March 31st 2024 - The One Who Meets Us

Scripture Passage:  Luke 24:13-35

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Hey… you!

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Who are they?
18 One of them named Cleopas

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Who are they? (con’t)
John 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene

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Who is this who meets them?

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What are they talking about?
17 What are you discussing together as you walk along?

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They didn’t get it
17 They stood still, their faces downcast

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They didn’t get it (con’t)
18 Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?

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Their response
Luke 9:22 And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

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Their response (con’t)
24:9,11 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others … But they did not believe the women because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

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What Jesus doesn’t promise

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What Jesus does promise

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Concerning Himself
27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

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Concerning Himself (con’t)
26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things to enter his glory?
ἔδει (edei) - divine necessity

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The Lord’s Supper
30-31 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him

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It’s True!
34 “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon!”

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It’s True! (con’t)
1 Cor 15:3-5 Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.

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The One Who Meets Us