Title: Holy Heartburn Finis
Author: Gerald Harris
Text: Luke 24:13-24
A Walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-24)
The time - late in the afternoon on the first Easter Sunday. The place - the Emmaus Road. The Scene - Two weary disciples trudging dejectedly down the seven mile road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. One week earlier they had welcomed Jesus into the city by lining the streets and waving palm branches, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" (Matthew 21: 9).
And at that time what they thought was going to be a continuing celebration became a horrible crucifixion. They had seen the procession of death going up to Golgotha. They had seen the crown of thorns, the jeering, hooting, rabble, the squalor, the infamy, and defeat. They had seen his poor, broken body being taken down when it was all over to be hidden away in a tomb.
All their hopes had been centered on this one man, Jesus. He was to sweep the world clean of social injustice and confusion. He was to bring a millennium of peace and justice and prosperity. Now, they concluded that it was all over - it would never happen.
As we consider these two disciples on the Emmaus Road, let us also look at the modern church. Because, you see, I believe these disciples are a picture of the modern church - a church in a state of despair and discouragement and hopelessness. You know, the people outside the church get their impression of Christianity and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of God Himself from what they see in us.
We make great claims - we claim to be the people of God, partakers of the divine nature, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, special and unique people. We claim to have the solutions to the great problems of life and so they very naturally look at us. The people out there judge all that we stand for and all that we claim to believe by all that they see in us. I believe it is because of what they see in us that many are outside the Ch ...
Author: Gerald Harris
Text: Luke 24:13-24
A Walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-24)
The time - late in the afternoon on the first Easter Sunday. The place - the Emmaus Road. The Scene - Two weary disciples trudging dejectedly down the seven mile road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. One week earlier they had welcomed Jesus into the city by lining the streets and waving palm branches, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" (Matthew 21: 9).
And at that time what they thought was going to be a continuing celebration became a horrible crucifixion. They had seen the procession of death going up to Golgotha. They had seen the crown of thorns, the jeering, hooting, rabble, the squalor, the infamy, and defeat. They had seen his poor, broken body being taken down when it was all over to be hidden away in a tomb.
All their hopes had been centered on this one man, Jesus. He was to sweep the world clean of social injustice and confusion. He was to bring a millennium of peace and justice and prosperity. Now, they concluded that it was all over - it would never happen.
As we consider these two disciples on the Emmaus Road, let us also look at the modern church. Because, you see, I believe these disciples are a picture of the modern church - a church in a state of despair and discouragement and hopelessness. You know, the people outside the church get their impression of Christianity and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of God Himself from what they see in us.
We make great claims - we claim to be the people of God, partakers of the divine nature, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ, special and unique people. We claim to have the solutions to the great problems of life and so they very naturally look at us. The people out there judge all that we stand for and all that we claim to believe by all that they see in us. I believe it is because of what they see in us that many are outside the Ch ...
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