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Jesus reveals to the disciples the Scriptures

We see the evidence of this when Jesus reveals to the disciples  through the old testament Scriptures that he would die a cruel death, that he would be buried and that on the third day would rise again.

When later the disciples realise who it was that walked with them, their hearts stirred as they recounted his words of Scriptures their eyes where opened. There had to be a death, but there also had to be a resurrection Paul states in 1 Cor Ch15

That the Gospel of God's grace is based on certainty.

"What is this certainty"? - "What is the Gospel of God"?

It is found in the atonement and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, these doctrines are the two great foundational stones of the Gospel, and if either of them were denied, then the Gospel ceases to exist because the Gospel of God's grace concerns

A person                The Christ of scripture and of history

His death               For our sins according to the Scriptures

His resurrection      He was buried and was raised again on the third day according to the  Scriptures.

Certainty of the Gospel

For if Christ did not die as an atoning sacrifice for sins, then sin has never been put away, nor God's eternal claims satisfied, and, consequently, there is no deliverance from its power and doom. And if the Resurrection were denied, then Christ failed to accomplish what He purposed to perform, for He came to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself as a Sin-offering (Heb. 9:26).

Two Great Foundational Truths of the Gospel

These two great foundation doctrines are based upon the Scriptures of the Old Testament; and those writings being from God their testimony silenced all discussion and controversy.

His burial is asserted as the evidence of His death; and that He was seen, alive is declared as proof of His resurrection. This is the Gospel that Paul proclaimed and preached, that the early Church accepted; and by which men and women are saved.

Paul speaking again the Book of Acts 13:14-39  He expounds the doctrine of justification by faith, and is centered around the death and resurrection of a Saviour v29-31 He also confirms yet again that it was "according to the Scriptures"

The Scriptures tell us that - "For there is no salvation in any other name given under heaven by which we may be saved, but by the name of Christ"     (Acts ch4: 12)    (Gospel of John ch14: 6)

There is no salvation in His name, but upon the fact of His death and resurrection. The Apostle lays much stress upon the fact that Christ died for our sins, and was buried, and rose again.

This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecy, Also by many eyewitnesses, who saw Christ after he had risen from the dead. The early Church believed it. All the Apostles agreed in this belief and by this faith they live and in this faith they die.   see   (Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53 ,  Psalm 22 Daniel 9:26-27,  Hos.6:2)

Next Study >> (4)  The glad heart  -

                           Exulting in the Lord's exaltation and priestly                       ministry for the saints  (v52-53)

Bible reading

Luke 23:25-32

25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

(3)  The Burning heart  -  

Seeing Christ revealed in the Scriptures (v25-32)

 

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

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