Trinity Church Victor Harbor Trinity Church Victor Harbor

An unlikely convert?


The risen Lord breaks through with transforming light

The risen Lord binds together in shocking unity

The risen Lord sends out in suffering boldness

Lives transformed by the good news of Jesus throughout the Fleurieu region

A eucatastrophe!?

From scattered defeat (8:1-3)

To shocking expansion:
To the Samaritans!? (8:4-25)

To an Ethiopian eunuch!? (8:26-40)

A completely unsurprising shock
Acts 1:8
Isaiah 56:3
Genesis 12:1-3

‘Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went’

To some, the cross is a stumbling block.

To some the cross is foolishness.

To those who believe, the cross is the power and wisdom of God.

How might the cross shape our lives?

Why did Jesus tell this story?

Leaving dad, and where it ended up.

Coming to his senses.

Dad's reaction.

The elder son's reaction and dad's response.

Ourselves?

Uncertainty, anxiety, and confusion?

The patient proofs of the risen Lord (v. 36-43)

The amazing fulfilment of the long-awaited Lord (v. 44-46)

The Messiah WILL suffer (e.g. Psalm 22, Isaiah 53)

The Messiah WILL rise (e.g. Psalm 16)

The global mission of the ascended Lord (v. 47-53)

The Messiah’s good news WILL be proclaimed to the nations! (e.g. Isaiah 49:6)

Meet Jesus: certainty, peace, and purpose

Easter journeys….

The Emmaus journey:

From blind despair and foolish doubt

to heart-burning certainty

and joy-filled witness

through meeting the glorious King

in all the Scriptures!

Were not our hearts burning within us