May 8, 2010

Luke 24:36-53
The young people in my former church made several movies for inclusion in their youth service. They call them, The Meaning of It All. They are a parody of super hero themes. The plot is group of super-heroes cleverly disguised as musicians (punk rock or concert) who save the world. I really enjoy their creativity and comedy. Why do we enjoy super-hero themes? We enjoy them because we know there is evil in the world. We instinctively long for a hero who will set us free from the death and destruction in our souls. In reality Jesus is the hero we all long for.
Today’s passage is the stuff of which super-hero movies are made; except, this is reality. Jesus can appear anywhere, even in locked rooms. Yet he is not just a spiritual apparition. He eats food like a normal man. He is one of us. He is the one of whom the law and the prophets spoke. The earliest prophecy was given 4000 years before His birth and types of Him can be found in almost every book of the Old Testament. The statistical probabilities of the likelihood of the prophecies which he fulfilled are staggering. His death, burial and resurrection were foretold in Psalm 22, Isaiah 53 and Psalm 16.
His message of liberation was to be preached to all nations. You and I have that privilege. We can tell the nations about His glory. That is one of the reasons why meditating on His Glory is so important. Without that consistent meditation, we quit focusing on what is important and find our selves falling once again under the spell of the evil ruler of this world. Also, He has given us the promise of special empowerment to be witnesses of His glory. We were born again for this. What a thrill it is to be witnesses of His glory! Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor John