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Let The Passages Stand Together · 5-Minutes of Good News

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, Christians.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: This is Dallas Beecham, and I've got good news.
• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Two travelers walked a dusty road from Jerusalem toward Emmaus.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Their steps moved forward, but their hearts were caught behind them.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus had been crucified.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Women had reported that they found the tomb empty.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Angels had said he was alive.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: Yet the travelers could not fit the pieces together.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Hope had risen, then fallen, and now confusion walked beside them.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: A stranger drew near and asked what troubled them.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: It was Jesus, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: They told him the story as they understood it.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Then Jesus did something deeply important.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: He did not give them a clever slogan or ask them to trust a feeling.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Luke twenty four says that beginning at Moses and all the prophets he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_00: Picture that road growing quiet as passage after passage stood together, the law, the promises, the prophets.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Suffering glory, each witness kept its own place, yet together they pointed toward the Christ.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Their hearts burned while he opened the scriptures.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Later when he broke bread, their eyes were opened.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: They hurried back to Jerusalem with news too great to keep.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: That same chapter gives us another scene.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: In Luke 24, forty-four through forty nine, Jesus stood among his disciples and spoke of the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: He opened their understanding.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: He showed that the Christ would suffer and rise, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Then he told them to wait for the power from on high.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: The written testimony, the risen Lord, and the coming mission belong together.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: Acts 2 shows Peter using Scripture with that same care.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: When the Holy Ghost was poured out, and the crowd wondered what it meant, Peter quoted Joel.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: He did not stop at a matching phrase.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: He explained the events in its setting and turned the hearers toward Jesus.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: Then he used David's words from the Psalms to testify of the resurrection and explanation of Christ.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Joel's prophecy and David's witness were not decorations.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: Peter read them as part of the message God was fulfilling.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: This teaches us how to compare scripture.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_00: Read each passage in its own context.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Ask who is speaking, who is listening, what happened before, and what question is being answered.
• 3:38
  SPEAKER_00: Then compare with patience, prayer, and honest hearts.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: Matching words do not always mean matching subjects.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: The words spirit, kingdom, fire, or salvation may appear in different settings.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_00: A concordance can help us find verses, but only careful reading can show whether they address the same matter.
• 4:03
  SPEAKER_00: Different details are not automatically contradictions.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: One traveler may mention a voice while another records the words spoken.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: One gospel writer may select details another does not include.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: Differences is not denial.
• 4:24
  SPEAKER_00: We should let every writer say what he actually says before deciding there is a conflict.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the accounts fill out the same event from different viewpoints.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: We must also speak honestly about our own conclusions.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: When the Bible directly says something, we may say Scripture says.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: When we connect details and offer an explanation, we should make that clear.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: These passages together appear to show or I understand this to mean.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_00: Our explanation may be sound, but it is still our explanation.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_00: Humility keeps us from placing our words on the same level as God's words.
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_00: So let the passage stand together.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: Do not tear one verse from its home.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_00: Do not force two verses together because one word sounds alike.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: Walk the road patiently.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: Read Moses, the prophets, the Psalms, the Gospels, and Acts with open eyes.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: The goal is not to win an argument, the goal is to hear the witness faithfully and recognize the Lord at the center of it.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_00: I hope today's message has touched your heart and causes you to have a good day.