Walking with the Risen Lord

Walking With the Risen Lord
Luke 24:13-35 - Sermon Outline
What characterizes those who walk with Jesus?

THEY WALK WITH OTHERS (Luke 24:13-15a)

Requirements for walking together (Amos 3:3, etc)
They talk and commune together
They reason together

THEY TALK TO STRANGERS (Luke 24:15b-23)

They talk openly in front of others (about Jesus)
They talk without fear
They are ready to answer
They tell what they know

THEY RECEIVE PROPER REBUKE (Luke 24:25a)

THEY LEARN THE SCRIPTURES (Luke 24:25b-27)

Their interest is the whole counsel of God
Their desire is to learn more of Jesus

THEY SHOW HOSPITALITY (Luke 24:28-29)

THEY RECOGNIZE THE LORD (Luke 24:30-31)

Familiarity brings recognition (blessing on breaking bread)
Application: "They are familiar enough with the Lord to recognize when He is at work."

THEY HAVE HEARTBURN (Luke 24:32)

THEY WITNESS (Luke 24:33-35)

They are anxious to witness
Their witness is made personal

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Capital Punishment Reveals Man's Value

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. - Genesis 9:6

Capital punishment reveals man's value.  He is made in the image of God, and only because of that fact must his murder be answered.

Man's value is assigned by God.

Man's value lies solely in his connection to God.

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Psalm 27:8a

Psalm 27:8a - Seek ye my face...

"God is willing to be known.  He is willing to open and discover himself; God delights not to hide himself.  ...He may be searched into.  ...He desires to reveal himself." - Richard Sibbes.

Quoted in "The Treasury of David" by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Explanatory Notes and Quaint Sayings on Psalm 27.

Psalm 27:9

Psalm 27:9 - ... put not thy servant away in anger...

"As thou didst Saul before me," left unsaid but surely on David's mind.

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Psalm 27:8

Psalm 27:8 - When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Notice the command is in the plural, to all of God's people: "Seek ye."  David made it singular, "This means me."

(NOTE: Ye, you, your, yours are plural in the KJV; thee, thou, thy, thine are singular.  Another good reason not to switch to modern versions or risk losing such beautiful distinctions).

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Psalm 27:5

Psalm 27:5 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion....

"The best of shelter in the worst of danger." - Spurgeon

From "The Treasury of David" by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, exposition of Psalm 27.

Psalm 27:4

Psalm 27:4 - One thing have I desired of the LORD....

"One thing." - See Luke 10:38-42, "One thing is needful"; Philippians 3:13-14, "This one thing I do."  Mary of Bethany and Paul both in pursuit of the same one thing as David the Psalmist: ever closer communion with the Lord.

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