Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Heart of the Matter
In two amazing post-resurrection encounters, Christ takes his disciples through a process of increasing revelation - beginning from his person and ending with his power. It is the same process that every believer must move through if he is to become a true disciple.
Christ Reveals His Person.
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.
Luke 24:31
He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
Luke 24:38-39
Christ Reveals the Prophetic.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 24:27
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Luke 24:44
Christ Reveals the Passion.
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24:32
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Luke 24:45
Christ Reveals the Plan.
He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
Luke 24:45-48
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:11-20
Christ Reveals the Power.
“I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Luke 24:49
Questions of the Week
1. How has Christ revealed his person to you?
2. How has Christ revealed his prophetic to you?
3. How has Christ revealed his passion in you?
4. How has Christ revealed his plan for your life?
5. How has Christ revealed his power in your life?
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Heart of the Matter
In two amazing post-resurrection encounters, Christ takes his disciples through a process of increasing revelation - beginning from his person and ending with his power. It is the same process that every believer must move through if he is to become a true disciple.
Christ Reveals His Person.
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.
Luke 24:31
He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
Luke 24:38-39
Christ Reveals the Prophetic.
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 24:27
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Luke 24:44
Christ Reveals the Passion.
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24:32
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Luke 24:45
Christ Reveals the Plan.
He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
Luke 24:45-48
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:11-20
Christ Reveals the Power.
“I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Luke 24:49
Questions of the Week
1. How has Christ revealed his person to you?
2. How has Christ revealed his prophetic to you?
3. How has Christ revealed his passion in you?
4. How has Christ revealed his plan for your life?
5. How has Christ revealed his power in your life?
