Have you ever had events that drained your motivation and shaken you?

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• Two men, Cleopas and an unnamed man were in such
  a situation. (Luke 2413-24)

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• Luke 2413-24 (NKJV) - Now behold, two of them
  were traveling that same day to a village called
  Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. 14
  And they talked together of all these things
  which had happened. 15 So it was, while they
  conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew
  near and went with them.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 16 But their eyes were restrained, so that they
  did not know Him. 17 And He said to them, What
  kind of conversation is this that you have with
  one another as you walk and are sad? 18 Then the
  one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to
  Him, Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and
  have You not known the things which happened
  there in these days?

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 19And He said to them, What things? So they
  said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of
  Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and
  word before God and all the people, 20and how the
  chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be
  condemned to death, and crucified Him.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 21 But we were hoping that it was He who was
  going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this,
  today is the third day since these things
  happened. 22 Yes, and certain women of our
  company, who arrived at the tomb early,
  astonished us. 23 When they did not find His
  body, they came saying that they had also seen a
  vision of angels who said He was alive.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 24 And certain of those who were with us went to
  the tomb and found it just as the women had said
  but Him they did not see.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• Events had shaken their confidence to the point
  where the redemption of Israel was considered a
  past failed event!

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• Events had shaken their confidence to the point
  where the redemption of Israel was considered a
  past failed event!
• They had come to believe that Jesus was a
  prophet, but not the Son of God.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• In these circumstances they proved to be blind to
  many things.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• In these circumstances they proved to be blind to
  many things.
• While they heard of the evidence of His
  resurrection, they had not yet believed.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• In these circumstances they proved to be blind to
  many things.
• While they heard of the evidence of His
  resurrection, they had not yet believed.
• They never understood the prophecies of a
  suffering and rejected Messiah! (Isa 5213-15)

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• Isaiah 5213-15 - Behold, My Servant shall deal
  prudently He shall be exalted and extolled and
  be very high. 14 Just as many were astonished at
  you, So His visage was marred more than any man,
  And His form more than the sons of men

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 15 So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall
  shut their mouths at Him For what had not been
  told them they shall see, And what they had not
  heard they shall consider.

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Have you ever had events that drained your
motivation and shaken you?

• 20 GB Exalted - 1, 2, 3

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• By failing to see the true spiritual work of His
  kingdom.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• By failing to see the true spiritual work of His
  kingdom.
• They likely thought the redemption of Israel was
  going to be in a physical way.(Luke 2421 Mt
  2021-22 Acts 16-8)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Luke 2421 (NKJV) - But we were hoping that it
  was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed,
  besides all this, today is the third day since
  these things happened.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Acts 16-8 (NKJV) - Therefore, when they had
  come together, they asked Him, saying, Lord,
  will You at this time restore the kingdom to
  Israel? 7And He said to them, It is not for you
  to know times or seasons which the Father has put
  in His own authority.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Many become disappointed in the Lord over things
  He has never promised.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 64 GB For You Have Promised 1, 3, 4

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• By allowing disappointments in men to cloud our
  sight.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Jesus prepared His disciples that men would seek
  after their hurt. (John 161-3)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• John 161-3 (NKJV) - These things I have spoken
  to you, that you should not be made to stumble. 2
  They will put you out of the synagogues yes, the
  time is coming that whoever kills you will think
  that he offers God service. 3 And these things
  they will do to you because they have not known
  the Father nor Me.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• The greatest hurts will come from other
  Christians.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Paul knew there were those who were not true
  brothers. (2 Cor 1126 Gal 24)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 2 Corinthians 1126 (NKJV) - in journeys often,
  in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in
  perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the
  Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the
  wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among
  false brethren

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Galatians 24 (NKJV) - And this occurred because
  of false brethren secretly brought in (who came
  in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we
  have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us
  into bondage),

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Keep you eyes on the Lord! (Rom 33-4)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Romans 33-4 - For what if some did not
  believe? Will their unbelief make the
  faithfulness of God without effect? 4 Certainly
  not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a
  liar. As it is written "That You may be
  justified in Your words, And may overcome when
  You are judged.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 53 GB The Rock of My Heart 1, 2, 3

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• By allowing the tests of our faith to cloud our
  sight.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• How many have said If God really loved me .
  Be careful!

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• How many have said If God really loved me .
  Be careful!
• We are told that our faith will be tested. (Jas
  13 1 Pt 17)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• James 13 (NKJV) - knowing that the testing of
  your faith produces patience.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 1 Peter 17 (NKJV) - that the genuineness of
  your faith, being much more precious than gold
  that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may
  be found to praise, honor, and glory at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ,

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• How many have given in to sin rather than wait on
  Gods way. (Heb 1035-39)

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• Hebrews 1035-39 - Therefore do not cast away
  your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For
  you have need of endurance, so that after you
  have done the will of God, you may receive the
  promise 37 "For yet a little while, And He who
  is coming will come and will not tarry.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 38 Now the just shall live by faith But if
  anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in
  him." 39 But we are not of those who draw back
  to perdition, but of those who believe to the
  saving of the soul.

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Hindrances to seeing the Risen Lord

• 147 GB Be Strong and Courageous - 1, 2, 3

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• These men had reached the point where they could
  not see. (Lk 2421-33)

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Luke 2421-33 (NKJV) - But we were hoping that
  it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed,
  besides all this, today is the third day since
  these things happened. 22 Yes, and certain women
  of our company, who arrived at the tomb early,
  astonished us. 23 When they did not find His
  body, they came saying that they had also seen a
  vision of angels who said He was alive.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 24 And certain of those who were with us went to
  the tomb and found it just as the women had said
  but Him they did not see. 25 Then He said to
  them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to
  believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26
  Ought not the Christ to have suffered these
  things and to enter into His glory?

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets,
  He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the
  things concerning Himself. 28 Then they drew near
  to the village where they were going, and He
  indicated that He would have gone farther. 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 stay with them.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 30 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table
  with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke
  it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were
  opened and they knew Him and He vanished from
  their sight. 32 And they said to one another,
  Did not our heart burn within us while He talked
  with us on the road, and while He opened the
  Scriptures to us?

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 33 So they rose up that very hour and returned to
  Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who
  were with them gathered together,

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• They had become so entrenched in their erroneous
  thinking that they could not see the truth. How
  did Jesus get them to see?

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• He did not appeal to their self-esteem or
  appeal to their emotions. These things are not a
  foundation but often are a hindrance.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 126 BB Open My Eyes, That I May See 1, 2

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126 - Open My Eyes That I May See - 2.1
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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Jesus instilled faith in these men by appealing
  to the scriptures!

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Jesus instilled faith in these men by appealing
  to the scriptures!
• Rather than being a calamity, His death was a
  victory. (Lk 2425-27)

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Luke 2425-27 (NKJV) - Then He said to them, O
  foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all
  that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the
  Christ to have suffered these things and to enter
  into His glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and
  all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the
  Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• This was no shallow study of a verse or two but
  beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He
  expounded to them in all the Scriptures.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• This was no shallow study of a verse or two but
  beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He
  expounded to them in all the Scriptures.
• Where is your faith? Is it built upon this
  foundation?

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• This was no shallow study of a verse or two but
  beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He
  expounded to them in all the Scriptures.
• Where is your faith? Is it built upon this
  foundation?
• Some passages He could have used. (Isa 714 Mic
  52 Isa 53 Psa 22)

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 112 BB Teach Me Thy Way - 1, 3, 4

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Many are afraid to build their lives on such a
  foundation.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Many are afraid to build their lives on such a
  foundation.
• Many do not trust God. They are what they are
  from tradition and not conviction. (Heb 116)

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Hebrews 116 (NKJV) - But without faith it is
  impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
  must believe that He is, and that He is a
  rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Others are afraid to study because they would
  find they are in error and the
  scriptures would demand change. (Jn 319-21)

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• Others are afraid to study because they would
  find they are in error and the
  scriptures would demand change. (Jn 319-21)
• Still others open the scriptures but not their
  hearts.

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The fire of Gods truth can purify our hearts.

• 296 BB How Firm a Foundation - 1, 2, 3

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The impact of the resurrection of Christ is seen
in every Christian doctrine.

• Men and women were presented facts, testimony and
  scripture to establish the great truth.

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The impact of the resurrection of Christ is seen
in every Christian doctrine.

• Men and women were presented facts, testimony and
  scripture to establish the great truth.
• From this teaching we have learned how God
  expects us to reason.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Jesus brought this flame into their hearts. (Lk
  2432)

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Luke 2432 (NKJV) - And they said to one
  another, Did not our heart burn within us while
  He talked with us on the road, and while He
  opened the Scriptures to us?

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• They were going home to eat a late supper, tired
  and dejected. But as Jesus spoke the flame began
  to be kindled. They now see the truth He is
  risen!

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• They are energized and hurry back to Jerusalem
  ready to work.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• 174 BB Christ Arose - 1, 2, 4

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• One of the great problems we face in the church
  is the number of good people who have a
  weak faith.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• One of the great problems we face in the church
  is the number of good people who have a
  weak faith.
• You need not just to have faith, but a strong
  faith. A weak faith can blind you.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Would you ask the Lord to increase your faith?
  (Lk 174-6)

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Luke 174-6 - "And if he sins against you seven
  times in a day, and seven times in a day returns
  to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive
  him." 5 And the apostles said to the Lord,
  "Increase our faith." 6 So the Lord said, "If
  you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to
  this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots
  and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Why not start by filling your heart with the
  death, burial and resurrection of Jesus?

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• 167 BB We Saw Thee Not 2, 3

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• A living faith will fill your heart and make you
  active.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• A living faith will fill your heart and make you
  active.
• The early disciples were zealous and caused
  changes wherever they went. (Acts
  176 Acts 83-4)

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Acts 176 (NKJV) - But when they did not find
  them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the
  rulers of the city, crying out, These who have
  turned the world upside down have come here too.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Acts 83-4 (NKJV) -As for Saul, he made havoc of
  the church, entering every house, and dragging
  off men and women, committing them to prison. 4
  Therefore those who were scattered went
  everywhere preaching the word.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Let each of us make faith our own! Let us face
  our doubts and gain strength from God!

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Let each of us make faith our own! Let us face
  our doubts and gain strength from God!
• Can you see the risen Lord? Is He in your life?

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• He must be invited in. (Rev 320-22)

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Revelation 320-22 (NKJV) - Behold, I stand at
  the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and
  opens the door, I will come in to him and dine
  with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes
  I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I
  also overcame and sat down with My Father on His
  throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what
  the Spirit says to the churches.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• The issue is not knowing a lot but who you
  know.

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The fire of Gods Truth will move us into action.

• Inv. 576 BB Faith Is The Victory - 1, 2, 3

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