He Opened their Minds (Luke 24:44-47)

“”The lamb of God that takes away the of the world.” 

Romans 2:25-29 Understanding Circumcision in the Old Testament will help you understand this passage.

Statement #2: A correct understanding of the Testament will help us understand the Old Testament. 

“The Passover in the Book of Exodus”

Luke 24:44

Jesus speaks of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms — this was a way of speaking of the Old Testament. 

“Jesus did not want them to rest their belief in his resurrection on their personal experience alone. He was not interested in their becoming an elite group with special knowledge of Christ. Resting their faith on a miracle was not sufficient. He wanted them to ground their experience of his resurrection on the massive testimony and perspective of Scripture.” Kent Hughes

We do not ground our beliefs in ! 

Experiences can be and interpreted wrongly!

We do not interpret Scripture in light of our experiences but the reverse. Our experiences must be interpreted properly according to what we know to be true in the Scriptures. 

Luke 24:45

“But biblical theology is more commonly used to mean a way of reading the Bible (or, a hermeneutic) as one story. It assumes that Scripture’s many human authors tell one story—about Christ—by one divine author. Just as good doctrine depends on good exegesis, so it depends on good biblical theology.” Johnathan Lehman

What was Jesus’ Easter sermon all about?

This sermon (Like all sermons should be) was -centered!

What was the subject matter? 

“That the Christ should and on the third day rise from the dead…”

Jesus opened their minds to undersand the from the Old Testament!

The Covenant of Works — Do this and (disobey and and die)

The Fall: Becasue of Adam’s sin they were removed from the garden and from the tree of life (there was no possible way to earn or merit a right standing before God)

You and I are sinners by and by choice. 

Genesis 3:15

One could very conservativly point to over 300 prophecies concerning Jesus in the Old Testament — most of which find their fulfillment the final week of His life.

When the disciples couldn’t grasp what Jesus was teaching about — He didn’t try something other than the Word. 

God does His saving work through His .

In Evangelism we trust that the Lord will through His Word! 

What exactly did Jesus preach from the Old Testament?

Jesus could have preached from Exodus 12 (the first Passover).

The Blood didn’t save the people from Egypt but from

This Easter sermon was Chrst-Centered and Gospel-Centered — but it was also .

What Jesus has done has consequences that are to be procliamed to the nations.

Repentance: To changed one’s mind — a reversal of decision