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You're listening to Here World with our pastor and teacher Ken Davis. Pastor Ken is the senior pastor at Calvary Chapel Southwest Metro in Bruce in Texas. Please join us as we study the Gospel of Lou verse by verse.

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God had every right to say. We're done here, aren't we? Reset. Do over! I don't even know why I made those guys in the first place. He had every right to forsake us. Paid the price for us. Don't ever think that forgiveness is free. It's free to you because God paid the price to give.

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The Gospel of Luke is the third account in the Gospels of the life and teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As believers, there are few studies that will benefit us more spiritually than studying the life and teachings of the Master. When the Adam and Eve first sinned in the garden, God would have been completely justified to judge the white lemon bear for their sin. But he didn't. Instead, he prepared a way that would come thousands of years later through his son Jesus for restoration of that broken relationship. Don't forget to stay with us after today's message to hear more information about He the Word, specifically how you can get a free copy of this teaching. But for now, please open your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24, verse 13. So we join Pastor Ken.

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As you remember, over the last two weeks as we've

Why Forgiveness Cost God Everything

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studied, Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah, was crucified. He had been scourged, he'd been beaten, he'd been spit upon, he'd been ridiculed, he'd been put through just about every type of suffering you can imagine. And yet, as he hung there on the cross, the sound of the Roman hammer still echoing probably from the hillsides, he said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And then as he hung there on the cross, you remember we studied about the thief who said to him, Lord, when you come into your kingdom, remember me. And we remember how Jesus said to him, This day I say unto you, you will be with me in paradise. How awesome that is, that simple confession of faith that brought about salvation in the life of that man. And we read about how Joseph of Arimathea had gone to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus and had laid him in a borrowed tomb. And then

Review Of The Crucifixion And Resurrection

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we read about how the women had gone there that day and had seen the angels instead of the dead, and had heard the wonderful news that Jesus was risen. And we read about how they had run back and told the disciples, and how the disciples at first didn't even believe them. And as we continue in Luke, we find these words starting in verse 13.

The Road To Emmaus Begins

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Now, behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all the things which had happened. So it was while they conversed and reasoned that Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained so that they did not know him. You know, as we travel through life, as we go about our daily business and we go from one place to another, we don't always realize that Jesus Himself has come alongside of us and that he is walking there with us. We don't necessarily recognize his presence in our lives. When things happen just a certain way, or things work out unexpectedly, or maybe things don't work out

Hidden Presence And Honest Sadness

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unexpectedly. Sometimes we don't recognize the hand of God when it's moving in our lives because we just don't see it. We're not prepared to see it, we're not expecting to see it, and so we don't see it, even though his presence is there. And he said to them, What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad? So as Jesus draws alongside of them, and as he draws alongside of us, he takes note of their condition. He takes note of their conversation, and he sees that they're sad. Can I tell you that apart from Jesus Christ as we go through life, he takes note of our condition. He takes note of our conversation and he sees that we're sad. You know, we'll put on a happy face a lot of times and we'll look good to everybody around us, right? But the fact of the matter is, until we recognize the fact that we're with Jesus, we're sad. There's a sorrow in our hearts that we can nullify for a time by satisfying our souls with the desires of the flesh and of the world. And yet there's still that underlying sadness. When the music stops, when all the friends go away, when the buzz starts to wear off, when we come down off that high, when that sadness creeps back in. I shouldn't say it creeps back in. It never

Expectations, Disappointment, And Grief

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really left to begin with. We just covered it, we just hid it. We just drugged ourselves to a stupor so that we wouldn't recognize it, but that sadness was there. Can I tell you that Jesus Christ is the only cure for sadness? He's the only cure for sin. So they're walking and they're talking as we would be if we were in their shoes, and they're probably saying things like this Man, I I just don't get it. It just doesn't make any sense. I mean, you saw what he did, didn't you? Yeah, I saw what he did. It was amazing. I mean, he touched that guy's eyes and they were opened. He could see. I knew that guy. He'd been blind for years. The other one said, Yeah, man, I was there when he when he healed that man, when he said to him, Your sins are forgiven. And the Pharisees, man, they went nuts. They're like, Who do you think you are being able to forgive sins? And he had told him, he said, Hey, is it easier to say your sins are forgiven or to say, rise up and walk? And and he says, so that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins, I say unto you, rise up and walk. And that man rose up and he walked. And man, that dude couldn't walk before. They had to lower him in on a stretcher. I just don't understand how all that power couldn't keep him from suffering everything he went through. I mean, couldn't he have just healed himself or something? I don't get it. I don't, it doesn't make any sense. And so they were talking back and forth. They just did not understand what had happened. And they were discussing all of these things and they were sad. Why were they sad? Were they sad because Jesus was gone? Were they sad because a righteous man had suffered wrongfully? Or were they sad for another reason? The Bible tells us that hope deferred makes the heart sick. It means when you really, really, really are hoping for something and then it doesn't happen, you are a lot sadder than you ever would have been had you never hoped for it in the first place. I have my own little way of putting it. You've heard it before. The disparity between expectation and delivery is disappointment, right? You expect a certain thing, and then what actually happens is not anywhere near what you expected. And the difference between those two things, what you expected to happen and what actually happened, measures your disappointment, measures your grief, measures the pain that you feel when you're betrayed, measures the pain that you feel when things just did not work out the way that you had every right to hope that they would. And you see, that's, I believe, why these men were sad. That's why they were grieving, because you see, they really thought that Jesus was the Messiah. And he was. But he wasn't the Messiah in the way that they were expecting.

Israel’s Hopes For A Conquering Messiah

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You see, the Jewish people at this time expected the Messiah to come as a conquering hero. They expected him to drive out the Romans and to take his seat upon the throne of David and to usher in a glorious kingdom for Israel. That's what they were expecting. They were expecting the Messiah of Psalms chapter 2. Turn there with me. Psalms chapter 2 says this: Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together at the United Nations. I just added that part. Against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in heaven shall laugh. That's not a funny ha-ha kind of laugh. The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then he shall speak to them in his wrath and distress them in his deep displeasure. Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree. The Lord has said to me, You are my son, today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, you shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel. Now therefore be wise, O kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in him. Oh, how happy are all those who put their trust in him. In who? In the Son, in the King, in the Messiah. That is who they were expecting. That is not a prophecy that ends in a cross. That is not a prophecy that ends in a borrowed tomb. That is not even a prophecy that ends with an empty tomb. And so here they were in a situation where the one that they thought was the one that was going to reign and rule and drive out the enemy, the one that they thought was going to be the king and the messiah, was beaten, was rejected, was crucified, and was buried. And what's worse, somebody stole his body. That's what they were talking about. That's why they were sad. Because they had had an idea of what was going to happen, and that is not what happened. And so Jesus walks up to him and he says, Yo, what's going on? What are you guys all upset about? What's the problem? What's the matter for you? And they're like, dude, man, haven't you heard what's been going on? What rock did you just crawl out from under? Let's let's look at their response. And by the way, Psalm 2

Jesus Invites Their Story

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just hasn't happened yet. But it's coming. It is coming. So back to Luke 24. What kind of conversation is this, verse 17, that you have with one another as you walk under sad? Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to him, Now I'm going to give you an interesting little note on Cleopas. Early church tradition tells us, and we don't know if it's true or not, but early tradition tells us that this Cleopus was the brother of Joseph, the husband of Mary. So here's Jesus talking with Uncle Cleopus. Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to him, Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem? And have you not known the things which happened there in these days? And he said to them, What things? I love that. Really? What happened there? Tell me about that. What happened in Jerusalem over these last few days? You see, he knows. He knows. You ever wonder why it is God wants you to tell him stuff he already knows? Like how it says that he already knows what we have need of before we ever ask him, right? So why bother praying if he already knows? You see? He's asking them what happened. Not so that he can know what happened, but to reveal what they think about what happened. He wants you to ask him to reveal what's in your heart. He already knows what's in your heart. You're revealing it to yourself. He says, What things? What went on? What happened there that's got you so upset? So they said to him, verse 19 the things concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

O Foolish Ones: A Needed Rebuke

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who was a prophet, mighty indeed and word before God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we were hoping that it was he who was going to redeem Israel indeed. Besides all of this, today is the third day since these things happened. Yes, and certain women of our company who arrived at the tomb early astonished us when they did not find his body. They came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see. So they recite to him everything that happened as they knew it. They told him what they thought about what was going on. They shared with him the situation that was plaguing them and that was troubling them and that was making them sad. When Jesus comes alongside you on your journey, he wants you to tell him what's going on in your life. He wants you to tell him what it is that's making you sad. He wants you to tell him about all the things that have been happening so that he can redirect your thoughts and set your mind on the right perspective and can reveal to you the truth of the matter. Because you see, Jesus takes what they said and he doesn't say, Oh man, that's so sad. I'm sorry. You poor guys, you must be really upset. He doesn't say that. He says, Oh, foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things

Moses And The Prophets Reveal Christ

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and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And so Jesus begins to teach them and begins to explain to them and help them to understand all the things written in the scriptures about himself. Man, I wish we had that CD. That would be just awesome, wouldn't it? I mean, to hear that teaching, to walk along that road and to listen to the questions they were probably asking as they went along and of the answers that he was giving, and to hear all of the little nuances of the scriptures that related directly to the Messiah and of all the things that were gonna transpire relating to him. Now we do have the written record of it. We just have to pick out the pieces. We can tell you today, I can tell you some of the scriptures that Jesus shared with them, and I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna tell you this morning some of the things that Jesus certainly had to have said to these men. Though not nearly so well will they be explained. Let's start with that word slow. You know what heart means, right? We know what believe means. But what does he mean slow of heart to believe? The word slow there is bradus. I hope there's no one here named Brad today. Because Bradus means dull, inactive in mind, stupid, slow to apprehend or believe. And so what he's saying is, look, guys, you're being foolish here. Frankly, you're being stupid. How is it you don't understand what has been so clearly written in scripture? No, we don't need to hear abrasiveness in his tone. It's as though he's talking to them and he's saying, Listen, guys, you got it all wrong. Let me, to use a word my dad used to say, or an expression my dad used to say, let me show you how the cow ate the cabbage. Let me tell you what actually happened, okay? And what all of these things that you've seen over the last few days really mean. And let me show you how God really prepared all of this in advance and how you guys really should have noticed it. I'm sure that some of the things that he shared with them were these, starting in Genesis 3.15. Moses wrote, as he wrote the five books of the Pentateuch, the book of Genesis, and so as it says here that he began at Moses and all the prophets,

Suffering Messiah: Genesis 3:15 To Hebrews

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he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things concerning himself. We start with Genesis 3.15, where God said to the serpent, I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed, he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. This is the first messianic prophecy of the Bible. And it talks about the victory of Christ over Satan, but it also talks about the fact that the Messiah himself would be wounded. So from the very beginning, we have the testimony of God Himself saying that Messiah would suffer. Hebrews 2, 14 through 18 relates that verse in this manner in as much then as we, the children, have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself likeness. Likewise, speaking of the Messiah, shared in the same. And through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For indeed he does not give aid to angels, but he does give aid to the seed of Abraham, that is, those who believe. Therefore, all things, in all things, he had to be made like his brethren, like us, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people, for in that he himself has suffered being tempted. He is able to aid those who are tempted. You see, Messiah had to suffer so that he could understand our suffering. He had to take on human flesh so that he could be tempted even as we are tempted. So that when we are tempted, he can aid us and help us because he is familiar with our struggle. Psalms 22:1. The psalmist prophesies the very words of Christ from the cross when he said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring? Matthew 27, 46. We saw that fulfilled. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, Lamasabakshani, which is my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Or forgiven. Because he was forsaken. Accepted, he was condemned. Just like the song says. You see? What happened to him there

Psalm 22 And The Cost Of Atonement

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is what should have happened to me. What happened to him there is what should have happened to you. But it didn't. We should have been forsaken of God. When our first father ate of that apple. That apple wasn't even an apple. When he ate of that forbidden fruit. We should have died right there. God had every right to say, Well, we're done here, aren't we? Reset. Do over. I don't even know why I made those guys in the first place. He had every right to forsake us. But he redeemed us. He paid the price for us. Don't ever think that forgiveness is free. It's free to you because God paid for it with his son. It's a gift. Psalm 22. Turn there. Verse 1 is not the only prophecy we find in that chapter. Let's pick up in verse 13. 12, actually. Let's go back to 12. Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. They gape at me with their mouths like a raging and roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, it has melted within me. My strength is dried up like a pot shirt, and my tongue clings to my jaws.

Encouragement And Ministry Resources

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Truly, these are some of the most difficult times that many of us have ever seen. The economy is bad, work is sparse, and there's no shortage of strife throughout the world. But as believers in Jesus, we've been given many great and precious promises. For instance, listen to this verse, taken from our current study. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. You see, it doesn't matter how bad things get, God has promised to take care of us. Today's teaching was only part of a full-length message taught by Pastor Ken Davis on a Sunday morning at Calvary Chapel Southwest Metro in Burleson, Texas. To hear this message in its entirety, log on to heedheword.org. That's heedtheword.org. Once you're there, select the Listen Online page. Or if computers aren't your thing, that's okay, you can always call us. That number to call is 817-447-5675. That's 817-447-5675. Even if you're not ordering a copy of today's study, we'd love to hear from you. Knowing that God is using He, the Word for His glory, and to encourage His saints is one of our greatest joys. So call us today. This study through the Gospel of Luke has been a real eye-opener. Maybe you've been challenged in some areas in your walk with Jesus. Well, we want to exhort you not to just hear God's word, but to do it. Begin to walk in obedience to the things you're learning. From all of us here at Heather Word, we want to say thank you for tuning in, and may God richly bless you as you seek his face.