{"id":12579,"date":"2020-11-18T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_24_1-12-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-11-15T20:59:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T03:59:47","slug":"luke_24_13-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/luke_24_13-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming More Aware of Jesus\u2019 Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 24:13-29 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Luke 24:13-29. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 24:13-16 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n13 \u00a0Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
\n14 \u00a0They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
\n15 \u00a0As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
\n16 \u00a0but they were kept from recognizing him.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 13-16: How many times have we been in conversations with others, failing to recognize that Jesus is present, listening and watching? Remember what Jesus says, \u201cWhere two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in their midst.\u201d (Matthew 18:20)\u00a0Whenever we\u2019re having conversations with one another, may we speak and act knowing that Jesus is in our midst<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Luke 24:17-24 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n17 \u00a0He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.
\n18 \u00a0One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
\n19 \u00a0“What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
\n20 \u00a0The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;
\n21 \u00a0but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
\n22 \u00a0In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning
\n23 \u00a0but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
\n24 \u00a0Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 17-24:\u00a0Notice verse 21: \u201cbut we had hoped that he was the one\u201d. Notice the past perfect tense here. They had hoped, but with Jesus\u2019 death their hope was seemingly gone. Little did they know that their hope was staring them in the face even as they were speaking. As a disciple of Jesus,\u00a0be careful not to speak as if you have no\u00a0<\/strong>hope,<\/strong>\u00a0when the One who is hope is right there with you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also, keep in mind that Jesus had told his disciples repeatedly that he would be killed and on the third day be raised to life (Luke 9:22; 18:33). Yet, as Jesus will point out in the next verse, the disciples were slow of heart to believe.<\/p>\n

Luke 24:25-27 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n25 \u00a0He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
\n26 \u00a0Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
\n27 \u00a0And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 25-27: Here Jesus shows these two disciples that his suffering, death and resurrection were all spoken of in the Old Testament (\u201cMoses and all the Prophets\u201d). Whenever you read the Old Testament, remember that the Old Testament is pointing us to Jesus \u2013 his life, his death and his resurrection.<\/p>\n

Also, notice the phrase Jesus uses in verse 25 to describe the disciples: \u201cHow foolish you are, and\u00a0how slow of heart to believe<\/em>\u201d. This tells me that\u00a0faith in the end is a matter of the heart<\/strong>. If your heart is hard, you will be slow to believe even when the evidence is staring right at you. So every day let\u2019s approach God with a soft heart.<\/p>\n

Luke 24:28-29 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n28 \u00a0As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther.
\n29 \u00a0But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 28-29: When the two disciples urged Jesus to stay, he stayed.\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0Jesus is happy to stay wherever he is invited and welcome<\/strong>.\u00a0In fact, as verse 28 suggests, Jesus waits for our invitation. He will not insist on staying if we don\u2019t want him there.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, I pray that I would not be slow of heart to believe what You say.\u00a0Please come and stay with me and fill me with Your Holy Spirit.\u00a0May I be more aware of Your presence in my life when I am talking with others. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Luke 24:13-29. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Luke 24:13-16 (NIV)\u00a0
\n13 \u00a0Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.\u00a0
\n14 \u00a0They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.\u00a0
\n15 \u00a0As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;\u00a0
\n16 \u00a0but they were kept from recognizing him.<\/p>\n

On verses 13-16: How many times have we been in conversations with others, failing to recognize that Jesus is present, listening and watching? Remember what Jesus says, \u201cWhere two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in their midst.\u201d (Matthew 18:20)\u00a0Whenever we\u2019re having conversations with one another, may we speak and act knowing that Jesus is in our midst..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12590,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12579\/revisions\/12590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}