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Hope Renewed
Luke 24:36-49
He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?”
Luke 24:38
He is risen!
He is risen, indeed!
It has been almost two thousand years—1,985 years--that the women went to the tomb early on that Sunday and found the tomb empty!
They went in, saw the grave clothes lying there but did not see Jesus instead they saw angels.
The angels pronounced and proclaimed the greatest news of all time: Jesus is not here!
He has risen just like he said!
In all four of the Gospels we are told the resurrection story.
Paul includes the resurrection story in his writings.
I Corinthians 15 is all about the resurrection.
Throughout the different Scripture accounts, we are told different aspects of resurrection.
The Gospel writers tell about the resurrection story from their point of view--each account varies with the details but the one remaining truth that is the same is that on the third day--Jesus rose from the dead.
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead caused even His followers to mistake His identity.
At the tomb, Mary Magdalene thought Jesus was the gardener.
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus thought Jesus was the only one in Jerusalem who did not know what had happened there.
In the Gospel of Luke, we have three different records of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
Dr. Luke painted a tapestry with three different panels.
One panel is the story found in Luke 24:1-12 that we read on Easter Sunday.
Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women go to tomb early in the morning and find the stone is rolled away.
They see two men inside glowing like lightning.
The two angels say to the women, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
He is not here, He has risen.
Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee.
The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.”
(Luke 24:5-7) Dr. Luke tells us that the women remembered and ran back to tell the disciples the good news.
The disciples think that the women are talking nonsense.
However, we learn that Peter ran to the tomb after hearing the nonsense-- only to find that the tomb really was empty.
Peter walked away wondering, “What in the world has happened?”
This is the first panel Dr. Luke has painted for us.
The middle panel would be the story found in Luke 24:13-34.
This panel would be painted with Cleopas and possibly Mary, his wife, walking home to Emmaus from Jerusalem.
Out of the blue, Jesus was walking alongside of them.
As they walked and talked, Jesus opened all of the Scriptures to them--beginning with Moses and the prophets and explained to them all that must happen to the Messiah.
Even after all of that, these two still had a case of mistaken identity.
It wasn’t until Jesus broke bread with them that their eyes were opened.
“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
What would it take for our hearts to burn within us?
What would it take for us to not have a case of mistaken identity regarding Jesus?
What would it take for us to turn around and run seven miles from Emmaus to Jerusalem in order to tell the disciples that we have seen the risen Christ?
Why is that we have such a hard time seeing Jesus come alongside us in our lives?
Why is it that that we mistake His identity time and time again?
Today we turn to the third panel of Luke’s magnificent tapestry of the resurrection story.
May our eyes be opened this morning to see the risen Christ.
May our hearts be strangely warmed as we open up God’s Word.
Before we turn to God’s Word, let us come to God in prayer.
“God of all grace and truth, we come this morning to have our eyes opened by the living word of God…so that we will not suffer from a case of mistaken identity.
May we feel Your love for us.
Amen”
Luke 24:36-49
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.”[i]
Troubled & Doubting
We are told that Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and the other women ran back from the tomb and told the disciples that Jesus had risen.
We are told that Peter ran to the tomb and came back and told the disciples the same thing: the tomb is empty, Jesus has risen from the tomb.
We are told that Cleopas and his companion came running back--seven miles—in order to tell the disciples that their hearts were burning within them because they had seen and talked with Jesus who was risen from the tomb.
After all of these encounters and reports, we are told that the disciples and all those gathered in the Upper Room were “troubled and doubting.”
Troubled and doubting.
Sometimes it can be the smallest thing that causes trouble, doubt, fear, frustration and disbelief.
On November 9, 1965, at 5:16p.m. events were set in motion that brought New York City to a standstill.
A backup relay switch at the Sir Adam Beck power station in Ontario, Canada, was accidently set too low to handle increasing power transmissions, and it tripped.
The power cascaded to the next line, which overloaded and transferred to the next line, shutting down the lines, one after the other.
In less than five minutes, the entire Northeast power grid was offline.
The results were unimaginable.
New York City was entirely blacked out within ten minutes.
There was no power to provide heat or light, no power to allow them to communicate.
There was no power to run pumps, move sewage, or deliver water or gas.
The power to run life-support systems at hospitals were cut off.
During the evening rush hour an estimated eight hundred thousand people were trapped in subways—can you imagine that?
Only half of the one hundred and fifty hospitals had emergency power.
At JFK airport, two hundred and fifty flights had to be diverted.
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With no light, no heat, and no communication, thirty million people found themselves encompassed in a dark, silent, frightening world.
All because of a ripple effect set in motion by a small, relay switch that was set too low.
The disciples had just experienced a blackout.
The Scripture tells us that the entire world experienced a blackout for three hours when Jesus hung on the cross and died.
The disciples watched as their hopes were shattered.
Jesus was crucified on the cross.
Just the night before, all of them had run for cover when Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Peter then denied knowing Jesus—three times.
The disciples were troubled and filled with doubt.
Are we a lot like the disciples?
Fair weather friends, when trouble and doubt appear, we run for cover?
As the disciples were huddled in fear, frustration, doubt and discouragement --- Jesus said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?
Luke 24:38
Hope Renewed --- Peace and Trust
Look at verse 36.
Jesus enters the disciples’ room.
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