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Speaker 2: You're listening to a podcast or from Victory explore the
Speaker 2: canon of books that form the New and Old Testaments
Speaker 2: in week five of our series word View.
Speaker 1: Now let's open our Bible to look chapter twenty four technical,
Speaker 1: because really the question that we need to answer is
Speaker 1: what is the significance of this to me today? Why
Speaker 1: is this important to you? Luke. Chapter twenty four, we're
Speaker 1: going to read a story that would show us the
Speaker 1: significance of the canon of scripture. And in verse thirteen
Speaker 1: we're not going to start. In verse one and verse thirteen,
Speaker 1: we're introduced to two travelers, one whose name was not
Speaker 1: even mentioned. Look, twenty four is about the resurrection of Christ,
Speaker 1: and they know that Jesus said, when after I rise
Speaker 1: from the dead, the Holy Spirit will be poured out
Speaker 1: in the city of Jerusalem. But in verse thirteen we're
Speaker 1: going to read later these two travelers are not going
Speaker 1: to Jerusalem. They are actually they are walking away from Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: This is where God promised to pour out the spirit,
Speaker 1: but they are walking away from it because they are
Speaker 1: so discouraged. Some Christians. That's what they do when they
Speaker 1: are down. Their initial response is not to show up
Speaker 1: in church to isolate, and they're walking. But you know,
Speaker 1: God chased them down. Jesus chase them down. Amazing. You
Speaker 1: know your two year old, Nah and Hyperno, especially when
Speaker 1: we go to the malls. Every time we go out,
Speaker 1: it's like me going for a workoutym exercise. I'm running
Speaker 1: after my son two years old. Sometimes he would run
Speaker 1: going to the escalator. Sometimes he would go to a
Speaker 1: crowd of people. Sometimes he would try to run going
Speaker 1: out of the mall. So I have because I I
Speaker 1: don't want to lose my son. The same way here,
Speaker 1: Jesus was chasing them. Not because Jesus was afraid to
Speaker 1: lose followers. He did not come here to build a
Speaker 1: fan base. He was chasing these men out of love
Speaker 1: and compassion. The Bible says, for God, who loved the world,
Speaker 1: that he gave his one and only son, It's out
Speaker 1: of love. Jesus came and lived among us and died
Speaker 1: on the cross and rose again from the dead, so
Speaker 1: that you and I can be found, because he doesn't
Speaker 1: want to lose you. It's chasing us. Even at times
Speaker 1: we are rebellious. He's chasing us now. In verse thirteen,
Speaker 1: I'd like us to read verse thirteen. That very day,
Speaker 1: two of them were going to a village named Emmaeus,
Speaker 1: about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with
Speaker 1: each other about all these things that had happened. While
Speaker 1: they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drawn near
Speaker 1: and went with them, but their eyes were kept from
Speaker 1: recognizing him. Jesus was there, standing face to face, but
Speaker 1: the Bible says they were kept from recognizing him. Now
Speaker 1: I which reminded me of what happened to me and
Speaker 1: my wife last December. A wife a gammet every week
Speaker 1: last December where we went to pangasin atapast dinner. Does
Speaker 1: the girl does pa all smile excited, feeling a parent
Speaker 1: instant to unionto your wife. Cora smiled in chaperro galat excited,
Speaker 1: galaty confuse. Diniama recognized does have been the girl? Big awkward.
Speaker 1: Later on I learned they were childhood friends. She was
Speaker 1: standing there and they're talking for around ten minutes. My
Speaker 1: wife cannot recognize her. And if I remember right, uh,
Speaker 1: they will have a mini reunion after a few days.
Speaker 1: So Sabino girl, you have to remember, did you Pakalistia?
Speaker 1: My wife tried to look in Facebook. The problem is
Speaker 1: she can't remember her name. Wow, even after spending several
Speaker 1: years together, she still can't recognize. That's what happened to
Speaker 1: these people Last Wednesday. I lost my wallet. I was
Speaker 1: working at the fourth and I was preoccupied with a
Speaker 1: lot of things. And then when it when it's three
Speaker 1: or four o'clock, I need to take a taxi going
Speaker 1: here because there's going to be a dinner here for
Speaker 1: real life foundation for our scholars. So I was in
Speaker 1: a hurry. I was preoccupied. I forgot that. I put
Speaker 1: my wallet in front pocket Nikola and basaki and wallet go,
Speaker 1: and then I stopped. I know all of this because
Speaker 1: in that area there's a building also building a feeling,
Speaker 1: and I see the CCTV, so with my Bastos Pino CCTV,
Speaker 1: so I saw what happened when I dropped it. I
Speaker 1: just stepped one one step. My wallet was there and
Speaker 1: I was trying to book a taxi and then I
Speaker 1: walked away. It was there, tikunakita h sabin wife, man
Speaker 1: make suck it. But anyway I dropped it. I didn't
Speaker 1: realize it was there. The Bible says Jesus was there,
Speaker 1: but they were kept from recognized. Now, I'm saying all
Speaker 1: these things because I want to ask you this question.
Speaker 1: What is stopping you from recognizing Jesus? Is there anything
Speaker 1: that's keeping you from recognizing him or his work in
Speaker 1: your life? For them, it was their wrong standard, their
Speaker 1: idea of a messiah. They were expecting a conquering king
Speaker 1: who will liberate them from the Roman captivity. They were
Speaker 1: under Roman rule and it was hard for them. And
Speaker 1: there was a promise that there is a savior, a
Speaker 1: messiah who would come and they will be delivered, who
Speaker 1: will restore their glory days as a nation. And they
Speaker 1: were waiting for a conquering thing, and what came was
Speaker 1: a suffering servant. They were kept from recognizing Jesus because
Speaker 1: of their standard, wrong standard. They were expecting a crown.
Speaker 1: What they saw was across. They were expecting glory, but
Speaker 1: what came was suffering. They were expecting Jesus to meet
Speaker 1: their standard rather than allowing the Scripture to be their standard.
Speaker 1: We are going to be hindered from seeing and experiencing
Speaker 1: Jesus if we don't allow the Scripture to become the
Speaker 1: standard for life, for faith and doctrine. That's what happening
Speaker 1: to some people. They want God to fit to their
Speaker 1: standard rather than them aligning to God's standard. In Verse seventeen,
Speaker 1: and he said to them, what is this conversation that
Speaker 1: you're holding with each other as you walk? So see
Speaker 1: Jesus the gla occupied with dirt, frustrations and disappointments, and
Speaker 1: joined them tapus Naihalus's happened Saba, saying you, Alipina, goes
Speaker 1: happen you? And verse eighteen. Then one of them named Cleopus,
Speaker 1: I'll just call him Cleo. Cleo answered him, are you
Speaker 1: the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the
Speaker 1: things that happened there in these days? And he said
Speaker 1: to them what things Jesus was playing with them? And
Speaker 1: they said to him concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man
Speaker 1: who was a prophet mighty indeed and word before God
Speaker 1: and all the people, and how were chief priests and
Speaker 1: rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and
Speaker 1: crucified him. But we had the hope that he was
Speaker 1: the one to read the Israel. You know, Cleo was
Speaker 1: trying to explain Jesus to Jesus. How funny is that
Speaker 1: nearly lets you and you see Jesus, nima bilem nando
Speaker 1: see Jesus and see Jesus. Can you imagine that happening?
Speaker 1: You know, I saw this Facebook post by a student
Speaker 1: one time and he said, my teacher is so dumb.
Speaker 1: He thought the son was a star. This has been
Speaker 1: a comment. That's because it is. And he said, no,
Speaker 1: it's not. A son is a son, A star is
Speaker 1: a star. Saying that the son is a star is
Speaker 1: the same as saying a tomato is a fruit. That's
Speaker 1: right in his mind. I don't teacher in the Columban
Speaker 1: and again, teacher Malitina turunya, a son is a start.
Speaker 1: Some of you are searching in Google right now, son
Speaker 1: is a star feeling yahnah, don't teacherko ula alam. But
Speaker 1: you know what, sometimes we do that when we read
Speaker 1: the Bible and if there's something that we don't agree with,
Speaker 1: we decide we are wiser than God. Some people think
Speaker 1: that their words and the words of other people are
Speaker 1: more reliable than the word of God. They think they
Speaker 1: know better than him. And when they look at the
Speaker 1: scripture they question a lot of things and say, grab
Speaker 1: we think we know better than him. Sometimes and then
Speaker 1: verse twenty five to twenty seven, and he said to them,
Speaker 1: so Jesus Abatamana, let's cut the chase. He said to them,
Speaker 1: of foolish ones and slow of heart to believe all
Speaker 1: that the prophets have spoken, after all the teachings three years.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine Jesus preaching to them three years? How
Speaker 1: many of you hear you want Jesus to preacher every
Speaker 1: Sunday instead of me. Don't raise your hands, I'll ban
Speaker 1: you here. Can you imagine three years your best preacher,
Speaker 1: best teacher, victory group leader chan La Tutuu for three
Speaker 1: years explaining the scripture. But even after three years of
Speaker 1: teaching them, after all the miracles, Jesus said, you're slow
Speaker 1: of heart to believe. And the pupunk Costunian goingko anda
Speaker 1: be InKo bay manuala. Your hard to please. You know,
Speaker 1: sometimes the older we get, the harder we are to
Speaker 1: please the master Janti the disciple coming on student first
Speaker 1: or second? Your college mouldable. No, sometimes diavara, Oh, he'll
Speaker 1: take note. But but Jesus said, your slow of heart
Speaker 1: to believe. I like this quote from Thomas Aquinas. To
Speaker 1: one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one
Speaker 1: without faith, no explanation is possible. Jesus pointed out the issue.
Speaker 1: The issue is not because the Bible is not clear
Speaker 1: or profound or wise. It's not because the Bible is
Speaker 1: not It's not wise. The real the real issue here
Speaker 1: is the heart of the person. It's not intellectual issue.
Speaker 1: It's a heart issue, the refusal, the refusal to submit
Speaker 1: to God and the refusal to believe in him, which
Speaker 1: confirms what the Bible says about the real condition of
Speaker 1: man's heart, a sinful heart. And God is showing us
Speaker 1: the cure in his word. And here's what he said
Speaker 1: in verse twenty seven, and beginning with Moses, in all
Speaker 1: the prophets, he interpreted to them, in all the scripture,
Speaker 1: the things concerning himself for thousands of years. Jesus said,
Speaker 1: the purpose of the Bible is not to give you
Speaker 1: good principles you can apply in your marriage and business.
Speaker 1: And I hope you're learning a lot from the Bible.
Speaker 1: But the Bible is not a book of facts and information.
Speaker 1: He said, the purpose of the Old Testament to the
Speaker 1: New Testament. For thousands of years, God used the scripture
Speaker 1: for just one purpose, and that is to show us
Speaker 1: the person and work of Christ, to show us who
Speaker 1: God is and what Christ has done to deliver us
Speaker 1: from our sinful state, showing us the cure to our
Speaker 1: greatest problem, which is sin, which keeps us away from
Speaker 1: God and detached from the source of life, which is Him.
Speaker 1: All these years, the Bible is not primarily a book
Speaker 1: about science, or history or philosophy. The Bible is primarily
Speaker 1: about Jesus, the person in work of Christ. In last
Speaker 1: verse and verse forty five, then He opened our minds
Speaker 1: to understand the scripture and said to them, thus it
Speaker 1: is written that the Christ should suffer and on the
Speaker 1: third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for
Speaker 1: the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name
Speaker 1: to all nations beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of
Speaker 1: these things. And Jesus said, God opened our minds so
Speaker 1: they will understand the scripture. And this is what the
Speaker 1: scripture is all about. It's a message of redemption. The
Speaker 1: Bible is not a book of rules. Bible, well, no,
Speaker 1: it's not a book of rules. It's God's message reaching
Speaker 1: out to you and telling you I want you back,
Speaker 1: and I already made the way, I already paid the
Speaker 1: price so that your sins can be forgiven. You know,
Speaker 1: every time I use ATM the machine to withdraw money,
Speaker 1: sometimes I would enter the wrong number or transaction. But
Speaker 1: it's a good thing. There is a bottom there and
Speaker 1: cancel bottom so that you can start all over again.
Speaker 1: So whether you made the wrong entry, amount or transaction,
Speaker 1: it's okay because there's a bottom you can press that
Speaker 1: will give you a chance to do it all over again.
Speaker 1: How many of you here you wish that there is
Speaker 1: a canceled boton you can press so that you can
Speaker 1: have a fresh start, maybe in your marriage, maybe in
Speaker 1: your life. No matter what we do, there's nothing we
Speaker 1: can do to go back ten years from now, ten
Speaker 1: years earlier to reduce some of the wrong things we've done.
Speaker 1: There's no way we can redo the wrong things we've done.
Speaker 1: But the good news is there is a reset butt
Speaker 1: and God is offering to us, and that is called forgiveness,
Speaker 1: so that you and I can have a fresh start.
Speaker 1: Whatever you've done in the past, God is offering us
Speaker 1: forgiveness so we can be cleansed from guilt and shame,
Speaker 1: so we can start all over again and have a
Speaker 1: new life. If you are here for the first time
Speaker 1: and you have not yet surrendered your life to Jesus,
Speaker 1: this is the good news of the Scripture. And I
Speaker 1: believe you are not here by accident, but this is
Speaker 1: God pleading with you. This is God pursuing you and
Speaker 1: giving you the opportunity to start all over again. If
Speaker 1: you are a Christian, if you already surrendered your life
Speaker 1: to Jesus. The Bible says, if anyone is in Christ,
Speaker 1: he is a new creation. The old is gone and
Speaker 1: the new aus come. You are given a new nature.
Speaker 1: You're like a new born baby, and starting today now
Speaker 1: that you're a Christian, the rest of your life is
Speaker 1: the unfolding of that new nature. That's why if you're
Speaker 1: a Christian, you have all the reason to be excited
Speaker 1: about your life. You have all the reason to wake
Speaker 1: up in the morning and look to the future with
Speaker 1: faith and with hope because God has given you a
Speaker 1: fresh start. I was talking to my wife earlier, and
Speaker 1: we're watching our eight year old daughter. She was lying
Speaker 1: down there in our sofa, so boring, so boring, because
Speaker 1: she's waiting for church, better having a wife call. We're
Speaker 1: looking at her, we're smiling, and we're talking about some grabby, Wow,
Speaker 1: what happened the past eight years? She looked differently, I mean,
Speaker 1: the character, everything about her. And then fast forward now
Speaker 1: grab what will happen? But guigh school, Missia, and we're
Speaker 1: thinking about all these things. She's bored this morning? Are
Speaker 1: you boring them?
Speaker 2: Boy?
Speaker 1: Coming? I'm an excited coming. Grab you. You're just starting
Speaker 1: with your life. I'm imagining what kind of person you
Speaker 1: will become, what you're going to do, the moments we're
Speaker 1: going to spend together as a family. We're looking at
Speaker 1: her and we're excited for her future. But all she's
Speaker 1: seeing at that moment was that it's boring. One ar
Speaker 1: before church. I want to encourage you. If you're a Christian,
Speaker 1: you're given a new life, you're given a new nature,
Speaker 1: and now that you're in christ every day is an
Speaker 1: unfolding of that nature, of that new life. God is
Speaker 1: not yet done with you. God is just about to start.
Speaker 1: There is a life in front of you that is exciting.
Speaker 1: The Bible says no eye has seen, and no ear
Speaker 1: has heard, and no mind can conceive what God does
Speaker 1: in store for those who love him. You have no
Speaker 1: idea what kind of life God has prepared for you.
Speaker 1: Last thing I want to say before we end, Jesus said,
Speaker 1: you are witnesses of these things, and if you're a Christian,
Speaker 1: we have an obligation. This is not something we are
Speaker 1: supposed to enjoy only to ourselves. We have an obligation
Speaker 1: to bring this good news to other people. The reason
Speaker 1: you have a family, and I'm assuming every one of
Speaker 1: us we are part of a family. Man. The reason
Speaker 1: we have a family, the reason you are in that
Speaker 1: family is because God wants you to be his witness.
Speaker 1: So my prayer this year is that not only that
Speaker 1: you will know Jesus better and encounter him in a
Speaker 1: greater way, but that you will be an effective witness
Speaker 1: and through you, more people will come to know Jesus
Speaker 1: this year because you are his witness.
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