Bible Study With Jesus—Now That’s an Experience!

A group of people around a table with open Bibles

The Seven-Mile Bible Study Nobody Saw Coming

The afternoon the Bible caught fire in their hands

Two disciples.

Heads down.

Hearts crushed.

Walking home from Jerusalem like men carrying their own funeral.

A Stranger joins them on the road.

(They don’t recognize Him yet.)

He asks, “What are you talking about?”

They actually laugh, bitter.

“Haven’t you heard? Jesus of Nazareth… we thought He was the One… but they killed Him.”

Then the Stranger does the most outrageous thing:

He starts with Moses

and walks them through every prophet,

showing how the Messiah had to suffer

and rise

and fling the doors of forgiveness open to the whole wide world.

Seven miles.

One Bible study.

Zero notes.

Just Jesus explaining Jesus.

When the Lights Came On

Luke 24:32, their words, not mine:

“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while He talked…

and opened the Scriptures to us?”

Burning hearts.

Opened minds.

Old verses suddenly brand-new.

They thought the story ended on a cross.

Jesus showed them the cross was only page one of the best chapter.

The Two Things That Blew Their Minds (And Still Blow Ours)

1. The Messiah had to die and rise

← nobody saw that coming

2. Forgiveness was now for every nation

   ← not just the “good” ones

Seven miles earlier they were hopeless.

Seven miles later they’re running back to Jerusalem in the dark, barefoot with joy.

The Same Teacher Is Walking With You Today

You don’t need to be on a dusty road to Emmaus.

You just need to open the Book and say the same prayer they never had to speak:

“Jesus, open this for me.”

Then watch what happens.

Old familiar verses start glowing.

Hard passages suddenly make sense.

Your cold heart starts burning again.

He’s still the best Bible teacher who ever lived!

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