WEEKLY EVENTS:
- Sundays at 10:00 am: Prayer Gathering
- Sundays at 10:30 am: Worship Service
- Wednesdays at 6:30 pm: BIble Study in the Fellowship Hall
COMING UP:
- May 17th @ 11:30 am - Mother's Day Luncheon
- June 21st @ 9:00 am - Father's Day Breakfast
Sermon Notes for April 20, 2025
What Will You Do With Jesus? Luke 24
In Acts 1:3, Luke explains that after his suffering on the cross, Jesus presented himself alive by many infallible proofs. In the 20th chapter of the gospel of John, John explains that Jesus did many miraculous things during those 40 days which were not recorded. 1 Corinthians 15:6 states at one point he appeared to over 500 brethren at once. Paul wrote I Corinthians 15 to emphasize the importance of the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Concluding, if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless, and you are still guilty of your sins. Paul then makes this statement: 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead! Today we celebrate every Sunday because He is alive! However, after His crucifixion, His disciples were not celebrating. They had forgotten his words: “the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” Luke 24:7
What Happens When You DON’T Remember God’s Word
1) At The Tomb - vs 1-12 Disturbed Faith
The women were “greatly perplexed” Peter - “marveling to himself” (vs 12)
Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, He is risen!
Remember how He spoke to you: Jesus had told his disciples about his impending death many times
Matt. 16:21, 26:2 ; Mark 8:31, 9:31 ; Luke 9:22 ; John 8:28, 12:32
And they (the women) remembered His words! But the apostles did not believe them.
2) On The Road - vs 13-32 Discouraged Faith
“sad conversation” – vs 17 Jesus was not who they thought He was; the redeemer of Israel.
The women “*astonished us” by telling what they saw *(insane) The empty tomb; angels
O foolish ones and “slow of heart” to believe what the prophets have spoken!
Foolish = unwise, not understanding Slow of Heart = not thinking properly
Surely they should have known what Isaiah (53) and David (Ps.22) had said.
Deuteronomy 18:15-19 The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear…….. I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.
Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us…and opened the scriptures to us?
3) In The Room - vs 33-45 Distressed Faith
Even though Jesus appeared to Simon they were “terrified & frightened”
When Jesus appeared they “marveled” = doubted; thinking they saw a spirit.
Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? It is too good to be true!
He proved His resurrection – touch Me; He ate some fish
He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
What Happens When You DO Remember God’s Word
4) From The Room to The Mountain - vs 46-51 Directed Faith
He sent them to “preach repentance and remission of sins”
They were to “be witnesses” of Christ’s sufferings and resurrection from the dead
Tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with “power from on high” The Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:18 tells us to be filled (influenced) with the Spirit
5) In The Temple - vs 52,53 Delighted Faith
“worship” “great joy”
They were continually in the temple praising and blessing God:
Instruction and Fellowship - Acts 2:46,47
Teaching and Preaching Jesus as the Christ - Acts 5:42
Searching the Scriptures - Acts 17:10,11
Exhorting One Another Daily - Hebrews 3:13
What Will You Do With Jesus?