DID NOT OUR HEARTS
BURN?
NZ BIBLE SCHOOL
THE POWER OF THE RISEN CHRIST
• To the thoughtful mind the greatest argument
for the resurrection of Christ must always be
the fact that Christianity rose with its founder.
• Nothing but his resurrection can explain the
transformation of the men we saw running in
panic from Gethsemane- into the fearless
evangelists we find in the book of Acts.
• Bro Melva Purkis
12 Recorded appearances of Jesus
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Mary Magdalene
The women who followed
Two on the road to Emmaus
Peter
The 10 (without Thomas)
plus Cleopas and his wife
• To the eleven
• To 7 disciples on Galilee
• To the eleven on a
mountain in Galilee
• To 500 disciples together
• To James (Lords’ brother)
• At his ascension
• To Paul- on the road to
Damascus
THE THREE DAYS
• For as Jonas was three days and three nights in
the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth. (Matt 12:40)
• From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto
his disciples, how that he must go unto
Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and
be raised again the third day. (Matt 16:21)
THE THREE DAYS
• Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men:(And they
shall kill him, and the third day he shall be
raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
(Matt 17:22-23)
• And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock,
and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the
third day he shall rise again. (Matt 20:19)
MARY THE WIFE OF CLEOPHAS
• Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. (John
19:25)
• Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the mother of James and Joses, and the
mother of Zebedee's children(Salome) . (Matt
27:56)
• Cleophas was the brother of Joseph
TWO GROUPS OF WOMEN
• Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James
and Joses (Matt 28v1-2 )
• The second group probably included..
* Joanna – wife of Chuza, Herods officer
* Susanna
*Salome
Some of the “many others” …see Luke 8v3
He is not here – he is risen indeed !
KEY WORDS USED BY LUKE
• Communed..Gk.. “to talk as a crowd” ..they
kept talking over each other
• Reasoned…Gk “To dispute or argue”
• Communication. Gk- “to throw back and
forth” Roth. What are you debating ?
• V17..RSV They stood still , looking sad.
SUDDEN APPEARANCES ?
• (Num 22:23) And the ass saw the angel of the
LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in
his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way,
and went into the field: and Balaam smote the
ass, to turn her into the way.
• (Num 22:31) Then the LORD opened the eyes of
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD
standing in the way
• See also Elisha -2 Kings 6v17 ..Open his eyes…..
A KEY WORD IN LUKE 24
• Same Greek word is translated as …
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Must be (v7)
Ought not (v27)
Must be (v44)
Behoved (v46)
• The death and resurrection HAD to happen…”according
to (the types) the scriptures” 1Cor 15v 3-4
HE OPENED THE SCRIPTURES
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Promise in Eden
The lamb slain, Abel
The offering of Isaac
Melchisedec
Joseph
The Passover
The Law , High priest
Sacrifices and offerings
The day of Atonement
The scapegoat
The serpent on the pole
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The rod that budded
Water from the rock
Balaam’s prophecies
Promise to David
Messianic Psalms
Servant prophecy Isa 42-53
Hezekiah’s recovery
Jonah
Daniel 9 – 70, weeks
Joshua 3- the engraved
stone , new garments .
THE SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY
• And Abraham said, My Lord, if now I have found favour
in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant:(Gen 18:3)
• And Lot pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in
unto him, and entered into his house ...(Gen 19:3)
• And when Lydia was baptized, and her household, she
besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful
to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And
she constrained us. (Acts 16:15)
• Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby
some have entertained angels unawares. (Heb 13:2)
RESERVED FOR THE KINGDOM
• But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth
of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I
drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
(Matt 26:29)
LESSONS FOR US
1. Jesus walks with us ..where two or three are
gathered together in my name.. Matt 18v22
2. We must regularly see Jesus the risen Son of
God in the breaking of bread.
3. Our hearts must burn with wonder at the
wonder of the gems concealed in the Word
THE FIRE IN THE WORD
• I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even
from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
• My heart was hot within me, while I was musing
the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
(Psa 39:2-3)
• Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor
speak any more in his name. But his word was in
mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not
stay. (Jer 20:9)
LESSONS FOR US
4. Knock , seek, dig, and study to understand
(The Deity delights in stimulating the intellect of His
creatures)
5. Read honestly, and not selectively.
6. Teach others HOW to understand the Bible
Then He opened their minds to
understand the Scriptures
(Luke 24:45 Weymouth )
LET OUR HEARTS BURN
• Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law. (Psa 119:18)
• Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD;
and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in
pieces? (Jer 23:29)