LUKE 24:13-32
BURNING HEARTS
Intro: Greatest need of Church today. Have principles need passion. Not asking you to try to
manufacture something that is not real. Painted fire never warmed anyone.
I. THE TWO DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD, WHAT THEY POSSESSED AND WHAT THEY HAD LOST.
A. What they possessed.
1. They still loved their Lord.
2. They still believed in Him.
a. To Peter "Satan hath desired thee," but I have prayed for thee that
thy faith fail thee not.
b. On road they were talking about Jesus.
c. Amid bitter disappointment they still spoke kindly of Him.
d. When Jesus joined them "what are you talking about that makes you
so sad?"
What things?
"Concerning Jesus of Narareth."
B. What they had lost.
1. Their hope "we had hoped that He would redeem Israel." For three years
their hearts aflame.
2. These men a picture of Church today.
a. People still loyal to Christ.
b. Lost the passion.
II. HOW DOES CHRIST DEAL WITH THESE MEN?
A. By interpreting to them familiar things.
1. Did not our hearts burn as He talked.
2. Did not burn as they were talking to Him.
B. What did Jesus say?
1. Nothing new went back to Moses and prophets.
a. Give anything to have heard this talk.
2. In Moses He was the fulfillment of the sacrifices.
3. David's king "fairer than the children of men."
4. Solomon "lily of the valley."
5. Isaiah "A child is born and Son is given."
6. Jere. "Branch out of stem of Jesse."
7. Dan. "stone not cut with hands."
8. On down to Malachi "The Son of righteousness."
C. What was the burning heart?
The thrill of a new discovery of their Lord.
D. How did it come?
Listening to Jesus.
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