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OPENING
Last week we proclaimed that HE GOT UP!
We talked about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and we celebrated the empty tomb and talked about what that means for us today.
This morning, let’s think about what happened after Jesus’ resurrection.
After the disciples came to the tomb that morning.
After they were shocked to find the tomb empty.
After they were shocked to see angels who ask them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”
After the angels told them, “He is not here, for He is risen!
Come see the place where the Lord lay.”
Jesus knew He had 40 days.
He had 40 days between the Resurrection and when He was going to ascend back into Heaven to sit at the right hand of Father.
During that 40 days He had to show His disciples what the events of the past three days really means.
He had to encourage them to unify together for the purpose of spreading the Gospel all over the world.
But most importantly, Jesus needed to show them that He’s alive.
So surely the first person that Jesus is going to show Himself to is Caiphas the high priest, right?
So He can say, “I told you so buddy!”
No? Well maybe Jesus should show Himself to Pilate and say, “You should have listened to your wife who was warned in dream to have nothing to do with my death?”
No? Surely Jesus is going to go into Jerusalem and stand on the pinnacle of the Temple and declare Himself to be the risen Son of God in front of all the Pharisees and Sadducees?
No!
You know what Jesus does immediately after His resurrection and His brief appearance to Mary and Simon Peter near the tomb?
He takes a walk.
So we’re going to go along with Jesus on a walk through this story this morning.
SCRIPTURE
Luke 24:13-35
MESSAGE
Our journey begins in Verse 13:
Two of Them
We don’t know much about these two individuals.
We know that they were “two of them,” meaning that they were two of Jesus’ disciples.
Not two of the original 12.
They were just two followers of Jesus.
We find out later that one of them is named Cleopas.
We’re going to call him Cleo for short because that’s easier to say.
We are never told the name of of the other one, but most scholars believe it was likely Cleo’s wife.
We really have no record of who they were, or what they did.
They don’t seem to be part of the upper class.
They don’t seem to be part of the religious elite.
They don’t seem to be famous or politically connected in any way.
They are just two individuals, who had followed Jesus, walking down the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus.
Going the Wrong Way
Why are Mr. and Mrs. Cleo going to Emmaus?
The village of Emmaus is 7 miles from Jerusalem.
This is the third day.
This is the day of resurrection.
This should be a day of celebration in Jerusalem for Jesus’ followers.
But you get the sense as we read on in the rest of this story that they are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus with their heads down, sad, and disappointed.
Look at verse 14:
They are in the middle of a conversation about the events that had just happened in Jerusalem.
A lot happened in three days!
Jesus entered Jerusalem.
They were hoping that Jesus would be their Messiah who would break the yoke of the Romans off Israel.
But Jesus was arrested, condemned to die, crucified, and buried.
Jesus their best and only hope was dead and buried.
But look what happens in verse 15:
Think about this, one of the first things Jesus does after His resurrection is come and walk along beside Mr. and Mrs. Cleo, who really don’t seem to be a very significant couple.
See you may feel like you’re insignificant.
You may feel like God doesn’t care about you.
You may feel like God can’t use you.
You may feel like you don’t have what it takes to live for Christ.
But, as we’re about to find out, Jesus does some unexpected things sometimes.
He doesn’t do what we think He ought to do according to our human wisdom.
He seeks after the outcast.
He seeks after the downtrodden.
He seeks after the hurting and the wounded.
He seeks after those that don’t feel like they’re good enough.
Whether you realize it or not, Jesus is pursuing you right now!
And He wants to fashion you into a vessel that He can use.
Do you see Jesus?
Do you see Him pursuing your life?
If not, maybe you should look a little closer.
But there is problem in verse 16:
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo didn’t recognize that it was Jesus.
Maybe Jesus didn’t look exactly the same as He did before the resurrection.
Jesus is now in His resurrected body.
It is similar, but different.
He now has resurrection body that is similar to the resurrection body we are going to receive one day.
Maybe they just didn’t recognize Him.
Maybe it was because Jesus intentionally concealed His identity to them.
We don’t really know.
But what we do know, is that Jesus wanted to come along and join Mr. and Mrs. Cleo on their journey.
And He wanted to get at what is going on in their heart.
You see Jesus is there even when we don’t see Him, or feel Him, or sense Him.
He is there.
Our problem is sometimes we don’t recognize He’s there.
We’re too busy walking with our heads down from Jerusalem, the place of resurrection, to Emmaus, the place of disappointment.
And we don’t see Jesus walking right beside us.
You’ve got to realize that sometimes Jesus works through the struggle.
You think it is all about the destination, but it’s all about the journey.
He is walking with you through that disappointment.
He is walking with you through the hurt.
He is walking with you through the sadness.
He is walking with you through the struggle.
Do you see Jesus?
Can you sense His presence?
If not, what is holding you back?
What is hindering you from recognizing His presence in your life?
Look what Jesus does next in verse 17:
Jesus knew what they were saying and thinking.
He knew what was on their hearts and weighing on their minds.
But Jesus was interested in having fellowship and relationship with them.
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