!by Clara B. Lawrence ■
SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
Mrs. Lawrence
SL BJECT: The Emma us Experience
April 18, 1982
Lesson Scripture
The Unknown Companion Luke 24:13-26
Leading Questions Luke 24:17-21
Setting Things Straight Luke 24:25-27
Jesus Discovered Luke 24:28-32
Background Scripture...Lk. 24:13-35
Lesson Background
With his typical attention to detail, Luke
has provided a full account of the arrest,
trial, and crucifixion of the Son of man in
chapters 22-24. He described the plot of
Judas, the warm fellowship of the last
supper, the mental anguish at Gethsemane,—
the tragic denial by Peter, the miscarriage
of justice at the trials, and the brutal agony
.of the Roma/rexecution. But the dark days
in Jerusalem gave way to the brilliant
dawning of that first Easter morning when
angels asked the perplexed followers of
..Jesus, “Why seek ye the living among the
dead?” (Lk. 24:5). And one of the most
touching scenes in all the Bible was when
Jesus spoke to Mary Magdalene. (Jn.
•20:15).
Now, Luke concludes his account with
Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances and
His ascpnsinn into hgavpn
Lesson Explained
This lesson completes the Unit on the
Miracles of Jesus. We’ve seen Him trans
form people both physically and spiritually.
We’ve seen Him rise from the dead. Now
we’re beginning the lesson with His fourth
post-resurrection appearance which was on
the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. He
appeared to Cleopas and another man
whose name is not recorded. They were
heartbroken as they walked and talked
about the events that had happened since
the Passover, the afternoon of the day of the
resurrection. They had left their compan
ions after Peter’s return from the sepulchre
and before Mary Magdalene arrived with
her tidings that she had seen Jesus.
In their despair, “Jesus Himself” joined
them in their conversation (as He has done
so often in the midst of our own darkness).
Luke says as they walk together the eyes of1
the two “were holden.” (To lay hold ot.)
Their failure to recognize Him was pro
bably because of spiritual blindness. They
had found the report of the resurrection
difficult to accept. (Vss. 17-21).
Jesus’ question to them (paraphrased)
was “What are you talking about? You are
sad.” Both stood still, with sad, facial
expressions. Cleopas spoke quickly, “Are
you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does
not know the things that have happened
there in these days?” (RSV). They then told
the sad story of the prophet of Nazareth who
was rejected and crucified by the religious
rulers.
Verse 21 which reads, “But we trusted
that it had been He which should have
redeemed Israel.” This indicates that they
had doubts about Jesus’ resurrection and
if He really was the Messiah.
Their expressions of doubt concerning
Him, prompted Jesus to interrupt the con
versation with a rebuke for their being so
slow in believing what the prophets had said
in the Old Testament Scriptures. His rebuke
which began with “O Fools,” was a charge
of their failure to understand the relation
ship between the Old Testament predictions
Qf the suffering Messiah and His glorious
reign. But Jesus took the time, however, to
transform their foolishness into wisdom of
God, by “beginning with Moses and all the
prophets in order to explain to them all
things concerning Himself.” (vs. 27). They
finally reached Emmaus in the late after
noon. The disciples invited Him to remain
With them over the night.
. : When they sat down to the evening meal,
Jesus picked up the bread, blessed it and
passed the broken pieces to them. They
Recognized Him immediately. Jesus dis
appeared from the stunned disciples, but
they knew their Lord, and that He was
Divine.
: The sentence which reads, “Did not our
hearts burn within us?” is a mutual
reflection of Cleopas and his companion on
their Bible lesson taught by Jesus. Jesus
has shown us that we’re to explain His death
by using the New Testament which tells us
that He came and what He did, as well as
use of the Old Testament that tells us that
He would come and what He would do.
Closing Summary
Two disciples on their road to Emmaus
were heartbroken because their leader,
Jesus, has been crucified. The risen Lord
joined them and began to question their
attitude concerning the recent events that
v had occurred. They failed to recognize Him.
Lies us then spoke up and explained the Old
And New Testament Scriptures concerning
wmself.
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Lancer Awareness Program To Involve Black Churches
OH Sunday, April if,
several black churches will
participate In a cancer
awareness program spear
headed by American Can
cer Society volunteer Carl
Hunt.
Hunt, a member of
Gethsemane AME Zion
Church; sent outt40 letters
to black churches in Char
lotte-Mecklenburg in an at
tempt to inform congrega
tions of the seven warning
signals of cancer.
“According to statistics
so much cancer goes on
and it seems that we don't
know a lot about it. And
what you don’t know hurts
you,” Hunt suggested
The seven warning sig
nals that will be passed out
in bulletin form during
services at the churches
will save a lot of lives. Hunt
believes. “And if I just save
one life I ’ll be satisfied, ’ ’ he
stated.
Karen Bohr, director of
Public Information and
Education for the
American Cancer Society.
Mecklenburg Unit, has
Letters To The Editor
Statement
Angered Some
Ministers
Dear Sir:
On March 18,1982 you did
a story on the “Second
Poor People March.” In
the article I made the
statement “we cannot sit
by walling for ministers to
lead us, must of them don’t
feel the effects of the cuts
because poor, black people
have made life too good for
them.” I would like to
thank you for printing this
statement. It angered some
ministers and made all of
us take a look at our
selves. For those that did
not like the statement, my
response was, “If the shoe
fits, wear it.” One minister
went so far as to tell me I
could not come back in his
pulpit until I took back my
statement. Let me stop and
give my feeling on the
black ministers in times
like these.
I feel that the time has
come wherein we as black
ministers must do more
than preach pie in the sky.
Our people need us now
more than ever before.
With a black-owned news
paper and a black-owned
radio station here in Char
lotte, we can get any mes
sage over to our people we
need to. The reason we
don’t is we as ministers
many times can’t or won’t
work together. We talk
about working together but
our people need to see some
working together and we
need to lead the wa/. Many
of us have forgotten where
we come from and who
pays us. As Rev. Riddick
stated to me, "It is time for
blacks peoDle to start doing
for themselves.” We as
ministers are doing very
little to help our people.
A few of us are working
on a food bank. We will
open up a storehouse
whereby we can help feed
our people. From there we
can go on to register our
people to vote and on to
God knows where. But we
can do nothing until we
come together.
If we as black ministers
feel that poor people have
not made life too good for
us, then we can show this
by helping in someway.
The big question in times
like these is, what are we
black ministers doing for
our people?
Rev. James E. Barnett
Income Tax
Check-Off
Supported
North Carolinians filing
their state and federal in
come taxes last week were
urged by Democratic
Party Chairman Russell
Walker to check the box
that provides one or two
dollars for political parties
“Even if you owe some
additional tax, you can par
ticipate in this exercise in
democracy-and it won't
cost you five cents extra,”
Senator Walker said.
A husband and wife can
each check the one dollar
box. Single filers can only
provide $1. "On your North
Carolina return, you may
designate the party of your
choice, either Democratic
or Republican. On the fe
deral tax return, the dol
lars provided are shared
between parties. But It's
still well worth doing.”
baan aiding Hunt in his
effort to inform the black
community.
"During the past few
months we have had a task
force to disseminate in
formation throughout the
black commuhilyT’ she
began.
"Generally if a white
person and a black person
contract the same type of
cancer the black person
will die sooner The reason
is not hereditary but it is
due to early detection,"
Ms Bohr continued
Ms Bohr admitted that
I
Carl Hunt
Spearheaded program
the educational messages
concerning cancer had at
. one^lune^jiui been circu
lated as well in the black
communities as in the
white communities But
recent efforts such as the
black church cancer
hopcfullTcurtai1Hhl^a l„T. 1* ‘
Bohr, there are many
cancer related educational
programs in the black
community
"Early detection is pre
sently the key to cancer."
Ms Bohr announced And
once you find it in the early
stages vou should go to a
doctor "
In addition to the seven
warning signals of cancer
being distributed to the
congregation, ministers
will also have the oppor
tunity to pass out the na
tional cancer office s
"Cancer prayer" a prayer
"Tor the conquest of cancer ■—
April IK has been se'
aside lor this particular
distribution of information
But both Hunt and Ms
Bohr will be happy to com.
ply with any church s re -
quest to use the inform
ative .bullet ins or 'Cancer
prayer" any other Sunday
For more information con
tact Ms Bohr at 376-T655T
The following churches
will participate in the
cancer aw areness program
April 1H drier Heights
l nited Presbyterian
Church. Grace: A ME Zuw
t niteci Congregational.
Sleek*1—Greek--AMK Zion.—
Huntersville United Pres
byterian Gethsemane
\MK Zion. First United
Presbyterian. Greater Mt.
Moriah Primitive Baptist
Church Walls .Memorial
AMK Zion and H 6.
Graham Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church_
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