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Bible says, in Acts 1, 1:3 That 
he being Jesus presented himself

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alive to them after his 
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Appearing to them during forty 
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And speaking about the kingdom 
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this one verse at testifies, to 
the fact that after Jesus Christ

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died was buried and rose from 
the grave, he appeared to his 

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disciples. 
He appeared to many during a 

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period of 40 days. 
Speaking about the kingdom of 

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God and all that did was build 
more testimony and more validity

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and more eyewitness accounts of 
the fact that we serve a Christ 

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that's alive. 
So turn with me to Luke chapter 

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24 because there are specific 
incidences where we see Jesus in

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his resurrected State meeting 
these people and each account 

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that's recorded in scripture, is
not just for us to see the proof

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that, yes, he did appear to 
certain individuals, but there 

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are lifelong lessons for us as 
Believers to know how to 

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associate, and to relate in to 
walk with this resurrected 

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Christ. 
And one of those stories is 

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found in Luke 24:13 and you know
this story. 

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If you've read this chapter 
before concerning two disciples 

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that were walking rather to the 
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And so, in verse 13, he says 
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going to a village named Emmaus 
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Jerusalem, and they were talking
with each other about all these 

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things that happened. 
While they were talking and 

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discussing together, Jesus 
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them. 
But their eyes were kept from 

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recognizing him and he said to 
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What is this conversation that 
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as you walk and they stood, 
still looking sad The contacts 

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to this specific portion of 
scripture is this is that the 

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woman that followed Jesus came 
to his tomb. 

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They saw these angels, these 
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not here, but he has risen and 
they ran back to the rest of the

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disciples to tell them of this 
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But it says, in Luke 24. 
Verse 11, but these words seemed

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to them as an idle tale. 
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so here, these ladies that heard
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He Is Risen and Mark's gospel. 
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angels and fact said, go to 
Galilee where Jesus will 

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actually meet with you so he 
reveals to them. 

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Through the Angels, I'm alive 
meet me in Galilee and so these 

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faithful disciples run to the 
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say, Jesus is alive. 
Jesus is risen. 

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We saw angels that testify to 
this and he said you guys lost 

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your mind. 
And instead of going to Galilee 

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two of them that were not one of
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were in the group. 
They don't go to Galilee, they 

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walk towards Emmaus. 
Its eyes are walking to Emmaus. 

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The Bible tells us that they 
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and verse 19 to 24. 
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it's it tells us the subject of 
their conversation, they were 

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testifying and they were talking
and they were wondering what 

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happened to Jesus. 
We put our hope in Jesus. 

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We put our trust in Jesus and he
dies and it's the Talk of the 

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Town and moreover. 
Now the Mary's come and they 

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tell us that he's not even in 
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And so they heard that Jesus was
alive, but they were walking and

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disbelief. 
They were walking and pain. 

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They were walking and sadness. 
They were walking with a heavy 

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heart. 
They were burdened. 

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That is not how we ought to 
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If we understand that Jesus is 
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But that is the reality of many 
people and you might be that 

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person here this morning. 
You heard and you sang that 

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Jesus is alive, but you're 
walking with grief. 

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You're walking with a burden 
heart, there's something 

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weighing you down and you're not
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Christ is indeed alive. 
It's information. 

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It's news, but it's not a 
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And a lot of people walk like 
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Today they have pain, they have 
questions there in the dark and 

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they wonder if this Jesus really
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Why can't I sense his presence? 
Where's the direction and his 

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leadership in my life? 
What am I supposed to do now 

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that I'm in this specific 
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Where? 
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but I don't sense that he's 
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And sometimes people walk like 
that, and you might be walking 

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like that right now. 
You don't senses realities. 

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You don't sensors leading. 
In fact you've been wondering 

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probably Lord, I'm in so much 
pain. 

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Where are you? 
I'm in so much trouble, where 

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are you? 
I've heard of you but now I 

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really need you. 
And it seems like you're not 

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here and I don't understand 
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alive. 
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and 16 while they were talking 
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Jesus himself Drew near and went
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And their eyes were restricted 
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In the midst of, that pain, in 
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midst of that doubt, in the 
midst of the disbelief, Jesus 

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was with them. 
Jesus was walking with them 

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though, they could not see him. 
Jesus could see them and hear 

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them though they could not 
recognize him. 

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Jesus was in fact in their 
presence though, they could not 

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sense him. and that's a truth 
that you and I need to be 

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comforted with That whether if 
you're in that season right now 

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or you will maybe walk into that
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don't sense him and you don't 
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you don't know why you have this
pain when in fact he's alive 

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trust that he's with you. 
He's walking with you. 

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He hears you, he's there, he 
understands. 

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But the question is, why 
wouldn't you just reveal himself

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right away? 
I mean Jesus you could have 

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saved so much time if you just 
appeared to them and said, hey 

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it's me. 
I'm risen. 

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Hey, it's me. 
No need to worry anymore. 

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Why would Jesus cloak himself in
a way where they could not 

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recognize him? 
Because these two disciples need

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to learn a valuable lesson and 
it's a lesson for us as well. 

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Turn with me in the same chapter
2 verse 24 and 25 to 27, I'm 

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going to read from 25 and he 
said to them, o foolish ones and

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slow of heart to believe all 
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Was it not necessary that the 
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things and enter into his glory 
and beginning with Moses and all

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the prophets he interpreted to 
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And all the scriptures, the 
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So here, these doubting 
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and grief, probably the lowest 
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experiencing so much 
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And instead of Jesus, 
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to these disciples, you know, 
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Put their faith in the 
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Christ. 
Puts the scriptures as the 

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highest Authority Christ, 
reveals the power of the word of

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God. 
That when we walk in those 

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seasons of our life, where we 
can't sense him, we cling to the

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Bible, we cling to the word of 
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revealed in the scriptures. 
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himself, he wanted him to see 
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was found in the written word of
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Do you see this? 
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authority and the power that is 
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So that in any season, when we 
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darkness, when we don't sense 
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through his word. 
He is alive. 

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We are to understand and Hebrews
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The Lord is my helper. 
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What can man do to me? 
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Matthew 28 verse 20 behold. 
I Am With You Always to the very

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end of age. 
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This is what Jesus is teaching. 
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And this is why. 
One of the main reasons, so many

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Believers fluctuate, in their 
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Because their roots are not deep
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dependent upon their emotions. 
There are dependent upon other 

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people overly dependent. 
They are swayed by news, back 

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and forth. 
And Christ is saying, you need 

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to be anchored in the truth of 
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The resurrected Christ, reveals 
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Trust, what's already been 
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And walking with the resurrected
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abiding in his word. 
Get in the scriptures. 

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That's the lesson. 
We need to learn as Believers as

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we're walking with this 
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He does not remove the 
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No, he upholds and it says, You 
must walk with this word in 

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order to walk with me as a 
resurrected Christ. 

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But there's a lesson even here 
for those who don't believe in 

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the resurrected Christ. 
Those in here that made doubt 

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that Jesus is, in fact alive. 
Do you know what Jesus 

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challenges you to do if you 
doubt the resurrection? 

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Go to the scriptures. 
Go to the Bible, go to the Old 

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Testament as he did and find out
that Jesus Christ, fulfilled, 

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hundreds of prophecies thousands
of years before his Incarnation 

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and realized that this book is 
not a fairy tale. 

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I realized that this book is a 
library of testimonies with one 

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central theme, as we spoke about
on Friday, Jesus Christ, and him

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crucified and raised from the 
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So if you're asking here, if 
you're a doubt, or if you're a 

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skeptic, and you're asking God 
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If you're asking God for a 
miracle, if you're asking God to

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appear in your room, somehow, 
You know what Jesus says about 

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that kind of thinking, he says 
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can't do anything. 
But this is how much he upholds 

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the scriptures. 
There's a story in Luke chapter 

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16 of a man who goes to hell. 
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Abraham and he says, Father 
Abraham, I have brothers that 

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are still alive. 
Let me raise from this place and

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tell them about he'll. 
Tell them about eternity. 

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So they would repent, they may 
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their ways and you know what? 
Jesus says he says these things.

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He says, if they do not hear 
Moses and the prophets, neither 

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will they be convinced if 
someone should rise from the 

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dead? 
In other words, if you dismiss 

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the scriptures, you'll dismiss 
any miracle. 

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And this book itself is a 
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It is a testimony to the person 
and work and resurrection of 

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Jesus Christ. 
But these two that were walking 

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on the road to Emmaus. 
They did not reject the 

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scriptures. 
In fact, 47 miles, Jesus was 

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walking with them and he 
revealed all that was about him 

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found in the scriptures. 
And the approached Emmaus, but 

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Jesus. 
Is going to walk on ahead. 

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And there's something happening 
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Two Disciples of these two, 
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Because in verse 32, it says 
that when Jesus spoke the word 

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of God to them on that road, 
their hearts were burning within

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them. 
Something was happening on the 

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inside. 
There was conviction, there is a

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sense of life-giving power, and 
as they were talking with this 

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Jesus, though, they did not 
recognize him though. 

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They could not fully understand 
him. 

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Something was stirring up inside
of them and they came to the 

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place where they were going to 
split paths and Jesus was going 

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to walk on ahead. 
And in that moment. 

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Better make a choice. 
In that moment, Jesus was going 

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to keep on walking. 
It may be either today or it's 

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been a series of days if you are
a doubter, if you are a skeptic 

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if you are not a Believer, if 
you were just a religious person

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but you've never been born 
again. 

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Your hearts been stirring. 
When you hear the scriptures, 

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when you hear it, something's 
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When you sat with the True 
Believer, they talk to you about

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what it means to be a follower 
of Jesus, there's something 

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happening in your heart and that
is the word of God and the Holy 

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Spirit knocking on your heart, 
asking you to answer. 

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And that's what was happening to
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Was inviting them for more but 
here's the reality. 

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Jesus was waiting for their 
invitation. 

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Jesus was waiting for them to 
respond to the word and if they 

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didn't, she would have moved on 
Jesus does this a lot in the 

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Gospels? 
He just tends to walk by. 

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You know why Jesus never force 
himself on you? 

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If you're in this place that 
you've never truly surrendered 

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to Jesus Christ, understand that
this is a window of opportunity.

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Because Jesus is walking by. and
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to come. 
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Come be with us, their hearts 
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Well, of Christ, really wants to
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He'll just do it. 
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himself, if Jesus is real, then 
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If he really wants me to do 
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are you to realize Christ? 
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the resurrected Christ? 
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invited him. 
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responded to their invitation to
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He'll do the same for you. 
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though. 
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Don't you don't understand the 
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about or even who he is. 
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he's willing to come And he 
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verse 31 is the result of what 
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and they want to know the truth.
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their eyes were opened In that 
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moment. 
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Shirley was alive. 
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the skepticism was destroyed. 
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resurrected Christ. 
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the Holy Spirit opened, the eyes
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walking. 
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Jesus is, in fact, alive. 
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something that changes the way. 
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you sing that changes the way. 
You pray that changes the way 

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you go to work that changes the 
way you deal with people that 

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changes the way you look at 
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of your life, because if he's 
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He's coming back. 
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coming back one day. 
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came to one of the high-rise 
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flood of people looking up and 
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observation. 
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looking up into the high rise 
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was what will it be like when 
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What a sight that will be. 
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realize that Jesus was alive. 
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can Embrace him before, they can
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they can grab a hold of him. 
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He's not there anymore. 
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Why would he reveal himself in 
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disappear? 
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they rose that same hour and 
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found the eleven and those who 
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saying the Lord has risen indeed
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they told what had happened on 
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them, the breaking of bread. 
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you know, that this word is true
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opens your eyes. 
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he's done for you. 
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You can't sit in the same place 
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have a testimony. 
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And the world wants to hear what
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he's opened your eyes. 
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It's not about just celebrating 
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And next week, just going with 
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and walking with other people 
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that Jesus is alive? 
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He can open yours too. 
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scriptures, who knows their 
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and they can invite Jesus, and 
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Ask the Lord this afternoon, let
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heartburn again, to the truth 
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Fill me with the Holy Spirit to 
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crucified. 
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forevermore. 
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walking as a disciple and you 
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understand his leadership. 
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Christ. 
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you cling to the scriptures, 
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to the truths that are found in 
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and I could look at this story 
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and say, hey, these two walked 
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they could not understand Jesus 
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not sense him. 
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and we cling to the Scriptures, 
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Father, we thank you. 
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And we pray. 
Lord that we would all walk out 

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of here. 
So, the truth of your word. 

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You've revealed yourself to us 
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Help us like these two to go out
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you are alive that the Lord has 
risen indeed, Help us to be 

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faithful Witnesses, with this 
short window called life, before

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you return. 
Help us to work. 

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While it is day for night is 
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When no man can work. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen.