And their eyes were opened, and they knew him

Luk 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Glory to God! We had such a special blessing last night in our services as we had one young man come forward and accept the Lord as his personal savior! His name is Les and I ask that you would pray for him. What a wonderful night of preaching as we were hearing a sermon out of II Thessalonians chapter 2, it was encouraging to know that the Thessalonian church had on their mind what we ought to have on ours...the coming of the Lord. The problem they had though was a person deceived them into believing that was the hour of Christs return. From the letter of Paul to them he explains to them that what they are going through is expected of Christians (the persecution they were facing) and that there are certain things that are going to happen before the Lords return. Speaking of the Lords return, have I mentioned this week that He must needs be turned over and face death on the cross of Calvary for the remission of our sins, not only die for our sins but glory hallelujah be resurrected and ascended until that appointed time! The Bible says that He was seen of many after His resurrection, however it is quite interesting to see how most of the disciples and those closest to Him received Him when He was seen. The Bible speaks of the two men on the road to Emmaus and they were talking to one another about the events that just occured, however in their rehearsing of the events they didn't think to remember what Jesus had told them the whole time that He was with them. It took Jesus drawing them into fellowship again and while sitting down and after breaking bread the Bible says in Luke 24:31 their eyes were opened! Friends let me encourage you today to keep your eyes open, and keep them on the Lord. Don't be distracted about the things that are going on in this world as like the disciples and the men to Emmaus, it will only discourage you and lead you astray. Instead get into the Word of God and understand the things that must be, just as Jesus told His disciples what must occur, and then be ready to endure those things knowing that we have our Lord and Savior to deliver us when that time comes, and the trump of God shall sound, then all those that are His will be caught up! We need to keep focused on Jesus so we won't be deceived like the Thessalonians were, we need to understand what is to take place as it is in today's age, because my dear friends the stage is being set for that son of perdition, the wicked one to return. Know this though that if you are saved, you are safe from the tribulation time, not only safe but secured for eternity with the Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Well tonight is visitation at the church and I am praying that there will be some new faces out to labor for the Lord. I hope to see some new faces this Sunday in services, not just because it is Resurrection Sunday, but because we were faithful to sow and the Lord bless and give the increase!