8 Then they remembered his words. 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Luke 24:8-11 NIV

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Don’t Let Their Unbelief Cause You To Question What You Saw

You were doing so well until someone made you turn from the truth.  Galatians 5:7 CEV

That same day two of them were walking to the village Emmaus, about seven miles out of Jerusalem. They were deep in conversation, going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their talk and questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognize who he was.  17 He asked, “What’s this you’re discussing so intently as you walk along?”  They just stood there, long-faced, like they had lost their best friend. Luke 24:13-17 MSG

They were deep in conversation, going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their talk and questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognize who he was.  Luke 24:15-16 MSG

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Don’t Spend Too Much Time Focusing On IT, IT Can Cause You To Miss God

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.  Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God’s throne.  Hebrews 12:2 GNT

Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking? ” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.  Luke 24:17 CSB

Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking? ” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.  Luke 24:17 CSB

3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did. I thank him as I remember you always in my prayers night and day. 4 I remember your tears, and I want to see you very much, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I remember the sincere faith you have, the kind of faith that your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice also had. I am sure that you have it also. 6 For this reason I remind you to keep alive the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you.  2 Timothy 1:3-6 GNT

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Realize IT Was A Part Of The Plan

Then he said to them, “So thick-headed! So slow-hearted! Why can’t you simply believe all that the prophets said? Don’t you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?” Luke 24:25-26 MSG

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God-those whom he has called according to his plan.  Romans 8:28 GWT

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Let The WORD Do It’s Work

Then he said to them, “So thick-headed! So slow-hearted! Why can’t you simply believe all that the prophets said? Don’t you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?” Then he started at the beginning, with the Books of Moses, and went on through all the Prophets, pointing out everything in the Scriptures that referred to him.  Luke 24:25-27 MSG

“I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. And He will strike your head and you will strike His heel.”  Genesis 3:15 NIV

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to Him.”  Deuteronomy 18:15 NIV

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive, have a son and name Him Immanuel.”  Isaiah 7:14 NIV

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, and like a sheep silent before His shearers, He did not open His mouth.” Isaiah 53:7 NIV

“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.”  Zechariah 12:10 NIV

32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” 33 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together 34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”  Luke 24:32-34 NIV

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  Romans 10:17 NKJV

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.  Psalms 119:114 NIV

50 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 53 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.  Luke 24:50-53 NIV