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What Is the Lord Jesus to You?
by Robert Walker
Our scripture is the story of two people. We don’t know much about them but we know they are sad people. We’re not sure whether they were two men, or a man and a woman. All we know is that one of them was named ‘‘Cleopas.’’ Whoever they are, they’re utterly despondent. Luke 24:13 Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. Cleopas and another, who were joined by Jesus who had been cruelty crucified but they did not believe He had been risen from the dead for they did not understand the scripture. As they journeyed they were talking of the...
We Had Hoped
by Bob Wickizer
Like Mark, the disciples were walking along the road wondering what it all meant. They had heard the good rabbi preach and were excited about the possibilities. They were in the crowd that Sunday when he came riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. They spread their palm branches and garments on the ground to make his path smooth the same way their ancestors greeted kings coming back from victorious battle. They encounter a stranger who at first appears to act dumb. They were astonished that he didn't seem to know what had happened so they prefaced their remarks with that telltale three word...
The Road to Emmaus
by George H. Morrison
Of all the appearances of the risen Christ, none has a stronger hold upon Christendom than this one. It has brought light to many darkened hearts, and comfort to innumerable souls. Christ revealed Himself to Mary in the garden, and that will always be precious to the church. He revealed Himself to the Eleven, and to Thomas, and to Peter and to John beside the Sea of Galilee. But this meeting on the Emmaus road, with its revelation of the living Savior, is engraven on the universal heart. Who these two were we cannot tell. We know nothing about them except the name of one of them. And we are not at liberty to...
The Appearance on the Road to Emmaus (3 of 5)
by Jonathan McLeod
Broken Hearts ‘‘The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel’’ (Luke 24:20-21). The disciples didn’t understand that suffering precedes glory. Burning Hearts ‘‘He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?’ And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself’’ (Luke 24:25-27). Old Testament prophecies of the...
Dashed Hope (18 of 21)
by Stephen Whitney
Christian writer Philip Yancey wrote a book which he titled, Disappointment With God in which he addresses three questions: Is God unfair? Is God silent? Is God hidden? because there are times in our lives when we lose a loved one that we feel God has been unfair in allowing them to die, that God is silent about why they died and God is hidden from hearing their prayers. In the midst of disappointment which leads to discouragement and lost of a loved one which leads to hopelessness we need real faith in God to give us hope and meaning in our lives. Augustine said, ‘‘Faith is to believe what you do not see, the reward...
Shaken Faith and Shattered Hope (1 of 10)
by Stan Coffey
We begin a brand new series of messages today that we will be talking about over the next several weeks. And I do that on Easter because I hope that many of you will come back and want to hear the rest of the series of messages. Today we start a series of messages entitled, ''Renewing Your Passion For Life.'' Jesus' passion caused Him to go to the cross. Jesus had a passion that caused Him to leave heaven; it caused Him to come to this earth. He had a passion for you and for me. And you and I are supposed to live life with passion. God wants us to have a passion for everything that we do especially...
You'll Never Walk Alone
by Nelson Price
Jesus Christ is often encountered in the most unlikely places at the most unexpected times. He is not only our guide to tomorrow and our ticket to eternity, but our companion on life's road through the wilderness of bewilderment. He is the essential clue necessary to interpret the mystery of life. Do you ever feel like you are all alone? Does loneliness ever engulf you? Have you ever looked at one of these street scenes from a major city with people walking shoulder to shoulder moving like a river of humanity? All crowded together yet many feeling all alone in the crowd. A sense of frustration and abandonment prevails in...
Road Trip (4 of 4)
by Rich Wooten
Have you ever had an 'aha' moment where you just 'get it' where before there was no understanding? A moment, perhaps in math, reading, relationship, where the truth just smacks you square between the eyes, and you wonder why you haven't seen it that way before? There is this amazing story in Luke that, to me, is one of the most compelling revelations of the heart of God! To get the full story, the stage needs to be set for the story to unfold properly. Three days prior to this story, Jesus had been crucified, laid in the tomb loaned to him by Joseph of Arimithea. Fri-day night, the disciples and friends of Jesus...
Distracted
by David Cawston
How often in our life are we focusing on what is before us instead of what we need. These men on the road to Emmaus were focusing on the events of what had just taken place that weekend. It was the news, the talk of the town. So much so that when a stranger approached them and entered in to the conversation 17 He asked them, ‘‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’’ They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 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?’’ 19 ‘‘What things?’’ he asked. ‘‘About Jesus of...
A Living Hope for the Hopeless (2 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
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...
The Nearness of an Awakening (7 of 12)
by Jerry Watts
The deep, deep desire of my heart is for God to send His Spirit to us in such a manifest way that people walking by on the street would sense His presence and be drawn in to Him. How often have I heard stories by men of God that someone was simply driving down the street in front of their building and, loaded down with the cares of this world, have sense they needed to stop, go inside, and find help. ''Hear my prayer, O Lord.'' We are now over half-way to our target weekend. Along the way we have been and are praying for God to so awaken us to Him, His spirit, His power, and His will, that we can become the clay in...
The Road to Emmaus
by George H. Morrison
Of all the appearances of the risen Christ, none has a stronger hold upon Christendom than this one. It has brought light to many darkened hearts, and comfort to innumerable souls. Christ revealed Himself to Mary in the garden, and that will always be precious to the church. He revealed Himself to the Eleven, and to Thomas, and to Peter and to John beside the Sea of Galilee. But this meeting on the Emmaus road, with its revelation of the living Savior, is engraven on the universal heart. Who these two were we cannot tell. We know nothing about them except the name of one of them. And we are not at liberty to...
Choosing the Right Road
by Robert Dawson
The Psalms, unlike any other book, leads to this amazing view of God and insight into His relationship with us. These songs, poems, proclaim the greatness of God. They tell of His grace. They point to His transcendence but also to His closeness. We see it in the psalms of praise, the pleas for help, the cries for justice, the prayers for forgiveness and the different expressions of anguish, frustration and disappointment. People love the Psalms because they run the gamut of our feelings about life and God. They are passionate, honest in their expression of human emotion, and even convicting. They tell us how to live a blessed...
Close Encounter of the God Kind (2 of 5)
by Keith Krell
Good morning, brothers and sisters. My name is Cleopas. I am a Jewish man who lived during the time of Jesus of Nazareth. The Bible doesn't share anything about me, but that's okay with me. My personal background is not important; what is important is my personal experience. I want to share with you an experience I had that has affected my entire perspective in this life and the life to come. Scene 1: The Meeting (24:13-16). One day, my neighbor and I traveled to Jerusalem for Passover. Passover is a week long religious festival that celebrates the deliverance of Israel from the bondage of the Egyptians. While...
Facts Without Fire (5)
by Donald Cantrell
We live in an age of ''Biblical Geniuses'' and ''Emotional Airheads.'' One of the groups has all of the facts that one needs to have, yet they have no fire. The other group has all of the emotion one could ever desire, yet they have no real clue as to their emotionalism. If you asked them to show you in the bible they would be as lost as blind bat in the library of congress. This sermon will inspire the reader to match his facts with heavenly fire and those that only have fire to get bust in learning the needed facts. If all you can do is shout, run, and cry but you have no clue as to why, what will you do when the devil body slams you and puts you...
Hearts On Fire
by Bob Ingle
Open your bibles to Luke 24. Has anything ever happened to you, and you thought later to yourself, 'I never saw that coming.' In our new members class, Discover Harvester, I always tell the story of the very first time I preached a sermon...over 20 years ago. I can't put into words the terror I felt in my soul that morning! I felt so overwhelmed and underprepared. The night before I asked my wife to read my sermon, and when she was done I said, ''Well, what do you think?'' She said, ''It's ok.'' High praise indeed. When we got to the church, the pianist who was approximately 137 years old asked me what songs...
Jesus Speaks (1 of 2)
by Scott Maze
Good morning to my friends at Cross Church. Turn in your Bibles to Luke 24. As you are finding the last chapter of Luke 24, I want to invite you to a powerful time of prayer two Sundays from today. I am calling our church to pray for spiritual awakening. Personal awakening... for our church to awaken, and for our nation to awaken. There will be no sermon on Sunday, April 17, but simply a time for us to call out to God. ''Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed'' (Romans 13:11). We need a spiritual awakening like no...
Heartfelt Response
by Christopher Harbin
How do we respond to important news? When spinach had been found contaminated, local restaurants pulled fresh spinach from their salad options. When certain airplanes were found to display certain safety irregularity, flights were cancelled by the FAA for inspection. When Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, many responded with aid in very creative ways. Relief efforts are still underway, close to three years later. How do our lives evidence a response to the news of Jesus' resurrection? When we first meet Cleopas on the road to Emmaus, he is struggling with response. Along with his fellow traveler, he did not...
Understanding Truth (19 of 21)
by Stephen Whitney
Our eyes are the most important organ in our body to understand the world around us. Only about size of a ping-pong ball they take in about 85% of all the knowledge we absorb. Our eyes do not actually see objects, they see the light that objects reflect or give off. The eye can see in bright light or dim light, but it cannot see if there is no light at all. Blindness is the total or partial inability to see. Those who are totally blind cannot tell light from dark. Some people are born blind and others lose their sight because of a disease, through an illness or as the result of injury. Other conditions of blindness involve the inability...
