A LIVING HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS (2 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 24:10-35
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A Living Hope for the Hopeless (2 of 4)
Series: Salvage
Jeff Strite
Luke 24:10-35
OPEN: A preacher told of going through his father's effects after his dad died, and among the things he found was father's 7th grade report card. Back in the Fall of 1941 this 7th grade report card showed the grading scale on the back of it. There was A, B, C, D, F, and something he'd never seen before: the letter G! Who would have thought there was a grade you could get that was below F. But back then there was. ''F'' of course meant FAILURE. But apparently there was something worse than an F ... a G!
On the back of the report card, beside the letter G was this one-word explanation: ''HOPELESS!''
(Earnest Easley)
In our text today, we find two men walking along the road, and their lives have become rated ''G.'' They have become hopeless. Their lives have fallen apart. They said ''Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people... our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.'' Luke 24:19-21
They had HOPED Jesus would be the answer to their dreams.
They had HOPED He would change their lives.
They had HOPED He would make a difference in their world... but He was dead now.
There was no longer any hope. They were filled with despair, defeat and discouragement.
Now, they HAD heard stories that Jesus WASN'T dead. ''some (of the) women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that (Jesus) was alive.'' Luke 24:22-23
But you can tell, by their conversation, these guys don't believe it.
Dead people tended to stay dead.
For them, the stories of Jesus rising from the dead was just wishful thinking. They refused to believe in a ''false hope.''
ILLUS: There was a recent movie w ...
Series: Salvage
Jeff Strite
Luke 24:10-35
OPEN: A preacher told of going through his father's effects after his dad died, and among the things he found was father's 7th grade report card. Back in the Fall of 1941 this 7th grade report card showed the grading scale on the back of it. There was A, B, C, D, F, and something he'd never seen before: the letter G! Who would have thought there was a grade you could get that was below F. But back then there was. ''F'' of course meant FAILURE. But apparently there was something worse than an F ... a G!
On the back of the report card, beside the letter G was this one-word explanation: ''HOPELESS!''
(Earnest Easley)
In our text today, we find two men walking along the road, and their lives have become rated ''G.'' They have become hopeless. Their lives have fallen apart. They said ''Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people... our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.'' Luke 24:19-21
They had HOPED Jesus would be the answer to their dreams.
They had HOPED He would change their lives.
They had HOPED He would make a difference in their world... but He was dead now.
There was no longer any hope. They were filled with despair, defeat and discouragement.
Now, they HAD heard stories that Jesus WASN'T dead. ''some (of the) women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that (Jesus) was alive.'' Luke 24:22-23
But you can tell, by their conversation, these guys don't believe it.
Dead people tended to stay dead.
For them, the stories of Jesus rising from the dead was just wishful thinking. They refused to believe in a ''false hope.''
ILLUS: There was a recent movie w ...
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