WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160 on page 1061 in the Church Bibles, verses 1-12. 00:00:06.379 --> 00:00:09.580 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:13.359 the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.260 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:21.059 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 00:00:22.940 --> 00:00:24.699 While they were wondering about this, 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:29.280 suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.460 In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:35.280 but the men said to them, 00:00:35.740 --> 00:00:37.920 Why do you look for the living among the dead? 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:40.880 He is not here, he is risen. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:45.320 Remember how he told you while he was still with you in Galilee. 00:00:46.340 --> 00:00:49.659 The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.260 be crucified, and on the third day be raised again. 00:00:54.480 --> 00:00:56.140 Then they remembered his words. 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:59.759 When they came back from the tomb, 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.140 they told all these things to the eleven and to all the others. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:09.280 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.140 and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:14.939 But they did not believe the women, 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.060 because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:20.980 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:25.719 Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:30.200 and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. 00:01:30.200 --> 00:02:00.180 Let's come. 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:01.880 Sorry, I'm adjusted now. 00:02:03.320 --> 00:02:07.240 Thank you, Jez, for reading those opening verses from Luke 24. 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.340 And we're going to continue on the story. 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:18.199 Now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.460 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:28.620 And as they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:31.180 But they were kept from recognizing him. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:36.460 He asked them, what are you discussing as you walk along? 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.539 They stood still, their faces downcast. 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:50.280 One of them, one of them named Cleopas, asked him, are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days? 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:52.939 What things, he asked. 00:02:53.580 --> 00:02:55.560 About Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.780 He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 00:03:00.420 --> 00:03:05.659 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death and they crucified him. 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:09.800 But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:13.900 And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:16.420 In addition, some of our women amazed us. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:19.560 They went to the tomb early this morning but didn't find his body. 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:24.960 They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:30.560 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.039 But him they did not see. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:41.259 He said to them, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:48.139 Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory? 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:56.120 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself. 00:03:57.340 --> 00:04:01.340 And as they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he was going further. 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:07.879 But they urged him strongly, stay with us for it's nearly evening and the day is almost over. 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.319 So he went in to stay with them. 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:17.480 And when he was at the table with them, he broke bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:22.259 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him. 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:24.420 And he disappeared from their sight. 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:32.159 They asked each other, were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the scriptures to us? 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:36.300 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. 00:04:36.300 --> 00:04:43.980 There they found the eleven and those with them assembled together and saying, it's true, the Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon. 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:52.840 Then these two told what had happened on the way and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.139 Let's just ask for God's help this morning. 00:04:57.300 --> 00:05:00.199 Our Father, we thank you for your word. 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.360 The words of scripture that we are free to open up this morning. 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:10.699 And we know, Father, that unless your Holy Spirit is here with us, they are just words. 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:16.019 But your spirit can take them off the pages and plant them deep within our hearts. 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:21.300 And that's what we ask this morning, Father, that your spirit would be at work through your word among us. 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:25.800 And we ask this in Jesus' name, the risen Savior's name. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:26.460 Amen. 00:05:26.460 --> 00:05:26.579 Amen. 00:05:31.259 --> 00:05:32.000 Wake up. 00:05:32.340 --> 00:05:32.800 Wake up. 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:33.360 Wake up. 00:05:34.020 --> 00:05:35.199 It's Resurrection Sunday. 00:05:35.900 --> 00:05:37.660 Quick, John, James, Philip, Matthew. 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:39.540 Come on, everyone, get up, get up. 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:41.800 We need to go and we need to meet Jesus. 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:45.220 Oh, it's been a tough couple of days. 00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:52.160 But won't it be great to see him again alive and on his way to glory? 00:05:52.460 --> 00:05:53.720 Come on, let's go. 00:05:53.820 --> 00:05:54.860 Let's go and welcome him. 00:05:56.660 --> 00:05:58.380 That'd be a much better story, wouldn't it? 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:02.340 If we had written it, I think that's how we would have put it down on paper. 00:06:02.580 --> 00:06:05.600 If we were to sit down and write the resurrection experiences, 00:06:05.900 --> 00:06:09.620 we would write about disciples that had understood all of the scriptures. 00:06:09.620 --> 00:06:16.060 disciples that understood the Old Testament and had listened so very carefully to what Jesus had told them 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:19.840 that when it came to Resurrection Sunday, they would be there. 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:24.180 They would know to look for him again on the third day. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.939 But instead, the real events that we read about in chapter 24 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:38.639 show us that the disciples thought that Jesus was literally dead and buried and gone. 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:42.860 The only people that showed up on Resurrection Sunday, 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:46.060 we read about in verse 1 in chapter 24, 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:49.139 on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:54.319 the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 00:06:55.280 --> 00:06:59.840 Some women who come with burial spices for a dead body. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.519 There are none of the key disciples here. 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.060 Peter, James and John are nowhere to be seen on Resurrection Sunday. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.259 There's no sunrise service that everyone's been invited to. 00:07:09.259 --> 00:07:10.459 They just didn't see it. 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.439 The women, the only reason they're here is to take away the smell 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:21.079 from that blood-stained, dead and rotting corpse that they were expecting to find. 00:07:25.599 --> 00:07:27.279 No wonder in verse 5, 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:31.839 the women are frightened when they see these two men. 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.539 They're literally frightened out of their wits by the appearance of angels. 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:39.299 And as we read down verse 11, 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.539 they come back to the disciples and those that were following Jesus. 00:07:43.299 --> 00:07:47.899 And they didn't believe the women because the words seemed to them like nonsense. 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:51.679 It was like the women had been sniffing the spices too much or something. 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:53.120 They'd hallucinated. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:54.419 They'd lost the plot. 00:07:54.420 --> 00:07:59.680 Celsius, who I'm sure none of you have heard of, 00:07:59.780 --> 00:08:01.080 I didn't up until this week, 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.319 is a second century philosopher. 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:05.980 And he was debating against Christianity. 00:08:06.460 --> 00:08:08.620 And do you know what one of his points was? 00:08:09.020 --> 00:08:09.439 Well, he said, 00:08:09.960 --> 00:08:12.400 Christianity couldn't be true 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:14.920 because the written accounts of the resurrection 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.180 are based on the testimony of women. 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.759 And this is him speaking, not me. 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:22.019 And we all know that women are hysterical. 00:08:22.900 --> 00:08:25.860 So that was his take on a resurrection account. 00:08:26.220 --> 00:08:29.500 You wouldn't write them with women being the witnesses. 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:30.800 And do you know what? 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:33.240 The disciples agreed with Celsius at this stage. 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:36.299 Hysterical women don't make for reliable witnesses. 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:39.519 So by and large, these women were ignored. 00:08:40.560 --> 00:08:41.340 Except for Peter. 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.919 He seems to have a little bit of hope inside him, doesn't he? 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:45.360 He runs off to the tomb 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.000 and a couple of other disciples go with him. 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:49.259 But all they find is the empty grave. 00:08:49.439 --> 00:08:51.579 And they too are left wondering. 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:54.199 What a mess. 00:08:54.579 --> 00:08:55.299 What a mess. 00:08:56.139 --> 00:08:57.979 Here we are on Resurrection Sunday. 00:08:58.299 --> 00:08:59.259 The first one. 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:00.859 And no one expects. 00:09:01.479 --> 00:09:02.519 No one believes. 00:09:02.899 --> 00:09:03.979 No one understands. 00:09:05.859 --> 00:09:06.959 Verse 13. 00:09:08.259 --> 00:09:09.899 Two of those disciples 00:09:09.899 --> 00:09:12.240 that hear the women's reports, 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:15.099 they don't even bother to hang around any longer 00:09:15.099 --> 00:09:16.799 to see if it could possibly be true. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.199 They're off back down the road to Emmaus. 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.399 They're walking away. 00:09:23.699 --> 00:09:24.799 And that's where we join them. 00:09:24.839 --> 00:09:25.599 On that road. 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:27.199 As they're walking. 00:09:28.199 --> 00:09:31.219 That seven mile trek from Jerusalem to Emmaus. 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:34.120 We're leaving the defeat 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.139 and the confusion 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:38.600 of what's happening in Jerusalem. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:41.320 They're leaving that behind. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.440 And they're going somewhere. 00:09:42.560 --> 00:09:43.759 And it's most likely home. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:44.980 But wherever it is, 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.180 it's away from Jerusalem. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:49.320 And it's back to some sort of pre-Jesus 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:51.100 experience in life. 00:09:52.040 --> 00:09:53.940 Do you know it's so easy to catch up with these two 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:55.840 as they're walking along this road? 00:09:56.040 --> 00:09:57.040 Because they're slow. 00:09:58.280 --> 00:09:59.160 They're plodding. 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:02.380 They're like the losing supporters 00:10:02.380 --> 00:10:04.200 of a team 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:06.040 that's been defeated on match day. 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:07.960 You know that big match that you expected to win 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.340 and the supporters are trundling out of the stadium. 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:11.280 Defeated. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:12.620 And as we come, 00:10:12.700 --> 00:10:13.340 we come close 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:14.280 because we want to hear 00:10:14.280 --> 00:10:15.240 what they're talking about. 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:16.780 And they're going through 00:10:16.780 --> 00:10:18.220 their post-match analysis. 00:10:20.560 --> 00:10:21.780 Where did it go wrong? 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:24.139 We had great expectations 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:25.240 for our team. 00:10:25.379 --> 00:10:26.160 We wanted them to win. 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:28.320 And who's to blame for this disaster? 00:10:28.420 --> 00:10:29.019 Was it the ref? 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:29.500 The coach? 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:29.980 The players? 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:31.620 It's that kind of discussion. 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:33.180 That post-match analysis. 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:37.040 But while we're just content 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:38.060 to eavesdrop 00:10:38.060 --> 00:10:40.120 and to listen in from a distance, 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:41.960 who's that? 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:44.060 He's coming up right beside them. 00:10:44.860 --> 00:10:46.540 Where did this bloke come from? 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:47.500 Who's that? 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.400 Well, this guy, 00:10:49.560 --> 00:10:50.879 he's far more direct than us. 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:52.480 We're just casually listening in. 00:10:52.900 --> 00:10:54.560 But he actually interrupts them 00:10:54.560 --> 00:10:57.200 and he asks them in verse 17. 00:10:58.860 --> 00:11:00.360 What are you discussing together 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:01.800 as you walk along? 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:04.600 What is it? 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:05.379 What are you discussing? 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:07.060 And they stop. 00:11:07.059 --> 00:11:12.939 And you know that heart-sinking feeling, 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:13.399 don't you? 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.279 That sudden feeling of pain, 00:11:16.599 --> 00:11:18.339 the one you've been coping with. 00:11:18.439 --> 00:11:21.059 And then suddenly someone says something 00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:22.739 or reminds you of something 00:11:22.739 --> 00:11:24.819 and it just prods it again, 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:25.679 the pain here. 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.879 And it feels like your heart 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:29.399 rises up slightly 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.619 and then just sinks down again 00:11:30.619 --> 00:11:31.259 into your stomach. 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:34.519 And it's that audible sigh. 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:37.159 And then your head just withers 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.000 and it goes to that spot. 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.980 The one 12 inches in front of your toes. 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.519 And we've all been there, haven't we? 00:11:46.779 --> 00:11:49.500 We've felt that kind of pain in our lives. 00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:54.080 And for these broken disciples, 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.059 it's just a simple question. 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:58.620 A simple question from a stranger. 00:11:58.700 --> 00:11:59.639 What is it you're talking about 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.700 that brings it all back again, 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:03.059 all to the surface again? 00:12:03.059 --> 00:12:05.919 And once he begins to recover 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:09.059 from this initial downcastness 00:12:09.059 --> 00:12:10.960 that we read in verse 17, 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:13.840 Keopas, he's suddenly puzzled by the question. 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.240 And he says, 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.240 well, most translators actually put his response like this. 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:21.320 Are you really the only visitor to Jerusalem 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:22.860 who doesn't know what happened? 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:27.419 Didn't you see the big matchup this weekend? 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:29.440 It was Jesus versus the rulers. 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:32.299 I mean, how could you have missed it? 00:12:32.680 --> 00:12:34.560 It was the biggest show in town all weekend. 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:35.460 There was earthquakes. 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:36.539 There was darkness. 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:38.019 There was a show trial. 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.080 There was the mob rule. 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:41.240 Bane, crucify him, crucify him. 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.779 And there was the crucifixion. 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:45.060 How could you have missed it? 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:48.720 Verse 19. 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:50.799 The stranger says, 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.860 what things? 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:54.240 What things? 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:57.440 Well, now they have their chance, don't they? 00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:59.340 And we're going to listen a bit closer 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.440 because we want to know 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:01.620 that they have an opportunity 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:03.600 to give their version of the story. 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:07.019 What Jesus versus the rulers was all about. 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:11.139 And who is to blame for things going wrong. 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:14.080 And I'm kind of glad this new guy has come along 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.759 because, you know, 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.899 and he's asking these questions 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:17.919 because now we're going to get the detail. 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:22.600 Verse 19. 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:26.199 Cleopas gives the answer. 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.860 And this is what he says. 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:29.379 Jesus of Nazareth. 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.480 Well, he was a prophet. 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.800 And he was a pretty good one at that. 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.899 He was powerful when he spoke. 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:38.960 And powerful when he acted. 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:42.019 And it was just obvious to everyone around, 00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:43.200 even to God himself. 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:45.480 This was a great prophet. 00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:47.420 And then the leaders got him. 00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:50.220 And they handed him over to the Romans 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:52.120 who killed him. 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.740 Would you believe? 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:58.899 We kind of hoped that this Jesus, 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:02.600 he was the one who was going to make Israel great again. 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:04.500 He was going to restore our country. 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.840 He was going to restore Israel. 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:09.279 So there we have it. 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.560 Their version of the story. 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:15.560 Jesus, the failed prophet. 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.659 Beaten by the chief priests and the leaders 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:20.419 and killed. 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:22.240 What a disappointment. 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.659 He was meant to win out 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:27.039 and turn some of those mighty words 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:28.319 and some of those mighty deeds 00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:29.899 into the actions 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:31.879 that would defeat the Romans, 00:14:32.339 --> 00:14:33.120 defeat their enemies 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.159 and restore Israel 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:35.639 to some great nation again. 00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:39.860 And this view of Jesus is, 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.600 it's a very popular one still today, isn't it? 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:45.019 It survived from the New Testament 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.939 right up until now. 00:14:46.819 --> 00:14:48.399 Jesus, the really nice guy 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.659 who did and said some wonderful stuff. 00:14:51.839 --> 00:14:52.360 Remember that? 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.199 Love your enemies. 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.480 Turn the other cheek. 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.879 He healed people. 00:14:56.199 --> 00:14:57.259 What a wonderful example. 00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:59.259 A great teacher that, 00:14:59.939 --> 00:15:00.219 well, 00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.539 he just got beaten up 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.019 and killed 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.360 by those nasty religious folk over there. 00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:07.519 Nothing more than a man 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.459 with some great ideas 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:09.500 that was overtaken 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:11.419 by the power-hungry leaders 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.439 and the angry mob. 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:16.539 In his famous fiction book, 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:19.039 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:20.299 the author, Douglas Adams, 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.819 who is a very avid 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.140 and vocal atheist, 00:15:23.140 --> 00:15:25.300 he compliments 00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:27.160 and then dismisses Jesus 00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:28.500 in the same way 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.860 as the disciples have just done. 00:15:31.140 --> 00:15:32.120 This is what he says. 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:37.500 One man nailed to a tree 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.580 for saying, 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:40.000 how great it would be 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:41.159 to be nice to people 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:42.100 for a change. 00:15:42.940 --> 00:15:44.399 One man nailed to a tree 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:45.120 for saying, 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.200 how great it would be 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.019 to be nice to people 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.620 for a change. 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.799 Jesus, the good, 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:52.500 nailed to a tree. 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.379 It's a popular view 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.399 of Jesus today, isn't it? 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.679 Your friends or people 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:57.159 that are willing 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:58.000 to acknowledge 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.860 that Jesus existed 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.799 say, yeah, Jesus, 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:01.039 he said some good things. 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.320 He just ended up 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.419 being nailed to a tree for it. 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:05.779 That's their Jesus as well. 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:07.940 Great hopes for him, 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:09.700 but he's dead and buried now. 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:11.620 The amazing stories 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.799 of the angels from the women 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:13.860 and the reports 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.759 of the empty tomb 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.299 that they'd heard 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:16.200 from their fellow disciples. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.240 They're not enough. 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.879 All of these reports, 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.919 they're just a confused noise 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.600 to these two. 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:24.840 The reality for them 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.159 is that Jesus has failed. 00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:27.379 He's dead. 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.220 He's buried. 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.200 He's gone. 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.519 What a shame. 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.200 What a shame. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.000 You see, the disciples, 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.720 their view of Jesus, 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:40.200 they had an idol Jesus. 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.500 And an idol Jesus 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:46.100 is really a one-sided view 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:49.320 of Jesus that we construct ourselves. 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:51.919 We have our Bibles 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.659 because we're Bible-believing Christians 00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.899 and we find a verse 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:56.659 or we find some idea 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:59.320 and then we take this one idea 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.899 and we build our Jesus around us. 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:05.619 Jesus will restore Israel again. 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.519 Oh, that's great. 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:09.819 I can follow that Jesus. 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.420 That's cool. 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.420 And it's something 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.319 that we still do today. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.140 We look at the disciples 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.059 and kind of say, 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:17.039 well, they missed it, 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.880 but we miss it. 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.440 And here's another one 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:23.100 that I heard again recently 00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:25.180 from a church leader. 00:17:26.260 --> 00:17:27.420 And his emphasis was this, 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.680 that Jesus is the King. 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.000 King Jesus. 00:17:31.280 --> 00:17:32.420 If Jesus is the King, 00:17:32.540 --> 00:17:34.360 therefore we're children of the King. 00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:37.020 And as sons and daughters of the King, 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.660 ask. 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.500 Ask whatever you want 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:41.960 and Jesus will make it happen. 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.000 God will bless you 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.759 and prosper you 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.759 because that's who He is. 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.400 He's the King. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.839 And do you see what's happened? 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.700 We've taken something of Jesus 00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:52.019 and we've made it all of Jesus. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.640 We've taken something of Jesus 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:56.259 and made it all of Jesus. 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.299 And that's an idol Jesus, 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.299 not a real Jesus. 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.680 And in our idol Jesus, 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.680 He is the King, 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:04.099 which means that we're all 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:05.559 just princes and princesses. 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:05.679 Jesus. 00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:09.579 The disciples did it, 00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:09.899 didn't they? 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:10.759 They did it here 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.859 and they did it in other parts 00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.220 of Scripture. 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:14.099 Jesus, Jesus, 00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:16.339 my two sons, 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.119 can one of them sit 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.879 at your left hand 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.519 and one of them sit 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.619 at your right hand in heaven? 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:20.740 Jesus, 00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.659 those bad people over there, 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.539 can we call down 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.579 that fire from heaven? 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.679 That would be good, 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.079 wouldn't it? 00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:27.039 Let's burn them up. 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.519 Jesus, 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:30.019 we're hungry. 00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.639 Do you remember that trick 00:18:31.639 --> 00:18:33.180 you did with the loaves 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.599 and the fishes? 00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.700 That was great. 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.339 Could you do that again? 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.559 Could you feed us again? 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.599 Jesus, 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.480 restore Israel. 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.359 So Jesus, 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.279 all of Jesus, 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:44.000 just gets broken up 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.639 into little, 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.460 manageable, 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.779 pocket-sized chunks. 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:48.359 Jesus, 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:48.839 the ruler. 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.139 Jesus, 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.819 the judge. 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.119 Jesus, 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.639 the giver. 00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.259 Oh, 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:54.119 I'll have some of that. 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:55.139 That's grace. 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.299 But at some point, 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.900 we take out our pocket-sized 00:18:58.900 --> 00:18:59.599 version of Jesus 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.959 the one we've created 00:19:00.959 --> 00:19:03.439 and he doesn't deliver. 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.679 He doesn't deliver. 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.500 Remember that time 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.399 that you were fed up 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:09.039 when Jesus didn't deliver 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.559 for you? 00:19:09.899 --> 00:19:10.079 Oh, 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.439 you might have said it like that. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.079 You wouldn't have used 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.740 those words. 00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.299 But really, 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.819 really you'd started 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:18.299 to give up on Jesus yourself. 00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.799 And someone, 00:19:19.959 --> 00:19:20.980 someone comes along 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:23.679 like verse 19 00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:24.279 and says, 00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.759 or verse 17, 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.939 what things? 00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:28.759 What's up? 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.419 What is it? 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.460 What's the problem? 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.200 What are you discussing? 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.820 And there's the same reaction. 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.360 There's the, 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:38.039 there's the downcast eyes, 00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.279 the sigh, 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.940 the disappointment. 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:43.039 I was really hoping 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.279 for a result this time. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.279 That job, 00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:47.460 it just seemed right for me 00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.980 and I would have loved 00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.500 to have worked 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.299 for that company. 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.740 You know what? 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.680 I had loads of people 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.440 praying for me. 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.360 I had loads of people 00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.940 in the church 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.580 and my friends 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.539 and some family even 00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.480 and they were praying 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.539 that I would get the job 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.740 and then I didn't. 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.220 And I don't know 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.320 what's on the road ahead 00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:04.500 or where it's leading. 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.099 I really thought 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.480 that Jesus this time 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.180 was going to sort 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.119 this one out for me. 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.640 You see, 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:14.180 if you haven't already 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.660 walked this road to Emmaus, 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.500 maybe you're walking it now 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.819 but sometime soon 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.660 you will walk it. 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.779 We have this particular idea 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.279 of Jesus 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:25.259 or of his church 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:27.819 and then Jesus fails 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.400 to deliver 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.619 so we start to walk away 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:32.599 slow, plotting. 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.399 We walk away from the church, 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.939 away from the community, 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.339 away from Jerusalem 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:39.599 and we're off somewhere else. 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.259 As we walk, 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:45.419 just like these disciples, 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.799 our eyes, 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:49.759 our eyes are literally closed 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:51.399 to the real Jesus 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.259 in front of us. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.379 We can't see him. 00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:56.799 We can't see the resurrected Jesus 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:58.240 that is standing there. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:02.660 The stranger 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:04.519 has listened 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:06.519 very politely. 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.599 Verse 25. 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.759 He's listened to your story 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.019 but there's a fire 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.759 in his eye now. 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.940 Something he wants to say. 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.519 So, 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:19.259 we're a bit nosier now 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.940 so we're coming 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.720 a little bit closer 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.319 and we're drawing 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.819 a little closer. 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:23.299 How foolish you are. 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.200 How slow of heart 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.859 to believe. 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:27.559 Sounds a bit like 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.799 road rage is happening 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.919 on the way to Emmaus. 00:21:30.219 --> 00:21:31.579 We actually take a step back 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.279 because we're not sure 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.159 where this is going to go. 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.740 How foolish you are 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:36.119 and how slow of heart 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.839 to believe. 00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:38.219 Why? 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.699 Because they've missed 00:21:39.699 --> 00:21:40.379 the resurrection. 00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:41.659 They've missed 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.219 the resurrection. 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.559 Don't be mistaken here. 00:21:44.719 --> 00:21:46.279 This is a rebuke. 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.079 This is a rebuke. 00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:49.579 These are strong words. 00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:51.299 This person 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.240 can see clearly 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.479 where they've gone wrong 00:21:53.479 --> 00:21:54.240 in their understanding 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.680 of Jesus. 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.180 Where their idol Jesus 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.539 has come from 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.120 and where it has 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.799 let them down. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.660 And this is what he says. 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.000 You are slow 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.859 to believe 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:05.039 all. 00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.240 Hear that word 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.519 all that the prophets 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.099 have spoken. 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.940 Yes, 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.380 they believed 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.059 some of this. 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.700 Remember, 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.980 they'd taken the bits 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.500 they liked 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:15.279 and stuffed it 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.839 in their pockets 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.559 for use later. 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.279 They'd believe 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.980 those easy bits 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.680 about the Messiah 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:22.740 coming to rescue Israel 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.420 and to redeem it. 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.319 The bits about freedom 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.059 from their enemies 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:26.380 and maybe having 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.160 bigger borders 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.000 and the bits about 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.200 feasts in the Old Testament. 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.019 They're quite nice. 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.940 I wouldn't mind 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.420 some of that 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.220 and beating enemies. 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.120 That sounds good. 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.539 And their idol Jesus 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.859 was quite easy 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.400 to construct 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.799 from those few pages 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.579 of the Bible, 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.220 the Old Testament. 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.819 But the other bits, 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:43.000 they just didn't understand. 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.099 They didn't get it. 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.039 They didn't see it. 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.579 But now, 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.420 it was going to be 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.099 shown to them, 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.599 wasn't it? 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:50.319 For now, 00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.919 now if we look, 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.980 the most important phrase 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.500 in this whole section 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:57.799 is in verse 26. 00:22:59.439 --> 00:23:00.939 Everything hinges on this. 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.819 Listen up. 00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:03.779 Listen carefully now. 00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.119 In fact, 00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:05.199 come a little bit closer 00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:06.219 to the conversation. 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.679 For first came the rebuke, 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.899 now comes the correction. 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.919 And these words, 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.719 these are the words 00:23:13.719 --> 00:23:14.539 that are going to drag 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.199 the disciples 00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:17.000 away from staring 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.000 at their navels. 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.579 and have their hearts 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.460 burning again 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.480 for the real Jesus. 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:25.759 Did not the Christ, 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.940 did not the Christ, 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.259 come closer, 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.819 look again, 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.539 did not the Christ 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.720 have to suffer 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:36.059 these things 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.619 and enter his glory? 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.900 Verse 27, 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:41.039 and beginning with Moses 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.319 and all the prophets, 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.920 he explained to them 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.599 what was said 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.900 in all the scriptures 00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.140 concerning himself. 00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:49.900 The stranger has rebuked, 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.160 now he corrects 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.880 by opening the Bible 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.500 up for them. 00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.900 Come and look closer. 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.060 What does the Bible say 00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.960 about the Christ? 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:02.060 Suffering and glory. 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.780 Read the Bible. 00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:05.580 Suffering and glory. 00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.380 Look here, 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.500 the obvious place, 00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.640 if you look at Isaiah, 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:11.180 God's servant, 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.500 he's gentle, 00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.800 he's humble, 00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.460 and then he's taken 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.340 and slaughtered, 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.120 suffering. 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.220 But look over to Daniel 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.040 and the Christ, 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.840 he's called the son of man, 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.300 coming in his glory 00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:24.520 to judge and to rule. 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.240 Glory. 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.980 They're both there, 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.380 the suffering servant 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.900 of Isaiah 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.000 and the ruling 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.180 son of man of Daniel. 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.580 Clearly, 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.160 the Messiah 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.840 must both suffer 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:36.579 and then enter 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.079 his glory. 00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.939 But there's the obvious 00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.679 things like that, 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:41.959 the Christ-centered passages 00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.679 that we can go to. 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.500 But look at the whole story, 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.539 look at all the pages. 00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.079 Look, 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.480 there's Joseph. 00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.599 Joseph? 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.419 Well, 00:24:49.459 --> 00:24:50.419 see how he suffered. 00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.859 Remember Joseph 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.639 down the well? 00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.419 Remember Joseph 00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:54.000 in prison 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.779 for something 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.599 he didn't do? 00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.639 He's low, 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.359 he's suffering. 00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.000 But now, 00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.199 flick on a few pages 00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.959 in the story of Joseph 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.900 and there he is, 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.900 he's the second in command 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.940 of the whole of Egypt, 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.960 providing for all the people. 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.059 Not just the people in Egypt, 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.539 but the people 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.759 who come from afar, 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.480 who are suffering famine. 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.480 Joseph in his glory. 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.960 Look at Noah. 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.660 I'm not just saying that 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.880 because it's his birthday today, 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.200 by the way, 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.539 he's two. 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.960 But look at Noah, 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:22.059 the Noah of the Bible. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.559 120 years 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.200 he stood there 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.039 building that ark, 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.819 hammering away 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.559 and the people came 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.220 and they mocked him. 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.039 They ridiculed him 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.159 and he suffered. 00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.420 You can be very sure 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.159 if you were to build something 00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.059 for 120 years 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.639 on dry land 00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.359 that looked like a boat, 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.700 your neighbours would be, 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.579 your neighbours would be 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.420 looking strange at you. 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.779 But look at the end 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:43.559 and he is one of eight people 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.399 that is rescued, 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.539 enjoying glory. 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:49.059 Or look at the Exodus story. 00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.339 Egypt, 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.180 suffering, 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:52.819 slavery. 00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.220 40 years later, 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.279 glory, 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.339 the promised land. 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.399 The whole Bible, 00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.339 the whole story, 00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.879 suffering, 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.559 then glory. 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.720 Of course, 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:04.699 we want to see Jesus the King. 00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.220 Yes. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.859 We want to see Jesus the King 00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.679 for he is the King 00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:10.659 but never forget 00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:12.379 that Jesus is also 00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:14.419 the suffering servant. 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.319 You see, 00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.939 there's a problem 00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:18.899 with just the Jesus is King view 00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:20.599 because at times 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.579 our lives aren't very princely, 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.019 are they? 00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.939 And at those times, 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.839 how are we going to cope 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.199 if all we see of Jesus 00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.099 is Jesus the King? 00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:29.319 How does that help us 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.939 in those situations? 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:34.519 This Resurrection Sunday, 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.279 this Easter weekend, 00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.359 we need to remember 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:38.699 that the crown of thorns 00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:40.539 came first 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:43.559 before the crown of gold. 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:47.919 This seven mile trek 00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.519 to Emmaus 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:51.240 is literally life transforming 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.299 for these disciples. 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:54.559 they now see Jesus 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.960 through the pages 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.659 of the scripture 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:58.259 as the suffering king. 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.299 And as a result, 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:02.259 in verse 31, 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.359 we have this unblinking, 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.779 their physical eyes 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.899 are suddenly open. 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.339 Then their eyes were opened 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.619 and they recognized him. 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.980 And then just like that, 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.519 he's gone. 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:17.180 just when they see him physically. 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.759 Well, 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.299 you see, 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.940 his work here is done. 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.180 And it's not just because 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.859 they recognize 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.700 that this stranger 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.379 is in fact 00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.279 the risen Jesus. 00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.000 No, 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.619 it's that they see 00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:30.039 him from the eyes 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.599 of their heart. 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.700 That's why Jesus' work 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.039 is done. 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.180 Verse 32, 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.079 were not our hearts 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.379 burning within us 00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:38.039 while he talked with us 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.799 on the road 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.859 and opened the scriptures 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.599 to us? 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.319 You see, 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.399 Jesus has come alongside 00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.919 and they've been 00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:45.000 kindly rebuked, 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.039 corrected, 00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.799 and trained by Jesus 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.559 from the Bible. 00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.879 Yes, 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.619 yes, 00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.279 they had seen 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.179 the risen Lord, 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.339 bodily resurrected, 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.139 and they'd recognized him. 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.059 But there's nothing 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.679 accidental 00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:59.159 that Luke, 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.619 and this is one of Luke's 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.519 longest passages, 00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.099 by the way, 00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:02.879 or narratives 00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.500 or descriptions 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.679 in the whole of his book, 00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:06.159 there's nothing accidental 00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.240 that the first people 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.159 in Luke's story 00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:10.059 to see the resurrected Jesus 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.579 are these two 00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.799 two. 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.099 You know, 00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:13.159 in some of the other accounts, 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.859 the focus is on the people 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.519 that saw Jesus 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.240 around the grave, 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.939 but for Luke, 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.099 these are the first people 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.899 that actually see Jesus, 00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.099 that we read about 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:22.059 actually seeing him. 00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.279 Why is that? 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.419 Why did Luke 00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.579 choose 00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.879 to take this story? 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.259 Well, 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.319 you see, 00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.960 it's important 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.799 that they saw Jesus 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.519 with their eyes, 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:31.919 yes, 00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.240 but more importantly 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.839 for Luke, 00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.899 it's that they can see 00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.759 Jesus now 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.279 with their hearts 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.819 and their minds 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:40.019 through the pages 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.480 of the Bible. 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.559 You can say, 00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:42.740 well, 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.019 yes, 00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.359 but surely seeing 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.319 the resurrected Jesus 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.899 with their eyes 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.480 is the important thing. 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.379 It is, 00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.839 but it's more than that. 00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.980 It's just as crucial 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.659 for them 00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:52.379 and for the generations 00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.259 that would come 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:55.059 that they could see Jesus 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.500 not just with their 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.359 physical eyes, 00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.819 but with their hearts 00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.159 through the pages 00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.720 of Scripture. 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:02.480 and that's why 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.539 Jesus took the time 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.420 to open the Bible 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.960 for them 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.720 and gather around 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.420 and over their shoulders 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.759 saying, 00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.559 look, 00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.100 look here, 00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.120 look at this bit. 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.160 I bet you never, 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.120 I bet you never realized 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.100 that's what that was about. 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.059 That was about me. 00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.140 Did not the Christ? 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.259 Did not the Christ? 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.480 Put your eyes 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.319 on the real Jesus. 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.400 The Bible is all about him. 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.660 Every story, 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.980 every page 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.640 just whispers his name. 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.480 Have you had your eyes 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.339 opened to Jesus? 00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.480 Have you? 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.680 Have you seen him? 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.640 All of him? 00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.440 The Jesus of the Bible? 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.860 From the God 00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:43.140 who came from heaven 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.039 down to be born as a baby? 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:47.319 Have you seen the Jesus 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.579 that is angry with sin? 00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.799 Have you seen that Jesus? 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.039 Have you seen the Jesus 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.160 that picks up the weak 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.200 and picks up the lowly 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.220 and fights for the poor? 00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.759 Have you seen the Jesus 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.880 that's going to come back again 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.240 in his glory to judge? 00:29:58.240 --> 00:30:00.559 We need a whole 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.039 Bible view of Jesus. 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.579 Not just, 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.480 not just this 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.559 little idol view. 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.900 So again, 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.160 which Jesus have you seen? 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.700 The popular one? 00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.319 Do you remember 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.279 the one we spoke about? 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.940 The nice 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.140 but dead Jesus? 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.420 Or have you seen 00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.620 the all-powerful 00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.660 suffering king? 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.460 You see, 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.319 our eyes are open 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.039 when we read 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.940 and hear the Bible 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.819 explained to us. 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:25.579 and the words 00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:27.879 are almost 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.939 taken off the pages 00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:31.019 and embedded 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.700 in our hearts 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.379 by the work 00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.339 of the Holy Spirit. 00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.700 We need to know 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.319 about sin. 00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.279 We need to know 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.220 about our need 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.639 for a suffering king. 00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:42.439 A king who dies 00:30:42.439 --> 00:30:43.099 in our place 00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.899 and turns aside 00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.859 the wrath of God 00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:46.480 so that we can be rescued. 00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.700 And what a difference 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.419 this view makes. 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.379 Just look at 00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:51.259 these two disciples. 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.900 Do you see the differences? 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.700 Do you remember 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.819 the story we've read 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.420 so far 00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.420 and how they were 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.460 on their way 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.559 from Jerusalem to Emmaus? 00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.299 Well, now they're 00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.200 back on the road again 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.920 but they're going 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.879 the opposite direction. 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.779 They're going back 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.339 to Jerusalem. 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.460 Back to the church. 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.379 Back to their mission. 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.900 Back to persecution 00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.559 and threats 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.240 of the authorities. 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.119 It's late in the evening 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.039 and they're tired. 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.599 They've said it. 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.299 Come stay with us. 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.720 It's late. 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.660 But that doesn't matter now. 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.839 That doesn't matter 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.539 that it's late. 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.839 They practically run 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.619 the seven miles 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.599 back to the others. 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.400 Do you see it 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.099 in verse 33? 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.899 They can't get there 00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.379 quick enough. 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.139 Remember their original road. 00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:26.899 Plodding. 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.000 Slow. 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.019 Downcast. 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.519 What a change. 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.939 What a change. 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.679 Now their hearts 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.699 they're on fire 00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.480 and they're no longer 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.500 worried that it's evening 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.259 and it's bedtime 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.119 and I'm tired. 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.699 For them 00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:40.480 the day is just beginning. 00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:42.079 It's not the end of the day. 00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.799 Yes, they've missed 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.839 the resurrection service. 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.719 Oh, what a terrible one. 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.639 Imagine missing 00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.599 the resurrection service. 00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:48.319 Imagine being there 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.759 the very first Sunday 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.419 resurrection Sunday 00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.379 and actually seeing Jesus 00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.220 come out of the tomb. 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.259 Well, they'd missed that 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.779 but that's okay. 00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.939 They've seen the resurrected Jesus 00:31:56.939 --> 00:31:58.039 through the pages of scripture. 00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:59.079 They've seen him in person 00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.599 and now they're running back. 00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.819 They're back on the road 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.279 to Jerusalem 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.099 back on mission. 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.899 What a Bible lesson 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.639 that must have been. 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.139 Much better than maybe 00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.039 being here on a Sunday 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:11.000 and listening to 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.799 preaching here. 00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:13.299 Imagine having Jesus 00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.859 with you for seven miles 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.379 on that trip 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.319 opening up the Bible 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.879 for you 00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.500 and being able 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.159 to listen to him. 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:19.059 Wouldn't that be amazing? 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.919 Wouldn't that be great? 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.480 If only, if only. 00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.579 Imagine Jesus 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.439 being our guide 00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.059 through the pages 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.859 of the Old Testament. 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.460 We need not imagine. 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:31.139 For Jesus sends 00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:32.700 his Spirit, 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.299 his Holy Spirit 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.059 to be our helper. 00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.419 His Holy Spirit 00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.700 is what we need 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.159 to see Jesus 00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:40.480 in the pages of the Bible 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.439 every single day 00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.899 and understand 00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.599 the mission 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.679 that we have been called to 00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.359 to tell others. 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.419 Remember, Jesus tells us 00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:48.220 in the book of John 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.339 that the Holy Spirit 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.960 was going to come. 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.679 Do you know, 00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.740 yes, it's great 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.619 having me around, 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.659 but I'm going to go 00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.259 to my glory 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.559 and that's better for you. 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.019 It's better for you 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.779 that I leave 00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:59.839 because the Spirit 00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.579 is going to come 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.619 and the Spirit 00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.299 goes everywhere 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.639 and is going to live 00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:04.639 within each one of you 00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.899 and remind you 00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.519 of the things 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.399 that I've said. 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.019 I'm going to remind you 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.559 of the Scriptures 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.659 that they're all about me. 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.539 The Spirit comes. 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.359 Jesus sends 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.679 his Spirit to us. 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.320 You know that idol Jesus? 00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.960 I don't know 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.700 which one you picture. 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.539 I have a few 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.920 that I picture at times. 00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.400 You know, 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.279 it looks attractive. 00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:26.860 Well, we've made it ourselves 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:28.160 and we're pretty clever people. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.660 It promises much, 00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:31.980 but someday 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.820 or something 00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.759 is going to take that 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.700 and nail it to a cross. 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:40.920 And our defeated 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.400 idol Jesus 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:44.880 is going to put us 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.319 on the road 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.059 out of Jerusalem 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.360 and on the road 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.960 to Emmaus. 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.779 It's going to put us 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.720 away from the church, 00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.860 away from our mission 00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:53.180 and it's going to put us 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.299 back to an old life. 00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.140 And the sad thing 00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.960 about the idol Jesus 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.680 that we construct 00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.279 is that we're not 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.840 clever enough 00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.500 to know that we should 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.580 be looking for a resurrection. 00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.480 And so we'll put our heads down 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.380 and we'll march away 00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.980 defeated. 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:08.740 But look over your shoulder. 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.920 Who's that coming alongside? 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.980 It's the one who listens 00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.960 to our story. 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.300 It's the one who, 00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:21.800 when the time is just right, 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.860 will rebuke us. 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.559 Will rebuke our slow 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.539 and foolish hearts. 00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.539 And then, 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.579 and then, 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.780 he's going to set about 00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:32.760 painting this amazing picture. 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.960 This massive picture 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.179 this picture, 00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.860 this picture that, 00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:37.079 that blows our idol Jesus 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.119 away from the, 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.179 from the scriptures 00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.900 of the Christ, 00:34:41.220 --> 00:34:41.980 the full picture. 00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.159 You see, 00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.940 that's the spirit 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.139 of Jesus working then. 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.500 Did you, 00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.199 did you know that? 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.360 That when your pastor 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.539 comes alongside you 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.220 at that time, 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.460 that that's Jesus' 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.519 spirit working 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.440 through your pastor, 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.400 showing you the scriptures, 00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.659 painting that picture 00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.679 of Jesus for you. 00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.899 that that's the spirit 00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.980 of Jesus who's talking 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.899 through that godly 00:35:00.899 --> 00:35:01.679 Christian friend 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:01.960 who's, 00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.639 who's helped you 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.199 in the past 00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.359 and, 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.599 and now you're not 00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.159 feeling well 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.219 or something's not right 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.639 and they're, 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:06.839 they're, 00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.839 they're coming beside you 00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.159 again, 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.539 aren't they? 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.659 and encouraging you. 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.699 That's Jesus. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.779 That's his spirit 00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:13.059 at work through his people, 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.019 through his church 00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.259 to help you. 00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:18.039 Lifting your eyes 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:20.139 off the ground 00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.800 in front of you, 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.739 lifting your head up 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:23.420 to see Jesus again. 00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.880 And can I encourage you 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.400 with this as we finish? 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.960 That when that happens, 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.740 when you feel like 00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.559 you're on that road, 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.940 when your idol Jesus 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:36.119 has been nailed to a cross 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.099 and that person 00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:38.059 comes beside you, 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:41.400 don't cling too hard 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:43.000 to that statue of Jesus 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.700 that you had. 00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.039 Don't, 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.240 don't, 00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.519 don't, 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.300 don't grab it. 00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.700 The one you've relied 00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.559 upon up to now, 00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:47.820 just, 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.559 just let it go 00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.579 and let your heart 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.780 like these disciples 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:53.019 burn again, 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.960 burn again 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.759 for the real Jesus. 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.980 Get back on the saddle. 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.800 Get back on the saddle 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.900 and turn back to Jerusalem 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:03.940 and share the joy 00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:05.139 of a risen, 00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.659 suffering king 00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.179 with the community 00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.460 of his people once more. 00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.659 Let's pray. 00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.639 Father, 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.699 we need a rebuke 00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.820 every now and again, 00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.460 more often than we realize. 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.900 And we thank you this morning 00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.800 that your word 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.840 rebukes our hearts, 00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.200 our slowness, 00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:27.059 our hostility, 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.360 our unbelief. 00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.400 And Lord, 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.220 if we had been there, 00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.920 we would have been 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.960 in our beds that morning. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.720 Lord, 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.420 forgive us. 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.480 But Lord, 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.960 we thank you 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.680 that you don't leave us 00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.240 in that state 00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:38.240 and you give us your word. 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.220 We thank you 00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:40.300 for these words of scripture. 00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.940 May our hearts 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.619 burn again. 00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.160 We thank you 00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.320 that this morning 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.840 we are here 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.079 2,000 years later 00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.920 on a resurrection Sunday 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:49.059 celebrating 00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.059 the risen king, 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.380 the suffering king, 00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.980 our Jesus. 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.799 Help us, Lord. 00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.719 Help us to encourage 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.299 one another 00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:58.079 to have the spirit 00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.599 of Christ 00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.500 working through us 00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.259 as your people, 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.699 taking your word, 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.279 making us ready 00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:04.519 and fit for our mission. 00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.980 In Jesus' name, 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.599 Amen.