Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro:

Good Morning, you will want to take your copy of God’s Words and turn to 1 Cor.

15:3 as well as Luke 24:13.

Today’s title will be “On the Road to Emmaus”

This morning we are starting a series within a series, as you are fully aware of we started a series back on Easter Sunday, Entitled “The Feasts of the Lord” now we are not done with that series, in fact that series is broken into parts or pieces, meaning we will look at each feast of the Lord as they happen on through out the calendar year.

We have already covered three of those feast, (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits.

On June 9th we will cover the Feast of Weeks also known as the Feast of Pentecost, which takes place 50 days from First Fruits.

That is why we are going to have a series within a series.

The Life, Ministry, Death, and Resurrection of Christ is one of great amazement and fascination.

From the time of Christ’s death on the very day of Passover, to His resurrection on the very day of the Feast of First Fruits, there is a period of time from the First Fruits to the Feast of Weeks that number 50 Days.

Before Jesus would ascend to Heaven to seat at the right hand of the Father He would remain on this earth for 40 more days after His resurrection.

The question is why and what was Jesus doing for those 40 days prior to His ascension?

It is what we will call, The Post Resurrection Ministry of Christ.

The Bible tells us that Jesus appeared at least 10 times over 40 days (Acts 1:3) after He arose from the dead.

It is during these encounters that we see what He did.

We also learn some interesting things.

So, first let's look at who He appeared to.

Then for the next three weeks we will look at what He did and said during those 40 days.

The people Jesus appeared to after He arose is briefly described by Paul to the Corinth church in 1 Cor.

15.

In (Acts 1:2-3) mentions three primary things Jesus did during His 40 days:

#1. to give "commandments to the apostles,"

#2.

"to present Himself alive.... by many infallible proofs,"

#3.

"to speak(ing) of things pertaining to the kingdom of God."

We can sum them up this way,

Presented Himself Alive (Give Hope)

Taught them God’s Word (Give Truth)

Gave them Commandments (Give Direction)

Now, let's look at a key thing Jesus said and did during His 40 days.

Lets read from the Gospel according to Luke (Luke 24:13)

Two people were traveling to Emmaus from Jerusalem.

The distance of about seven miles.

As they traveled they were discussing the events of the previous day, and Jesus caught up with them as they journeyed.

They could not recognize Jesus, not because he looked different, but because in God prevented them from recognizing Him for His sovereign purposes.

When Jesus inquires about the topic of their conversation, Cleopas responds by identifying Jesus as a prophet through whom God had worked in a mighty way.

Nevertheless, he had been executed by the religious leaders, indicating that he could not be the Messiah (v.

21).

Our at least the Messiah that they was expecting the Messiah to be.

To make matters worse, some women were saying that this Jesus was alive.

They were right that the tomb was empty, but such a report could not be believed because no one had seen Jesus.

Jesus counters the belief of these two by pointing to the Scriptures.

The Old Testament Scriptures clearly teach that the Messiah must suffer before he enters into glory.

For the texts that Jesus used, we would need to refer to the messages in the Book of Acts (Acts 2:14–39; 3:12–26; 13:16–41).

Jesus is persuaded by the two to spend the evening with them, and in a scene that recalls the Last Supper they recognize him as he breaks bread and gives thanks.

On the other hand, these two people were probably not present at the Last Supper, and thus they may simply be recalling being with Jesus on other occasions when he gave thanks.

Jesus immediately vanished, and they decided to return to Jerusalem and tell the others the good news.

But when they arrived the Eleven spoke first, informing them that the Lord had arisen and had “appeared to Simon” (v.

34).

Then the two companions related the story of their encounter with Jesus (v.

35).

Jesus Expounded on How things in the Old Testament Pointed to Him and what the Messiah would do.

One of the main ministries of Christ after His resurrection was to expound on how things in the OT pointed to Him, that is, teach them the truth about God’s Holy Word, now look again at Luke 24:27.

and He showed them how His death and resurrection fulfilled OT prophecy

Ps. 22; Is. 50:6; 53:5; Dan.

9:26; Hos.

6:1; Zech.

13:6;

These passage as well as countless others from the OT where the scriptures Jesus and the Apostles proclaimed on how the scriptures beginning with Moses and the Prophets where about Jesus who would be the redemptive work of God

For 40 days after His resurrection Jesus did the following: And each of these He did each time He was see.

Presented Himself Alive (Gave Hope)

Taught them God’s Word (Gave Truth)

Gave them Commandments (Gave Direction)