1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 It is truly wonderful to be with all of you today. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,000 We have a wonderful crowd here and we appreciate that so very 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,520 much. We have visitors that are among 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,600 us. We have visitors from other 5 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,400 congregations. We have visitors from the 6 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,880 community. And we want you to know that 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,840 you're our honored guest and we say welcome and please come back 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,360 every time we have an opportunity to assemble. 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:25,760 We're continuing this morning in our series that I began the last 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,800 time, that is after the resurrection. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,520 We began a series on the 40 days that the Bible says in Acts 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,440 chapter 1 and verse 3, the 40 days that Jesus made himself 13 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:42,600 alive before them. So the 40 days from the time of 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,600 the resurrection to the time of the ascension, I began a series, 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,840 and this is Part 2. Jesus had just met with those 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,040 two disciples, and we'll get into that in just a moment. 17 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,640 Those two disciples on the road to Emmaus, that little village. 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,960 And then after that, this appearance here, this is the 5th 19 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:04,480 appearance that our Lord made after his resurrection. 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,080 And by the way, there's 10 appearances and five actually 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,080 hit on the actual day the Lord was resurrected from the dead in 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,200 Luke's account in Luke chapter 24, Luke only mentions 2 of 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,360 them. He mentions the account on the 24 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,200 road to Emmaus that we've already studied, and he mentions 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,560 this account when Jesus came back to Jerusalem and met 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:31,440 between before those disciples, all were present except Thomas. 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,960 That's next time we'll get to Thomas a week later. 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,160 But Jesus met with them here. And this is number 5 appearance. 29 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,520 Interesting though Luke only records 2 of the 10. 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,920 And then after this appearance here, Luke skips 39 days and 31 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,120 goes to the ascension. So we're going to keep things in 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,880 chronological sequence. We'll do this today. 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,960 And the next time we're going to John chapter 20. 34 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,840 And that's the 6th appearance post resurrection. 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,560 We come to our passage in Luke chapter 24 and verse 36. 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:12,720 And let me just set this up. Jesus had already met with those 37 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,240 disciples on the Emmaus road. And just a couple of things 38 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,160 about that. They're travelling along. 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,480 They left Jerusalem, the Sabbath is now over. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,880 And the Bible says they're speaking about all the things 41 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,560 that had happened. And on the scene comes Jesus, 42 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:30,160 but they don't know who it was. In fact, the Bible says their 43 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,240 eyes were restrained, that they did not know him. 44 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,160 And as we noticed last time, that was indeed something 45 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,200 supernatural. It wasn't time for Jesus to be 46 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,640 revealed to them. And Jesus shows up and they 47 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:44,520 don't know who it is. And Jesus says, what manner of 48 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,880 communications are you Speaking of and are sad. 49 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,560 And they said, you must surely be the only stranger in 50 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,000 Jerusalem to not know about the things we're talking about. 51 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,760 And Jesus says this. He says what things? 52 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,840 And Jesus allows them to unburden their aching hearts. 53 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,640 And then the Bible says he begins with Moses and all the 54 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,160 prophets He began in the Old Testament. 55 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,680 And he expounded unto them the word of God, the things 56 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:16,800 concerning himself. They travel 7 miles. 57 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,160 They get to Emmaus, that little village. 58 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,880 And Jesus Acts is always going to keep on going. 59 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,080 But the Bible says that they called Him to come to their 60 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,120 home. They made the choice. 61 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:28,880 He was not going to force himself on them. 62 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,920 And you know what? He didn't force himself on us 63 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,320 today either. You want Jesus, you've got to 64 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,440 invite him in your home. You want Jesus in your heart, 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,600 You've got to do the invitation. He is knocking on the door, but 66 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,400 the doorknob is on of your heart is on your side. 67 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,880 Same is true back then. They invite him into their home 68 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,440 and the Bible says then finally Jesus reveals himself to them in 69 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,880 the breaking of bread and then he disappears and he's gone. 70 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,720 Quite an experience, wasn't it? Wouldn't that have been an 71 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,360 amazing experience to all of a sudden Jesus is there, and then 72 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:02,640 all of a sudden Jesus is not there. 73 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,400 Yeah, amazing experience. Except that's not what impressed 74 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,560 them the most. What impressed them the most is 75 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,480 what they said. They said this. 76 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,399 Didn't our hearts burn within us when He showed us the Scriptures 77 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,279 along the way? The Word of God burned in their 78 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:21,600 hearts. And you know what they did? 79 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,920 They didn't wait. They got up immediately and they 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,840 went back to Jerusalem and they told the others what they had 81 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:30,560 saw. They told the others He's risen 82 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,680 and He showed Himself to them in the breaking of bread. 83 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:40,640 And then as they're talking about these things and He's 84 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,360 telling all that is, they're telling the other disciples what 85 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,480 they saw. Jesus himself stood in the midst 86 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,400 and he said to them, peace to you. 87 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,200 This is really amazing. I want to make a point here 88 00:04:55,200 --> 00:05:01,720 about peace. Jesus was not wishing them a 89 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,920 good day. He wasn't saying like we do, how 90 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,600 you doing? He wasn't saying like we 91 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:14,000 sometimes say, good to see you. When Jesus said these words, 92 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,680 peace to you. It's the same thing that he said 93 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,560 a week later when Thomas is now present and he begins that same 94 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,320 greeting, peace to you. What was Jesus doing here? 95 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,920 First of all #1 Jesus is the Prince of peace #2 Jesus is the 96 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,280 author of peace. Therefore, Jesus is the giver of 97 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:38,600 peace. It's the same thing as when the 98 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:44,000 great apostle Paul said may the God of peace grant you peace in 99 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,280 all things. You know why? 100 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,560 Because God is the giver of peace, so is Jesus. 101 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,400 Here's my point. He wasn't wishing them a happy 102 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,720 time. He was giving them peace. 103 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,320 And if you in your life you want peace, I mean real peace, I'm 104 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,640 going to tell you right now, there's sometimes in our life, 105 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:05,520 our lives are filled with turmoil. 106 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,560 Our lives are filled with all kinds of stuff and everybody 107 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,120 knows what I'm talking about and I don't have to elaborate. 108 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,080 The world slings mud our way. It's just the way it is, right? 109 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,120 We get it and sometimes in our mind we think, you know what? 110 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:22,760 I'm peaceful when everything is going just as I want it to go. 111 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,640 That is not the peace that the Lord offers. 112 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,760 The peace that the Lord offers is a peace that you will have 113 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,720 regardless of the circumstances in your life. 114 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,320 It's the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. 115 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,120 Philippians chapter 4. It is the greatest peace of all. 116 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,200 You know what? Practically speaking, it's 117 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,920 knowing this, that God is in control of my life. 118 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,440 And even though I got to go through some difficult stuff, 119 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,080 that's not fair, that is rotten, that's difficult and hard. 120 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,000 It doesn't matter. Two things. 121 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:04,920 God's in control #2 that was 1 #2 everything is OK between me 122 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,280 and God. And you, what you have, you've 123 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:10,720 got the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. 124 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,480 One more thing and I'm moving on. 125 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,600 I'm going to tell you something right now. 126 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,680 You want real peace. You'll only find it in Jesus 127 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,720 Christ. If you are out of Jesus Christ 128 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:31,600 and you are away from the Lord, you have no peace. 129 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,800 But if you have Jesus, you got it all. 130 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,080 You got it all. Notice what happens though. 131 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,320 Jesus says peace to you. But they're terrified and 132 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,040 frightened. And then it says and supposed 133 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,800 they had seen a spirit. You know, Luke does something 134 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,800 amazing here. He actually describes their 135 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,720 fear. And I realize sometimes we just 136 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:07,160 get afraid, right? But this says terrified and 137 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,520 frightened. Now, I tell you what, I've been 138 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,640 nervous during certain times in my life. 139 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,080 Everybody has fear. Everybody gets afraid. 140 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:20,000 They were terrified. I don't even know how to really 141 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:26,240 wrap around the degree of that fear, but they were terrified. 142 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,320 There was one time I'm going to share with you, you know, when 143 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,000 it talks about people talk about your knees are knocking because 144 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,440 you're nervous. I was a kid one time. 145 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,799 I was a young, well, I say a kid. 146 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:43,360 I was very, very young. And I got up to give a lesson at 147 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,960 a big meeting and one of the five minute talks, I was the 148 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,720 first speaker. And I remember I was so nervous. 149 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,000 My knees were literally doing this. 150 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,640 They were moving and I knew what that meant. 151 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,760 There was a level or a degree of fear that came over me. 152 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,640 I'm so thankful that those days are so far gone. 153 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,600 They are so far a go. I don't even know what that's 154 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,160 like anymore. But I remember that day. 155 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,960 Terrified. Frightened. 156 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,920 That's what they were. Why? 157 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,800 Why were they so terrified? Why were they so frightened? 158 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,480 Because they had supposed they saw a spirit. 159 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,600 Here's the problem. They couldn't wrap their mind 160 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,080 around the actual significance of Jesus actually being there. 161 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:33,960 So let their mind do. Their mind goes to their 162 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,600 superstitions, and we can do that too. 163 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,760 We got to be careful about that. There was another time you were 164 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,160 in Matthew chapter 14. That's exactly what they did. 165 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,560 They saw Jesus coming and Jesus is walking on water. 166 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,800 The disciples are out on that boat and they see Jesus coming 167 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,440 and it's dark and all of a sudden here it comes, Jesus, and 168 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,880 they're scared out of their mind. 169 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,960 They thought the Bible says they thought they saw a ghost. 170 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,320 Why superstition? Here's the same thing. 171 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,320 They were terrified because they thought they saw a spirit. 172 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,480 And the reason for that is simple. 173 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,000 Even some Jewish people who believed in heaven and hell 174 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,360 inconsistently believed in ghosts or other kinds of spirits 175 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,440 associated with the dead. People often believe that they 176 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:26,200 saw apparitions of the dead, often in dreams or soon after 177 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,640 the appearing of a person's death. 178 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:29,600 Now, I'm just going to share this with you very, very 179 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,680 quickly. My father passed away over 26 180 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:37,720 years ago, and for years, maybe you've had a similar experience 181 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,240 with somebody that you have loved and lost. 182 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,320 But for years, I dreamt that my dad was alive. 183 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:48,080 I had that same dream over and over, different circumstances, 184 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,000 but the same dream. There was my dad, and we were 185 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,120 talking and it was real and he was there. 186 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:58,920 Yeah, that's bad. I'm going to tell you, as real 187 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,440 as it seemed, it was just a dream. 188 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,760 It wasn't an apparition. He didn't come and visit me. 189 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,920 Sometimes people think that they can get these mediums and break 190 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,520 up. I'm telling you, I don't want to 191 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,160 be disrespectful. That doesn't happen. 192 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,640 How do I know? I'm going to give you Bible, but 193 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,080 don't turn to the passage. Do that later. 194 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,640 I want you to pay attention, Luke 16. 195 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,320 There's no connection between those that have died and those 196 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,680 that are living. I'll just leave it at that. 197 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,520 In your own time, read Luke 16, OK? 198 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,560 There's no connection. Sometimes people can feel like 199 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:38,400 we could think, man, that loved one's right here with me. 200 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,360 And you know what? There's times when I felt like 201 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:47,280 my dad was right there with me because in my memory of him, he 202 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:53,080 was in my memory, not literally superstition. 203 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:57,560 They thought back then that somebody that just died may show 204 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:01,840 up as an apparition or as a ghost or as a spirit after they 205 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:06,320 had just passed away. Now Jesus proves this is no 206 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,480 apparition in verse 39, but let's look at verse 38 first. 207 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,240 He said to them, and I love this. 208 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,640 Two questions. Why are you troubled and why do 209 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,440 doubts arise in your hearts? Jesus is brilliant. 210 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,440 He's going to address 2 things. Number one, their emotional 211 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,120 state and their intellectual state. 212 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,240 And there's so much I could say about this. 213 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,040 There really is, but I'm just going to say this. 214 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,360 He's, he's addressing their emotions by saying why are you 215 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,040 troubled? Then he addresses their 216 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,680 intellect and says, why did doubts arise in your hearts? 217 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,800 In other words, as I paraphrase, I might just say it like this in 218 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:49,880 the common vernacular. Calm down and use your head. 219 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,960 Use your intellect. By the way, the Bible 220 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,000 religiously always appeals to our intellect. 221 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,720 Always. Then we put our emotion behind 222 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,600 it in our service to God, everything we've got behind it. 223 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:12,360 But religion that is emotion or experience driven is not 224 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:19,200 sufficient. Religion that is Bible based and 225 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,600 scripturally based with emotion behind it is everything. 226 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,480 That's called living the Christian life. 227 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,200 Jesus deals with these two things. 228 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,200 Sometimes people want to just deal with emotion and experience 229 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,240 only. Jesus says use your head and 230 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,080 then he gets specific. He said behold my hands and my 231 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,320 feet that it is I myself handle me and see for a spirit does not 232 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,760 have flesh and bones as you see that I have. 233 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,960 Now the reason that that's significant is many ancients 234 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,880 believed in a shadowy afterlife such could not be grasped with 235 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,200 the hand. So what is he doing? 236 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,240 He's proving I am the son of God, I am Jesus, I am the one 237 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,320 that was crucified. It's me and I'm back. 238 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:13,800 And he did so like this. He showed them his hands and his 239 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,720 feet. Now, how many times we just read 240 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:22,720 past this as proof that he rose from the dead knowing that his 241 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,880 hands and his feet had holes in them because he was nailed to a 242 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:29,720 cross. But I think there's something a 243 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,520 little more added to it than that. 244 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,720 He showed them his hands and his feet. 245 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:42,800 In other words, not just the mark of crucifixion, but the 246 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:46,840 specific marks of his crucifixion. 247 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,280 Every one of the disciples knew that Jesus was nailed to a Roman 248 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,120 cross. Now, why is it significant? 249 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,360 I did a little reading. I did a little research. 250 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,400 Maybe you knew this already. If you did, bear with me. 251 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:06,920 I've always thought that on a Roman cross all crucifixions 252 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:13,280 were done with the use of nails, but then I read a little bit and 253 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,120 I found out that's not true. Sometimes they were tied, 254 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,720 sometimes they were tied by way of their their hands and their 255 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,600 feet. And since death on the cross was 256 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,200 death by suffocation, meaning this, you would hang there and 257 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,240 you couldn't breathe. So you would pull yourself up 258 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,240 and then you would get a breath and then you would sink back 259 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,680 down. And that's why people live for 260 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,240 even days on the cross because after all, what is the number 261 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,800 one thing that causes people to die? 262 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,800 The number one cause of death, By the way, did you know it's 263 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,440 the only cause of death? Somebody can actually be 264 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:52,200 expedited death by a gunshot, but the one thing that stops 265 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:56,920 life is breath. At some point you stop 266 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:01,000 breathing. So that was the cause of death, 267 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,240 except for Jesus. Now, he didn't die of 268 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,600 suffocation. We we already studied that. 269 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,320 But everybody else died of suffocation. 270 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,640 So sometimes they were tied and they lived for days on the cross 271 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,120 sometimes. And by the way they did that I 272 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,560 read when the crime wasn't all that bad as other crimes. 273 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,840 Sometimes they did both. Sometimes they drove nails into 274 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,560 the hands and tied the feet. But when it came to the most 275 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,440 vile criminals and the worst crimes of all, do you know what 276 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,040 they did? They drove nails into the hands. 277 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:39,680 And they drove nails into the feet when it was the worst of 278 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,960 criminals. In the Lord's case prophesied he 279 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,920 would die between two Mal factors. 2 thieves prophecy 280 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,440 fulfilled. But he also did absolutely 281 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,160 nothing wrong. In fact, 6 times, Pilate said I 282 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:57,000 find no fault in him. Six times this morning I'm in my 283 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,040 office thinking about this and I thought about that song as Jesus 284 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,920 was crucified like that. Remember that song? 285 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,560 He bore it all that I might live. 286 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:12,280 Jesus took it all and tasted death for every man. 287 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:16,720 John 20 and 20, John adds this. When he had said this, he showed 288 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,280 them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad 289 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,240 when they saw the Lord. So if they were glad when they 290 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,400 saw the Lord, then why in Luke chapter 24 and verse 41 does it 291 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,080 say this? But while they still did not 292 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:35,640 believe for joy and marvelled, why did they not believe? 293 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,160 The unbelief was not denial. He's standing before them. 294 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,800 They can see him, they can touch him, they can hear him. 295 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,560 It wasn't that they disbelieved because of the facts. 296 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:56,280 Here we find that Luke says they didn't believe for joy. 297 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,560 What does that mean for joy? Lensky said it this way. 298 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,640 It's one thing to disbelieve. It's quite another to disbelieve 299 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,920 because of joy. The heart is too small to take 300 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,800 in the great joy all at once. It's another words, another way 301 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,400 of saying this, and we say this too. 302 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,480 It's just too good to be true. You ever have something that is 303 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,480 absolutely so amazing? You just say, I know what's 304 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,480 happening. I don't doubt it, but it's just 305 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:28,400 too good to be true. That's what they were saying. 306 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,840 So then Jesus asked him for some food. 307 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:37,600 Again, very important. He's asking them for some food, 308 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,040 not because he's starving. Stay with me on that. 309 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,080 He says, do you have any food? So they gave him a piece of 310 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,440 broiled fish and some honeycomb. And I highlighted that honeycomb 311 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,560 for a reason. And the reason for that is some 312 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,800 have contested this phrase because it's not found or it's 313 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:02,280 omitted in some manuscripts. So some manuscripts do not 314 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:09,360 include some honeycomb. And now I'm going to say this. 315 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:16,200 It doesn't matter because that's not the point. 316 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:23,320 The point wasn't what he ate. The point was that he did eat 317 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,920 and proving that he was not an apparition, but that he was in 318 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,320 the flesh. That's the point. 319 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,240 So that's what happened. He took it and ate in their 320 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,400 presence, and that's what's significant. 321 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:44,320 In other words, proving he's the resurrected Lord in the flesh. 322 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:49,680 OK, why is this significant? This is significant because many 323 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,560 Jewish sources doubted that angels ate human food. 324 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,520 So this is for the proof that he is the risen Lord, He is the 325 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:03,400 risen Lord, He is before them. Then verse 44, well, let me just 326 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,480 add this, what Lenski said about that He's not eating for his 327 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,480 mere hunger or enjoyment, but as a further proof that his body is 328 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,800 undeniably before them. Now we go to verse 44. 329 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,360 And now it's time for the Lord to preach a little sermon. 330 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,480 He says. Then he said to them, These are 331 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,320 the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you. 332 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,320 That all these things must be fulfilled, which are written in 333 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,960 the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms 334 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,120 concerning me. So, in other words, in addition 335 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:38,840 to the physical proof of His resurrection, in addition to 336 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:43,280 that physical proof, here I am, He offers them scriptural 337 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:49,200 evidence. Now it is not certain in study 338 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:53,960 of this whether these words were actually spoken on this night 339 00:20:54,240 --> 00:21:00,680 during this 5th appearance, or whether Luke is just putting all 340 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,480 the combined things together that the Lord taught in 40 days 341 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,920 and condensing it in these passages. 342 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,280 We don't know for sure. And again, it doesn't matter. 343 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,400 Bottom line is the Lord taught this, The Lord said this, and 344 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,320 what was He doing? He was preparing His disciples 345 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,920 during that 40 days that he spent with his disciples, He's 346 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,240 preparing them for the Kingdom to come and they would be 347 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,360 ambassadors and they would be preachers and they would spread 348 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:33,000 the word of God. So he continues to prepare them 349 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,040 and he points out four areas to illustrate that his death and 350 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,240 resurrection are in fact part of God's predetermined plan. 351 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,640 He does this in two ways. Number 1, he says these are the 352 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,280 words which I spoke to you while I was still with you. 353 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:53,680 Now, sometimes it's hard to hear words like I told you so 354 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,480 sometimes we don't like to hear that. 355 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,680 But respectfully, I think what the Lord is telling them is this 356 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:08,760 is nothing new. You are afraid, you are 357 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,560 astonished, you are amazed, and you can't wrap your head around 358 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,240 it. I've showed you my hands and my 359 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,480 feet. Now we're going to go to the 360 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,680 Word of God. And by the way, before we do, 361 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,520 this is nothing new. This is exactly what I told you 362 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,200 while I was still with you. How many times did Jesus say I'm 363 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,240 going to suffer, I'm going to die on the third day, I will 364 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,200 rise again one time. What do you mean by that? 365 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:42,560 They didn't get it, they didn't get it, still didn't get it. 366 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:50,880 All of a sudden they know it's Jesus too good to be true proves 367 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,360 physically that's him. And now he says, by the way, 368 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,720 this is exactly what I told you. And what Jesus is going to do 369 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,680 now is he's going to actually equate what he predicted while 370 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,560 he was with them, and he's going to equate that with Old 371 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,520 Testament prophecies concerning himself. 372 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,360 And he said this. These are the same words that I 373 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:19,640 spoke to you, that all things must be fulfilled. 374 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:24,040 Do you remember one time when Jesus said I'm going away and 375 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,720 they didn't want him to? And I can't even imagine what 376 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,080 that would have been like to be in the inner circle with Jesus 377 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,680 and then all of a sudden have Jesus say I'm going away. 378 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,640 And all they can just think is no, this is our leader, this is 379 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,600 our Messiah, this is our king. And all they can even fathom is 380 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:46,440 don't go. Jesus one time said, though, he 381 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,840 said, I have to go. It's expedient that I go. 382 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,680 If I don't go, the comforter will not come. 383 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,000 The comforter is the promise of my Father. 384 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,320 It was the Holy Spirit. He's going to send them to the 385 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,240 apostles to guide them into all truth. 386 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,680 What had to happen first? He had to suffer. 387 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,960 He had to die, He had to be buried, He had to race from the 388 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,640 dead. And he's going to have to ascend 389 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,240 to his Father. All things are going to have to 390 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,640 be fulfilled. Why does he direct them to the 391 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,120 Old Testament? For the same reason he directed 392 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,840 those two men on the road to Emmaus to the Old Testament. 393 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:24,880 There are over 300 prophecies about Jesus Christ in the Old 394 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,440 Testament. That's amazing. 395 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:33,960 Amazing. 300 In addition, all of the types and shadows and 396 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:40,040 pictures that foretold about Jesus adding all that, and by 397 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,640 the way, it was all fulfilled in one event by one man, and that's 398 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,800 Jesus Christ. So he goes to the Old Testament 399 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,360 and he teaches them concerning the word of God. 400 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,920 He says this everything must be fulfilled, which is written in 401 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,320 the law of Moses and in the prophets and the Psalms 402 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,760 concerning me. OK. 403 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,000 The Hebrew Scriptures are divided into 3 divisions, 3 404 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,280 divisions. There is the Law, there is the 405 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,280 Prophets, and there is the Psalms. 406 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:18,760 Now the Law is also known as the Torah, The prophets is known as 407 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,640 the Nevium, and the Psalms is known as the KET. 408 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,040 Is the the KET of the KET to them? 409 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,280 I had to, by the way, look up those words and the 410 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,840 pronunciation apps and then phonetically put it down because 411 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,720 I don't speak Hebrew. Maybe you do. 412 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,520 I don't speak Greek. Either I'd rather just tell you 413 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,480 what it means. The law, the. 414 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:46,960 Prophets and the Psalms, Scriptures in the Hebrew, those 415 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,440 divisions. This is the only place where the 416 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,160 Lord in all the gospel accounts mentions all three together. 417 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,480 And these three sections combined make up the Tanakh. 418 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,120 Which is by the. Way an acronym derived from the 419 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:08,920 1st letter of each one. And Jesus puts. 420 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,320 It all down. Are you starting to get the 421 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,720 point here? The entire Old Testament is 422 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,360 about Jesus. He's going to prove. 423 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,640 Himself, he said, This is what I've said to you while I was 424 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,920 with you. I got more stuff though, and all 425 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,920 things must be fulfilled which are written in the Law, the 426 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,200 prophets, and in the Psalms. OK, So what actually is that? 427 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:32,120 What constitutes all that? Well, the first one's easy. 428 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:35,360 The Law, the Law of Moses. That's the easy one. 429 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,080 The Law of. Moses, the Pentateuch comprised 430 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:41,920 the Torah. It's the first five books of the 431 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,760 Bible. It is the books of the law. 432 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,800 It is also called the books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, 433 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,320 Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 434 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,800 The first five books of the Bible. 435 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:59,080 So in the first five books of the Bible, Jesus uses that too 436 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,760 to teach him concerning the things fulfilling that need to 437 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,120 be fulfilled concerning himself. Now that's the easy part. 438 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,640 What about the prophets? Now maybe you're thinking this. 439 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,920 Well, the prophets are the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. 440 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,520 If we go to our Bibles. And we opened it up. 441 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:22,520 We have 5 books of major prophets and 12 books of minor 442 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:28,280 prophets. 17 books of prophecy. OK, but. 443 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,200 What was the Lord? Talking about when? 444 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,960 He said prophets plural. He's talking. 445 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,200 About two things. He's talking about two groups of 446 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,040 scripture. One, he's talking about former 447 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,000 prophets and #2 the second one he's calling, he's calling that 448 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,720 latter prophets. So the former prophets were 449 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,520 these. It contains 4. 450 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:56,760 Sections Joshua, Judges, First and Second Samuel and 1st and 451 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,600 2nd Kings. That was called or referred to 452 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,240 as the Former prophets. What about the latter prophets? 453 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,600 The latter prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the 12 454 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,480 books of the minor prophets, which is Hosea, Joel, Amos, 455 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,560 Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, 456 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:21,400 Zechariah, Malachi. OK, that is the first. 457 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,480 That is, the former prophets and the latter Prophets. 458 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:32,480 Now notice. Concerning Jesus, everything had 459 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,400 to be fulfilled. That was written in the law of 460 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:40,000 Moses and also in the prophets. But what about the Psalms? 461 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,320 What are the Psalms? The Psalms comprised 11 books, 462 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:50,440 Psalms, Proverbs, Job, A Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, 463 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,080 Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and me and my and I have a 464 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,720 hyphen here, and I put that together for a reason. 465 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,960 I'm going to show you why. And also the two books of 466 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,960 Chronicles, First and Second Chronicles. 467 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,240 OK, now. Under Judaism, the. 468 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,400 Jews recognize the same material that we recognize in our 39 469 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,560 books of the Old Testament. We have 27 books of the New 470 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,960 Testament, 39 of the Old Testament. 471 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,280 What the Jews did is, though the Jews actually compacted it and 472 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,520 made it 24 books, still same material. 473 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,800 And this is how they did that. The consolidation was done by 474 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:31,080 merging First and Second Samuel, 1st and 2nd Kings, First and 475 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,040 Second Chronicles, and then they joined Ezra and Noor Maya 476 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,080 together as one. Then they made the 12 minor 477 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,080 profits into one volume. And because of that, that's how 478 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,280 they came up with 24 volumes that they stood for under the 479 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,640 Old Law now, under the old Law of Moses. 480 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,040 And that's what Jews commonly do even today, even though they 481 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,000 recognize the content in the 39 books that we have in our Bibles 482 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,200 today too. All that being said. 483 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,200 It had to be fulfilled in the law of Moses, the prophets, and 484 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:05,280 the Psalms concerning Jesus. And then notice verse 45. 485 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:10,800 He opened their understanding that they might comprehend the 486 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:17,360 scriptures. Do you see that? 487 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:26,280 Don't let anybody tell you that the scriptures cannot be 488 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:31,520 understood. Don't let anybody. 489 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,760 Ever say, well, everybody has their own interpretation of it? 490 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,520 Or what's? True for you is good for you is 491 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,720 true for me is good for me, and we all just do our own thing. 492 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,360 When the Bible. Says that we work out our own 493 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,920 salvation. It does not mean we choose our 494 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:52,680 own path and all paths lead to heaven. 495 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,360 That's not what that means. When it says that I have to. 496 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,960 Work out my own salvation, and you got to work out your own 497 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,920 salvation, and you got to work out your own salvation with fear 498 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,240 and trembling. It means this. 499 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,720 I got to do it on my own, in my own Christian life, and make the 500 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,400 determination to follow and serve God as God has instructed 501 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,800 me to do. There's only one. 502 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,280 Truth of the Word of God. There was always one. 503 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,280 Truth of the Word of God. And when Jesus preached this 504 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,800 sermon to them, he said he opened their understanding that 505 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,400 they might comprehend the scriptures. 506 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,040 Just like they did on. The Rodo Emmaus, the word of God 507 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,760 is knowable. It is understandable in John 832 508 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,800 and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you 509 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,200 free. Then in verse 46. 510 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,600 Then he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was 511 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,960 necessary for Christ to suffer and arise from the dead the 512 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,600 third day. What's the Lord's point in 513 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,040 summing up? Here's his point. 514 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,640 Not only was it necessary for Christ to suffer, die and be 515 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:05,920 raised on the third day, it was also the determined purpose of 516 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,160 God. You know the suffering. 517 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,800 And death of Jesus. The burial in the. 518 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,760 Resurrection of Jesus is anticipated in scriptures, as 519 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,080 many scriptures I could show you. 520 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,960 I'm just going to give you one from the New Testament. 521 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,880 It's in First Corinthians chapter 15 concerning the 522 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,960 gospel. The Gospel is the good news of 523 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,800 the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. 524 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,160 When the Bible talks. About we have to obey the 525 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,640 gospel. How do you obey a historic event 526 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,600 like that that already happened of the death, burial and 527 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,560 resurrection of Jesus? We know according to Romans 528 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,040 chapter 6, it's when you're baptized to the mission of sins. 529 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,080 That's how you obey that form of doctrine. 530 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,560 The gospel is the good news of the death, burial and 531 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,680 resurrection. So notice in first Corinthians 532 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,200 15, beginning in verse 3, For I have delivered to you first of 533 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,120 all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our 534 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,760 sins. According to what the 535 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,800 scriptures, how he was buried and how he rose again the third 536 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,960 day. According to the scriptures, 537 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,160 through his triumph over death he proves to be the Christ, the 538 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,480 Son of God, Romans chapter 1 and verse 4, and declared to be the 539 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:21,760 Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by 540 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:28,720 the resurrection of the dead. Did You Know? 541 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,680 You know we talk about the Godhead, right? 542 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,720 And in the Godhead there are three that bear record in 543 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,160 heaven. And sadly, people. 544 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,200 Get that all out of whack sometimes and they 545 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,800 misunderstand. The Bible says there's three 546 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,680 that bear record in heaven, and we know the three. 547 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,520 It's God. It's Jesus, it's the Holy 548 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,880 Spirit. And then the Bible. 549 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,200 Says and these three are one. It doesn't mean they're one 550 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:58,160 purpose or one person. It means they're one and 551 00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,920 purpose. They work together, they agree 552 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:02,840 and one, I have a point. Stay with me setting this up. 553 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,080 We have always. Said they stand together, they 554 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:13,239 work together, they agree together, and all that's true. 555 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,840 Have you ever stopped? To consider that with regards to 556 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,320 the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that all parties in the 557 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:27,880 Godhead participated in the resurrection working together. 558 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,400 Let's go to the Bible and find out. 559 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,560 How about Romans 8:00 and 11:00? I love this passage. 560 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,880 But if the Spirit of him, who's that? 561 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:40,080 That's the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit of Him, who's 562 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,280 him? That's God. 563 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:47,280 So if the Holy Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, 564 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:51,239 dwells in you, this tells us, by the way, that the Holy Spirit 565 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:57,040 participated in raising Jesus from the dead, and the emphasis 566 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,440 is on the Holy Spirit who dwells in you. 567 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,720 Let's go further. He who raised Christ from the 568 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:10,560 dead, that's God, will also give life to your mortal bodies 569 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:14,560 through His Spirit. That's the Holy Spirit who 570 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:22,360 dwells in you. God, this passage is showing, 571 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,400 and the Holy Spirit. Both worked together and. 572 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:31,280 Participated in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but there's 573 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,720 more. First, Peter 318 For Christ also 574 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:39,200 suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might 575 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,640 bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made 576 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,240 alive in the Spirit. So in other words, Caldwell 577 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,760 summed it up like this. Jesus was both. 578 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:56,960 Raised by God on the throne in heaven and by his own divine 579 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,120 power. Who participated in the 580 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,000 resurrection of Jesus Christ? Who was involved? 581 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:06,320 God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. And guess what's going to happen 582 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:11,080 according to Romans, if the Holy Spirit is in you and dwells in 583 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,160 you and you live that godly life. 584 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,360 And by the way, the Holy Spirit indwells the faithful Christian. 585 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,760 God will give. Life. 586 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,560 In that day when? Jesus comes back through the 587 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:30,080 Spirit that Paul says dwells in you. 588 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:37,680 Isn't that great? And by the way, you know what 589 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,440 life. Means there there's only one 590 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,720 resurrection of the dead, those that are resurrected to the 591 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,400 resurrection of life and those to the resurrection of 592 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,720 damnation. That's what it says. 593 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,280 That's what the Bible says. Those that are resurrected. 594 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,560 To the resurrection of life are those that are saved. 595 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:55,960 What a powerful, powerful passage. 596 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,200 OK, all that being. Said and we are wrapping up our 597 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,520 remarks. Here's my question. 598 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,480 Jesus Christ did. Not need a physical body to 599 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,760 continue to exist in. Fact. 600 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,760 I'm going to tell. You right now when you die, and 601 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,480 you for all of you that have seen me at funerals and heard me 602 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,080 at funerals, I say this all the time, when you die, you are just 603 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,240 as alive as you've always been. You're just not here. 604 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,760 We no. Longer have a physical body when 605 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,280 we die so. My question. 606 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:35,160 Is why was a bodily resurrection necessary for Jesus? 607 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,320 He didn't need the He didn't need the physical body. 608 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,040 He didn't need that physical body to exist. 609 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,560 He still existed. Why did he need the physical 610 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:44,520 body? What was that? 611 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,480 I think there's five reasons really quickly #1 to demonstrate 612 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:52,400 the Lord's victory over sin. You know an amazing. 613 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,720 Thing in First Corinthians 15 at the end of time, when time shall 614 00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,720 be no more. Here it says the last enemy that 615 00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:02,920 shall be destroyed is death. When Jesus comes. 616 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,360 Back. There's only one enemy left. 617 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,240 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, when death 618 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,440 shall be no more and Jesus comes back right. 619 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:17,160 That victory would have not been whole or complete had Jesus not 620 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:21,360 been resurrected 1st and incidentally has become the 621 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,840 first fruits of them that slept. Meaning this he was the first 622 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,760 one to be resurrected from the dead, never to die again. 623 00:38:31,720 --> 00:38:36,200 He had to do it to demonstrate his complete victory over sin 624 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,200 #2. To prove ultimately. 625 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,600 That he is the Son of God. You know, had Jesus. 626 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:44,800 Remained in the tomb, you remember. 627 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,760 Even the disciples themselves had disbelief and great dismay. 628 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,800 Had there not been a body presented? 629 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,200 There would have been. Continued disbelief. 630 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,120 And continued. Despair and dismay. 631 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,840 Had to happen. With the body #3 to show God's 632 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,760 purpose in the redemption of man. 633 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,440 You know what God's purpose is for your life? 634 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,120 You know, I've heard this my whole life. 635 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:13,480 What's God's purpose for my life? 636 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:14,800 What's God's purpose for my life? 637 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,200 Well, I do think God does work in our lives. 638 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:22,960 Specifically, yes I do. But overall? 639 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,320 What God wants for me is the same thing He wants for you. 640 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,640 And it's the same. Thing that he wants for 641 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,840 everyone, that's his purpose, His great purpose in the 642 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,840 redemption of man is this, that one day we're going to have a 643 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:39,040 glorified body and be in heaven and glorify him forever. 644 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:42,600 That's what God wants. How bad does he want? 645 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,960 It wants it pretty bad. He wants it so badly. 646 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,600 He said his son to pay the price that you have it. 647 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:54,280 What else? To demonstrate that God was 648 00:39:54,280 --> 00:40:00,360 satisfied with the sacrifice, His glorified body is tangible 649 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,640 evidence, visibly seen that God was satisfied with that 650 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,920 offering. And finally the last one, and I 651 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:11,320 love this, to demonstrate his ability to mediate between God 652 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:15,520 and man. There is no one worthy like 653 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:20,960 Jesus to be the go between between God and man and not only 654 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:25,320 that but man and God. He was in all. 655 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,800 Points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 656 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:31,480 He knows our infirmities, He knows us, He knows what we're 657 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,240 going through. If you think in your life you're 658 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,680 going through something that nobody understands, I'm in here 659 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,680 to tell you there may not be anybody in this world that 660 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,920 understands, but there's somebody that's out of this 661 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,240 world that understands. I guarantee you that. 662 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:52,840 Don't ever forget that Jesus was not only fully God. 663 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,240 But he was also. Fully human. 664 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,000 And when he was? Resurrected. 665 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,800 He was resurrected in his body in human form. 666 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,080 Demonstrating his. Ability to mediate between God 667 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,040 and man and man and God. So never forget. 668 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,360 There's somebody in heaven. Who can relate to us, that can 669 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,400 be touched with our feelings and our infirmities? 670 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,080 I'm going to close with one more passage until we're finished. 671 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:26,240 Not bad today. Hebrews 4 Beginning. 672 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:29,920 In verse 14. Seeing then that we have. 673 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,200 A great high priest who has passed through the heavens. 674 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:33,920 Jesus. The Son. 675 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,280 Of God. Let us hold. 676 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,840 Fast our confession, for we do not have a high priest who 677 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,920 cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was at all 678 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,080 points tempted. As we are yet without sin, so as 679 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,440 a result, let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, 680 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:53,720 that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of 681 00:41:53,720 --> 00:41:56,160 need. I don't know of a more. 682 00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,080 Encouraging passage than that you ain't alone. 683 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,840 You got somebody that's on your side. 684 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,520 And just never. Forget this, the Lord never 685 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:12,400 leaves us. If we think that. 686 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,320 In that there's a time in our life when we're away from the 687 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,000 Lord or the Lord is distant from us. 688 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:22,840 Just remember, it wasn't the Lord that left, it was us. 689 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,160 Oh, he's there making intercession and also our 690 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,720 mediator. Powerful, powerful stuff. 691 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:34,200 Next time. Now after this, by the way, he 692 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,360 goes into words about the establishment of the Kingdom and 693 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,880 repentance and remission of sins preached in His name among all 694 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,760 nations began in Jerusalem. We'll get to that later on as we 695 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:48,400 are close to the ascension of Jesus in Acts chapter 1. 696 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:52,360 Next we go to John chapter 20 because guess who wasn't here 697 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,840 when Jesus met? Thomas. 698 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,760 We're going to talk about old Thomas next time, and we're 699 00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:02,000 going to talk about what Jesus says to him in that in the 6th 700 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,240 appearance post resurrection of Jesus. 701 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,880 That'll be next time. Thank you so much for your kind 702 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,160 listening. I hope something was said that 703 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,200 was encouraging to you and helpful to you in some way. 704 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,160 We never know the hearts and minds of those that are present. 705 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,040 Maybe you're here today and you're just not a Christian. 706 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,680 If you're not a Christian. If you're not a child of God, 707 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,160 the steps to become one a very simple. 708 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,920 We extend the invitation. It's very, very simple. 709 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,920 And what we want to do is we want to go to the Word of God 710 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,320 and find out what the Word of God says and not what somebody 711 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,960 else decides that it says #1 you got to hear the Word of God. 712 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:38,720 Romans 10/17 So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word 713 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,800 of God. Just like those men on the road 714 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,280 to Emmaus. What produced faith? 715 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,320 It was the Word of God. What did Jesus prove to them? 716 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,960 Not only physical evidence, but scriptural evidence. 717 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,880 It always goes back to the Word of God. 718 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,600 You want to be saved. It's got to be based on the Word 719 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,520 of God. Faith comes by hearing and 720 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,680 hearing by the Word of God. Then you have a choice. 721 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,440 You got to believe it. Believe with all your heart. 722 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,200 Hebrews 11 and 6. Without faith it's impossible to 723 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,640 please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and 724 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,440 that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 725 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:13,240 Then you got to make a change in your life. 726 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,680 You got to repent. Repent of your sins. 727 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,960 Acts 1730. Truly these times of ignorance 728 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,640 God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. 729 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,520 Then you must be willing to confess Jesus Christ as the Son 730 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,080 of God. Acts 837. 731 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,600 Then Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. 732 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:34,280 And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the 733 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,120 Son of God. All these steps lead toward the 734 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,760 point of salvation. But you're not saved. 735 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:47,400 Yet the point of salvation is be baptized for the remission of 736 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,000 sins. Mark 1616. 737 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,240 He who believes and is baptized will be saved, but he who does 738 00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:56,200 not believe will be condemned. Is it necessary for salvation? 739 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,880 Do you have to be baptized to be saved first? 740 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:04,240 Peter 321 The like figure where to even Baptism does also now 741 00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,760 save us. Not the putting away the filth 742 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,840 of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by 743 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,320 the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 744 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,520 If you've never taken those steps of obedience, we'd love to 745 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,760 assist you in that. Become a child of God. 746 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,520 Become a Christian today, washed in the blood of the Lamb. 747 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:23,040 Maybe you have, maybe there's just something in your life. 748 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,080 It's not what it should be. Maybe you've drifted away. 749 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:27,680 What a great time to come back. This is the greatest thing in 750 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,200 the world. Just change, repent, confess 751 00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:31,720 that sin. We'll pray with you and for you. 752 00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:33,720 And you know what? It's over with. 753 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,600 And God will forgive and restore. 754 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,760 Be one of either class. Come forward while we stand, 755 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:39,200 while we see.