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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This morning's passage comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter
twenty four, verses one through thirty five. On the first
day of the week, very early in the morning, the
women took the spices they had prepared and went to
the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not find the body
of the Lord Jesus.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
While they were.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed
like lightning stood beside them. In their fright. The women
bowed down with their faces to the ground. But the
men said to them, why do you look for the
living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen.
Remember how he told you while he was still with
you in Galilee, the son of Man must be delivered
over to the hands of sinners, be crucified, and on
(00:38):
the third day be raised again. Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb. They told all
these things to the eleven and to all the others.
It was Mary Magdalen, Joanna, married the Mother, James and
the others with them, who told this to the apostles.
But they did not believe the women, because their words
seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and
(00:59):
ran to the two. Bending over, he saw the strips
of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering
to himself what had happened?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That same day, two of them were going to a
village called a Maaeis, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They
were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
As they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them, but
they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, what
are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still,
their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopus, asked him,
(01:30):
are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not
know the things that have happened there in these days?
What things? He asked about Jesus of Nazareth, They replied,
he was a prophet powerful in word, indeed before God
and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers
handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they
crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the
one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more,
(01:52):
is the third day, since all this took place. In addition,
some of our women amazed us. They went to the
tomb early this morning, but didn't find his body. They
came and told us that they had seen a vision
of angels who said he was alive. Then some of
our companions went to the tomb and found it just
as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.
He said to them, how foolish you are, and how
(02:13):
slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Did
not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then
enter his glory? And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them what was said and all the
scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which
they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were
going further, But they urged him strongly stay with us,
for it is nearly evening. The day is almost over.
(02:35):
So he went in to stay with them. When he
was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks,
broke it, and began to give it to them. Then
their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he
disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, were not
our hearts burning within us? While he talked with us
on the road and opened the scriptures to us. They
got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they
found the eleven and those with them assembled together and saying,
(02:58):
it is true the Lord has risen and has appeared
to Simon. Then the two told what had happened on
the way, and how Jesus is recognized by them when
he broke the bread. This is the word of the Lord.
You may be seated.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Hey, good morning everyone, Happy Easter. He has risen.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It's wonderful to be with you all this morning as
we are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
from the dead. My name is Jared and one of
the pastors here Indie Metro, Thanks for being here again.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Many of you have probably seen this picture of Jesus before.
In fact, this is the most mass produced image of
Jesus in the history of the world. When people think
about Christ what he looks like, whether we like it
or not, this is most likely the image that comes
to mind. In fact, memes reference this image with Ewan
McGregor from Star Wars being mistaken for Christ. This probably
(03:51):
goes without saying, but in actuality, Jesus didn't look like that.
He was a Jewish man who was born in the
Middle East. He was not white with blue eyes and
flowing locks of sandy blonde hair. His skin is much darker,
his eyes were probably a deep brown, his hair and
(04:12):
all likelihood was black and quite coarse. Jesus probably looks
something like this image. This image was created by a
team of forensic scientists using an Israeli skull dating back
to the first century. Regarding this image, one theologian remarked,
isn't it weird that many Americans worship a man that
they would not feel comfortable sitting next to on a plane?
(04:36):
Do you see when it comes to his appearance? We
have been taught to think incorrectly about Jesus.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
And here's my point.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Each of us, whether we know it or not, we
have unreal expectations of who Jesus is, what he is like,
and what he wants for us. And these things can
hinder us from knowing and following him. They can hinder
(05:05):
us from discerning who God is, where he's leading, what
he's doing in the world around us. Even as we've
come to celebrate Easter here this morning. Each of us,
in some ways we fail to grasp the deep significance
of the resurrection, because each of us, in our own
limited finite capacity, what we fail to realize is how
(05:27):
good God really is. In our limited finite capacity, we
have unreal expectations that sell God short. We don't know
how truly wonderful and amazing the Gospel really is. Each
(05:49):
of us, we have expectations of God, what he should do,
how we should act, to such a degree that we
miss who God really is and what He's really doing.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And this is universally true. Friends, God is.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Among us in our midst but so often we don't
recognize it because we're looking for sort of a lesser
version of God, one that's made in my image, one
that plays by maybe my rules, a God who doesn't
actually exist. So often we see we fail to see
Jesus present in our lives because we have failed to
(06:30):
grasp just how good and powerful He really is. We
fail to see Jesus because we sell him short. Friends,
Jesus loves you more than you would ever dare to dream.
Jesus is more powerful, more righteous than you would ever
(06:53):
dare to dream.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
This is exactly what we see happening on our text today.
After rising from the dead, Jesus.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Starts walking alongside two of his disciples, talking with them
in close intimacy. But they were struggling to recognize the truth.
They're struggling to recognize Jesus. The idea that Jesus could
resurrect from the dead, that he could conquer sin and
death forever defeating it. That thought was so profound, It
(07:26):
was so far but beyond their own expectations of Christ.
They had never even considered that a possibility. Friends, as
we've come to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, here's what
I want us to realize this morning. Even though this
story is probably familiar, the implications of Jesus's resurrection, what
(07:51):
actually means right now in this life, what it means
in the life to come.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
This still exceeds.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Your wildest expectation of who God actually is and how
much He actually loves you. The part that you comprehend
and that you understand it still pales in comparison to
the truth. Are you willing to let the truth of
the resurrection amaze you all over again this morning? Are
(08:21):
you willing to lay aside your small expectations of God
and see what He's actually doing even in your life.
Right now today, will you dare to dream about how
good and powerful Jesus really is.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
This morning is resurrection Sunday.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And although we've heard this before, let's not just go
through the motions as if this is something we fully
understand already. Let's not lose sight of the wonder Jesus Christ,
God in flesh, died in your place. And then he
didn't let death have the last word. He rose from
the dead, his power and his love. You are so
much greater than you'd ever dare to dream. So, as
(09:03):
we're preparing to examine the preserved Scripture, apply it to
our lives well the Holy Spirit to point out the
things in our hearts, let's first pause and pray together.
So God, I'm reminded even right now of the evening
when your disciples are in a boat it's being swamped,
and you come to them walking on the water, and
(09:25):
they exclaimed, who is this? Even the wind and waves
obey them, obey you after you calm the storm. God,
I pray those moments in our lives that we are
lost in wonder of the truth of who you are,
because we see glimpses that blow our expectations out of
the water and have to have us completely reframe who
we think you are. So, Holy Spirit, I pray for
(09:48):
that this morning blow our expectations out of the water
of who we think Jesus is. This morning teach us
to be people who are excited to be your children,
adopted into your kingdom by the finished work of Jesus Christ.
So teach us this morning we love you, we need you,
so You're precious and holy name.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
We pray Amen. So starting in verse thirteen of our texts,
we read this now.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
The same day, too, of Jesus's disciples were going to
a village called Amaeus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They
were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
And as they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them, but
they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, what
are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still,
(10:36):
their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleophus, asked him,
are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who doesn't.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Know the things that have happened there in these days.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
What things Jesus asked about Jesus of Nazareth, They replied,
he was a prophet, powerful in word, indeed before God
and before all the people. The chief priests are rulers
handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they
crucified him.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But we had hoped that he was the one who
is going to redeem Israel.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Last week, as we discovered and examined the trifle entry
on Palm Sunday, we learned that all of these events,
the betrayal, Jesus's death, ultimately his resurrection, That all these
events happened during the feast of Passover, when the nation
of Israel was celebrating their freedom, their exodus from Egypt.
(11:28):
In the weeks leading up to all of this, these
disciples in our texts were anticipating that the reason that
Jesus was making himself his way to Jerusalem, the reason
for the triumphal procession, was to free the Israelites from
the political oppression of Rome. That they're anticipating. Hey, the reason,
like it's on, it's coming to a climax. Jesus is
(11:51):
now going to go to Jerusalem, and he's going to
eradicate Roman rule, and we're going to be free. It
was their expectation, and that Jesus was going to do
to the Romans what Moses did to the Egyptians. In
their mind, that's what being the Messiah meant. We're going
to be freed from our political oppression. But in that
(12:13):
expectation they missed the bigger picture of who Jesus is
and what he was actually doing and the textas disciples say,
we had hoped that he was the one who is
going to redeem Israel. According to them, Jesus Jesus had lost.
His crucifixion was his defeat, a tragic undoing of everything
(12:36):
that they had hoped for. How can he save us
now because he's dead
This morning's passage comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter
twenty four, verses one through thirty five. On the first
day of the week, very early in the morning, the
women took the spices they had prepared and went to
the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they entered, they did not find the body
of the Lord Jesus.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
While they were.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed
like lightning stood beside them. In their fright. The women
bowed down with their faces to the ground. But the
men said to them, why do you look for the
living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen.
Remember how he told you while he was still with
you in Galilee, the son of Man must be delivered
over to the hands of sinners, be crucified, and on
(00:38):
the third day be raised again. Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb. They told all
these things to the eleven and to all the others.
It was Mary Magdalen, Joanna, married the Mother, James and
the others with them, who told this to the apostles.
But they did not believe the women, because their words
seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and
(00:59):
ran to the two. Bending over, he saw the strips
of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering
to himself what had happened?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That same day, two of them were going to a
village called a Maaeis, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They
were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
As they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them, but
they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, what
are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still,
their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopus, asked him,
(01:30):
are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not
know the things that have happened there in these days?
What things? He asked about Jesus of Nazareth, They replied,
he was a prophet powerful in word, indeed before God
and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers
handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they
crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the
one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more,
(01:52):
is the third day, since all this took place. In addition,
some of our women amazed us. They went to the
tomb early this morning, but didn't find his body. They
came and told us that they had seen a vision
of angels who said he was alive. Then some of
our companions went to the tomb and found it just
as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.
He said to them, how foolish you are, and how
(02:13):
slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Did
not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then
enter his glory? And beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he explained to them what was said and all the
scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which
they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were
going further, But they urged him strongly stay with us,
for it is nearly evening. The day is almost over.
(02:35):
So he went in to stay with them. When he
was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks,
broke it, and began to give it to them. Then
their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he
disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, were not
our hearts burning within us? While he talked with us
on the road and opened the scriptures to us. They
got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they
found the eleven and those with them assembled together and saying,
(02:58):
it is true the Lord has risen and has appeared
to Simon. Then the two told what had happened on
the way, and how Jesus is recognized by them when
he broke the bread. This is the word of the Lord.
You may be seated.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Hey, good morning everyone, Happy Easter. He has risen.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It's wonderful to be with you all this morning as
we are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
from the dead. My name is Jared and one of
the pastors here Indie Metro, Thanks for being here again.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Welcome.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Many of you have probably seen this picture of Jesus before.
In fact, this is the most mass produced image of
Jesus in the history of the world. When people think
about Christ what he looks like, whether we like it
or not, this is most likely the image that comes
to mind. In fact, memes reference this image with Ewan
McGregor from Star Wars being mistaken for Christ. This probably
(03:51):
goes without saying, but in actuality, Jesus didn't look like that.
He was a Jewish man who was born in the
Middle East. He was not white with blue eyes and
flowing locks of sandy blonde hair. His skin is much darker,
his eyes were probably a deep brown, his hair and
(04:12):
all likelihood was black and quite coarse. Jesus probably looks
something like this image. This image was created by a
team of forensic scientists using an Israeli skull dating back
to the first century. Regarding this image, one theologian remarked,
isn't it weird that many Americans worship a man that
they would not feel comfortable sitting next to on a plane?
(04:36):
Do you see when it comes to his appearance? We
have been taught to think incorrectly about Jesus.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
And here's my point.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Each of us, whether we know it or not, we
have unreal expectations of who Jesus is, what he is like,
and what he wants for us. And these things can
hinder us from knowing and following him. They can hinder
(05:05):
us from discerning who God is, where he's leading, what
he's doing in the world around us. Even as we've
come to celebrate Easter here this morning. Each of us,
in some ways we fail to grasp the deep significance
of the resurrection, because each of us, in our own
limited finite capacity, what we fail to realize is how
(05:27):
good God really is. In our limited finite capacity, we
have unreal expectations that sell God short. We don't know
how truly wonderful and amazing the Gospel really is. Each
(05:49):
of us, we have expectations of God, what he should do,
how we should act, to such a degree that we
miss who God really is and what He's really doing.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And this is universally true. Friends, God is.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Among us in our midst but so often we don't
recognize it because we're looking for sort of a lesser
version of God, one that's made in my image, one
that plays by maybe my rules, a God who doesn't
actually exist. So often we see we fail to see
Jesus present in our lives because we have failed to
(06:30):
grasp just how good and powerful He really is. We
fail to see Jesus because we sell him short. Friends,
Jesus loves you more than you would ever dare to dream.
Jesus is more powerful, more righteous than you would ever
(06:53):
dare to dream.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
This is exactly what we see happening on our text today.
After rising from the dead, Jesus.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Starts walking alongside two of his disciples, talking with them
in close intimacy. But they were struggling to recognize the truth.
They're struggling to recognize Jesus. The idea that Jesus could
resurrect from the dead, that he could conquer sin and
death forever defeating it. That thought was so profound, It
(07:26):
was so far but beyond their own expectations of Christ.
They had never even considered that a possibility. Friends, as
we've come to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, here's what
I want us to realize this morning. Even though this
story is probably familiar, the implications of Jesus's resurrection, what
(07:51):
actually means right now in this life, what it means
in the life to come.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
This still exceeds.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Your wildest expectation of who God actually is and how
much He actually loves you. The part that you comprehend
and that you understand it still pales in comparison to
the truth. Are you willing to let the truth of
the resurrection amaze you all over again this morning? Are
(08:21):
you willing to lay aside your small expectations of God
and see what He's actually doing even in your life.
Right now today, will you dare to dream about how
good and powerful Jesus really is.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
This morning is resurrection Sunday.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
And although we've heard this before, let's not just go
through the motions as if this is something we fully
understand already. Let's not lose sight of the wonder Jesus Christ,
God in flesh, died in your place. And then he
didn't let death have the last word. He rose from
the dead, his power and his love. You are so
much greater than you'd ever dare to dream. So, as
(09:03):
we're preparing to examine the preserved Scripture, apply it to
our lives well the Holy Spirit to point out the
things in our hearts, let's first pause and pray together.
So God, I'm reminded even right now of the evening
when your disciples are in a boat it's being swamped,
and you come to them walking on the water, and
(09:25):
they exclaimed, who is this? Even the wind and waves
obey them, obey you after you calm the storm. God,
I pray those moments in our lives that we are
lost in wonder of the truth of who you are,
because we see glimpses that blow our expectations out of
the water and have to have us completely reframe who
we think you are. So, Holy Spirit, I pray for
(09:48):
that this morning blow our expectations out of the water
of who we think Jesus is. This morning teach us
to be people who are excited to be your children,
adopted into your kingdom by the finished work of Jesus Christ.
So teach us this morning we love you, we need you,
so You're precious and holy name.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
We pray Amen. So starting in verse thirteen of our texts,
we read this now.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
The same day, too, of Jesus's disciples were going to
a village called Amaeus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They
were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
And as they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them, but
they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, what
are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still,
(10:36):
their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleophus, asked him,
are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who doesn't.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Know the things that have happened there in these days.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
What things Jesus asked about Jesus of Nazareth, They replied,
he was a prophet, powerful in word, indeed before God
and before all the people. The chief priests are rulers
handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they
crucified him.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
But we had hoped that he was the one who
is going to redeem Israel.
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Last week, as we discovered and examined the trifle entry
on Palm Sunday, we learned that all of these events,
the betrayal, Jesus's death, ultimately his resurrection, That all these
events happened during the feast of Passover, when the nation
of Israel was celebrating their freedom, their exodus from Egypt.
(11:28):
In the weeks leading up to all of this, these
disciples in our texts were anticipating that the reason that
Jesus was making himself his way to Jerusalem, the reason
for the triumphal procession, was to free the Israelites from
the political oppression of Rome. That they're anticipating. Hey, the reason,
like it's on, it's coming to a climax. Jesus is
(11:51):
now going to go to Jerusalem, and he's going to
eradicate Roman rule, and we're going to be free. It
was their expectation, and that Jesus was going to do
to the Romans what Moses did to the Egyptians. In
their mind, that's what being the Messiah meant. We're going
to be freed from our political oppression. But in that
(12:13):
expectation they missed the bigger picture of who Jesus is
and what he was actually doing and the textas disciples say,
we had hoped that he was the one who is
going to redeem Israel. According to them, Jesus Jesus had lost.
His crucifixion was his defeat, a tragic undoing of everything
(12:36):
that they had hoped for. How can he save us
now because he's dead
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