From MS to Emmaus-part 2

Something has been nagging at me today so I felt a need to write a follow-up to yesterday's post. Is it self-serving, or an effort to grab some glory, to be writing and sharing this blog rather than keeping a private journal?

Let's take a look again at the passage in Luke 24. After the eyes of the two travelers are opened and they recognize the risen Christ before them, Christ disappears from their sight. The two ask each other "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"

At that point, Luke 24:33 says, "They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, 'It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.' Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread."

It seems to me that the two travelers had every reason to keep all this to themselves. After all, Jesus had just been tortured and crucified! What might happen to them if they publicly associated themselves with Jesus, especially when he's just gone missing from the tomb!

But instead of making a pact to keep quiet, they "returned at once to Jerusalem," the very city where Jesus' death has occurred and danger obviously lurked for his followers. These men had just had a profound experience with the risen Christ, how could they possibly keep it to themselves? And where would we be if they had?

So, the answer to my nagging question is NO! It is not self-serving or glory-grabbing to share this blog, because my purpose is to share Christ and what he is doing in my life. My purpose is to let others know that Jesus LIVES, and because he lives, so can all of us who believe in him.

"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." 1 John 15:11-12 (NIV)

Thanks be to God!