.120 table. 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.420 through his 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:42.299 word and 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.720 around his 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.019 table. 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.019 If I was to 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.559 ask you if you 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:45.900 know this 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.779 passage at 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.580 what point 00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:48.039 do these 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.960 two travelers 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:50.380 begin to 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:50.980 hope again? 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:54.000 At which 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.400 point do 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.759 these two 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.340 travelers begin 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.039 to hope again? 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.440 I think most 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.799 of us would 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.700 say that it 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.200 came at the 00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.600 table. 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.420 It came 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.080 when Jesus 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:02.580 was at their 00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:03.700 home and he 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.160 broke the 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.220 bread and 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.680 their eyes 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.120 were opened 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.480 and they 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.680 recognized him 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.840 that it 00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.519 was Jesus. 00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.160 But that 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.580 isn't their 00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:13.039 testimony. 00:21:15.060 --> 00:21:15.600 After they 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:15.980 got to the 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.340 village and 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:17.700 Jesus had 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.220 actually come 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.640 in and their 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.039 eyes were 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.440 opened and 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.940 they recognized 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.120 him and 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.360 then he 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.900 vanished from 00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.360 their sight. 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:22.820 Look at 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:23.220 verse 2. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.039 They said to 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.360 each other, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.660 what did 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.060 they actually 00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.480 say? 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.380 Did they say 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.160 that was 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.380 amazing when 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.960 he broke 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.660 the bread I 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.480 realized Jesus 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.120 was alive? 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.620 No, that is 00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:32.980 not what they 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.320 said. 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.600 Look at 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.220 verse 32. 00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:38.799 They said 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.039 to each 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.380 other, did 00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.880 not our 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.620 hearts burn 00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.779 within us 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.480 while what? 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.759 What was 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.339 the turning 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.680 point for 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.319 these two 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.740 and their 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.220 helpless 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.819 hearts? 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.160 It says 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.539 there, doesn't 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.740 it? 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.900 While he 00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.279 talked to 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.500 us on 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:54.940 the road, 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.380 while he 00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.100 opened to 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.319 us the 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.660 scriptures. 00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.240 It wasn't 00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.660 actually the 00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.059 breaking of 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.860 bread, although 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.720 that is very 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.339 important, we'll 00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.819 see that in a 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.180 moment. 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.799 But it 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.140 was as 00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.860 Jesus opened 00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.400 the scriptures 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.860 to them. 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.799 And it 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.079 must have 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.360 been one 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.120 amazing Bible 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.559 study, isn't 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.660 it? 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.400 Verse 27, 00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.400 beginning with 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.860 Moses and 00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.100 all the 00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.640 prophets, he 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.440 interpreted to 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.420 them in 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.960 all the 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.480 scriptures the 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.100 things concerning 00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.600 himself. 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.059 Basically, 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.620 Jesus says, 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.160 if you want to 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.720 understand what 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.019 the Old 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.579 Testament is 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:27.120 about, it's 00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.519 about him. 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.720 The whole 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.240 Bible is 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.799 about Jesus. 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.039 And this 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.960 afternoon Bible 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.819 study, with 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.319 two people 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.940 walking this 00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.340 road from 00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:37.000 Jerusalem to 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.920 Emmaus, in 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.259 order to 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.799 convince them 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.079 he was 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:41.799 alive, Jesus 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.660 doesn't reveal 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.319 his identity 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.799 to them, 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:46.460 but he 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.900 takes them to 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.380 the Bible, 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.319 and their 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.220 hearts burn. 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.000 Isn't that 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.279 something? 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.059 It strongly 00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.680 suggests to 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.039 you and I 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.360 that if we're 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.759 looking to 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.420 know Jesus, 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:59.539 if we want 00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.980 Jesus to 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.240 give us 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.259 hope, and 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.680 to comfort 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.060 us, and 00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.600 to strengthen 00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.120 us in the 00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.600 midst of our 00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.019 troubles, do 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.160 you know 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.420 where he 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.820 will take 00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.039 you? 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.980 He'll take 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.320 you to the 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.660 Bible. 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.360 And he's 00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.539 going to 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.940 take you to 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.360 the scriptures 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.900 which are all 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.380 about him. 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:16.980 And Jesus 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.720 gives hope to 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.200 the hopeless 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.820 by taking us 00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.120 to the 00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.440 scriptures. 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.620 scriptures. 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.900 And it is 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.860 why we as 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.279 a church 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.779 family, 00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.180 unashamedly, 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.820 teach the 00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.620 Bible Sunday 00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.360 by Sunday 00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:30.039 by Sunday. 00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.200 And it is 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.779 why we are 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.580 making a song 00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.160 and a dance 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.880 about Sunday 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.660 school, because 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.240 we want you to 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.799 go and have 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.519 more teaching. 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.180 And it's why 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.700 we want you to 00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.519 encourage to get 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.100 along to a 00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:43.420 house group, so 00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.680 that you will 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.019 have more 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.320 teaching. 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.180 It is why in 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.059 every part of 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.820 church life, if 00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.480 you cut it 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.960 open, there is 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.500 the teaching of 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.220 the Bible there. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.820 Because it is 00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.380 in the teaching 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.160 of the Word 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:54.440 that God 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.019 makes himself 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.380 known. 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.559 Because Jesus 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.500 models to us 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.240 here, if you 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.019 want to know 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.380 Jesus, he 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.120 takes you to 00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.880 his Word. 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.440 He takes you 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.220 to the Bible. 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.960 But Luke 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.519 wants us to 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.940 see this. 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.539 He wants us 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.860 to know, to 00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.360 get to know 00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.940 Jesus, not 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.500 only in his 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.980 Word, but 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.460 around the 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.820 table. 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.820 Look at 00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.340 verse 30 00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.880 and 31. 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.180 When he 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.580 was at 00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.299 table with 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.799 them, I 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:22.940 don't know 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.279 why the 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.019 ESV does 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.340 that. 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.220 What's the 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.660 difference between 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.360 at table and 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.840 at their 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.180 table? 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.559 Anyway, at 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:31.000 table, he 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.400 took the 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.720 bread and 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.720 blessed and 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.299 broke it and 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.880 gave it to 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.080 them. 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.320 And their 00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.720 eyes were 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:39.019 opened and 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.480 they recognised 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.860 him and he 00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.480 vanished from 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.880 their sight. 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.660 Finally, their 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.660 eyes are 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.360 opened and 00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.880 they see who 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.160 they've been 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.700 travelling with 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.860 that 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.299 afternoon. 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.059 These two 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.580 travellers, they 00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.160 are kept from 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.740 recognising 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.680 Jesus until 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.700 the three of 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.180 them started 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.920 eating together. 00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.720 Food, meals 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.480 are so central 00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.940 to Luke's 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.259 gospel. 00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.900 In a sense, we 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.240 come to the 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.440 end, we 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.680 shouldn't be 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.200 surprised at 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.620 all. 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.240 The Son of 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.740 Man came 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.700 eating and 00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.740 drinking with 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.360 sinners and 00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.759 that is what 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.180 he will do 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.920 tonight at 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.279 the Lord's 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.559 table. 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:10.619 people. 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.200 But let me 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.740 give you one 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.919 specific pointer 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:17.319 on this 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.720 meal. 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.240 Listen to 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.559 this. 00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.579 He broke 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.319 it and 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.919 gave it to 00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.159 them. 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.740 They ate and 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.099 their eyes were 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.919 opened. 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.759 Mean anything 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.039 to you? 00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.639 Mean anything 00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:35.919 to you? 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.000 They ate and 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.759 their eyes were 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.159 opened. 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:42.259 should. 00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.639 Way back in 00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.200 Genesis chapter 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.480 three, the 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.839 beginning of 00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.559 the Bible, we 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.419 read the first 00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.759 recorded meal in 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.200 the Bible. 00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.879 And it reads 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.419 like this. 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.879 She took of 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.700 its fruit and 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.119 ate and she 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.139 also gave some 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.700 to her husband 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.419 who was with 00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.019 her and he 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.339 ate. 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.539 Then the eyes 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.460 of both of 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.500 them were 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:06.399 opened and 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.839 they knew that 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.079 they were 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.480 naked. 00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:10.339 They ate and 00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.859 their eyes 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.539 were opened. 00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:14.240 They ate and 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.779 their eyes 00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.459 were opened. 00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.559 And for 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.199 centuries that 00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.839 story had been 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.259 told from 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.939 generation to 00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.740 generation, from 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.639 child to 00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.240 child to 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.720 child to 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.000 child. 00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.819 And the 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:24.079 hopelessness, it 00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.299 was an 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.859 explanation. 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.619 Why is the 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.159 world as it 00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.439 is? 00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:27.279 Because she 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.459 took and she 00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:29.619 ate and her 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.119 eyes were 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.339 opened. 00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:30.679 It's the 00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.439 explanation for 00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.199 the hopelessness 00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:32.439 and the 00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:33.599 despair and the 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.819 alienation and 00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.480 the frustration 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.579 that all 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.420 creation and 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.180 all of us 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.860 have experienced 00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.579 ever since. 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.400 And if you 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.920 want to trace 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.599 death back and 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.500 hopelessness back 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.200 to its source, 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.160 that is where you 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.839 come to Genesis 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.299 3. 00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.360 The point of 00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.640 rebellion, when 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.299 Adam and Eve 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.380 would not trust 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.039 that God had 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.900 their best interest 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.420 at heart. 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.200 And at that 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.900 point, everything 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.720 unravels. 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.640 It's when your 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.259 life starts 00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.900 unraveling. 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.279 When you don't 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.360 trust God, that 00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.700 God has your 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.680 best interest at 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:02.980 heart. 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.740 But look what 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.500 Luke does here. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.940 Luke takes some 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.539 of the language 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.480 of Genesis 3 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:10.500 and he describes 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.279 the first meal 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.700 of the new 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.200 creation. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.720 He took bread, 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.700 he gave thanks, 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.339 and he broke 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.980 it, and he 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.299 gave it to 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:22.059 them, and their 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.880 eyes were opened 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.400 and they 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.160 recognised him. 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.880 For these two 00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.799 people, possibly 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.039 a couple like 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.720 Adam and Eve, 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.099 they discovered 00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.779 that the long 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.400 curse, 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.599 has been 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.900 broken. 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.980 But there is 00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.480 no hope, 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.079 and there is 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.620 no comfort 00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:42.940 for the 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.380 hopeless. 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:44.900 But the 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.279 curse has 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.779 been reversed. 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.299 Why has 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.640 the curse 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.220 been reversed? 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:47.940 Why? 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.519 Because our 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.460 greatest enemy, 00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.279 death, has 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.819 been defeated. 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.460 And you 00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.759 cannot 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.559 underestimate 00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.440 how huge 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.880 this is. 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.500 The curse 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.039 from Genesis 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.839 3 has been 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.220 lifted, 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.740 because Jesus 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.319 has defeated 00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.880 death. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.559 But not 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.160 only that, 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.740 the Son of 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.259 Man having 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.279 defeated death, 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.639 what does 00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.039 he do? 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.059 He eats. 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.460 And Jesus 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.059 shows that 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.779 life after 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.420 death is 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.279 still physical. 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.420 Life after 00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.000 death is 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.720 still physical. 00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.599 He eats with 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.119 his resurrection 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.680 body. 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.460 So that we 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.160 understand that 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.980 in the new 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.480 creation, it's 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.380 it's not that 00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.720 reality is 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.259 negated, and 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.680 we're all 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.440 spiritual beings. 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:25.819 No, it's 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.240 renewal. 00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.700 It's 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.380 fulfilment. 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.240 The resurrection 00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.059 of Jesus is 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.680 the beginning 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.960 of the promise 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.640 of the renewal 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.620 of all things. 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.019 And the 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.380 future, 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.099 therefore, is a 00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:37.039 physical future. 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.799 And because 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.420 it's a physical 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.000 future, do you 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.339 know what we 00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.759 will do? 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.339 Do you know 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.660 what we will 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:41.980 do in the 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.440 new creation? 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.079 We will 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.559 feast. 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.680 And the 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.360 best feast 00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:46.839 that you've 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.779 ever had 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.120 is a shadow 00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.660 of the feast 00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:49.940 that has 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.339 come in. 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:52.380 The prophet 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.200 Isaiah says, 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.000 the Lord of 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.400 hosts will 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.279 make for all 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.120 people a feast 00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.940 of rich food, 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.740 of well-aged 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.140 wine, full of 00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.660 marrow, aged 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.940 wine, well-refined, 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.180 Isaiah 25. 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.099 That is the 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.400 future. 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.240 That is the 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.920 future hope. 00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.640 Even in the 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.279 midst of present 00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.420 struggles, we 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.980 come to the 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:13.440 Lord's table, and 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.079 we think that is 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.680 the future. 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.200 Even in the 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.519 midst of 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.900 discouragement, but 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.579 it is a future 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.440 that calls for 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.120 response. 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.940 And Jesus is 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.440 calling for 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.059 response, a 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.460 call for 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.360 involvement, a 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.660 call to 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.440 participate, to 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.840 pull up a 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.299 chair at the 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.600 table. 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.019 And Jesus 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.400 says, I 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.779 want you to 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.059 know. 00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.400 And you 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.860 see, you 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.620 cannot remain 00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.180 a passive 00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.759 observer. 00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.160 You can 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.740 reject the 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:43.259 invitation, but 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.920 with Jesus 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.519 there is never 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.140 neutrality. 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.200 humility. 00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:47.220 The question 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.580 is, why 00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.420 would you 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.960 ever want to 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.480 reject this 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.900 invitation? 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.940 The Son of 00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.560 Man came 00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.220 eating and 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.400 drinking. 00:29:53.520 --> 00:29:53.740 Don't you 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.060 want to get 00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.320 to know 00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.500 him? 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.660 This Jesus 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.520 of disarming 00:29:57.520 --> 00:29:58.060 humility, 00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.660 wouldn't it be 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.220 great to get 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.740 to know him? 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.460 This Jesus who 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.240 gives hope to 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.820 the hopeless. 00:30:05.280 --> 00:30:05.800 Pull up a 00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:08.000 chair, come to 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.960 the feast, sit 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.540 at the table, 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.359 and come to 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.839 know the risen 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.180 Jesus. 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.779 Let's pray.