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*U-Turn on the Road to Emmaus*
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* I. **Introduction:*
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*Text:* Luke 24:13-35
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*13*Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
*14*They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
*15*As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; *16*but they were kept from recognizing him.
*17*He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?"
They stood still, their faces downcast.
*18*One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"
*19*"What things?" he asked.
"About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied.
"He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
*20*The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; *21*but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.
And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
*22*In addition, some of our women amazed us.
They went to the tomb early this morning *23*but didn't find his body.
They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
*24*Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see."
*25*He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
*26*Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
*27*And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
*28*As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.
*29*But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over."
So he went in to stay with them.
*30*When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
*31*Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.
*32*They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"
*33*They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem.
There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together *34*and saying, "It is true!
The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon." *35*Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
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| /Preach this as a strong message of hope.
Not as an indictment / |
Where we are going: I want to speak to you today about an encounter two confused, depressed and lost disciples had with Jesus and how they were changed by it.
I think it says a lot to this congregation at this point in time.
It has been on my heart for over 2 months now.
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*Background:*
It is the first Easter and two disciples are leaving Jerusalem and walking towards Emmaus a town about 7 miles northwest of Jerusalem.
These two are walking along talking about a dead Jesus and all that has happened over the past week.
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*Transition:*
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As we read the story, don’t be too hard on these two because if we are honest they are just like us!
What is God saying to Morton Memorial through this story?
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*II.
**Emmaus is in the wrong direction *
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What does it look like when we are going in the wrong direction from God’s will?
Do you think you will know it?
Ever been lost and not known it?
These two disciples in our text were lost and they didn’t know it.
They were walking in the wrong direction….
1st—They were walking towards the sunset….
Emmaus is north west of Jerusalem… William Barclay, the great commentator, says, Walking in this direction says to me they thought the sun was setting on their dream.
2nd—Jerusalem is were the action was… They were actually heading away from what God was doing…
They were lost and didn’t know it…
So what are the warning signs of that we may be walking in the wrong direction from God?
In this story there are four…
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A. They were focused on a past
*/14/**/They were talking with each other about everything that had happened./*
*/"About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied.
"He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
20The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.
And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place./*
What I noticed about this passage is that they are speaking entirely in the past tense.
How does this feel today?
· /The good days are gone in the past../
· /Our hope was in the past…/
· /We are washed up…/
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/How tragic it is to meet someone who thinks the best has already occurred…/
· /They live their lives in their past…/
· /To these people in our text, Jesus is a has-been… /
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I have good news!
God is not about the past tense.
/Look at Exodus 3:13 – 14.
This is the story of God giving Moses his name.
This is God’s name…/
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/13/*/ Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" /*
*/ /*/14/*/ God said to Moses, "I am who I am .
This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "/*
What is God’s name?
I AM…
AM is the present tense… nothing past tense about this…
God wants us to live with a focus on the now and the future as a people of destiny.
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I don’t want you to think, I don’t have any respect for the past… I do.
As we will see in just a few minutes, the issue is how we view the past.
Transition: You can’t see where you are going if you are looking in your rear view mirror.
If you want to see what’s ahead you have to look ahead.
As long as you are looking in the rearview mirror—you can’t see what is happening now and in the future.
(Tell the story of looking at Cindy and not looking at the road and going off the road and blowing a tire and bending 2 rims-- $450.00 to fix the tires and Cindy lost a day of work)
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They couldn’t recognize their current situation
*/15/**/As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16but they were kept from recognizing him.
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They couldn’t see Jesus and he was walking with them.
The language of the text indicates their inability to recognize him may have been divinely inspired.
What keeps us from seeing Jesus when he is in our midst?
Focus on the past?
Stubbornness?
Sinful attitudes?
Prejudices?
A preconceived notion about how God should work?
(Review paradigm blindness)
Do we have our eyes closed or have closed minds?
Cognitive Dissonance (explain)
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