<TITLE>05. Par 36-49</TITLE>L-36 That's the reason God was made flesh, in order to die, that He could suffer and take the penalty upon Himself. He couldn't do it as long as He was Jehovah, in the spirit. God the Father, in spirit, could not do it. But when God was made flesh and dwelt among us, a human Being, then He could taste death, and takes the penalty that He had put upon all human beings. He took it upon Himself, and paid the price.

L-37   Yet, His promised Word had promised this resurrection, but they did not understand that it would be so. They couldn't just absolutely get to it. The Word, He was the vindication of His promise. Jesus, talking to this Cleopas and his friend, on the road to Emmaus, was the vindication of His promised Word, and yet they did not understand it.

L-38 And may I say it today. After two thousand years of teaching, believing, still He is alive, and people cannot perceive it. They cannot understand it. The main thing is they've been so in-documated with other things, too many cares, and too much other stuff. That's the reason they cannot understand it.
They were too sad and tore up, to understand it.

L-39   Now, notice, they were talking about Him. Now they was on the road over to Emmaus, they was going to go back to their old job again. And Peter went a fishing, and some of the rest of them went with him. And Cleopas and his friend, said, "Well, we'll go over to Emmaus." That's perhaps where they lived, and about a Sabbath-day's journey, a few miles across the hill.

L-40 And this beautiful Easter morning, Jesus up from the dead! Up! His Word, God's Word, had been fulfilled. "I'll not leave My Holy One see corruption, neither will I suffer My... I will not--not leave His soul in hell, neither will I suffer My Holy One to see corruption," was the Word. Notice, David spoke it.

L-41 Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and I'll raise it up in three days." See? "The Son of man goes up to Jerusalem, be given into the hands of the Gentiles, and cruel man, be scoffed and scourged, and crucified, but on the third day He shall rise up again." He said so, that ought to have settled it.

L-42 And here these man that He told that to, that knowed the Word, walking along the road, sad about it. Can you imagine such a sight? But it certainly has repeated again. It's repeated again.

L-43   We find out, as they went along the road, one great thing about them, they were talking about Him when He appeared.

L-44 Now that's the trouble today, the reason I think He don't appear to so many of us, is because we don't talk about Him enough. We've got other things we got to talk about. Our denominational difference, we got to fuss about that. We got to talk about communism. We got all kinds of programs, and everything else, all got us tied up. We don't have time to talk about Him. The church program, who is going to be the elected pastor, who is going to do this, and who is going to do that, we are talking about everything else but Him.

L-45 When, we ought to be talking about Him! It's always. That should be our--our... That should be our objective, that should be our--our whole life, is in Him.

L-46 I said to a man the other day. He said, "Why, do you believe that stuff?"

L-47 I said, "Sir, I spent my life. That right. I'd give my life for It. I wish I had ten thousand lives to give for It. I still believe It."

L-48   Sure, we must be talking about Him, if we want to see Him. That's when, always.

L-49 They should have recognized Him, but they never. When He walked up by the side of them, they should have knowed. Remember, they had been walking with Him for three years. And here the... Could you imagine? His disciples that had walked with Him for three years, here He is walking right along by them, and just as blind as a bat. Why? Because they didn't know the Scripture. And, yet, He had told them the Scripture.


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