Luke 24:13-35 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs.… I. WE HAVE HERE AN UNBELIEVING SEARCH. II. WE HAVE ALSO HERE FINDING WITHOUT A SEARCH. An anxious, honest doubt will not shut out visions of God from the soul. III. WE HAVE HERE THE DISCOVERY OF CHRIST BY WOMAN'S LOVE. IV. APPLICATION. "Him they saw not." To see Him is the characteristic and end of all true life. 1. "Him they saw not" — a sad confession when made in reference to our stated worship hours. To meet Him we ostensibly assemble and join in the outer forms of reverence and worship, and yet of how many may our text apply, "Him they saw not." 2. "Him they saw not," a sad confession when made in relation to the service of work. We see the terrible aspects of human misery, poverty in a thousand forms, and sin in many of its loathsome shapes. Do we see Him in those scenes? In our daily toil how true it is of many — oh, so many — "Him they see not"! 3. "Him they saw not." How sad in relation to earth's sorrows! Sad, yet true. The brotherhood of sorrow and trouble is a worldwide brotherhood. There runs a chain of sorrow through time; this is all dark and mysterious if Him the sufferers see not. (W. Scott.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. |
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