Unlimited Saviorعينة

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! Your dull minds keep you from believing all that the prophets talked about” (Luke 24:25, CEB). Jesus was not talking to just the two disciples; he was talking to everyone. Jesus was not telling them that they needed to see Him in the Old Testament. He was telling them that they needed understand that He was the whole point, hero, and reason, front and center, foundation and object, of the entire Scriptures. Jesus was not telling them that they needed to understand the Messianic prophecies, –the “Messianic” parts of the Old Testament – He was telling them that they needed to understand His cross and victory as the point of it all; in other words, Jesus was telling them that they needed to understand the gospel. These people had been taught to read the Scriptures and to see in them anything but the gospel. They saw history and moral instruction; they saw intellectual theology and wisdom, but they had missed the gospel. It’s time to stop being foolish and dull. When you read the Bible and see the Gospel, your heart will burn within you with excitement! It’s time to read the Scriptures afresh! But we will only ever be able to understand if the Christ of Emmaus is walking alongside us to open our eyes. And an exciting new beginning will come into your life! Do you recognize a “dull mind” in the way that you were taught Scripture, i.e. full of history, moral instruction, intellectual theology, wisdom, and prophecy, but no gospel? What are you doing to avoid replicating that in your home or spiritual community?