Here He is.

Luke 24:36-49

36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.

38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."

40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

43 and he took it and ate it in their presence.

44 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."

45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

47 and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

48 You are witnesses of these things.

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

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Intro: (Luke 24:36-46; John20:19-23)

John MacArthur writes “All four gospel writers tell us there wasn’t one person among the disciples or the apostles who even believed Jesus would rise from the dead. They not only didn’t want it, but they also didn’t expect it, they didn’t even believe it.”[1]

Point I

Jesus brings peace

Vs. 36-37

The expression peace(Hb. shalom) had a much richer connotation than the English word does since it conveyed not merely the absence of conflict and turmoil but also the notion of positive blessing, especially in terms of a right relationship with God (e.g., Num. 6:24–26; cf. Ps. 29:11; Hag. 2:9, and also, as a result, the idea that “all is well” in one’s life). This may be manifested most clearly amid persecution and tribulation; see also John 15:18–19; 16:33.[2]

· Jesus stood among them.

· Jesus brings peace.

· Are ghosts real? Mark 6:49; Luke 9:21-22

Point II

Jesus brings comfort

Vs. 38-43

· He knows our thoughts and emotions. (Troubled and doubts vs. 38)

· He gives physical proof.

· Ghosts can’t eat.

Point III

Jesus brings understanding.

Vs. 44-49

· They spent time in the scripture.

o Psalm 22

o Isa. 53

o Psalm 16:10

o Isa. 2:1-4

o Isa. 49:6

· Opened their minds.

· He didn’t rush. He cared for them.

Conclusion:

Jesus said I am the good shepherd,

John 10:14-18

14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

[1]John F. MacArthur Jr., John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Panorama City, CA: Grace to You, 2014).

[2]Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible(Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2053.