Hopeless travelers on Resurrection Day.Luke 24:13-19a

• Emmaus was a small village a few miles northeast of Jerusalem.
• These two travelers share with us a story that happened to them on Resurrection Sunday.Meeting the requirements of a two-fold witness according Jewish law.
  • Likely part of the 72 sent out by Jesus.
  • They were recipients of the testimony provided the women who went to the tomb— “our women”.(22)
  • They were “companions” to the disciples who went to verify the empty tomb. (24)
  • They related the story of the angel and the empty tomb just as reported in the other Gospels.

• Jesus shows up! (15)
  • They were kept by God from recognizing him.
  • What are you talking about?
  • Their countenance revealed that they were defeated and discouraged in spite of the testimony of the morning.

The heart behind hopelessness.  Luke 24:19-24

• Big impressions set up big expectations. (19)
  • Jesus was a prophet.
  • Powerful speaker and powerful in action.
  • They saw and heard the approval of both God and the people for Jesus.

• Jesus died at the hands of those who seemed less powerful than Jesus. (20)
• They were not examining the Scriptures to seek understanding, but rather embraced their emotions as fact.
• They embraced doubt in the face of testimony of Jesus resurrection. (22-24)

Truth trumps doubt.  Luke 24:25-31

• They were chided for being foolish for embracing hopelessness and doubt rather than believing.
• Jesus reveals the truth spoken in scripture: “The messiah must suffer before glory comes.”(26)
• Jesus begins with Moses [Law] which reveals that we are all utterly sinful. (27a)
• Jesus then goes to the prophets which reveals how God will redeem mankind from destruction. (27b)
• Then Jesus breaks bread—Remembrance and revelation happens. It is Jesus!!! (30-31)

2 Corinthians 5:21“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Benediction: Burning Hearts!  Luke 24:32-35

• Is your heart burning right now? Cry out to Jesus!
• Cry out and embrace hope and reject doubt.

Romans 10:9“If you declarewith your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believein your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”