Luke 24:13-35 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs.… I. CONSIDER THE OCCASION, OR THE MEANS EMPLOYED. "He talked with us by the way." "He opened to us the Scriptures." II. CONSIDER THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THAT OCCASION AND THOSE MEANS. "Did not our heart burn," etc. There is in real communion that which warms the heart. Away from Christ, all is coldness in regard to God and spiritual things; away from Christ, men even pride themselves in a sort of stoical apathy in regard to the claims of God; away from Christ, the most constraining motives of the gospel are heard with unconcern. There is communion to be had with Christ in prayer. Many pray in a formal way, but have never yet known "the heart to burn within them" in prayer. So with meditation: "My meditation of Him shall be sweet," said the psalmist. "Did not our heart burn within us?" And whence this effect? They were, you remember, anxious disciples, perplexed with doubts and seeking the truth. Hence, as they heard Him expound the Scriptures, they found their doubts gradually cleared away. It is when you discover your personal interest in the things spoken of — "That promise speaks to me," "That Saviour is my Saviour," "This God is our God even unto death," "He is mine, and I am His" — that you will again feel "the heart to burn within you." (J. H. Hambleton, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. |
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