On the Road to Emmaus

Rev. Zelwyn Heide, pastor at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hannover, ND and Zion Lutheran Church in New Salem, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Luke 24:13-35.

On Easter afternoon, Cleopas and another of Jesus’ disciples were walking to Emmaus, when the Lord Himself came and joined their journey. They were kept from recognizing Him, and He struck up a conversation about the events of the previous days. These two disciples had a decent picture of who Jesus was, but they had failed to grasp the necessity of His suffering for the redemption of Israel. Jesus quickly turns from student to teacher as He spends the rest of their walk interpreting the Scriptures to them. When they arrive, they pray for Jesus to stay with them, and He does. As He breaks bread, their eyes are opened to recognize Jesus, who promptly disappears from their sight. They run back to Jerusalem to tell the others what had happened. As we hear Jesus’ teaching and eat with Him in His Holy Supper, Jesus reveals Himself to be our crucified and risen Lord still today.

“The Beloved Physician’s Orderly Account” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. Luke. The Evangelist wrote his well-researched account of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection so that Theophilus would have certainty concerning the things he had been taught. As we still read the Word of God recorded by St. Luke, our gracious Lord gives us that same certainty that Jesus is our Savior.