Gospel of Luke: Advent - Chapter 24

Good evening.  As we end our time in Luke I want to highlight just a few things from this last chapter.  First though, can you imagine being one of the men on the road to Emmaus?!  To have Jesus Himself explain all of Scripture to you and how it all points to Him!  I'm so thankful that while Jesus isn't physically here with us right now we have His written Word and His Spirit to teach and guide us.  

The Resurrection:

- Remember! What Jesus said.  "the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.  And they remembered his words," (vs. 7-8)

- The apostles didn't believe the women, that the tomb was empty; but Peter went to see for himself (vs. 11-12)

On the Road to Emmaus: 

- I had never noticed before that these men walking with Jesus had been there when the women came and told the disciples that the tomb was empty.  (vs 22-24)

- Jesus, like the angel at the tomb, says remember!  Remember what the prophets said! (vs. 25-26)

Jesus Appears to His disciples:

- Remember what I taught you!  "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem." (vs. 46-47)

A couple final thoughts.  It's so important to be in Scripture so that when we face trials Jesus can remind us of what He has taught us through His Word.  There are verses that, as we face different circumstances, Jesus gives us a greater understanding of their truth.  In verse 49 Jesus tells the disciples to stay "until you are clothed with power from on high." In verses 52-53 we see that they obeyed this command to stay; but notice their attitude as they waited for God to equip them in His time...."and were continually in the temple blessing God."  They didn't mope, worry or try to jump ahead of God's timing.  They spent this period of waiting continually worshiping God.  

As I read all of the "remember" statements in this chapter the song Look What God Has Done came to mind.  When we don't know what the future holds or how long we may have to wait in a season we can always look back at what God has done and praise Him.