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 Christ is risen.

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 He is risen.

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 Any event in history, no matter what event you choose, there's always different perspectives, aren't there?

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! Everyone is different. We all see things differently from our own point of view.

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! So let's take church this morning.

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 As an example, somebody asks you tomorrow, what was church like yesterday?

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 What impression it made on you?

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 And there's no doubt, is it, that your answer would be different from the person sitting next to you, probably.

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 And your answer would certainly be different from mine.

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 Both your answers would be different.

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 We all have attended the same church.

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 We've attended the same church service.

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 At the same time, in the same place.

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 And all our answers may well be reliable and true, but they wouldn't be the same.

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 They wouldn't be the same, would they?

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 We all have different perspectives.

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 And that's true with any historical event and any eyewitness testimony.

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 And so it's no less true that when we come to the resurrection of Jesus,

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 many people at that time, they were aware that there was something strange that had happened,

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 something surprising.

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 Some people were beginning to develop really firm convictions about what had happened.

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 Some other people were just confused by it all.

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 But over time, people's understanding grew in clarity.

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 And a consensus emerged about what had happened.

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 And that is when people like Luke began to write it down.

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 But when he did, he still had a lot of choices to make.

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 Luke would have had to ask himself,

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 how should I tell the story of the resurrection of Jesus?

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 What perspective shall I share?

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 What shall I include?

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 What shall I leave out?

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 You can't write everything, can you?

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 But guided by the spirit of the risen Jesus,

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 Luke made his decisions and he wrote his great chapter, Luke 24.

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 And as we reflect on that,

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 I want us to try and think about the decisions that he made

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 when he wrote this chapter.

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 I want us to think about, for a few moments,

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 how he chose to tell this story.

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 And the first thing I want you to notice is what he leaves out.

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 It's fascinating, isn't it?

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 We're not actually told how Jesus' resurrection actually happened.

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 We're not told how the stone was rolled away from the tomb.

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 We're not told what happened to the soldiers

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 who were guarding right in front of the tomb.

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 We're not told what Jesus did or said

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 when his body surged with life again.

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 We're not told whether he walked out of the tomb

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 or whether he simply disappeared.

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 We're not told any of that.

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 And in one sense, as you think about what is not in the story,

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 it all makes sense.

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 And it's all easy to understand

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 because nobody saw those things today.

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 This is an eyewitness account.

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 It would have no place in an eyewitness account.

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 So instead, as we read Luke 24,

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 I don't know whether you picked it up,

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 we experience the resurrection through eyewitnesses.

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 How the eyewitnesses themselves experienced the resurrection.

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 How they encountered the empty tomb.

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 And the risen Jesus himself.

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 And the effect of that, of course,

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 is to authenticate the resurrection.

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 And the way we know that the resurrection happened

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 is not by some scientific explanation

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 of a dead body being raised to life.

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 But we look at the testimonies of the people who were there.

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 Who saw the person who two days earlier

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 had been undeniably dead.

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 And the other effect of reading the story this way

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 is we're given an insight into the impact of the event

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 on people.

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 You see, as we come on Easter Sunday

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 and celebrate the resurrection,

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 we're not just dealing here with facts.

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 We're dealing with people's reactions and emotions.

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 We come to face-to-face with the impression

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 that the risen Jesus made on people.

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 And because of that, I think we'll find that Luke's story

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 raises questions about how you should react to it.

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 And how I should respond to it.

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 And how you should feel about it.

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 Secondly, I want to point out to you

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 that Luke's chosen method is to tell

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 three separate stories,

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 but all set on one remarkable day.

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 He doesn't choose to tell us anything

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 about the first Easter Monday.

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 Or the Tuesday.

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 Or the rest of the week.

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 In fact, apart from a short description

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 of Jesus' later ascension in the final two verses,

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 the whole chapter is devoted to telling us

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 the experiences of people

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 on the very first Easter day.

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 The Sunday after the Friday

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 Jesus was crucified and killed.

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 So in the first of the three stories,

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 in verses 1 to 12,

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 he tells us about the women

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 who came to the tomb

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 to assist in the embalming process

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 for Jesus' body.

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 And they find the tomb

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 surprisingly empty

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 and the body is gone

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 and they are deeply confused by all of it.

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 But when the two angels appear to them

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 and tell them that they are looking

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 for the living amongst the dead,

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 then it occurred to them

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 that this was just as Jesus had predicted earlier.

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 Like the angel said so.

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 And so the women,

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 they race back to tell the men.

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 And most of the men,

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 when they hear these women speak,

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 they think the women are

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 a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

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 They can't believe it.

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 But Peter, at least,

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 he hopped for the second of the tomb

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 and he saw what the women had seen.

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 He saw an empty cave

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 with the strips of linen

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 which a few hours earlier

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 had wrapped the body of Jesus.

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 In the second of Luke's stories,

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 in verses 13 to 25,

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 a couple of Jesus' disciples

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 meet Jesus on the road

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 while they're travelling.

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 I'm going to come back to that

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 in a few moments.

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 In the third story,

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 in verses 36 to 59,

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 many of Jesus' friends

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 are gathered together

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 when all of a sudden

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 Jesus appears

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 right in the middle of them.

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 And he proves to them

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 that he's not a ghost,

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 that he's a living human being

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 come back to life.

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 The sort of human being

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 that eats fish

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 and explains things to people.

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 And he explains to them

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 how everything

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 that has taken place

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 is in fulfilment

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 to what the Old Testament

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 foreshadowed,

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 looked forward to.

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 So there's Luke's three stories.

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 But they are united

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 by one 24-hour period,

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 one day.

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 Verse 13.

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 That very day,

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 two of them

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 were going to a village

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 named Emmaus,

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 about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking

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 to each other

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 about these things

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 that had happened.

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 verse 36.

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 As they were talking

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 about these things,

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 Jesus himself

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 stood among them

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 and said,

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 Peace be to you.

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 And then,

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 it's some 24 hours,

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 isn't it?

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 Their heads

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 must have been spinning.

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 But nevertheless,

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 as the chapter goes on,

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 it becomes clearer and clearer

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 as what has happened.

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 So verse 6.

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 He is not here,

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 but he has risen.

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 Verse 34.

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 The Lord has risen.

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 Verse 46.

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 Thus it is written

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 that the Christ should suffer

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 and on the third day

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 rise from the dead.

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 And given

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 that at that moment

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 it was the Christ

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 who spoke to them

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 at that moment

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 and it was the third day

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 since he's been killed,

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 I think we'd have to say

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 he's pretty right.

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 Now let me give you

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 the major theme

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 of Luke 24.

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 What is the big theme

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 as you read the chapter?

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 That Luke draws

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 our attention to

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 in the way that he tells you

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 as to observe it.

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 What is it that Luke

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 wants you to know?

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 In each of these

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 three incidents

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 we see

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 the confusion

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 of the disciples

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 but also the clarity

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 of God's word.

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 That's what ties them together.

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 The confusion

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 of the disciples

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 and the clarity

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 of God's word.

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 So let's go through them.

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 In the first of the three

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 stories,

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 the women are standing

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 at the entrance

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 of the tomb

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 and they're trying

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 to make sense of it.

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 It's emptiness.

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 They're confused,

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 very confused.

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 But then the angel

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 comes and the angel

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 brings a very clear

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 word from God.

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 There is nothing

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 more or less

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 than what Jesus

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 had told them

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 previously.

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 He was no longer

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 dead.

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 He died according

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 to God's purpose

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 but he's been raised

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 again according

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 to God's power.

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 And then they remembered

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 what Jesus said

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 and it all starts

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 to make sense to them.

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 The confused disciples

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 but the clear

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 word of God.

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 In the second story

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 we see the same

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 dynamic at work.

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 The two companions

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 they walked down

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 the road

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 they didn't understand

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 what happened

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 to Jesus and why.

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 They didn't even

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 recognise the person

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 talking to them.

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 But when their

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 eyes were opened

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 the words of Jesus

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 began to make sense

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 to them.

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 Confused disciples

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 God's clear word.

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 And then in the

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 third story

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 we see the same

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 thing.

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 The gathered

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 disciples.

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 First Jesus

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 is amongst them

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 in that room

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 and they are

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 amazed and they

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 are troubled

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 and they're joyful

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 and they're confused

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 all at the same

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 time.

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 But as he speaks

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 to them

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 all the bits

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 of the jigsaw

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 puzzle begin to

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 fit into place

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 and they come to

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 understand that

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 not just his

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 resurrection

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 but they come to

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 understand everything

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 that's gone on

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 before.

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 Confused

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 disciples

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 God's clear

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 word.

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 And Luke's

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 point to you

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 and I this

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 morning couldn't

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 be more plain.

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 In the midst

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 of confusion

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 or doubt

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 or uncertainty

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 it is the

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 word that

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 God sends.

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 The word that

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 Jesus himself

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 speaks that

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 brings clarity

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 that disciples

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 need.

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 and I hope

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 as we go

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 through this

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 middle story

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 that this

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 theme will

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 become clearer

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 to us over

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 the next 10

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 minutes or so.

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 And I hope

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 its importance

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 will be very

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 clear.

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 And so what I

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 want to do

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 is I want to

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 focus on this

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 middle story of

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 Jesus walking

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 along the road

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 with two

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 companions.

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 Because I think

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 all the major

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 notes of the

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 chapter are

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 struck in this

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 story and I

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 hope it will

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 strike you like

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 it struck me.

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 So let me

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 take you through

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 the story.

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 And I've got

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 points like I

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 usually do but

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 what you'll see

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 in Luke 24 is

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 you'll find

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 different parts

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 of the body.

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 And so let's

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 look at the

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 body in Luke

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 24.

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 Verse 13

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 That very day

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 two of them

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 were going to

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 a village named

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 Emmaus.

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 About seven

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 miles from

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 Jerusalem.

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 And they were

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 talking with

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 each other about

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 all these things

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 that had happened.

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 And while they

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 were talking and

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 discussing,

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 Jesus himself

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 to Nia and

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 went with

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 them.

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 Here are two

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 disciples.

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 And they could

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 have been friends.

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 And they could

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 have been husband

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 and wife.

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 We're not sure.

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 And they set

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 out for a

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 seven mile walk

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 from Jerusalem

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 to Emmaus.

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 And as they

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 walked, they

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 talked.

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 As their legs

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 carried them,

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 their mouths

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 churned over the

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 events of the

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 previous days.

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 How Jesus

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 had been

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 arrested and

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 killed.

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 How the

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 women had

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 come back

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 from the

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 tomb that

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 morning saying

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 it was empty

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 that he wasn't

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 there anymore.

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 And then there's

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 Jesus, isn't

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 there?

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 And walking

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 with his legs

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 and talking

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 with his mouth.

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 them.

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 But the

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 question that

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 he asks

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 leads them

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 to downcast

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 faces.

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 Can you see

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 that in

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 verse 17?

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 And he

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 said to

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 them, what

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 is this

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 conversation

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 that you

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 are holding

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 with each

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 other as

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 you walk?

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 And they

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 stood still

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 looking sad.

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 they looked

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 sad.

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 Then one of

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 them, named

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 Cleopas,

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 answered him,

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 are you the

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 only visitor

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 to Jerusalem

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 who does not

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 know the

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 things that

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 have happened

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 in these

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 days?

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 It's almost

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 amusing to

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 Cleopas and

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 his companion

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 that Jesus

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 doesn't know

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:25.259
 what went

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 down in

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 Jerusalem last

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 week.

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 Everyone's

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 been talking

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 about it.

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 Everyone knows

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 about it.

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 It would be

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 like somebody

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 coming into

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 the office and

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 hearing people

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 talk about the

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 cheating Australian

00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:38.360
 cricketers and

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 asking, what?

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 What are you

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 talking about?

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 You'd think,

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 couldn't you,

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 they'd been

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 living under a

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 rock or

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 something.

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 Because

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 everybody's

00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:47.759
 heard about

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.000
 it this

00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.540
 last week.

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 Jesus

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 continues.

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 Jesus

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 continues to

00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:54.040
 play along as

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 if he is

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 the ignorant

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 one.

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 And in

00:13:57.280 --> 00:13:58.060
 response, the

00:13:58.060 --> 00:13:59.000
 two downcast

00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.960
 travellers, they

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 give an

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 explanation.

00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:02.360
 They give an

00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:03.399
 explanation for

00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:03.960
 the sad

00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.440
 faces.

00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.040
 They say, we

00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:08.500
 knew Jesus

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.120
 was a prophet

00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.660
 and that he

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 was powerful

00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.680
 and we had

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 really high

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.560
 hopes for

00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.379
 Jesus and

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 we hoped

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 that he was

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 going to be

00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:15.940
 the one to

00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:16.380
 redeem

00:14:16.380 --> 00:14:17.060
 Israel.

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 They hoped

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.000
 that he

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.360
 would be

00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:20.120
 the Messiah.

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.560
 They hoped

00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:20.780
 that he

00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:20.980
 would be

00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:21.420
 God's

00:14:21.420 --> 00:14:21.820
 promised

00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:22.280
 king.

00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:22.940
 And then

00:14:22.940 --> 00:14:23.460
 all of a

00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:24.260
 sudden, he's

00:14:24.260 --> 00:14:24.760
 gone.

00:14:24.880 --> 00:14:25.160
 He's been

00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:25.940
 arrested and

00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.360
 killed.

00:14:27.140 --> 00:14:27.460
 And even

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:27.960
 his body's

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.540
 vanished now.

00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:30.920
 It's

00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:32.840
 impossible to

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.420
 miss the

00:14:33.420 --> 00:14:35.720
 irony of

00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.100
 Jesus himself

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:40.120
 hearing this

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.920
 story from

00:14:40.920 --> 00:14:41.760
 his disciples

00:14:41.760 --> 00:14:43.540
 all the

00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:44.240
 while telling

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:44.740
 it to him

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.159
 as if he's

00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:45.419
 the most

00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:45.759
 ignorant

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.200
 man in

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.580
 the world.

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.159
 And that

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.600
 is because

00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.200
 not only

00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.600
 did these

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.200
 people have

00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:52.940
 downcast

00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.620
 faces, but

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:53.879
 they have

00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.639
 slow hearts,

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.639
 the next bit

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.039
 of the body.

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.039
 And Jesus

00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.700
 tells them that

00:14:58.700 --> 00:14:59.539
 in verse 25.

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:01.480
 And he

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:01.759
 said to

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:01.899
 them,

00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.639
 O foolish

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.159
 ones,

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.139
 and slow

00:15:05.139 --> 00:15:06.259
 of heart

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:07.360
 to believe

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:07.839
 all the

00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:08.079
 prophets

00:15:08.079 --> 00:15:08.539
 have spoken.

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.539
 Was it

00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.339
 not necessary

00:15:11.339 --> 00:15:12.319
 that Christ

00:15:12.319 --> 00:15:12.740
 should suffer

00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.139
 these things

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.699
 and enter

00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:14.240
 into his

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.860
 glory?

00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:16.779
 And beginning

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.299
 with Moses

00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:17.740
 and all the

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.019
 prophets,

00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.299
 that's the

00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:18.759
 Old Testament,

00:15:19.339 --> 00:15:20.120
 he interpreted

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.639
 to them

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.179
 in all the

00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:22.480
 scriptures

00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:22.879
 the things

00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.299
 concerning

00:15:23.299 --> 00:15:23.719
 himself.

00:15:25.579 --> 00:15:26.339
 So they've

00:15:26.339 --> 00:15:26.740
 concluded,

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.139
 haven't they,

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.000
 Jesus is the

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.559
 slow one.

00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:30.439
 But Jesus

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.899
 now here

00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.360
 turns the

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.779
 tables,

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:32.839
 and he

00:15:32.839 --> 00:15:33.039
 says,

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.279
 no,

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.799
 you are

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:33.919
 the

00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:34.179
 slow

00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:34.599
 ones.

00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.199
 You should

00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:36.480
 have known

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:36.779
 what was

00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.099
 going to

00:15:37.099 --> 00:15:37.399
 happen.

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.639
 From your

00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.059
 reading of

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:39.299
 the Old

00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:39.699
 Testament,

00:15:40.219 --> 00:15:40.599
 you should

00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:40.919
 have known

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.219
 that the

00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:41.659
 Messiah,

00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.099
 when he

00:15:42.099 --> 00:15:42.319
 came,

00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:42.559
 would have

00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:43.079
 to suffer

00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:44.279
 and die

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:44.839
 before he's

00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:45.439
 glorified.

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.299
 It shouldn't

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.599
 have taken

00:15:47.599 --> 00:15:47.899
 you by

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.319
 surprise,

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.059
 Jesus said.

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.839
 You shouldn't

00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:50.319
 have been

00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:51.339
 confused or

00:15:51.339 --> 00:15:52.000
 downcast.

00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.620
 You should

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.120
 have simply

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.079
 believed God's

00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:54.659
 word through

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.099
 the prophets

00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:55.519
 in the Old

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.860
 Testament.

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.419
 But their

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:57.839
 hearts were

00:15:57.839 --> 00:15:58.179
 slow.

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:00.559
 But as

00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:00.839
 Jesus

00:16:00.839 --> 00:16:01.839
 diagnosed the

00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:02.459
 slowness of

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.139
 their hearts,

00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.240
 their hearts

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.279
 also began to

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.899
 burn.

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.519
 Verse 32.

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.079
 After it's

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.559
 dawned on

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:11.219
 Cleopas,

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.179
 and his

00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:12.779
 companion who

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.179
 they're talking

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.079
 to, we hear

00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:14.799
 them discussing

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:16.279
 with Jesus the

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 discussion that

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 they've had on

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 the road.

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 And they're

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 told, that they

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 said to each

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 other, were

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 not our hearts

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 burning within

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 us?

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 when he

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 talked to

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 us on the

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 road and

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 he opened

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 up to

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 us the

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 Bible.

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 They may

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 have been

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 slow up to

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 that point,

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 but as

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 the Christ

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 explained the

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 Christ to

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 them, it

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 was as if

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 somebody lit

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 a match

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 under the

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 kindling of

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 their partial

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 knowledge, and

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 they began to

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 grasp.

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 They began to

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 understand more

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 fully what the

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 Bible had been

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 saying all

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 along.

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 And they

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 began to

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 understand that

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 what they were

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 hearing was

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 true, and

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 they began to

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 love this

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 truth with a

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 glow.

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 But they

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 still didn't

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 see it all

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 clearly.

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 That comes

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 next.

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 That comes

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 when Jesus

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 moves them

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 from their

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 slow hearts

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 to burning

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 hearts, to

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 people of

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 being open

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 eyes.

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 That's the

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 next part of

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 the body.

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 To open

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 eyes.

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 Because it

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 was nearly

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 evening.

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 The two

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 travellers,

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 they invite

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 Jesus, would

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 you stay

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 with us in

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 Emmaus for

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 the night.

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 And as they

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 sat down to

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 eat, Jesus

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 did a most

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 unexpected thing.

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 He plays

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 the host

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 rather than

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 the guest.

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 So he

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 takes the

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 bread.

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 And he

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 gives thanks

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 to God, and

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 he broke

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 it, and he

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 passed it to

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 his two

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 travelling

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 companions.

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 And it

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 is at that

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 moment, as

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 he does

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 that, the

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 light dispels.

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 And the

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 last trace

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 of darkness

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 of their

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 understanding

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 goes.

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 Back in

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 verse 16

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 we're told

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 that they

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 had been

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 kept from

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 recognising

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 Jesus.

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 God had

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 closed their

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 eyes.

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 But now

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 he opens

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 them.

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 And at

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 that very

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 moment, Jesus

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 vanished.

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 But it

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 didn't matter

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 to them that

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 he vanished,

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 because the

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 lights were

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 switched on,

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 and they

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.460
 understood who

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 he was.

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 And now

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 they realise

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 that it is to

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 him that the

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 whole of the

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 Old Testament

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 pointed to.

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 And now

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.460
 they realise

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.059
 what Jesus

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 himself was

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 bearing witness

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 to.

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 And because

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 they did

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 that, they

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 were instantly

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 transformed into

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 witnesses as

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 well.

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 They didn't

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 waste another

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 second.

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 They knew

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 that their

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 newfound

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:33.200
 understanding of

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 who Jesus

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.980
 is needed

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 to be shared,

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 so they

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 couldn't send

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 an email or

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 a text.

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 There was no

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 phone to

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 call, there

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 was no

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 Facebook to

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 broadcast on,

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 there was no

00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:41.919
 Twitter to

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 tweet out.

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 And so

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.039
 having walked

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 seven miles

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 to get to

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 Jerusalem,

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 they promptly

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 turn around

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 and they

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 walk seven

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 miles back.

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 And they

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 get their

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 legs going

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 again.

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 And when

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 they arrive,

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 they get

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 their talking

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 mouths going

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 again.

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 And they

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 found their

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:00.960
 friends,

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.660
 Jesus'

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.200
 disciples,

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 huddled

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.079
 together in

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 some room,

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 perhaps it's

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.880
 the same

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.259
 room where

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.599
 they were

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:05.859
 on the

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.140
 Thursday

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.579
 night,

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.160
 where they

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.559
 shared the

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.799
 Lord's

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:08.940
 Supper

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.339
 together.

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 But wherever

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.519
 they were,

00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.299
 Cleopas and

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.059
 his companion

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:14.019
 barge in

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.599
 only to

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.639
 discover that

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:15.980
 the other

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.639
 disciples of

00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:17.220
 Jesus have

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:18.059
 come to

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.419
 the same

00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:19.079
 realisation.

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.579
 The lights

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:19.859
 have been

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.339
 switched on

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.799
 there too.

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.919
 God had

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.379
 opened their

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.879
 eyes.

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:25.940
 And so

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.319
 they spent

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.659
 the next

00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:27.059
 little while

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.559
 just swapping

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.200
 their stories.

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 Now it's

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.960
 interesting that

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.200
 Cleopas and

00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.819
 his companion

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.460
 are present

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.399
 for all three

00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:36.720
 of these

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.279
 incidents in

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.839
 Luke 24.

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 They were

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.659
 there when

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:40.960
 the women

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.720
 turned up

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.240
 talking about

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.559
 the empty

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.900
 tomb in

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.200
 the morning.

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.279
 They were

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:45.579
 the ones

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.160
 who walked

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.859
 the long

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.559
 journey from

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:49.079
 Jerusalem to

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.799
 Emmaus and

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.259
 later that

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.779
 night from

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:52.279
 Jerusalem back

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.000
 to Emmaus.

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.519
 And they

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.059
 were in

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.680
 the room

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:57.319
 with all

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.759
 the disciples

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.319
 when Jesus

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.160
 turned up

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.660
 and spoke

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.019
 to them.

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.620
 Cleopas and

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.339
 this companion,

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.940
 they are right

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.460
 in the centre

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.259
 of Luke 24

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:09.380
 in this chapter.

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 And that is

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.359
 because Luke

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.160
 wants you

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.660
 to see

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.160
 and wants

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.599
 me to

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.359
 see that

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.940
 what happened

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.399
 to them

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.799
 is not

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.899
 because they

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.819
 were unique,

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.579
 it's because

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.180
 they are not

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.720
 unique.

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.379
 What happened

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:24.059
 to them

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:25.899
 was indicative

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:27.039
 of what was

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.819
 about to happen

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.399
 to a bunch

00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:28.899
 of people.

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.500
 Like them

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.039
 at the same

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.559
 time.

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.399
 And what

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:34.819
 happened to

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:36.019
 at the end

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.519
 of the day

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.119
 is something

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.700
 that Luke

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.319
 happens,

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.559
 Luke hopes

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:39.960
 will happen

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.599
 to everyone

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.079
 who reads

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.619
 his gospel.

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.419
 He hopes

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:42.619
 it will

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:42.919
 happen to

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.259
 you this

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.539
 morning.

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.519
 He hopes

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.899
 that you

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.240
 and I

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.759
 as we

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.419
 look at

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.019
 the evidence,

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.639
 as we

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.159
 look at

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:51.019
 the difference

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.019
 that Jesus

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.419
 makes,

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:52.960
 that we

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.299
 will be

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.919
 transformed

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.399
 by what

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:54.939
 we discover.

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.059
 That we

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.339
 will be

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.259
 amazed to

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.980
 learn that

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.839
 Jesus is

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.480
 the Christ

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.359
 and that

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.799
 he is

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.980
 alive and

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.519
 he hopes

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.859
 that we

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.519
 will get

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.119
 our

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.879
 walking

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.400
 legs

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.779
 and our

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.099
 talking

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.460
 mouths

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.819
 going.

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.379
 And bear

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.859
 witness

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:12.940
 to what

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.160
 we have

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.480
 come to

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 see.

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 Certainly

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 the

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 transformation

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 that these

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 two

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 underwent

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 isn't it?

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 They began

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 the journey

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 to Emmaus

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 simply as

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 sad friends,

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 companions

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 in their

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 sadness,

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 but by

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 the end

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 of the

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 section

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 they are

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 joyful

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 witnesses

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 on the

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 journey.

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 They

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 were

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 downcast,

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 but on

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 the way

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 back

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 they're

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 elated.

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 They had

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 news that

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 must be

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 told,

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 they had

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 a song

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 in their

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 hearts,

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 and the

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 difference

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 was simple.

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 They've

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 met the

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 risen

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 Jesus.

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 That's

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 what Luke

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 hopes will

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 happen to

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 you and

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 to me.

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 That's

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 why this

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 chapter exists

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 in the

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 Bible.

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 It's

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 really important

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 that you

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 grasp that.

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 Why did

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 Luke write

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 his

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 gospel?

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 People

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 treat the

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 gospel of

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 Luke and

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 the other

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 gospels in

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 different ways.

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 Some people

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 like to see it

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 as a work of

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 fiction.

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 Some people

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 like to see it

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 as a kind of

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 historical

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 artefact.

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 Perhaps

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 some see it

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 as a

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 mystical

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 form of

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 spiritual

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 inspiration.

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 none of

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 those

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 descriptions

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 hit the

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 mark.

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 Because

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 this book

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 and this

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 chapter was

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 written with

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 a very

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 specific

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 purpose.

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 It was

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 written to

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 transform your

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 life and

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 mine.

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 It's

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 written to

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 change people

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 like you

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 and people

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 like me.

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 And Luke

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 wrote this

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 because he

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 had come to

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 know that

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 the risen

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 Lord Jesus

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 wants to

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 take your

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 life and

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 move you

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 from being

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 sad and

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 downcast

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 and

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 distracted.

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 Perhaps

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 even

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 driven

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 or lonely

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 or successful

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 or content

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 or obsessed

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 or happy

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 or disappointed

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 or whatever

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 you are this

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 morning.

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 He wants

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 to take

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 your life

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 and move

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 you from

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 where you

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 were to

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 being a

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 joyful

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 witness

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.380
 of the

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.600
 risen

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 Jesus.

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 And

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 down through

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 the last

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 2,000 years

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 that's exactly

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.080
 what's

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 happened.

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 to

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 thousands

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 and thousands

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 of people

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 who've engaged

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 with this

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 chapter.

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 And some

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 of those

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.680
 people are

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 in this

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 room right

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 now.

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 And we

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.740
 found that

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 as we

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 began to

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 read the

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 account of

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 Jesus'

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.420
 resurrection

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.560
 and engage

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 with him

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 our hearts

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.900
 have begun

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 to burn

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 and our

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 eyes have

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.360
 come to

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.779
 be opened.

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 And as the

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.519
 lights have

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.860
 come on

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 we've

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 begun to

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 realise

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 that we've

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 met Jesus

00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.439
 Christ

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 who was

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 dead

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 but is

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 now alive.

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 And since

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.559
 he is

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.179
 alive and

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.859
 since we've

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 actually met

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 him we've

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 come to

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 realise that

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 we actually

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 want nothing

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 more than

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 others to

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 know that

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 as well.

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 To know

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 what we

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 know.

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 And to see

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.039
 what we've

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 seen.

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 And that

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.759
 is how

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.720
 this story

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.960
 meets your

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 story.

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.160
 And

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.779
 intersects

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.039
 with it

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.799
 and transforms

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.180
 it.

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.480
 And my

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.819
 hope is

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.259
 if that

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.680
 hasn't

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.139
 happened

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.839
 to you

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.259
 yet

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.220
 that it

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.700
 will this

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.059
 Easter.

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.680
 And even

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.299
 if it has

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.879
 happened to

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.379
 you I

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.700
 hope that

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:40.879
 this

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.420
 transformation

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.960
 that this

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.279
 chapter

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.720
 describes

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.160
 would take

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.420
 place more

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.220
 and more.

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.359
 That's what

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:47.639
 I hope for

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.099
 myself.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.039
 Until I

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.500
 finish I

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.899
 just want to

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.259
 point out

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.759
 to you the

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.519
 two things

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.839
 that I

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.200
 think this

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.180
 passage leave

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.639
 us with.

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.599
 I want to

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.059
 say they

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.359
 are the

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.339
 two ingredients

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.099
 of how

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.639
 your life

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.899
 and how

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.299
 my life

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.519
 gets

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.160
 transformed.

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.980
 Of course

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.240
 if you're

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.680
 not interested

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:06.960
 in being

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.559
 transformed you

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.000
 should just

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.960
 tune out

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.680
 right now.

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.859
 But if

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.259
 you want

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.899
 God to

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.319
 change your

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:16.019
 life and

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.339
 if you want

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.660
 God to

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.319
 enrich your

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.740
 life and

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.599
 empower your

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:20.400
 life and

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.799
 if you want

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.099
 to know

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.880
 Jesus better

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.200
 and I'm

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.920
 assuming that's

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.259
 why you're

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.700
 here this

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.859
 morning I

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.279
 want to urge

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.720
 you to pay

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.279
 attention to

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.759
 these two

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.420
 things that

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.000
 Luke 24

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.500
 leaves you

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.799
 with.

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.680
 And the

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.059
 two things

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.440
 are this

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.339
 what we

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.099
 can do

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:37.099
 and secondly

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.480
 what only

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.900
 God can

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.099
 do.

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.900
 So what

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.380
 is it that

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.059
 you can do?

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.519
 What is it

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.420
 that Luke 24

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.059
 teaches you

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.500
 that you

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.059
 can do?

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.299
 And what

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.859
 we can do

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.659
 is open

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.339
 the scriptures

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:52.500
 the Bible

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:55.919
 open the

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.259
 scriptures

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:59.179
 because that

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.919
 is the way

00:25:59.919 --> 00:26:00.759
 that we can

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.460
 pay attention

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.419
 to God's

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.879
 word.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.919
 What have we

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.299
 seen this

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.500
 morning?

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.000
 We've seen

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.440
 this morning

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.740
 haven't we?

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.559
 That it is

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.399
 the word of

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.960
 God that

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.099
 brings clarity

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.079
 to confusion.

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.019
 And so

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.619
 we ought to

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.679
 expect that

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.259
 even now

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.399
 the word

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.959
 of God

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:20.539
 will be the

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.719
 best remedy

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.159
 for our

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.599
 confusion.

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.419
 And when

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.939
 we open

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.500
 the scriptures

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.039
 when we

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.500
 read the

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.919
 Bible we

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.359
 will find

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.659
 what the

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.740
 disciples in

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.339
 Luke 24

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.899
 found that

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.399
 the whole

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.759
 of the

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.559
 Old Testament

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.459
 the left

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.059
 hand side

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.339
 of your

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.779
 Bible

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.480
 bears witness

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.119
 to Jesus

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:39.199
 and that

00:26:39.199 --> 00:26:39.619
 Jesus

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.279
 himself

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.279
 shines light

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.599
 onto

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.359
 everything

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:44.819
 and that

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.159
 the New

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.519
 Testament

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.119
 has come

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.739
 down to

00:26:46.739 --> 00:26:46.939
 us

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.459
 because of

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:47.979
 the very

00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:48.779
 experiences

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.319
 that this

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.619
 chapter

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.479
 describes.

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.500
 The New

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.799
 Testament

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.539
 is basically

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.000
 written by

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.339
 people who

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.239
 were eyewitnesses

00:26:55.239 --> 00:26:56.219
 of Jesus'

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.819
 resurrection.

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.959
 People who

00:26:58.959 --> 00:27:00.479
 were transformed

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:01.619
 by their

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.339
 encounter

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.979
 with the

00:27:02.979 --> 00:27:03.759
 risen Jesus.

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.119
 And so

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.819
 if you want

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.359
 to know

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.939
 the risen

00:27:07.939 --> 00:27:08.460
 Jesus

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.579
 read the

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.899
 scriptures.

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.619
 And if you

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.059
 want to be

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.919
 transformed

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:15.500
 by the

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.339
 risen Jesus

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.759
 read the

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.139
 scriptures.

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.240
 And if you

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.079
 want the

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.799
 resurrection

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.939
 power of

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.659
 Jesus at

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.299
 work in

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.819
 your life

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.240
 develop an

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.539
 appetite for

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.099
 the scriptures.

00:27:30.939 --> 00:27:31.700
 Treasure

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.259
 God's

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.679
 word.

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:34.980
 Bathe in

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.200
 it.

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.220
 Don't

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.559
 take it

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.079
 for granted.

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.159
 Love it.

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.899
 Learn from

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.139
 it.

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.059
 Live by

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.339
 it.

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.659
 Because if

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.099
 you do

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.259
 that we

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.659
 will be

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.299
 joyful

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.139
 witnesses of

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:51.019
 Christ for

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.460
 no other

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.619
 reason than

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:52.939
 that we've

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.220
 come to

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.500
 know him

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.980
 personally.

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.679
 Jesus who

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:59.339
 died lives.

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.439
 And he

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.939
 speaks to

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.740
 us as he

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.139
 spoke to

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.480
 them.

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.259
 And when

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.920
 we listen

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.819
 attentively we

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.120
 will be

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.740
 transformed.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.460
 That's what

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.360
 we can do.

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.680
 Open the

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.980
 scriptures.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.680
 But the

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.180
 other key

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.180
 ingredient to

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.900
 transformation

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.599
 is something

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.940
 that we

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.500
 can't do.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.860
 That only

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.319
 God can

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.500
 do.

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.640
 And that

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.120
 is open

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.779
 our eyes.

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.819
 And that

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.099
 was the

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.539
 experience

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.900
 wasn't it

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.960
 of the

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.140
 two

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.759
 travelers on

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.019
 the road

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.559
 to Emmaus.

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.539
 And it's

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.079
 also the

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.859
 experience of

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.659
 verse 45

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.299
 where it

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.259
 describes all

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.839
 the disciples.

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.539
 Verse 45

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.599
 Then he

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.940
 said to them

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.359
 these are my

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.859
 words that I

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.299
 spoke to you

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.740
 while I was

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.240
 still with

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.839
 you that

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.299
 everything

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.039
 written about

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.619
 me in the

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.240
 law of

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.720
 Moses and

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.240
 the prophets

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.679
 and the

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.440
 Psalms must

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.259
 be fulfilled.

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.919
 Verse 45

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.559
 Then he

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.480
 opened their

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.720
 minds to

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.259
 understand

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.740
 the scriptures.

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.539
 At the

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.919
 end of the

00:28:58.919 --> 00:29:00.539
 day you

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.480
 will not

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.319
 believe that

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.480
 Jesus rose

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.879
 from the

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.399
 dead

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:07.420
 unless God

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.899
 opens your

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.220
 eyes.

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.200
 And you

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.839
 won't know

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:15.099
 him unless

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.599
 he opens

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.159
 your mind.

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.980
 And we

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.619
 won't see

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.180
 him for

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.599
 who he

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.379
 is and be

00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.240
 transformed by

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.559
 the risen

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.599
 Jesus unless

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.559
 God flicks

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.960
 the light

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.500
 on us.

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.259
 And what

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.619
 that means

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.079
 of course is

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.759
 that if you

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.439
 don't believe

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:31.779
 in the

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.339
 risen Jesus

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:34.399
 yet and

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.579
 if you

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:34.980
 don't follow

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.879
 him and

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.019
 if you

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.419
 don't live

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:39.139
 for him and

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.480
 if you don't

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.619
 love him but

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.740
 you want to

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:45.559
 you can't

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.619
 manufacture this.

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:49.980
 Instead

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.819
 right now

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.399
 right now

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.579
 you call out

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.339
 to God in

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:56.899
 prayer and

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.740
 you ask him

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.440
 to bring

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.299
 light to

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.079
 your eyes

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.240
 and to

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.579
 open your

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.900
 mind.

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.400
 And what

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.799
 it also

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.440
 means is

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.880
 that if you

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.779
 long for

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:11.140
 greater

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.920
 transformation

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.440
 in the

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.200
 Christian life

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:15.200
 and if you

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.140
 long for a

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.339
 clearer vision

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.640
 of the

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.140
 resurrected

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.700
 Jesus,

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.400
 if you

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.120
 long to be

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.640
 a more

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.700
 joyful witness

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.200
 for him,

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.019
 then the

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.539
 answer to

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.279
 your longings

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.940
 is you

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.319
 need to

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.839
 pray and

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.180
 I need

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.440
 to pray

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:26.940
 that God

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.259
 would bring

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.779
 lights to

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.460
 my eyes.

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.839
 And the

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.220
 message of

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.539
 the Bible

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.119
 is that when

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.639
 you pray

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.119
 like that

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.720
 earnestly

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.839
 and humbly,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.779
 when he

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.500
 answers and

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.960
 it is a

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.299
 prayer that

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.000
 he loves to

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.299
 answer,

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.960
 you will

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.399
 see and

00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:43.819
 you will

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:46.180
 know and

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.460
 we will

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.039
 live like

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.740
 Jesus who

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.619
 died and

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.180
 really did

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.759
 rise again

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.160
 and really

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.579
 is alive

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.940
 today.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.920
 And we

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.360
 really do

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.600
 have a

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.000
 relationship

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.440
 with him.

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.160
 And that

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.480
 of course

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.759
 is an

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.140
 astonishing

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.500
 thing to

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.680
 say,

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.080
 isn't it?

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.580
 A

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.039
 relationship

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.779
 with Jesus

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.220
 Christ.

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.860
 It's

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.240
 almost too

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.740
 impossible to

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:07.980
 believe,

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.320
 isn't it?

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.660
 And yet

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.039
 that is

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.600
 what is on

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.039
 offer to

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.039
 you this

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.640
 Easter Sunday

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.000
 morning.

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.519
 And this

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.019
 chapter is

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.580
 written so

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.940
 that you

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.680
 might take

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.279
 up the

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.779
 offer of

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:20.920
 that

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.380
 relationship.

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:24.360
 that we

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.860
 might find

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.360
 like those

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.860
 disciples,

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.480
 our

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.460
 confusion

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.340
 evaporating

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.640
 in the

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.140
 light of

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.340
 his

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.799
 clear

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.539
 word.

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.920
 And that

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.059
 we,

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.519
 like those

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.000
 disciples,

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.039
 might find

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.539
 our eyes

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.279
 open to

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.620
 see the

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.259
 risen Jesus

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.980
 and so

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.920
 be irreversibly

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.519
 changed by

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.720
 him.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.279
 And I

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.539
 don't know

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.920
 about you,

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.259
 but as I

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.759
 study this

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.000
 chapter,

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.420
 I find

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.740
 myself

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.220
 freshly

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.700
 stunned

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.480
 that the

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.039
 Jesus who

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.500
 lived

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:53.359
 and died

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.299
 2,000 years

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.599
 ago,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.660
 lives in

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.680
 2018 and

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.039
 I know

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.279
 him.

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.319
 Not just

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.839
 as someone

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.339
 who is the

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.140
 central character

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.480
 in an

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.420
 ancient story,

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:07.279
 but as

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.720
 someone I'm

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.240
 actually in a

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.599
 relationship

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.039
 with.

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.519
 And once

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.819
 again,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.500
 as we think

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.859
 about this,

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.420
 we pinch

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.839
 ourselves,

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.140
 don't we,

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.400
 as we

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.079
 contemplate it.

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:18.659
 it really

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.980
 is an

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.379
 incredible

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:19.759
 thing,

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.000
 and I

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.439
 can't speak

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:20.839
 for you,

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 but for

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.740
 myself,

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.240
 I really

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.720
 do want

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:22.960
 to know

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.480
 him better.

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 And I

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.480
 crave

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.699
 depth in

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:29.319
 my relationship

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.779
 with him,

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.099
 and I

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.659
 do want

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:30.919
 to be

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.599
 transformed

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 by him,

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.919
 and changed

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.559
 by him.

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 And this

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.740
 wonderful

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.359
 chapter in

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.859
 the Bible

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.720
 assures us

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.199
 that that

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:41.439
 really is

00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.159
 possible

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 this morning.

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 And that

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.500
 the risen

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.259
 Lord Jesus

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.440
 is up

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.779
 for it.

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 And Luke

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.200
 says,

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.279
 then their

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.079
 eyes were

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.640
 opened,

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 and they

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.700
 recognised

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.140
 him.

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 And I'm

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.220
 going to

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.640
 pray the

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.980
 same will

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.240
 be true

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.660
 for us.

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.140
 Let's

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.400
 pray.