04 April 12, 2015, Luke 24;13-35, The Promise Fulfilled

Luke 24:13-35
The Promise Fulfilled
April 12, 2015
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA

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1 Corinthians 10:31 NKJV
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink,
or whatever you do, do all to the glory
of God.

April MemoryVerse
I Peter 1:3
3 Praise be to the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great
mercy He has given us new birth into
a living hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Luke 19:11-27

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Luke 24:13-35 NKJV
The Promise Fulfilled

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The Sunset Road
ThatTurned to Dawn

Luke 24:13-35 NKJV
The Road to Emmaus
13 Now behold, two of them were traveling
that same day to a village called Emmaus,
which was seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 And they talked together of all these
things which had happened.

15 So it was, while they conversed and
reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and
went with them. 16 But their eyes were
restrained, so that they did not know Him.
17 And He said to them, “What kind of
conversation is this that you have with one
another as you walk and are sad?”

18Then the one whose name was
Cleopas answered and said to Him,
“AreYou the only stranger in
Jerusalem, and haveYou not known
the things which happened there in
these days?”

19 And He said to them, “What
things?”
So they said to Him, “The things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth,Who
was a Prophet mighty in deed and
word before God and all the people,

20 and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered Him to be condemned
to death, and crucified Him. 21 But we
were hoping that it was HeWho was
going to redeem Israel. Indeed,
besides all this, today is the third day
since these things happened.

22Yes, and certain women of our
company, who arrived at the tomb
early, astonished us. 23When they did
not find His body, they came saying
that they had also seen a vision of
angels who said He was alive.

24 And certain of those who were with us
went to the tomb and found it just as the
women had said; but Him they did not
see.”
25Then He said to them, “O foolish ones,
and slow of heart to believe in all that the
prophets have spoken!

26 Ought not the Christ to have
suffered these things and to enter into
His glory?” 27 And beginning at Moses
and all the Prophets, He expounded
to them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning Himself.

The Disciples’ Eyes Opened
28Then they drew near to the village
where they were going, and He indicated
that He would have gone farther. 29 But
they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with
us, for it is toward evening, and the day is
far spent.” And He went in to stay with
them.

30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at
the table with them, that He took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave
it to them. 31Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him; and He
vanished from their sight.

32 And they said to one another, “Did not
our heart burn within us while He talked
with us on the road, and while He opened
the Scriptures to us?” 33 So they rose up
that very hour and returned to Jerusalem,
and found the eleven and those who were
with them gathered together,

34 saying, “The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!” 35 And
they told about the things that had
happened on the road, and how He
was known to them in the breaking of
bread.
Luke 24:13-35 NKJV

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Since Emmaus is seven miles west of
Jerusalem, these two men were
walking towards the sunset.
The sun was sinking on their world,
but in God’s world...

Light always follows darkness

The Christian is a person who walks
not towards the sunset but towards
the sunrise.
The children of Israel journeyed in the
wilderness towards the rising sun.
(Num 21:11.)

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Numbers 21:11 NKJV
11 And they journeyed from Oboth and
camped at Ije Abarim, in the
wilderness which is east of Moab,
toward the
sunrise.

Genesis 1:5 NKJV
5 God called the light Day, and the
darkness He called Night. So the
evening and the morning were the
first day. (not morning, then evening)

In the Jewish tradition, days follow
this pattern of night first, then day.
Still today, practicing Jews observe
the Sabbath beginning on sunset of
Friday until sunset on Saturday.

The Christian goes onwards, not to a
night which falls, but to a dawn which
breaks—and that is what, in their
sorrow and their disappointment, the
two on the road to Emmaus had not
realized.

On the road to Emmaus the Lord
joined these two disciples who were
talking about Him.
They had not seen the Lord, and
candidly, they did not believe that He
had risen from the dead.

They did not believe that the One
Who had joined them on the road was
the resurrected Christ.
To begin with, they were not looking
for Him at all.

2Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV
7 I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will give to me on that
Day, and not to me only but also to all who
have loved His appearing.

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The Crown of Righteousness
We inherit this crown through the
righteousness of Christ which is what
gives us a right to
it, and without
which it cannot
be obtained.

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This crown of righteousness is not for
those who depend upon their own
sense of righteousness or of their own
works.

To love His appearing means to live in
the light of His coming, to behave as if
He were coming today.
Thus, to love His appearing means to
live in moral purity. (see 1 John 3)

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To love His appearing means to stay
disentangled from the things of this
life. (see Colossians 3)

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To love His appearing means to serve
God's people, giving them "food in
due season“. (see Matthew 24)

Matthew 24:45-47 NKJV
45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant,
whom his Master made ruler over His
household, to give them food in due
season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom
his Master, when he comes, will find so
doing. 47 Assuredly, I say to you that He
will make him ruler over all his goods.

The Lord pronounces a special
blessing on those who are serving His
people when He comes back.
It means that we won't do anything
that we would not want to be found
doing when He appears.

If we are really walking with the Lord
today and living in the center of His
will, it would mean carrying on as
usual.
• If, however, we are living for self,
then it would require some
revolutionary changes.

To love His appearing does not mean
to just sit on the sofa and have kind
thoughts about the Savior's return.
• The crown of righteousness is
reserved for those of us who love it
enough to allow theTruth to mold
our lives into action!

These two disciples were experiencing
a lack of faith.
"Faith comes by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God“. (Romans 10:17)

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This explains why Jesus opened theWord
to these two men as the three of them
walked to Emmaus. (not His wounds)

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Their real problem was not in their
heads but in
their hearts
(Luke 24:25
and 32, and
note v. 38).

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What they needed was a fresh
understanding
of theWord of
God, and Jesus
gave that
understanding
to them.

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He opened the Scriptures and He
opened their eyes - they realized that
Jesus was not
only alive but
right there with
them!

What was their basic problem?
Unbelief!
They did not believe all that the
prophets had written about the
Messiah. (verse 25)

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That was the problem with most of
the Jews in that day: they saw
Messiah as a conquering
Redeemer, but they
did not see Him as a
Suffering Servant.

As they read the OldTestament, they
saw the glory but not the suffering,
the crown but not the cross.
• The teachers in that day were not
unlike some of the "success
preachers" today, blind to the total
message of the Bible.

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Imagine the greatestTeacher
explaining the greatest themes from
the greatest Book
and bringing the
greatest blessings
to men's lives.

The key to understanding the Bible is
to see Jesus Christ on every page.
He did not teach them only doctrine
or prophecy; He taught "the things
concerning Himself' (Luke 24:27).

Jesus, Peter, and Paul all quoted or
referred to such OldTestament passages
as:
Gen 22:8, 14;
Psalm 16:8-11;
Psalm 22;
Isaiah 53; and
Hosea 6:2.

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The more time there is between the
prediction (OT) and when the event
occurs (NT), the more amazing it is,
the more impressed
we are.

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Psalm 22 was written by King David 1,000
years before it took place.
It was written
500 years before
the Romans had
perfected
crucifixion.

The Psalms were not numbered in
Jesus’ day so the way they referred to
a Psalm was by the first line of that
Psalm.
Psalm 23 =The Lord is my Shepherd

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Psalm 22:1a, 14-18 NKJV
1 My God, My God, why haveYou
forsaken Me?

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14 I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted within Me.

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15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd
(dry piece of pottery),
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of
death.

16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked
has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My
feet;
17 I can count all My bones.
They look and stare at Me.

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18 They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.

Psalm 22 Six of the Fulfillments Gospels
v. 1 -- Christ spoke these words Matt. 27:46
v. 2 -- Alternate light and darkness; Matt. 27:45
v. 6-8 -- The reproach of the people; Matt. 27:39-44
v. 16 -- His hands and feet pierced; Matt. 27:35
v. 17 -- People staring at Him; Luke 23:35
v. 18 -- Gambling for His garments; John 19:23-24

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Over and over again, either directly or
indirectly, literally or in figures of
speech, the OldTestament foretold
Jesus' death (Psalm 22),
burial (Psalm 16), and
resurrection (Isaiah 11).

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No Jew who believed and understood
the Scriptures should have been
surprised that the Messiah was
ordained to die,
be buried, and
then resurrected.

Luke 24:18 NKJV
18Then the one whose name was
Cleopas answered and said to Him,
“AreYou the only stranger in
Jerusalem, and haveYou not known
the things which happened there in
these days?”

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Tradition has it (and it is possible) that
Cleopas - one of these
sad, cynical disciples –
was the brother of
Joseph, husband of the
Virgin Mary.

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That would make him Jesus’ uncle –
Uncle Cleo!

Cleopas’ wife may have been Mary,
“the wife of Cleopas who stood at the
foot of the Cross” (John 19:25) and
she was the same Mary that was the
mother of James the Lesser and Jude.

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Cleopas’ companion on the road to
Emmaus in Luke 24 may have been
his wife.

Cleopas of Emmaus, would also have
been the grandfather of the sons of
Zebedee.
He most likely became a martyr in the
very home in which he broke bread
with Jesus.

Cleopas’ son, Simon, the cousin of
Jesus and James, was the leader who
replaced James (after James was
martyred) over the Jerusalem
congregation.

Cleopas is a perfect example of a
trend in the Gospels.
The people who are named in the
Bible are treated so for a very
important reason.

The only consistent answer that
explains why some are named and
some are not is that the named
characters were known to the
evangelists as eyewitnesses.
• They lived and told their story of
encountering Jesus again and again.

Cleopas is one example of a person of
great importance in the Jesus
movement after the events the
Gospels narrate.
He is a rare case of someone we know
from later historical records as well.

The fact that he is named and not the
other disciple illustrates this truth.
• The only plausible reason the other
disciple is not named is that Luke did
not have a record of his story or that
he was not generally known
afterward as one of the eyewitnesses.

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Cleopas apparently was well known.

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For the next two hours this strange
man walked Cleopas and his friend
through the entire
Scriptures and
explained all the
references to the
Christ.

On and on He went through the
Scriptures showing a whole stream of
ancient anticipations that had found
their answer and fulfillment.
Jesus was that Prophet like unto
Moses. (Deut 18:15, 18 and Acts 3:22)

Deuteronomy 18:15 NKJV
15The LORD your God will raise up for
you a Prophet like me from your
midst, from your brethren. Him you
shall hear,

Deuteronomy 18:18 NKJV
18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like
you (Moses) from among their
brethren, and will put My words in His
mouth (Jesus), and He shall speak to
them all that I command Him.

Acts 3:18 NKJV
18 But those things which God foretold
by the mouth of all His prophets, that
the Christ would suffer, He has thus
fulfilled.

Acts 3:22 NKJV
22 For Moses truly said to the fathers,
‘The LORD your God will raise up for
you a Prophet like me from your
brethren.

Acts3:24 NKJV
24Yes, and all the prophets, from
Samuel and those who follow, as
many as have spoken, have also
foretold these days.

But He was also the deliverer Joshua.
And He was Aaron the priest who offered
sacrifice.
Indeed, He was innocent Isaac who was
offered by Father Abraham in sacrifice.

He was the sacrificial lambs which for centuries
had been offered in hopes of atonement.
He was David the King.
He was Noah by whom deliverance was
brought to those who went with him in the ark.

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He was Jonah who was--mark it--
three days in the fish's belly.

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In the OldTestament is the New
Testament concealed.
In the NewTestament
is the OldTestament
revealed!

Jesus' execution was about the only
thing people were talking about in
Jerusalem that week.
It had been the tragic climax to a
week of controversy, confrontation,
and political intrigue.

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For the next two hours this strange man
walked Cleopas and his friend through
the entire Scriptures and explained all
the references to
the Christ.

And as He did, the fire of their faith that had
died out on Golgotha came back to life
(resurrection) and burned with that familiar
hope, the hope that Jesus was indeed the
Christ.
Could it really be true?
Jesus resurrected?

Who was this ManWho so beautifully
made sense of everything that had
happened, and yet at first had
seemed clueless?
There was something about Him.

Why do you suppose these two men
were "kept from recognizing" Jesus
for hours (v. 16)?
The clue is in verse 25 where Jesus
called them "foolish" and "slow of
heart to believe" the Scriptures.

Their outward inability to recognize
Jesus mirrored their inward unbelief
of what the Scriptures revealed about
Him.
Now, Jesus fully intended to help
them see.

But notice the priority of Jesus' revelation:
before He opened their physical eyes, He
purposed to open their heart-eyes.
Why?
• Because it was of utmost importance
that they "walk by faith, not by sight" (2
Corinthians 5:7).

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 NKJV
6 So we are always confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the body we are
absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by
faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, yes,
well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.

Jesus knew that between His
resurrection and the full
establishment of His kingdom would
be the church age (2,000 years).
His ascension was nearing.

That meant these two men, all the
other witnesses of the resurrection,
and every generation of believers to
come after (that would be us) would
not have His bodily presence for proof
or guidance.

They would have to rely on His "living and
active"Word (Hebrews 4:12) to "light their
path" (Psalm 119:105).
Post-ascension, Jesus would be seen
through the inerrant testimony recorded
in the Scriptures and the testimony of
followers whose heart-eyes were opened.

Revelation 12:11 NKJV
11 And they overcame him (Satan) by
the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their testimony,

When God ordains things to happen
contrary to our expectations (like
Cleopas not expecting Jesus to die),
those are times when we are tempted
to doubt His word—lose faith—and as
a result lose sight of Him.

But not being able to see Him doesn't
mean that He isn't there walking with us,
although we may not recognize Him.
• Those are not the times to neglect the
Word, rather, those are the times to
spend hours looking into theWord.

Hebrews 11:6 NKJV
6 But without faith it is impossible to
please Him, for he who comes to God
must believe that He is, and that He is
a rewarder of those who diligently
seek Him.

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That is where we will begin to recover
our sight.

Luke 24:19 NKJV
19 And He said to them, “What things?”
So they said to Him, “The things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth,Who was
a Prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,

Did you notice what they said?
They said that He "was a Prophet."
They thought He was dead because
they did not believe that He had come
back from the dead.

Luke 24:21 NKJV
21 But we were hoping that it was He
Who was going to redeem Israel.
Indeed, besides all this, today is the
third day since these things
happened.

These men were saying that they had
hoped Jesus Christ was the Prophet that
would redeem Israel, but now it was too
late.
He was dead and they did not have much
faith in what this Prophet had said - you
can be sure of that.

This passage tells us of the ability of
Jesus to make sense of things.
The whole situation seemed to these
two men to have no explanation -
their hopes and dreams had been
shattered.

There is all the poignant, wistful,
bewildered regret in the world in their
sorrowing words, "We were hoping that
He was the OneWho was going to
rescue Israel."
• These were the words of men whose
hopes were dead and buried.

Death to a vision.
Then Jesus came and talked with
them, and the meaning of life became
clear and the darkness became light.

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It is only in Jesus that, even in the
bewildering times, we learn what life
means.

Luke 24:22-23 NKJV
22Yes, and certain women of our
company, who arrived at the tomb
early, astonished us. 23When they did
not find His body, they came saying
that they had also seen a vision of
angels who said He was alive!

These men did not believe the report of
the women nor did they believe the
tomb was empty so you can see how
much unbelief there was in the
Resurrection at this time.
• But there is a little light that breaks
upon the thinking of these two men.

Luke 24:24 NKJV
24 And certain of those who were with
us went to the tomb and found it just
as the women had said; but Him they
did not see.”

Just as it seemed their faith ballooned
up, they put a pin in it -- "but they did
not see Him."
They did not know what had
happened, but somehow the body
had been taken away.

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They were not prepared to explain
what had taken place, but the fact
remained that no one had seen the
Lord.

Luke 24:25 NKJV
25Then He said to them, “O foolish
ones, and slow of heart to believe in
all that the prophets have spoken!

This is a very important section.
The Lord, in speaking about His
resurrection, did not show them the
prints of the nails in His hands to
prove it.

He referred them to the Scriptures
rather than to the nail prints.
He told them, "You should have
believed what the prophets said."
• It is well to note the Lord's attitude
toward the Bible.

The day in which we live is a day of
doubt.
There are people who are actually
saying that you cannot be intelligent
and believe the Bible.

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Many people are afraid that they will
not be considered intelligent; so they
don't come out
flat-footed and
say whether they
believe the Bible
or not.

I suppose it is the most subtle and
satanic trap of our day to discount the
inerrancy and integrity of theWord of
God.
Christ says a man is a fool not to
believe it.

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He gave a unanimous and wholehearted
acceptance of the Bible's statements, with
no ifs, ands, or buts.

Frankly, a lot of these men
(theologians and preachers) do not
have the intestinal fortitude to stand
for theWord of God.
J.Vernon Magee thinks their problem
is more intestinal than intellectual!

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Now notice that the Lord puts the
emphasis upon theWord of God.

Luke 24:26-27 NKJV
26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered
these things and to enter into His glory?”
27 And beginning at Moses and all the
Prophets, He expounded to them in all
the Scriptures the things concerning
Himself.

Jesus began with Moses and the
prophets.
Moses and the prophets had spoken
of Him and His death and resurrection
had fulfilled their prophecies.

Christ says that there are two things
which are essential to the
understanding of theWord of God.
They are simple but important.
• First, as verse 25 indicates, we must
have faith in the Bible.

Christ said, “O foolish ones, and slow
of heart to believe”.
Pascal said, "Human knowledge must
be understood to be believed, but
divine knowledge must be believed to
be understood."

The Bible is a closed book to the
unbeliever, they can learn a few facts
but they miss the message.
• On the other hand, some simple soul
whose heart is turned in humble
faith to God will be enlightened by
the Holy Spirit of God.

The eyes of his understanding will be
opened.
Great men of the past have come to
the pages of Scripture for light and life
in their hours of darkness or crisis.
• It is not smart to ridicule the Bible.

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The Lord said, "You are a fool not to
believe God’s word."

Then the Lord says that the Bible can
only be divinely understood.
Human intellect is simply not enough
to comprehend its truths.

Luke 24:45 tells us:
45 And He opened their
understanding, that they might
comprehend the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV
14 But the natural man does not
receive the things of the Spirit of God,
for they are foolishness to him; nor
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.

There are things that are above and
beyond human comprehension, and
only the Holy Spirit of God can make
them real to us.
Our prayer ought to be…

Psalm 119:18 NKJV
18 Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things fromYour law.

We should come with a humble
attitude to theWord of God.
Just because we read the Bible does
not mean that we know it.
• The Holy Spirit of God will have to
make it real to us.

Luke 24:28-29 NKJV
The Disciples’ Eyes Opened
28Then they drew near to the village
where they were going, and He
indicated that He would have gone
farther.

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29 But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide
with us, for it is toward evening, and the day
is far spent.” And He went in to stay with
them.

Luke 24 tells us of the courtesy of Jesus.
He made as if He would have gone on.
He would not force Himself upon them;
He awaited their invitation to come in.

God gave to men the greatest and the
most perilous gift in the world, the
gift of free-will; we can use it to invite
Christ to enter our lives or to allow
Him to pass on by.

Luke 24:30 NKJV
30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at
the table with them, that He took
bread, blessed and broke it, and gave
it to them.

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He only fellowships with those who believe in
Him.
The resurrected,
glorified Christ
wants to fellowship
with those who are
His own.

They wanted Him to stay with them,
and He was known to them at the
table in the breaking of the bread.
Eating around a table is a wonderful
time to share the things of Christ.

There is nothing wrong with a church
banquet, provided it is not all given
over to watching a magician or some
other type of worldly entertainment.
We have too many church programs
that leave Jesus Christ out.

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To have true fellowship and blessing,
He must be in the midst breaking the
bread.

The "breaking of bread" (Luke 24:30,
35) refers to a common meal and not
to the Lord's Supper.
• It was at an ordinary meal in an
ordinary house, when an ordinary
loaf was being divided, that these
men recognized Jesus.

It has been beautifully suggested that
perhaps they were present at the
feeding of the five thousand, and, as
He broke the bread in their cottage
home, they recognized His hands
again.

It is not only at the communion table
we can be with Christ; we can be with
Him at the common table too.
He is not only the Host in His Church;
He is the Guest in every home.

Jesus revealed Himself to them during
a common meal, and that is often
how He works.
We must learn to see Him in the
everyday things of life.

Fay Inchfawn wrote,
Sometimes, when everything goes wrong;
When days are short and nights are long;
When wash-day brings so dull a sky
That not a single thing will dry.
And when the kitchen chimney smokes,
And when there's naught so 'queer' as folks!
When friends deplore my faded youth
And when the baby cuts a tooth.

While John, the baby last but one,
Clings round my skirts till day is done;
And fat, good-tempered Jane is glum,
And butcher's man forgets to come.
Sometimes I say on days like these,
I get a sudden gleam of bliss.
Not on some sunny day of ease,
He'll come... but on a day like this!
(The Practice of the Presence of God)

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Luke 24:31 NKJV
31Then their eyes were opened and
they knew Him; and He vanished from
their sight.

These two disciples had talked to
Jesus and listened to Jesus and they
asked Jesus to come home with them.
They had been won by theWord of
God, and they did not even knowWho
the Stranger was.

Luke 24:32 NKJV
32 And they said to one another, “Did
not our heart burn within us while He
talked with us on the road, and while
He opened the Scriptures to us?”

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A different heart burn

All they knew was that their hearts
were "burning" within them, and they
wanted the blessing to last.
The more we receive theWord of God,
the more we will want to fellowship
with the God of theWord.

Understanding Bible knowledge can
lead to a "big head" (1 Cor. 8:1), but
receiving Bible truth and walking with
the Savior will lead to a burning heart.

1 Corinthians 8:1b NKJV
1bWe know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but
love edifies.

Luke 24:33-35 NKJV
33 So they rose up that very hour and returned
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those
who were with them gathered together,
34 saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has
appeared to Simon!” 35 And they told about the
things that had happened on the road, and how
He was known to them in the breaking of
bread.

The best evidence that we have
understood the Bible and met the
living Christ is that we have
something exciting to share with
others.

The two men immediately left Emmaus
and returned to Jerusalem to tell the
believers that they had met Jesus.
• But when they arrived, the apostles
and the others told them that Jesus
was alive and had appeared to Peter!

What a difference it would make in our
church services if everybody who gathered
came to tell about meeting the living
Christ!
• If our services are "dead" it is probably
because we are not really walking with
and listening to the living Savior.

This post-resurrection account tells
how these two men, when they
received such great joy, hastened to
share it.
• It was a seven miles tramp back to
Jerusalem, but they could not keep
the Good News to themselves.

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The Christian message is never fully
ours until we have shared it with
someone else.

When they reached Jerusalem, they
found others who had already shared
their experience.
• It is the glory of the Christian that
he lives in a fellowship of people
who have had the same experience
as he has had.

It has been said that true friendship
begins only when people share a
common memory and can say to each
other…

Each of us is one of a great fellowship
of people who share a common
experience and a common memory of
their Lord.

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Trust the OneWho is patient with all
of us slow-to-believe disciples.

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Wherever Christ was preached and by
whomever He was preached, His
resurrection was the pivotal message that
was proclaimed.

The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 NKJV
16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 14:6 NKJV
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Romans 3:23 NKJV
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NKJV
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the only one who doesn’t deserve death, died
in this life to pay the penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second
death explained in Revelation 21:8.

8 “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Romans 6:23b NKJV
23b but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.

Romans 5:8 NKJV
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will
be his God and he shall be My son.”
•Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to accept Jesus
as our Savior.

Romans 10:9-10 NKJV
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13 NKJV
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be
saved.”

If you have questions or would like to know more,
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-
979-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/

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