Seeing Jesus clearly Luke 24 13 31 The

Seeing Jesus clearly Luke: 24 13 -31 The road to Emmaus

• The two disciples were kept from recognising Jesus Why? • Is our vision blurred when it comes to Jesus? • Do we sometimes not recognise Him properly?

• You can know a bit about a person and think you know all about them • What they would or wouldn’t do. . • Who went camping in the Arctic circle? • You can have expectations of a person – that they don’t meet!

4 things which can get in the way of us seeing Jesus clearly • Despair • Disappointment • Doubt • Not knowing Him very well

• Despair - real for these disciples • Horatio Spafford

• Disappointment - they thought He might have been the Messiah • Things hadn’t gone the way they expected • Do we do this sometimes?

• Doubt - is He the Messiah or isn’t He • Is He all powerful or isn’t He? • Does He care or doesn’t He?

The remedy. . . • Reading the Bible -Jesus big emphasis on all the scriptures • Tuesday nights • Welcome His presence “stay with us”. The Holy Spirit • R T Kendall • In community

The 4 th problem. . . • Not knowing Him very well • If you only know Him inside church then you don’t know Him very well • Some stories • The fields are white – ready for harvest now

• What was the cross for? • Did Jesus die to get you into heaven?

• Jesus died to get heaven into you • What are you going to do with that? • What are the gifts of the Holy spirit for? • We need to be intentional with the gospel outside