October 12, 2025 • 14 mins
A stone rolled back before sunrise. A table where bread breaks and eyes open. A quiet room electrified by peace as scarred hands reach out and ask for fish. We close Luke’s Gospel at full stride—with resurrection that feels shockingly material, Scripture that suddenly makes sense, and a mission that still presses on us today.
We walk through the empty tomb with the women who first carried the news, then pace the seven miles to Emmaus with two discouraged followers who find their hearts catching fire as Jesus threads Moses and the Prophets into a single story of suffering and glory. Recognition doesn’t arrive with spectacle but in the ordinary act of a meal, echoing the upper room and revealing a Savior who knows how to meet us at the table. Back in Jerusalem, Jesus stands among the disciples, invites touch, eats in front of them, and anchors their faith in reality—not a ghost, not a metaphor, but the risen Lord who turns fear into witness.
From there, the horizon widens: repentance and forgiveness will be proclaimed to all nations, starting in Jerusalem. He opens their minds, promises the Holy Spirit’s power, and blesses them as he ascends. We connect Luke to Acts, trace how this careful, physician-historian builds confidence for Theophilus and for us, and draw out simple practices—reading the Bible with Christ at the center, journaling with SOAP, and living on mission with open hands. If you’ve ever wondered how head and heart meet, how doubt becomes joy, or how ordinary people carry an extraordinary message, this conversation will give you language, courage, and a next step.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Welcome to the Bible Breakdown Podcast.
Every day we take one chapter ofthe Bible, dig deeper, and
discover that the more we dig,the more we find.
You can find out more at theBibleBreakdown.com.
Now let's grow in God's Wordtogether.
Well, hello and welcome back tothe Bible Breakdown Podcast,
man.
This is the one.
(00:21):
This is the final chapter in theGospel of Luke.
We are going to end this thingwith a bang.
But before we do that, onceagain, welcome.
This is Pastor Brandon.
And if you would like for us tosend you the daily Bible
reading, make sure you text RLCBible to 94,000.
Also, you can go to my blog andyou can subscribe to my weekly
newsletter where I send out moreinformation.
And if you are watching this onYouTube, please make sure to
(00:44):
like and subscribe to thechannel.
If you're listening to this as apodcast, be sure to subscribe to
the podcast, like and review.
It helps us get the word outthere to everybody.
Man, let's get into this.
This is going to be so good, soexciting.
And don't forget, this is thefinal chapter of someone named
Theopolis who has commissionedLuke, who is trained as a
physician.
He is an educated man, and hehas sent Theopolis has sent Luke
(01:07):
out into the wild, out into theJudean countryside, and he said,
Go and see if you can confirmall the things that we have
heard about Jesus.
And Luke is writing back, yes,everything we knew about Jesus
is confirmed.
I've interviewed the people,I've done the things, I've I've
taken the steps, and it's alltrue.
Not only is it true, but he laysit out for us in an orderly
account.
(01:28):
And now is the grand finale.
And so I hope you got yourBibles with you.
You got your coffee with you.
We're going to jump into this.
We're going to read the first 12verses is going to be all about
the resurrection of Jesus.
And then only in the Gospel ofLuke does it record what happens
next on something called thewalk to Emmaus.
And so we're going to look atthat and then we're going to
(01:48):
read the grand ending.
And then don't forget that thisis written by the same person
who wrote Acts.
And so as soon as we finish Lukechapter 24, you could pick right
back up in Acts chapter 1 andjust keep going with the
narrative.
So here we go.
We're going to read chapter 24first.
So we got your NLT Biblesopened, got your Bible journals
(02:08):
ready.
Let's dive into this.
Chapter 24, verse 1.
But very early on Sundaymorning, the women went to the
tomb, taking the spices thatthey had prepared.
Remember before, by the way,they had prepared the spices,
but they weren't able to get itdone before sundown, so they had
to wait until after the Sabbath.
So now that here they are.
They found the stone had beenrolled away from the entrance.
(02:31):
So they went in, but they didn'tfind the body of the Lord Jesus.
As they stood there puzzled, twomen suddenly appeared to them
clothed in dazzling robes.
The women were terrified andbowed their faces to the ground.
Then the men asks, Why are youlooking among the dead for
someone who is alive?
He isn't there.
He is risen from the dead.
(02:52):
Remember that he told you backin Galilee that the Son of Man
must be betrayed into the handsof sinful men and be crucified,
and that he would rise again onthe third day.
Then they remembered that he hadsaid this, so they rushed back
from the tomb to tell the elevendisciples and everyone else what
had happened.
It was Mary Magdalene, Johanna,Mary, the mother of James, and
(03:15):
several other women who told theapostles what had happened.
But the story sounded likenonsense to the men, so they
didn't believe it.
However, Peter jumped up and ranto the tomb to look.
Stooping, he appeared, he peeredin and saw the empty linen
wrappings, and then went homeagain, wondering what had
happened.
And so what happens is, is thewomen go to anoint the body.
(03:37):
Because what would happen inthose contexts is that the body
would start to decay almostimmediately because they didn't
do any of the embalming and allthis kind of stuff.
And so they would anoint thebody so that the smell would not
overwhelm while the body wasdecaying.
And then just to be gruesome,what would happen is they would
wait a year after that.
And after that, at that point,all that would really be left
(03:58):
was the bones.
And then they would take thebones and they would go in and
put it in another place.
And so they were just goingthrough the process.
But then as they get there, theysee that Jesus has rose again.
And there's two angels theretelling them.
But here's the thing thateverybody thought that Jesus was
the Messiah, but they didn'trealize that the Messiah was
going to rise from the dead.
And so they thought that they'dkill the Messiah.
(04:19):
Everything else.
You know, this is why we can'thave nice things.
You know, bad people, you know,hurt all the good things in
life, right?
That's what they thought.
They didn't realize just exactlywho Jesus was.
He wasn't just the Messiah, he'sGod.
And so when it happened, it justseemed too impossible to
believe.
So let's pick back up.
Verse 13.
That same day, two of Jesus'followers were walking to the
(04:42):
village of Emmaus, seven milesfrom Jerusalem.
As they walked along, they weretalking about everything that
had happened.
As they talked and discussedthese things, Jesus himself
suddenly came and began walkingwith them.
But God kept them fromrecognizing him.
They asked them, or he askedthem, What are you discussing so
intently as you walk along?
They stopped short, sadnesswritten across their faces.
(05:05):
Then one of them, Cleopus,replied, You must be the only
person in Jerusalem who hasn'theard about all the things that
have happened here the past fewdays.
What things?
Jesus asked.
The things that happened toJesus, the son or the man from
Nazareth, they said.
He was a prophet who didpowerful things, and he was
might, a mighty teacher in theeyes of God and all the people.
(05:27):
But our leading priests and theother religious leaders handed
him over to be condemned todeath, and they crucified him.
We had hoped that he was theMessiah who had come to rescue
Israel.
All this happened three daysago.
Then some women from our group,this of his followers, were at
the tomb earlier this morning,and they came back with an
(05:48):
amazing report.
They said his body was missingand that he had they had seen
angels who told them that Jesusis alive.
Some of our men ran out to see,and sure enough, his body was
gone, just as the women hadsaid.
And then Jesus said to them,Okay, Jesus is about to get
real, okay?
You foolish people?
You find it so hard to believeall that the prophets wrote in
(06:10):
the scriptures.
Wasn't it clearly predicted thatthe Messiah would have to suffer
all these things before enteringhis glory?
That Jesus took, and then Jesustook them through the writings
of Moses and all the prophets,explaining from all the
scriptures the things concerninghimself.
And by the time they werenearing Emmaus and the end of
their journey, Jesus acted as ifhe were going to go on.
(06:32):
But they begged him, Stay thenight with us, since it's
getting late.
So he went home with them, andthey sat down to eat.
And he took the bread and heblessed it, and he broke it, and
he gave it to them.
Suddenly their eyes were opened,and they recognized him, and at
that moment he disappeared.
He said to each other, Didn'tour hearts burn within us as he
(06:52):
talked with us on the road,explaining the scriptures to us?
And within the hour they were ontheir way back to Jerusalem, and
they found the eleven disciplesand the others, and they
gathered with them, and said,The Lord had really has risen,
and he appeared to Peter.
And so this is amazing.
This is the only account ofthis.
And I I wonder so much who theywho Luke talked to that told him
(07:17):
this story.
That these two of the of thetwelve, these two of the eleven
now, because Jesus, um, he'sgone, um, they they go, and
Jesus appears to them, and he'sveiled from them.
And there, I mean, you get tohear a little bit.
What I love about this is youget to hear what they really
thought about Jesus.
They hoped that he was theMessiah.
(07:38):
They hoped that he was going tobring change to the nation of
Jerusalem or Israel, but theydidn't really know who he was.
And then the Bible said thatJesus just got real.
Hey, hey, why are you being sofoolish?
Why are you just hoping?
Do you not really know who Jesusis?
And then he opened up thescripture and let them see who
he really is.
And then it was in the breakingof the bread, which may have
(08:01):
reminded them of that communionmoment just a couple days before
him when he said, Take and eat,for this is my body, that their
eyes were opened, and they sawJesus for who he really is, and
then he disappeared.
So it's a powerful, powerfulmoment when they truly began to
see Jesus for who he is.
All right, verse 35.
Then the two from Emmaus toldtheir story of how Jesus had
(08:22):
appeared to them and they werewalking as they were walking
along the road and how they hadrecognized him as he was
breaking the bread.
And just as they were tellingabout it, Jesus himself suddenly
standing there among them.
Peace be with you, he said.
But the whole group was startledand frightened, thinking they
were seeing a ghost.
Why are you frightened?
he asked.
(08:43):
Why are your hearts filled withdoubt?
Look at my hands.
Look at my feet.
You can see that it's really me.
Touch me and make sure that I'mnot a ghost, because ghosts
don't have bodies, as you seethat I do.
And as he spoke, he showed themhis hands and his feet.
Still they stood there indisbelief, filled with joy and
(09:03):
wonder.
And so he asked them, Do youhave anything here I can eat?
And they gave him a piece ofboil, royal fish, and he ate it
as they watched.
Then he said, When I was withyou before I told you that
everything written about me inthe law of Moses and the
prophets and in the Psalms mustbe fulfilled.
Then he opened their minds tounderstand the scriptures, and
(09:24):
he said, Yes, it was writtenlong ago that the Messiah would
suffer and die and rise from thedead on the third day.
It was also written that thismessage would be proclaimed in
the authority of his name to allthe nations, beginning in
Jerusalem.
There is forgiveness for sinsfor all who repent.
You are my witnesses of allthese things.
(09:45):
And now I will send the HolySpirit, just as my father
promised, to stay here in thecity until the Holy Spirit comes
and fills you with power fromheaven.
Then Jesus led them to Bethany,and lifting his hands to heaven,
he blessed them.
And while he was blessing them,he left them as he was taken up
to heaven, and they worshippedhim, and they returned to
(10:05):
Jerusalem, filled with greatjoy, and they spent all their
time in the temple praising God.
This amazing moment where Jesusactually shows up in their
company and says, Hey guys, I'mhere.
And it must have terrified them.
I mean, it says it did, but youimagine they saw Jesus die,
well, from a distance.
And now here he is.
(10:26):
And they so didn't believe thathe had to eat something in front
of them.
And then he's like, Hey, look,see, I can eat this, okay?
I'm actually here.
Touch me.
I'm not a hologram.
Yeah, you can touch me.
And then he says, Everything Itold you, does it make sense
now?
Well, not only did I tell youthat, but I also told you that I
had a mission for you to do.
And that is to go into all theworld and to preach the gospel
(10:50):
and to proclaim the good news.
And so not only does he provehimself, but he says everything
else I say is true as well.
What an amazing end to thegospel, but it doesn't end
there.
Open up to Acts chapter 1 andyou see that the Holy Spirit
descends upon the church in Actschapter 2, and then the gospel
(11:11):
starts to go into all the knownworld.
And you and I are recipients ofthem going into all the world.
We are part of that, thosenations yet to be born that
we're going to hear the gospel.
So I hope you've enjoyed Lukechapter 24.
I hope you enjoyed the gospel ofLuke.
Man, I love reading God's wordtogether.
I love geeking out about this.
And before we even go, I wantyou to make sure to take your
(11:32):
Bible journals and I want you tosoap through this chapter.
What scripture stood out to you?
What observation did you gain?
What application can you apply?
And what prayer do you need topray based on what we have
looked at today?
And I'm telling you, the moreyou dig, the more you find when
it comes to God's word.
And overall, one of the things Ilike to do as I finish a book of
the Bible is to take a momentand just think about the gospel
(11:55):
overall as a text, as one bigtext.
What is it about this gospelthat brings me hope?
What can I apply and what can Ilearn?
A couple that I can learn fromthis overall is number one, is
at this point the gospel of Markhas already been written.
All these other things arehappening, but that didn't stop
Luke from saying it seemed rightto me to also add, you know,
(12:17):
what how God has made me to makea difference.
And so here's the thing.
Yes, there are great preachers,and yes, there are great people
doing this, that, and the other,but what does God put inside of
you to do?
How can you add value to thekingdom of God because of the
gifts, talents, abilities,opportunities that God has given
you?
The second thing I love aboutthis is I love how Jesus, he
knew that the cross was coming,yet he kept moving forward.
(12:42):
And what that means is thatthere's bad seasons that's going
to come in our life.
But Jesus never leaves us, hekeeps moving forward with us.
And then what I love is that theBible says there that they went
back to Jerusalem with great joybecause of what God has done and
what they expected God was goingto do.
What a great joy that we canhave too by what God has already
(13:04):
done and by what we know thatGod is going to do.
I love you so much.
It's just a joy to read throughthe Bible together.
If you are following with us inchronological order, up next is
the book of Numbers, which isgoing to be fun.
There's uh it's called Numbersfor a Reason.
So I want you to get ready forthat.
But let me pray for you.
And then uh I'm just excitedabout what God's doing in our
community.
(13:24):
Let me pray.
God, thank you so much for thegospel of Luke.
Thank you, God, that the storyof your life is the story that
we can continue to draw from.
Lord, not only to see how we canpattern our lives after you, but
to see how you walk with us.
I pray, Holy Spirit, that youwill move in our lives.
Holy Spirit, just as you fell onthe church in Acts chapter 1 and
(13:45):
Acts chapter 2, I know that youare still with us now.
So I pray you will fill us, HolySpirit, every day to live out
the gospel in our life and toshare it with others.
We thank you in the strong,powerful name of Jesus.
Amen.
All right, I love you.
I'll see you next time forNumbers chapter one.
Welcome to the Bible Breakdown Podcast.
Every day we take one chapter ofthe Bible, dig deeper, and
discover that the more we dig,the more we find.
You can find out more at theBibleBreakdown.com.
Now let's grow in God's Wordtogether.
Well, hello and welcome back tothe Bible Breakdown Podcast,
man.
This is the one.
(00:21):
This is the final chapter in theGospel of Luke.
We are going to end this thingwith a bang.
But before we do that, onceagain, welcome.
This is Pastor Brandon.
And if you would like for us tosend you the daily Bible
reading, make sure you text RLCBible to 94,000.
Also, you can go to my blog andyou can subscribe to my weekly
newsletter where I send out moreinformation.
And if you are watching this onYouTube, please make sure to
(00:44):
like and subscribe to thechannel.
If you're listening to this as apodcast, be sure to subscribe to
the podcast, like and review.
It helps us get the word outthere to everybody.
Man, let's get into this.
This is going to be so good, soexciting.
And don't forget, this is thefinal chapter of someone named
Theopolis who has commissionedLuke, who is trained as a
physician.
He is an educated man, and hehas sent Theopolis has sent Luke
(01:07):
out into the wild, out into theJudean countryside, and he said,
Go and see if you can confirmall the things that we have
heard about Jesus.
And Luke is writing back, yes,everything we knew about Jesus
is confirmed.
I've interviewed the people,I've done the things, I've I've
taken the steps, and it's alltrue.
Not only is it true, but he laysit out for us in an orderly
account.
(01:28):
And now is the grand finale.
And so I hope you got yourBibles with you.
You got your coffee with you.
We're going to jump into this.
We're going to read the first 12verses is going to be all about
the resurrection of Jesus.
And then only in the Gospel ofLuke does it record what happens
next on something called thewalk to Emmaus.
And so we're going to look atthat and then we're going to
(01:48):
read the grand ending.
And then don't forget that thisis written by the same person
who wrote Acts.
And so as soon as we finish Lukechapter 24, you could pick right
back up in Acts chapter 1 andjust keep going with the
narrative.
So here we go.
We're going to read chapter 24first.
So we got your NLT Biblesopened, got your Bible journals
(02:08):
ready.
Let's dive into this.
Chapter 24, verse 1.
But very early on Sundaymorning, the women went to the
tomb, taking the spices thatthey had prepared.
Remember before, by the way,they had prepared the spices,
but they weren't able to get itdone before sundown, so they had
to wait until after the Sabbath.
So now that here they are.
They found the stone had beenrolled away from the entrance.
(02:31):
So they went in, but they didn'tfind the body of the Lord Jesus.
As they stood there puzzled, twomen suddenly appeared to them
clothed in dazzling robes.
The women were terrified andbowed their faces to the ground.
Then the men asks, Why are youlooking among the dead for
someone who is alive?
He isn't there.
He is risen from the dead.
(02:52):
Remember that he told you backin Galilee that the Son of Man
must be betrayed into the handsof sinful men and be crucified,
and that he would rise again onthe third day.
Then they remembered that he hadsaid this, so they rushed back
from the tomb to tell the elevendisciples and everyone else what
had happened.
It was Mary Magdalene, Johanna,Mary, the mother of James, and
(03:15):
several other women who told theapostles what had happened.
But the story sounded likenonsense to the men, so they
didn't believe it.
However, Peter jumped up and ranto the tomb to look.
Stooping, he appeared, he peeredin and saw the empty linen
wrappings, and then went homeagain, wondering what had
happened.
And so what happens is, is thewomen go to anoint the body.
(03:37):
Because what would happen inthose contexts is that the body
would start to decay almostimmediately because they didn't
do any of the embalming and allthis kind of stuff.
And so they would anoint thebody so that the smell would not
overwhelm while the body wasdecaying.
And then just to be gruesome,what would happen is they would
wait a year after that.
And after that, at that point,all that would really be left
(03:58):
was the bones.
And then they would take thebones and they would go in and
put it in another place.
And so they were just goingthrough the process.
But then as they get there, theysee that Jesus has rose again.
And there's two angels theretelling them.
But here's the thing thateverybody thought that Jesus was
the Messiah, but they didn'trealize that the Messiah was
going to rise from the dead.
And so they thought that they'dkill the Messiah.
(04:19):
Everything else.
You know, this is why we can'thave nice things.
You know, bad people, you know,hurt all the good things in
life, right?
That's what they thought.
They didn't realize just exactlywho Jesus was.
He wasn't just the Messiah, he'sGod.
And so when it happened, it justseemed too impossible to
believe.
So let's pick back up.
Verse 13.
That same day, two of Jesus'followers were walking to the
(04:42):
village of Emmaus, seven milesfrom Jerusalem.
As they walked along, they weretalking about everything that
had happened.
As they talked and discussedthese things, Jesus himself
suddenly came and began walkingwith them.
But God kept them fromrecognizing him.
They asked them, or he askedthem, What are you discussing so
intently as you walk along?
They stopped short, sadnesswritten across their faces.
(05:05):
Then one of them, Cleopus,replied, You must be the only
person in Jerusalem who hasn'theard about all the things that
have happened here the past fewdays.
What things?
Jesus asked.
The things that happened toJesus, the son or the man from
Nazareth, they said.
He was a prophet who didpowerful things, and he was
might, a mighty teacher in theeyes of God and all the people.
(05:27):
But our leading priests and theother religious leaders handed
him over to be condemned todeath, and they crucified him.
We had hoped that he was theMessiah who had come to rescue
Israel.
All this happened three daysago.
Then some women from our group,this of his followers, were at
the tomb earlier this morning,and they came back with an
(05:48):
amazing report.
They said his body was missingand that he had they had seen
angels who told them that Jesusis alive.
Some of our men ran out to see,and sure enough, his body was
gone, just as the women hadsaid.
And then Jesus said to them,Okay, Jesus is about to get
real, okay?
You foolish people?
You find it so hard to believeall that the prophets wrote in
(06:10):
the scriptures.
Wasn't it clearly predicted thatthe Messiah would have to suffer
all these things before enteringhis glory?
That Jesus took, and then Jesustook them through the writings
of Moses and all the prophets,explaining from all the
scriptures the things concerninghimself.
And by the time they werenearing Emmaus and the end of
their journey, Jesus acted as ifhe were going to go on.
(06:32):
But they begged him, Stay thenight with us, since it's
getting late.
So he went home with them, andthey sat down to eat.
And he took the bread and heblessed it, and he broke it, and
he gave it to them.
Suddenly their eyes were opened,and they recognized him, and at
that moment he disappeared.
He said to each other, Didn'tour hearts burn within us as he
(06:52):
talked with us on the road,explaining the scriptures to us?
And within the hour they were ontheir way back to Jerusalem, and
they found the eleven disciplesand the others, and they
gathered with them, and said,The Lord had really has risen,
and he appeared to Peter.
And so this is amazing.
This is the only account ofthis.
And I I wonder so much who theywho Luke talked to that told him
(07:17):
this story.
That these two of the of thetwelve, these two of the eleven
now, because Jesus, um, he'sgone, um, they they go, and
Jesus appears to them, and he'sveiled from them.
And there, I mean, you get tohear a little bit.
What I love about this is youget to hear what they really
thought about Jesus.
They hoped that he was theMessiah.
(07:38):
They hoped that he was going tobring change to the nation of
Jerusalem or Israel, but theydidn't really know who he was.
And then the Bible said thatJesus just got real.
Hey, hey, why are you being sofoolish?
Why are you just hoping?
Do you not really know who Jesusis?
And then he opened up thescripture and let them see who
he really is.
And then it was in the breakingof the bread, which may have
(08:01):
reminded them of that communionmoment just a couple days before
him when he said, Take and eat,for this is my body, that their
eyes were opened, and they sawJesus for who he really is, and
then he disappeared.
So it's a powerful, powerfulmoment when they truly began to
see Jesus for who he is.
All right, verse 35.
Then the two from Emmaus toldtheir story of how Jesus had
(08:22):
appeared to them and they werewalking as they were walking
along the road and how they hadrecognized him as he was
breaking the bread.
And just as they were tellingabout it, Jesus himself suddenly
standing there among them.
Peace be with you, he said.
But the whole group was startledand frightened, thinking they
were seeing a ghost.
Why are you frightened?
he asked.
(08:43):
Why are your hearts filled withdoubt?
Look at my hands.
Look at my feet.
You can see that it's really me.
Touch me and make sure that I'mnot a ghost, because ghosts
don't have bodies, as you seethat I do.
And as he spoke, he showed themhis hands and his feet.
Still they stood there indisbelief, filled with joy and
(09:03):
wonder.
And so he asked them, Do youhave anything here I can eat?
And they gave him a piece ofboil, royal fish, and he ate it
as they watched.
Then he said, When I was withyou before I told you that
everything written about me inthe law of Moses and the
prophets and in the Psalms mustbe fulfilled.
Then he opened their minds tounderstand the scriptures, and
(09:24):
he said, Yes, it was writtenlong ago that the Messiah would
suffer and die and rise from thedead on the third day.
It was also written that thismessage would be proclaimed in
the authority of his name to allthe nations, beginning in
Jerusalem.
There is forgiveness for sinsfor all who repent.
You are my witnesses of allthese things.
(09:45):
And now I will send the HolySpirit, just as my father
promised, to stay here in thecity until the Holy Spirit comes
and fills you with power fromheaven.
Then Jesus led them to Bethany,and lifting his hands to heaven,
he blessed them.
And while he was blessing them,he left them as he was taken up
to heaven, and they worshippedhim, and they returned to
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Jerusalem, filled with greatjoy, and they spent all their
time in the temple praising God.
This amazing moment where Jesusactually shows up in their
company and says, Hey guys, I'mhere.
And it must have terrified them.
I mean, it says it did, but youimagine they saw Jesus die,
well, from a distance.
And now here he is.
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And they so didn't believe thathe had to eat something in front
of them.
And then he's like, Hey, look,see, I can eat this, okay?
I'm actually here.
Touch me.
I'm not a hologram.
Yeah, you can touch me.
And then he says, Everything Itold you, does it make sense
now?
Well, not only did I tell youthat, but I also told you that I
had a mission for you to do.
And that is to go into all theworld and to preach the gospel
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and to proclaim the good news.
And so not only does he provehimself, but he says everything
else I say is true as well.
What an amazing end to thegospel, but it doesn't end
there.
Open up to Acts chapter 1 andyou see that the Holy Spirit
descends upon the church in Actschapter 2, and then the gospel
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starts to go into all the knownworld.
And you and I are recipients ofthem going into all the world.
We are part of that, thosenations yet to be born that
we're going to hear the gospel.
So I hope you've enjoyed Lukechapter 24.
I hope you enjoyed the gospel ofLuke.
Man, I love reading God's wordtogether.
I love geeking out about this.
And before we even go, I wantyou to make sure to take your
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Bible journals and I want you tosoap through this chapter.
What scripture stood out to you?
What observation did you gain?
What application can you apply?
And what prayer do you need topray based on what we have
looked at today?
And I'm telling you, the moreyou dig, the more you find when
it comes to God's word.
And overall, one of the things Ilike to do as I finish a book of
the Bible is to take a momentand just think about the gospel
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overall as a text, as one bigtext.
What is it about this gospelthat brings me hope?
What can I apply and what can Ilearn?
A couple that I can learn fromthis overall is number one, is
at this point the gospel of Markhas already been written.
All these other things arehappening, but that didn't stop
Luke from saying it seemed rightto me to also add, you know,
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what how God has made me to makea difference.
And so here's the thing.
Yes, there are great preachers,and yes, there are great people
doing this, that, and the other,but what does God put inside of
you to do?
How can you add value to thekingdom of God because of the
gifts, talents, abilities,opportunities that God has given
you?
The second thing I love aboutthis is I love how Jesus, he
knew that the cross was coming,yet he kept moving forward.
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And what that means is thatthere's bad seasons that's going
to come in our life.
But Jesus never leaves us, hekeeps moving forward with us.
And then what I love is that theBible says there that they went
back to Jerusalem with great joybecause of what God has done and
what they expected God was goingto do.
What a great joy that we canhave too by what God has already
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done and by what we know thatGod is going to do.
I love you so much.
It's just a joy to read throughthe Bible together.
If you are following with us inchronological order, up next is
the book of Numbers, which isgoing to be fun.
There's uh it's called Numbersfor a Reason.
So I want you to get ready forthat.
But let me pray for you.
And then uh I'm just excitedabout what God's doing in our
community.
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Let me pray.
God, thank you so much for thegospel of Luke.
Thank you, God, that the storyof your life is the story that
we can continue to draw from.
Lord, not only to see how we canpattern our lives after you, but
to see how you walk with us.
I pray, Holy Spirit, that youwill move in our lives.
Holy Spirit, just as you fell onthe church in Acts chapter 1 and
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Acts chapter 2, I know that youare still with us now.
So I pray you will fill us, HolySpirit, every day to live out
the gospel in our life and toshare it with others.
We thank you in the strong,powerful name of Jesus.
Amen.
All right, I love you.
I'll see you next time forNumbers chapter one.
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