Hey everybody. Welcome back to another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. Hello. We hope you're enjoying your Saturday morning and you should be planning men for next Saturday to join us at Men's Bible Study. 'cause we will be back down at Grace which by the way is short-lived because we have an opportunity with another facility that you'll hear more about in the new year. That's just down the street from where we're meeting. And so Men's Bible study, women's Bible study are other meetings that we tend to have down at Grace. Those will be moved up here to our kinda the backyard of where we're meeting right now. So that's. That's encouraging, but Pastor Rob, what's coming up next week with Men's Bible study? So we're in part three of our resolved series and our resolved series. We're looking at men in the Bible who depicted a resolve to honor the Lord no matter what the cost. And the person that we're looking at this week is John the Baptist, and we're looking at him from Mark chapter six. This is that famous section where Herod Anus has John the Baptist Behead. This happens in the midst of confusion about who Jesus is. Is he Elijah? Is he John the Baptist? Is he some other prophet? And what we're gonna look at is John's clarity, his conviction and his courage. And in particular, what we're gonna focus on. In fact, I think what I'm calling it, I may change the title by the time next Saturday comes, but I'm looking at the title of courage to confront One of our jobs as men is to call a spade to be men who speak truth and to do so with clarity, conviction, and courage. And so I think we're gonna call it that. I would love to have you there. This is an, I say this about all the time I preach, but I mean it, this is a really important sermon. I if I say that too much. Every sermon's important to like, well, you say that about all. They're all important. This is so important. We really need to develop a spine that is biblically based and know how to navigate that within the culture that we're in. And for some of us that might mean getting shot, you know, in a public venue. And that's okay. If that's what God wants for us, that's what we're gonna lean into. But we wanna have the courage to confront, and there's ways that we build that into our lives. And we're gonna look at John's life to see a little bit about what that looks like. You don't wanna miss it. I'm hooked. I'm gonna be there. You're gonna be there. I will be there. Oh, thanks man. Yeah. Well, if you're going there, you'll go. Yeah, there we go. You should be there too. I'm thinking about it and the men should be there. And ladies listening to this, you may not be there. Well don't. Yeah, don't be there. But wives listening to this, make it easy for your men to be there. If that means you gotta get your kids to the soccer game in the morning, then do that so that your husbands can be there because this is a good thing for them to be there. This is make 'em some breakfast. Some coffee. There you go. Massage his feet. There you go. All your above. Get the paper form. Anything else you want? Breakfast in bed, with the tray. Yeah. Welcome back to the Daily Misogynistic podcast. We're your hosts nothing about women hating in there? I'm just suggesting things. We're trying to help them get to the men's breakfast. There you go. But if they're making them breakfast, then no men's ever gonna complain that there's double, double breakfast. Come on. Second breakfast there go. Alright. Hey, let's get into our reading today. We got Luke 24 and John 20 and 21. Luke 24 is just a fun chapter. Not only do you have the resurrection account, which is very similar and you've got the amazing encounter there with the angels, where they make the phenomenal statement. Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here. I thought Phil Wilkin wrote that. He didn't know the angel did. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. Well, maybe the angel got it from Phil. I think the angel got it from the Holy Spirit. Because, and maybe the Holy Spirit got it from Phil. I don't think so. I don't think Phil was a twinkle in his parents' eyes at this point in time. Right. Neither was his parents. That's a great line in the song though. It's a great song. That's a great line. Looking for the living among the dead. So good. Yeah. Well he got it from the angel, so there you go. Alright. But it's this whole interaction between Jesus and the disciples on the road to Emmaus, which is fascinating and comical and also just awe-inspiring at the same time to think, man, it would've been awesome to be them. But we see here that it, it took a little while for people to still believe what they were hearing. And so Thomas gets a bad rap and Thomas gets the bad rap because he's, you know, doubting Thomas and he didn't believe and the other disciples had told him about this. And we're gonna get to Thomas, I think, later on in, in our reading today. But, thomas wasn't alone in his struggling to believe the report of the empty tomb and everything else. In fact we see that in Luke 24 with these two disciples. Jesus walks up on them and keeps himself from being recognized by them, which even that is fascinating. How? 'cause he's recognizable. Because we see other times when people see him and recognize him, although initially Mary Magdalene doesn't recognize him when she's in, in the garden there and he has to speak her name Mary before she recognizes his rabbi teacher. So it's just part of the mystery of the resurrected body of Christ that there's times where can keep himself from being recognized. But this whole interchange is somewhat funny because they say, are you the only one that doesn't know what's going on here? And Jesus just bats the hook. He goes, what? What do you mean? Yeah. What things like, he could have been like, guys, it's me. It's me. Yeah. But he just strings them along for a little while and it's it's fascinating to read the back and forth here. I read that maybe what's behind some of this mystery here. Be, because you're right. Everyone looks at this and says, how is it possible? How did you miss that? Yeah. It's kind of like not knowing who your mom is. Right. You would know maybe, maybe, and granted that the voice is still there. So that's still a bit tricky in my mind to overcome. But let's just say for example, they're not expecting this fully healed man to be Jesus. That's one part. Right? And if his clothing was gambled away on the cross, he's not wearing his normal attire. What, and that's another question, what is Jesus wearing? Because he's not naked, right? But he did leave his grave clothes in the tomb. So that's a good question. Whatever Jesus is wearing is not his normal attire. But now, today we're used to seeing, you wear a different shirt every day, you wear different pants, different shoes even, right? You have a lot of different choices. But that's not the first century man and. True. They had a lot of the same clothes. And so you would recognize someone not only by their gait and their personage, but you would also notice, oh, that's so-and-so's cloak. That's Thomas's cloak. That's Philip's cloak. So Jesus is not wearing his normal clothes. Maybe he's wearing a turban. He's got something on his head perhaps, and his body's healed. He's not limping. He's showing no signs of trauma to his body, so he's fully well. I wonder if that's part of it, and I don't know if that's the whole. Maybe there is more happening here. There's a supernatural veiling of himself, but it seems to me that there could be some natural explanations for why they're not catching up, catching onto who he is right away. Yeah, that's fair. That's absolutely fair. So you think he's wearing the white robe in the purple sash now that we always see him in? No. Maybe, man, I don't know. I do wanna know what he's wearing and where he got the clothes from. That's a good. Because he's not wearing the grave clothes. Yeah, they're in the grave. Yeah. It's fascinating questions. It's that we don't know, we don't have answers to. Yeah, for sure. What we do see here is the despair because in Luke 24: 21, they say, we had hoped. And so notice the past tense here. And that reveals, and this goes back to what you're saying, they're not expecting to see the resurrected savior because they're saying it's over basically, is what they're saying. Yeah. We had hoped, we had thought, and yet he's just another failed Messiah. Jesus in his mercy in verses 25 to 27, preaches the greatest sermon ever preached to them. As he goes back through the Old Testament and interprets the things concerning himself and how it was necessary for them to decide to suffer and then enter into glory, and then the way that he reveals himself to them, I just think speaks to the love and the relationship component of the resurrected savior because he doesn't, it's not even. In the sermon that they finally understand. It's when they see him break bread with them. When they see him in that moment of fellowship, table fellowship with them, which we have to assume they had enjoyed before in the past with him, even though these aren't necessarily to the 12. They had been with Jesus in moments like this and that, just like in his affection for Marian speaking her name to reveal himself to her, I think we see the love and compassion that he has and the fellowship that he desires with them, where it's that moment that their eyes are open, they realize that it's Jesus. Yeah. This is fascinating because these are two guys that we otherwise don't know. Right. And even one of them. We only have his name. We know nothing else about him. Cleopas, he's probably one of the 72 spent time with Jesus clearly enough to say, oh, that's Jesus' signature move. It's like if Michael Jordan were to do his famous dunk where he is, his legs are spread and he hanging out. Yeah. You if someone did that, even if they're wearing all the makeup in the world, you'd say, that's Jordan. That's who that is. Yeah. And in the same way, Jesus breaking of the bread, I guess he did this so frequently with them. This was his signature move. He broke bread for the 5,000 broke bread for the, what was the other number? 7,000. The 6,000. He broke bread for multiple audiences. Yeah. And so these guys know his signature move. And it's like when you say church, even if you're wearing makeup, I'm gonna know that's you. I know that's you. And that's what's happening here. I love that. You're right. It's relational. It's warm, it's amazing. But I also notice here it says, did not our hearts burn within us? What's that? Is that, so should we experience that when the Bible being preached burning PRIs? You know, I didn't say that. Yeah, I didn't say that. But I guess if you wanna address that, feel free. Well, yeah. That the burning bosom, that's what the Mormons say You should feel to know that Mormonism is true. And that's a subjective, trying to work this up and convince yourself that something is true. No, I think this is more evidence of the work of the spirit. Even though, and this is interesting 'cause the spirit's not yet. In them if we understand the order of events here, but I do think this is still evidence of God's work in them. That this is reverse for a few seconds and just quickly explain more about that. The spear's not in them. What do you mean? Yeah. So, Jesus talks about this coming up the day of Pentecost, the spear's gonna fall on them and then even. Subsequent to that, you've got the Samaritan Believers that come to faith in Christ, and yet Peter and John have to come to them and pray for them and lay hands on them before they receive the spirit in, in, in them. And we'll talk about that when we get to acts. I think there's reasons for that that are different than what happens today, but. So the Holy Spirit's not dwelling within them the way that he does with us, correct? Not yet. He will just not yet. And that's because Jesus is still there. And that's, we talked about that a couple of, a few days ago, a handful of days ago. It's to your benefit that I go away because if I don't go away, then you won't receive the spirit. You won't receive the helper. Right. But I think it's the fact that this is Jesus preaching to them. That is what's causing the burning to take place. This sensation of like, oh man. There's something different about this. Do we experience that today? I would say as a, as an evidence of the spirit within us. I think we know truth when we hear truth, and I think when the truth is faithfully, exposited and preached, I think there is something within us that's that hungers for that says, I want more of that. And I love that because it's exalting Christ. There have been a handful of sermons that I've been in, in my life that I've heard where I feel like, man, my heart is burning within me. I can't. Quite pinpoint why I, well, I do know why someone's unpacking the word in a way that I'm just like, wow, this is amazing. And I think one of the last times experienced this was with Dr. Dr. Ware when he, I think he preached on Isaiah chapter six. No, it was 40. Isaiah 40. It was awesome. I felt like, man, this is my God. That's amazing. My heart's on fire. I love it. Yeah, I think this still happens. I'm not sure what this is, 'cause it's me guessing and speculating what I think is happening. Yeah. But man I think to your point. Because the spirit indwells his word. When someone's unpacking it well, and they're helping me see Christ or the Lord better, I think I still, I think we can still feel something like this. Yeah, yeah, for sure. After this, he appears to his disciples. We're gonna see that in John's gospel as well, and he shows them, his body, shows them the hands that the marks that he still bears, which is another thing that's interesting to think about with his glorified body. And then Luke records the ascension, which I've always. Thought is interesting that he records the Ascension because it's almost like then we get to the book of Acts and he backs up to kinda get a running start in the book of Acts. Yeah. 'cause he's gonna give us much more detail about the ascension in the book of Acts. He just kind of tacks it on here at the end of Luke 24. Well, unlike Mark, he finishes a story. He does. He's at least ending with an a good ending. That's true. This is an ending that would say, yeah, that makes sense. I dig it. Do you think Luke knew that he was gonna write acts as he was finishing up the book of Luke? I don't know. I mean, do you have, I don't know. Do you have an answer to that? I don't. I just thought that because I don't know. If he didn't know that he was gonna write acts, then yeah, he's finishing the story and then maybe as he's thinking about it, he's saying, you know what? I can include a lot more here. Let me just think about how to finish this up. Yeah. And then he starts talking to people and then he realizes, oh no, there's a lot more here than I realized. Right. I need help. Let me reach out to my benefactor to support this project. Right. The gets roped in. Yeah, he gets routed and actually no, 'cause he says to the off theus. You know what? Now that I'm thinking about this, I think he did know. You think he did know? I, okay we'll wait till we get to ax. Okay. Because I think ax gives me at least a hint that maybe that's the case. Okay. Sounds good. Well, let's go over to John 20 and 21, which is the rest of our reading today. At John 20, you've got the resurrection account again. And here's the moment of Jesus in Mary Magdalene. We've been referencing this and alluding to it, and here it is where Mary thinks the body's been stolen. She's weeping. Some have suggested maybe the reason she didn't recognize Jesus is because she's weeping, she's bleary eyed from her. Got tears in her eyes. She's not expecting, to your point, to see him resurrected at this time. Right. And so she thinks he's the gardener and yet she hears his voice. And still it's that touching moment between Jesus and one of his most devoted followers where he reveals himself to her in a very relational way. And I think that's so, so neat just the way that, that Jesus cares for her that way. Then Jesus shows up in the upper room with the disciples that are gathered there and he shows up behind a locked door. And this is where I think, again, we gotta give doubting Thomas A. Little bit of grace because he shows the, these disciples the same things that he shows Thomas. So Thomas wasn't there and Thomas says, in until I see. The marks on his hands and the put my hand in his side, I'm not gonna believe. And in, in some essence, that's what Jesus had already done for these disciples. He showed up and said, look, here's my wounds. And then he does this interesting thing where he breathes on them and he says, receive the spirit. And when I preach this and. John 20 at, I don't know, last year as we were going through this I don't believe this is the moment that they received the Holy Spirit, but this is rather Jesus alluding to that moment taking place. He's promising it, he's illustrating what this is going to be, that they're gonna receive the spirit. That the word spirit, at least in Hebrew, is the same word that can mean breath ruach. And so for Jesus to breathe on them is is indicative symbolic of them receiving the Holy Spirit. Much like when God breathed life into Adam. So I don't. Believe this is the moment they receive the spirit because Jesus is still with them. But I do think it's the down payment, so to speak, of that reception. I would agree with that. And that's believe it or not, there's theological discussions about things just like this, where the question is who sends the spirit to the disciples? Hmm. Who sends the spirit? Is it God? Does the, does God the father send the spirit? Or does Jesus send the Spirit or. Third option? Is it both of them? Yes. And we think it is both. This is one of those places where obviously the father is the one who he's the one who's behind everything. He's the, I don't know. I don't know how to talk about this without accidentally spitting heresy. He's the one. Yeah. But through the son the spirit. Is sent from the father and the son, we would argue, and that's what's happening here. I agree. Jesus is giving them the down payments. He's symbolically showing them, I'm sending the spirit and this is connected to his. Go, wait for me here. Wait until you receive the Spirit. And that's when all the power comes. And that's the book of Acts? Yeah. Yeah. Oh man, you're, yeah. We'll hold off on that. There's more we could say about that, but we'll develop the Trinity, I'm sure more as we go along in the daily Bible reading. John's purpose is given in John 2030 through 31, and this is the purpose statement for the book. And that is that we might believe and believe that Jesus is the Messiah believing that we might have life in His name. John 21, we get the, basically the chapter is about the restoration of Peter. There's more to it here, but Jesus is after restoring. Peter, I'd mentioned when we were on with Pastor Mark a couple days ago, just the idea of the difference between Judas response and Peter's response in that sermon that Bobby Blakey preached and here we see the. The repentance. That is a genuine godly grief that Peter experiences here and God's grace towards him to restore him. And Jesus does that as he asks Peter three times. Peter, do you love me, Peter? Do you love me? Peter, do you love me? And as Peter denied Jesus three times, I think Jesus is. Gracious to restore Peter these three times and and to launch him into ministry when he says, you've got a job to do with my sheep, and you need to tend my sheep and feed my sheep. And tend my sheep. He's telling him, you've got work to do. I'm not done with you, Peter. So, okay, you failed, but now you're being restored and now it's time to go. So John 21, again, like Mary, like, the two disciples on the road to AMAs, this is the personal. Touch from Jesus with his followers post-resurrection, to come alongside and say, it's okay, I'm alive and there's work left to be done. 153 fish. I read that perhaps, perhaps suggestion is maybe there was 153 different kinds. Breeds a fish in that lake and that this is one way that Jesus is signaling to them. You are now not just gonna be fishers of fish, but fishers of men. All kinds of men, all different kinds. I like that. I'm not sure if it's true. But that sounds fun. I like that. I'm just gonna go with that for now. Secondly. You might notice that Jesus cooks breakfast over a charcoal fire. Yeah. A couple things. Number one, Jesus is eating. I love this because this tells me that in our resurrection body, we still get to have food. We're gonna eat. Yep. We're gonna eat. Yep. Which is an exciting part of being human. This is one of the things I like about being alive is eating food. So that's sticking around. I'm excited about that. But secondly, the charcoal fire. The last time that John mentions a charcoal fire is in. Do you know this? Yep. You guys are answering, hopefully, hopefully you're answering. This is in the courtyard as he stands before the religious well, in the kangaroo court when he's being tried without any due process. So Jesus is rewinding the tape using the sense of smell and his sense of sight to say, remember when you denied me those three times? Let's do this again. They're gonna give you a do-over. I'm gonna take you right back into that courtyard. I'm gonna let you affirm your love for me three times now. So Jesus effectively restores Peter saying, I know what happened. Let's put that behind us. Let me take you and move you forward and let's try this all over again. And this time he commissions him and says, you're gonna be my leader. I want you to lead and I don't want you to focus on John or the other guy, or what his house looks like, or what his ministry looks like, or her mothering. She does more of this and she does more of that. Just you focus on me, trust me, you get, keep your eyes on me and we'll do this together. Yeah. And it's the charcoal fire, that's what Peter was standing around with, the servants warming his hands as Jesus was in there. And that's where the denials took place. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. And if Jesus hadn't restored Peter, then we wouldn't have a book to study on Sunday mornings. I. What a bummer. Yeah. I mean, there would be other Bible, but Peter's pretty great. Peter's pretty great. Yeah, he is. Anyways, let's pray and then we'll be done with this episode. God, we are so thankful that you are God who is a personal God. The care for those two disciples on the road to Emmaus the care for Mary Magdalene, the care for Peter and the care for so many others, including us. The way that you. Orchestrated events in our lives to bring us to the place of recognizing Jesus as the Savior, as the Messiah, as the one that we needed, and welcoming us into your family by allowing us to repent from our sins and to believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of those sins. And so we thank you so much for that. And we only know but the fringes of what that relationship is gonna be like. And we can't wait to be with you in eternity when we will know it in fullness. So until that day, may we be found faithful. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Keep in your Bibles, tune in again tomorrow for another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. See ya. Bye.

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Yeah. I would agree with everything that you said