Resurrection Response

Scripture: Passage: Luke 24:13-32

Response to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death is like anything else. We see, we hear, we question, and we consider. And we either believe or we do not. But just what about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead? Was this only an illusion or a trick to make people believe in a person who was not real or maybe wasn’t what He claimed to be? Do we believe Him or do we not? Do we believe in His resurrection or do we not?
Scripture reveals some lessons about people in response to the resurrection of Jesus.
1- Some consider Jesus but do not recognize Him
2- Some know scripture but do not believe it
I. SOME CONSIDER JESUS BUT DO NOT BELIEVE (Luke 24:13-16) “Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.  As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.”
These two disciples were kept from recognizing Jesus at this particular time as they walked along. They believed but didn’t recognize Jesus at this time. In this incident, Jesus kept them from recognizing Him but in the world today it’s a different story. It’s not Jesus who keeps people from recognizing who He is and what He can do for them. Obviously, Jesus wants people to believe in Him and trust Him for salvation. God says, He is not willing that ANY should perish but that ALL would come to repentance.” (2 Pet. 3:9)
II. SOME KNOW SCRIPTURE BUT DO NOT BELIEVE IT (Luke 24:25-27)“He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!  Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.”
Essentially, Jesus was saying, “How foolish you are not to believe the scriptures!” If the scriptures are the living and abiding Word of God as we believe they are, then a person is foolish not to believe the scriptures about Jesus and everything else. Do you believe the scriptures or do you not?
Do you believe the message of scripture? Do you believe what it says about Jesus, His life on earth, His ministry, His death on the cross, and His resurrection from the dead? YOUR LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE OF WHETHER YOU BELIEVE OR NOT!
God Means Just What He says. There are some who believe the Bible, And some who believe in part, And some who trust with reservation, And some with all their heart. But I know that its every promise is firm and true always; It is tried as the precious silver, And it means just what it says. It is strange we trust each other and only doubt our Lord; We will take the word of mortals, and yet distrust His word; But, oh, what light and glory would shine o’er all our days If we always would remember That He means just what He says.
Let’s be responding in total faith to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and what it means for us as believers, as we trust  FULLY in Him.