THE EMPTY TOMB
Luke 24:1-12
The most perplexing question for those who deny Christ's resurrection
is, “What became of His body if He did not rise?” If foes stole
it, they would have produced it in disproof of the allegations of the
Apostles. If friends had taken it, they would certainly have borne... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKING WITH THE RISEN LORD
Luke 24:13-27
This exquisite idyll of the Resurrection is too lifelike and natural
to have been invented. The sorrowful walk; the reasonings; the wonder
that anyone could have been for ever so short a time in Jerusalem
without knowing of the events that filled their sou... [ Continue Reading ]
“ABIDE WITH US”
Luke 24:28-35
Our Lord must be invited and constrained. He will not impose Himself
on an unwilling host; but how glad He is to enter where a welcome
awaits! He turns ordinary meals into sacraments; common rooms into
royal chambers: and the homeliest things into symbols of the etern... [ Continue Reading ]
“PEACE BE UNTO YOU”
Luke 24:36-43
Jesus Himself! We need nothing else when we are terrified and afraid.
You may be fearing the consequences of your sin; fearing the approach
of your enemy; fearing the future with its unknown contingencies; but
Jesus Himself is the antidote of fear. He keeps the so... [ Continue Reading ]
“WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS”
Luke 24:44-53
The risen Savior is the key to Scripture. The pages of Holy Writ need
the illumination that falls from His face. Whenever you open the Old
Testament, described here under its customary Hebrew threefold
division, be sure to ask Him to open your understandin... [ Continue Reading ]