Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.And they rehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the breaking of the bread.
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… the keys for the early church. It said this, they recognized him in the breaking of the bread. You might not know this, but in early church code, the breaking of the bread means the Eucharist. That's what it means. All throughout the New Testament, whenever they say the breaking of the bread, what they're talking about is what we're doing here. What they're talking about is Jesus truly present in the Eucharist. What happens when they find Jesus in the breaking of the bread? Their hearts are on fire. Of course, we can say this, I would have stayed. I would have stayed if I knew for sure. We say, I would have stayed if things were different. We say, I would have stayed if I wasn't so heartbroken. Here's the truth. When the enemy steals your heart, go to where he is, where Jesus is. When the enemy steals your heart, stay where Jesus is. That's the key. Go where Jesus is and stay where Jesus is. The breaking of the bread is the mass. The breaking of the bread is the Eucharist. Imagine, here are these two people, Cleopas and his companion, and they see the Eucharist and what happens? …
… The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. And they told what had happened on the road and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. What a story. Two dejected, depressed, disillusioned, confused followers of Jesus walking along a road outside of Jerusalem saying we thought he was the one to redeem us. Some are saying he's alive. Nobody's actually seen him. And the stage is set for the first people in the book of Luke to encounter the resurrected Christ. And I can't help but to think of all the ways Jesus could have revealed himself in much grander fashion. To much greater effect. Think about it. Why did he not just show up at the temple in front of the masses as a massive sign to say, I told you, I am back. How beautiful is this? Jesus had just conquered death. What no one in history has ever done or could ever do on their own. and Jesus finds two plain, humble, ordinary, obscure people on a dusty road and starts a conversation with them. Jesus is showing us from the start of his resurrected life how this good news will spread through the simple power of a spoken word. Which leads to another beautiful thing about the story. Verse 16, God kept their eyes from recognizing him. Why is that? Why not just come up and say, guys, cheer up. I'm here. It's true. I'm alive. At least one of the reasons sure seems to be that God wants us to realize that people don't have to see the resurrected Christ …
but after jesus was resurrected from the dead on the day he got up from the grave he did something so strange and i want to share it with you today it's found in luke chapter 24 verse 13 through 35 we won't read all of that if you're doing the math we won't read all of that but i wanted to give you the homework as well because when the sermon is over then you can begin to live it out. Luke chapter 24, verse 13. And if you haven't found it by now, we're just going to do it on the screen. The Bible says, now that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. And as they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them. Tell your neighbor, you can't see him, but he's with me. Come on, tell them again. …