APP NOTES FOR 2021-11-07
VICTORY CHURCH: A PLACE TO CALL HOME
SERIES: Messengers
MESSAGE TITLE: Jesus is our Message
(Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture is from the New International Version)
Pastor Keith Cross
Text:
Luke 24:13-35 (NIV)
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” 25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 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?” 33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. (When you meet Jesus, Jesus will change your plans) There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” 35 Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
MAIN IDEA: Every Messenger has a Message and Jesus is our Message.
The Message of Jesus is a…
1.Message of
HOPE is: gk Elpis. A confident expectation of a future result that is founded in objective authority/certainty.
PROBLEM: We misplace hope when we put it in our subjective circumstances rather than the objective authority of God’s word.
SOLUTION: A Hope that is experienced is a Hope that is expressed.
2.Message of
GRACE: Unmerited favor. God acting on our behalf through no merit of our own. gk charis “grace,” is rendered “benefit,” it stresses the character of the “benefit,” as the result of the gracious disposition of the benefactor.
PROBLEM: We think we get what we deserve from God, but grace says: “You get it but you don’t deserve it.”
SOLUTION: A Grace that is received is a Grace that is reciprocated.
3.Message of
TRUTH: gk Aletheia (a) objectively, signifying “the reality lying at the basis of an appearance.” The meaning is not merely ethical “truth,” but “truth” in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in God. Absolute Truth.
PROBLEM: As a Messenger of Jesus, it’s not “your truth” but “the truth” that is your Message.
SOLUTION: The Truth that is possessed is the Truth that is to be proclaimed.
In conclusion…In conclusion, In a world full of messages, Jesus is Our Message. As His Messengers we must stay on message by sharing His Message of Hope, of Grace, and of Truth.
My NEXT STEP today is to….
Memorize Luke 24:27
Commit my life to Jesus Christ for the first time today.
Receive more info about being water baptized @Victory on Sunday, January 30.
Find out more about attending Victory’s NEXT STEPS EXPERIENCE class.
Sign up to Serve on a TEAM.
Sign up for a CONNECT GROUP.
For more info about taking any of these NEXT STEPS, please email or call me: pastorkeith@victorywinchester.com 540-667-9400 x114