THE CEMETERY BEYOND THE CROSS (4 OF 5)
by Steve Wagers
Scripture: Luke 24:13-33, John 19:34-35
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Series: The Old Rugged Cross
Title: "The CEMETERY BEYOND the Cross" (4 of 5)
Text: Luke 24:13-35
Author: Steve Wagers
The Sunday school teacher was teaching on the Omnipresence of Jesus, that He was everywhere. A little hand went up in the back of the class, and a girl named McKenzie "I know one place where Jesus isn't. He's not in the grave!"
(1-3) - THEY HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS
The angels came from a land where there were no graves to a land filled with graves.
Mary, and the others, was from a land filled with graves headed to a land where there are no graves.
10 Post-Resurrection Appearance
1st - Mary -- 10th - Saul of Tarsus
4th - Road to Emmaus
1. In Their DEPRESSION the STRANGER APPEARED!
(13-14) - 7 miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus
SAD - SOMBER - SORROWFUL
A) UNAWARE of His Presence (15-16)
The One who joined them was the very object of their discussion. No doubt they thought, "Our hopes and dreams have been shattered again. We believed Him to be the Messiah, but He turned out to be just another false prophet."
"Holden" - Not UNABLE to see/UNAWARE of Who He Was
There are many today who are unaware of His presence. He walks with them. He talks with them. He loves them. He lavishes them. He listens to them. And He leads them, but they are unaware of His constant, abiding presence.
F. B. Meyer comments, "Those souls who are in touch with All-Sufficient Deity will hear notes which other ears cannot catch, detect a Presence which evades ordinary sight, and will enter a realm of the Spirit which is closed to the outward observer."
Constantly abiding, Jesus is mine;?Constantly abiding, rapture divine;?He never leaves me lonely, whispers, oh, so kind:?"I will never leave thee"-Jesus is mine.
B) UNHAPPY in His Presence (17)
"Sad" - "Mournful" (C.p. Matt.6) - Disfigured faces
Martin Luther suffered from severe bouts of depression. One day, his wife came down stairs dressed ...
Title: "The CEMETERY BEYOND the Cross" (4 of 5)
Text: Luke 24:13-35
Author: Steve Wagers
The Sunday school teacher was teaching on the Omnipresence of Jesus, that He was everywhere. A little hand went up in the back of the class, and a girl named McKenzie "I know one place where Jesus isn't. He's not in the grave!"
(1-3) - THEY HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS
The angels came from a land where there were no graves to a land filled with graves.
Mary, and the others, was from a land filled with graves headed to a land where there are no graves.
10 Post-Resurrection Appearance
1st - Mary -- 10th - Saul of Tarsus
4th - Road to Emmaus
1. In Their DEPRESSION the STRANGER APPEARED!
(13-14) - 7 miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus
SAD - SOMBER - SORROWFUL
A) UNAWARE of His Presence (15-16)
The One who joined them was the very object of their discussion. No doubt they thought, "Our hopes and dreams have been shattered again. We believed Him to be the Messiah, but He turned out to be just another false prophet."
"Holden" - Not UNABLE to see/UNAWARE of Who He Was
There are many today who are unaware of His presence. He walks with them. He talks with them. He loves them. He lavishes them. He listens to them. And He leads them, but they are unaware of His constant, abiding presence.
F. B. Meyer comments, "Those souls who are in touch with All-Sufficient Deity will hear notes which other ears cannot catch, detect a Presence which evades ordinary sight, and will enter a realm of the Spirit which is closed to the outward observer."
Constantly abiding, Jesus is mine;?Constantly abiding, rapture divine;?He never leaves me lonely, whispers, oh, so kind:?"I will never leave thee"-Jesus is mine.
B) UNHAPPY in His Presence (17)
"Sad" - "Mournful" (C.p. Matt.6) - Disfigured faces
Martin Luther suffered from severe bouts of depression. One day, his wife came down stairs dressed ...
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