Sermon: He is Sovereign Over Spiritual Sight

He is Sovereign Over Spiritual Sight Luke 24:1-49 March 27, 2016 Pastor Tony Felich ----more---- Luke 24:1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. [2] And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, [3] but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. [4] While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. [5] And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? [6] He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, [7] that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” [8] And they remembered his words, [9] and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. [10] Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, [11] but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. [12] But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened. [13] That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, [14] and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. [15] While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.  [16] But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. God must grant us spiritual sight so we can embrace the importance of Christ and His resurrection. We are spiritually blind apart from God’s gracious gift of sight.  -Luke 24:16 The Bible is spiritually discerned, so we need God’s illumination to understand. - Luke 24:27,45 God reveals Christ to us through the Word (Bible) and Sacraments. - Luke 24:30-31 We need God’s continued nourishing grace to maintain our spiritual sight. - Luke 24:40-41