The Reality of the Resurrection | Luke 24:36-42
We are continuing our study in Luke’s gospel; discovering each week how Jesus is the one who came to seek and save the lost. Our text today concerns a miracle witnessed only by the disciples. And on this particular day, they learn a very valuable lesson on the nature of faith and discover something breathtaking about the one they’ve left everything to follow. The narrative is only four verses but I pray it calls us to consider the nature of ouI once shared a plane ride with an elderly couple who were flying to Tampa to see their grandchildren. As soon as we got to cruising altitude, we started chatting. Once the wife learned I was a pastor, the conversation swerved toward spiritual things. And she pressed me a little and asked: “what do you think of the resurrection?” I responded, well… Since Christ was raised bodily from the dead, we live with hope that when he returns, we too will experience a bodily resurrection like his. She responded, “I can’t believe that” and her husband was like oh, oh! Now, whadda you do with that kind of response?
