A Call From Beyond Our Immediate Experience
Speaker:Pastor Philip K. Penrod
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Series: April
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Date: 2021-04-18
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Scripture: Luke 24:36-48
Jesus asks "Why are you afraid?" For the disciples, and for us, the answer might be - "Are you kidding? There are LOTS of things that make us afraid!" The good news, for the disciples and for us, is that joy and hope are mixed in with the fear. But too often, because of our fallen humanity, feeling mixed up makes us feel stuck. The good new is that God's plans never fail us. Even if we fall short for a while, God never stops calling us. A prayer from our brothers and sisters in the Moravian Church reminds us of this...
Merciful God, there is more grace in you than sin in us. Let us not take this grace for granted, but use this gift you have given us for your glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36 While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”[a] 37 They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.[b] 41 While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate in their presence.
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah[c] is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses[d] of these things.
