Pastor Brian begins this Resurrection Sunday message by joining the conversation being held by two men on the road to Emmaus.
Key points about these two men:
1. They are leaving Jerusalem.
2. They are in deep conversation with one another.
3. They are sad.
Jesus, resurrected, appears to them but the men’s eyes are restrained from recognizing Him. The men’s tone of conversation was lost hope and facing their perceived realty of a defeated Jesus as they speak in the past tense.
Take away truths:
1. The circumstances that we face in life are not more important than the conclusions we arrive at.
2. Wrong thinking leads to wrong living.
3. What does the Bible say? We find Jesus in His word. Any time you want to find Him, He is there. This is the remedy for the troubled heart.
4. A relationship with Jesus is by invitation only. Not His invitation, for God so loved, but our invitation to invite Him into our lives to abide in us.
5. Hope gives you courage to face what you previously wanted to escape.
6. Once you see Jesus, you can’t not see Jesus.
God is not finished so let us not get stuck in the past tense. Our God is faithful and will reveal to us that our best days are still ahead of us.
Let Jesus have the final say.
Scripture references:
Genesis 50:20, Exodus 12, Daniel 9, Isaiah 53, Romans 10:9