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April 10 - Luke 24 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Christ is risen. He is risen, indeed.
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  Happy Easter friends, it is so good to be on this side of the
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  Easter weekend. It is Easter Monday but I have
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  chosen to record this on Easter Sunday morning, happy Easter
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  friends. It is a wonderful wonderful day
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  to celebrate that God has reigned Victorious over sin and
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  death, so that you and I can be drawn And into a life close to
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  him forever and ever Harvin, it's the best happy Easter.
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  I hope that you have had a wonderful Easter celebration
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  with those. You love the most and that
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  you've got to celebrate, just how loved you.
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  But we didn't come here to talk about Easter.
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  We came here to listen to God's word, all about this wonderful
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  event. so join me, as we finish off the Book of Luke reading
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  together, the Final Chapter, Luke 24,
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  But very early on Sunday morning, the women went to the
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  tomb, taking the spices they had prepared, they found that the
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  stone had been rolled away from the entrance so they went in but
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  they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus as I stood there,
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  puzzled two men suddenly appeared to them clothes in
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  dazzling. Robes the women were terrified
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  and bowed with their faces to the ground.
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  Then the men asked, why are you looking at?
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  Among the dead for someone who was alive.
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  He isn't here. He is risen from the dead.
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  Remember what he told you back in Galilee that the son of man
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  must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified
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  and that he would rise again on the third day.
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  Then they remembered that he had said this.
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  So, they're rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven
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  disciples and everyone else. What had happened?
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  It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary, the mother of James, and
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  several other women who told the apostles, what had happened, but
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  the story sounded like nonsense to the men.
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  So they didn't believe it. However, Peter jumped up and ran
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  to the tomb to look stooping. He peered in and saw the EMT
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  linen, wrappings. Then he went home again,
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  wondering what had happened. That same day, two of Jesus
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  followers, were walking to the Village of Emmaus, seven miles
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  from Jerusalem as they walked along.
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  They were talking about everything that had happened as
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  they talked and discussed these things.
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  Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them, but God
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  kept them from recognizing him. He asked them, what are you
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  discussing? So intently, as you walk along,
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  they stopped short sadness, written across their faces, then
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  one of them. Cleopas replied.
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  You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn't heard about
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  all the things that have happened here the last few days.
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  What things? Jesus asked the things that
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  happened to Jesus The Man from Nazareth.
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  They said he was a prophet who did wonderful Miracles and he
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  was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people, but
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  our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him
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  over to be condemned to death. And they crucified him.
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  We had hoped. He was the Messiah.
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  Who would come to rescue his rail.
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  This all happened three days ago.
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  Then some women from our group of his followers, were at his
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  tomb early this morning and they came back with an amazing
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  report. They said his body was missing
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  and they had seen Angels, who told them Jesus is Alive, some
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  of our men ran out to sea and sure enough.
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  His body was gone. Just as the women had said, then
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  Jesus said to them, you foolish people, you find it so hard to
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  believe all the Prophets wrote in the scriptures, wasn't a
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  clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all
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  these things before entering his glory.
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  Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the
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  prophets explaining from all the scriptures, the things
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  concerning himself. By this time, they were nearing
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  Emmaus, and the end of their Journey.
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  Jesus acted as if he were going on, but they begged him.
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  Stay the night with us since it is getting late.
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  So he went home with them and they sat down to eat, he took
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  the bread and blessed it, then he broke it and gave it to them.
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  Suddenly their eyes were opened and they recognized him.
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  And at that moment, he disappeared.
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  They said to each other, didn't our hearts burn within us as he
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  talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us.
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  And within the hour, they were on their way back to Jerusalem.
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  There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had
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  gathered with them. Who said the Lord has really
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  risen. He appeared to Peter Then the
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  two from Emmaus told, their story of how Jesus had appeared
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  to them as they were walking along the road and how they
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  recognized him. As he was breaking the bread.
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  And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was
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  suddenly standing there among them peace.
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  Be with you. He said, but the whole group was
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  startled and frightened thinking they were seeing a ghost.
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  Why are you frightened? He asked, why are your hearts
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  filled with doubt? Look at my hands.
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  Look at my feet. You can see that it's really me
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  touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost because ghosts don't
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  have bodies. As you see that.
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  I do as he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.
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  Still they stood there in disbelief filled with joy and
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  wonder then he asked them. Do you have anything here to
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  eat? They gave him a piece of broiled
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  fish and he ate it as they watched.
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  Then he said, when I was with you before I told you that
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  everything written about me in the law of Moses and the
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  prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.
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  Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures and he
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  said, yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would
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  suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day.
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  It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in
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  the He of his name to all the nations.
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  Beginning in Jerusalem, there is forgiveness of sins for all who
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  repent, you are witnesses of all these things.
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  And now I will send the Holy Spirit just as my father
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  promised, but stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes
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  and fills you with power from heaven.
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  And Jesus led them to Bethany and lifted His Hands to Heaven.
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  He blessed them while he was blessing them.
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  He left them and was taken up to heaven.
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  So they worshiped him and then returned to Jerusalem, filled
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  with great joy and they spent all of their time in the temple.
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  Praising God. You are risen, Jesus, you have
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  defeated death, you have fulfilled, everything that God
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  revealed to us through the prophets of long ago.
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  And you did this because you love us and you want to restore
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  us back to you. Thank you, Father, for giving us
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  Jesus. Thank you.
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  Jesus for coming and doing what you did for us.
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  And thank you. Holy Spirit for coming and
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  dwelling in us, our loving and wonderful.
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  God, we just worship you. We praise you.
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  Our Risen Lord. Thank you for Easter.
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  We are humbled and overjoyed and we love you and it's in your
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  name that we pray. Amen.