Pulpit Message Introduction for April 6

Pulpit Message Introduction for third Sunday of Easter
Last Sunday after service, a member asked me if there are more roads a Christian needs to walk in addition to the four I preached. I replied yes! The story has not finished. Let’s continue it today. In the beginning of the journey on the road to Emmaus, the two followers were sad, discouraged and slow in believing. The risen Lord came and walked with them. He encouraged them, explained the Bible to them, and reminded them about the prophesise of himself. Then their hearts were rekindled with fire. Their despair was changed to hope again. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scripture to us?”
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.
After his suffering, Jesus showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my father promised which you have heard me speak about.”
So the fifth road is the road back to Jerusalem where the disciples wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit to carry out the Great Commission.

講壇信息介紹
上個主日我講完了基督徒要走的四條路後。有教友問我基督徒要走的路就只有這四條嗎？我說不，我的故事還沒有講完。
今天讓我接續上次第四條路再講下去吧。當門徒走在以馬忤斯路上的初時，他們是悲傷失望，臉帶愁容，眼睛迷糊，信心遲鈍的。復活的主耶穌看見他們，就親近他們，與他們同行，在靈裏開導他們，鼓勵他們，並開他們的心竅，講解聖經給他們明白。於是他們火熱了。他們不再憂愁，不再灰心，乃是剛強起來。他們立時起身，回耶路撒冷去，把路上所遇見的見證出來。耶穌受害之後，用許多的憑據將自己活活的顯給使徒看，四十天之久向他們顯現，講說神國的事。耶穌和他們聚集的時候，囑咐他們說：“不要離開耶路撒冷，要等候父所應許的聖靈。”門徒走返回耶路撒冷的路。與主同行四十天，等候聖靈降臨，好叫他們能完成基督的大使命。