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February 3 - Luke 24 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, hello, hello friends, it's Sean here and it's Tuesday,
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  it's the 3rd of February and I am so delighted to have your
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  company as we are embarking on a whole New Year's Bible reading.
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  If you have been wondering how what are we going to be reading
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  this year? Each day you can download the
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  the annual Bible Reading plan which is in the show notes and
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  it's a new one starting this week taking us through oh man,
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  so many great books from the New and the Old Testament as we
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  continue this journey, not trying to nail the Bible cover
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  to cover, but instead moving through God's word book by book
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  to punctuate each of our days spending time in God's Word.
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  And today is no exception. And today is a glorious day
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  because today Luke tells us about Jesus resurrection and his
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  ministry even after his resurrection and then finally
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  his ascension. Oh, what a banger.
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  Let's dive into it. Holy Spirit, thank you for your
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  word and open our hearts to you as we read this today.
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  All right, friends, let us read together Luke chapter 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
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  prepared. They found that the stone had
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  been rolled away from the entrance.
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  So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.
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  As they stood there puzzled, 2 men suddenly appeared to them,
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  clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and
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  bowed with their faces to the ground.
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  Then the men asked, Why are you looking among the dead for
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  someone who is alive? He isn't here.
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  He is risen from the dead. Remember what he told you back
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  in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands
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  of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on
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  the third day. Then they remembered that he had
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  said this, so they rushed back from the tomb to tell his 11
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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.
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  But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they
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  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
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  the empty linen wrappings. Then he went home again,
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  wondering what had happened. That same day, 2 of Jesus
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  followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, 7 miles from
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  Jerusalem. As they walked along they were
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  talking about everything that had happened.
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  As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself
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  suddenly came and began walking with them.
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  But God kept them from recognising him.
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  He asked them, What are you discussing so intently as you
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  walk along? They stopped short, sadness
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  written across their faces. Then one of them, Cleopas,
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  replied, You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn't
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  heard about all these things that have happened there the
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  last few days. What things, Jesus asked.
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  The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth.
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  They said he was a prophet who did powerful miracles and he was
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  a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.
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  But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed
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  him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.
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  We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel.
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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 him Jesus is alive.
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  Some of our men ran out to see and sure enough his body was
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  gone, just as the women had said.
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  And Jesus said to them, You foolish people, you find it so
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  hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the
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  Scriptures. Wasn't it clearly predicted that
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  the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering
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  his glory? Then Jesus took them through the
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  writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all
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  the scriptures the things concerning Himself.
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  By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their
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  journey. Jesus act as if he were going
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  on, but they begged him stay the night with us since it's getting
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  late. So he went home with them, and
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  as they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it.
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  Then he broke it and gave it to them.
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  Suddenly their eyes were opened and they recognised 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 11 disciples and others who were
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  gathered with them. Who said, the Lord has really
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  risen? He appeared to Peter.
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  Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had
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  appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how
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  they had recognised 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.
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  Peace be with you, he said. But the whole group was startled
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  and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost.
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  Why are you frightened? He asked.
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  Why are your hearts filled with doubt?
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  Look at my hands, look at my feet.
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  You can see that it's really me. Touch me and make sure that I'm
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  not a ghost, because ghosts don't have bodies, as you see
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  that I do. As he spoke, he showed them his
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  hands and his feet. Still they stood there in
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  disbelief, filled with joy and wonder.
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  Then he asked them, Do you have anything here to eat?
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  They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he ate it as they
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  watched. Then he said, When I was with
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  you before, I told you that everything written about me in
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  the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must
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  be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to
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  understand the Scriptures, and he said, yes, it was written
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  long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the
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  dead on the third day. It was also written that this
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  message would be proclaimed in the authority of His name to all
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  the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
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  There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.
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  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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  Then Jesus LED them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven,
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  He blessed them. While he was blessing them, He
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  left them and was taken up to heaven.
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  So they worshipped 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. Oh Jesus, you are alive.
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  You are not just some quiet thought that lives in our own
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  hearts, but you are the real living God, this man who raised
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  up from the dead and you ascended and you now live
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  eternally together with your Father, and you have given us
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  your spirit to be here with us. Oh Jesus, you are the Saviour of
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  the world. You are the Messiah and we
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  worship you. Oh, all that you have achieved,
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  and not just to get your name in the Guinness Book of World
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  Records, but to save us and to restore us back to you.
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  We love you, Jesus, we praise you and we thank you for all
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  that you've done. And we pray all of this in your
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  mighty name, Amen.