"Resurrection Witness"

Sermon Scripture:  ​Luke 24

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Sermon Notes:

I.  Key Witnesses #1- The Women

• Confused (1-4)
  • They brought spices that they had prepared for Jesus’ burial.
  • They were greatly “perplexed.”
• Rebuked (5)
  • “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”
• Instructed (6-8)
  • “He is not here, for he has risen.”
  • “Remember how he spoke to you in Galilee?”
  • They remembered his words.
• Witnesses (9-12)
  • “They returned from the tomb and told all these things...”
  • “Their words seemed like idle tales, and they did not believe them.”

II.  Key Witnesses #2- The Emmaus Road Disciples

• Confused (13-24)
  • Their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
  • “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn’t know what has happened?”
• Rebuked (25-26)
  • “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets have spoken!”
  • “Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter his glory?”
• Instructed (27-31)
  • Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
  • He broke the bread, and their eyes were open.
• Witnesses (32-35)
  • Their hearts burned within them, so they ran to tell the eleven apostles.

III. Key Witnesses #3- The Apostles

• Confused (36-37)
  • “They were terrified and frightened, thinking they had seen a ghost.”
• Rebuked (38-43)
  • “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?”
  • They disbelieved for joy.
• Instructed (44-47)
  • These are the words I spoke to you... all that was written must be fulfilled.
  • He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
• Witnesses (48-53)
  • You are witnesses of these things...
  • I’m sending the promise of my Father to you (the Holy Spirit)
  • Acts begins...