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The Stranger Saviorⁱ
Third Sunday of Easter (YrA)

Psalm 116:1-14;
Acts 2:14a, 36-41;
1 Peter 1:17-25;
Luke 24:13-35

Message presented by Rev. Frank C. Ruffatto.

In this week’s lesson from Luke’s Gospel, we hear the story of Jesus joining a couple of His followers on the road to Emmaus. They did not recognize Jesus.

It is not that these travelers were confronted with a case of mistaken identity. Their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. It was not that the Lord Jesus was absent from them. No, He was right there with them on the road, but they were prevented from recognizing Him. They could not see Him for who He is. Jesus remains to them a stranger.

Why?

Listen to this message and learn it is in His hiding Himself that Jesus shows himself to be our Savior.

ⁱBackground and study material from Rev. John T. Pless, DLitt, assistant professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Concordia Pulpit Resources, Volume 30, Part 2, Year A – electronic version.