Sad

It was on a Sunday when two were on their way home with their heads hung low.  As they walked they began to talk about all the things that had happened; what had happened? Well the first thing was that early that morning Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and some other women had made a great discovery. They had gone to the tomb where Jesus had been buried only to find that the stone had been rolled away. I love what Luke 24 and verse 3 tells us; And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  Now that stone wasn’t rolled away to let Jesus out but to let others in. After entering in the tomb these ladies found there was no body and it puzzled them.  Then all of a sudden while in their puzzled state of mind they see two men in shining garments. These men asked them why seek ye the living among the dead? He’s not here but is risen; after being told that the Bible says that they remembered His word how He spoke to them when He was in Galilee saying the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified and the third day rise again. Then they left and told what they had seen and heard to the eleven disciples. Peter jumps up and runs to the tomb to see for himself and found it all to be true. Now as the two were making their way back home they began to reason between themselves when all of a sudden Jesus drew near and began to walk with them. Jesus asked, “What are you talking about that is making you so sad?” The Bible tells us that although Jesus had joined them on their way home Jesus had made it impossible for them to recognize who He was. They couldn’t believe that this man didn’t know what had happened. I tell you what I can’t believe is why in the world were these two on their way home. While all the talk of Jesus not being in the tomb was spreading like wild fire? It’s funny what feeling depressed will do to you. Depressed you might ask how do you know that? It’s easy, listen to what these two said.

Luke 24:21  But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, today is the third day since these things were done. All they could talk about was the negative; we trusted that’s past tense. They are sad and all they can talk about is what could have been. What’s it going to take to make these two glad? Will they ever be glad again? Are their hopes all gone? On tomorrow I’ll show you how Jesus turns their sadness into gladness. You think you know the answer; you may know, but more than likely not all. Don’t miss tomorrow!