1. STRIKING ONWARD STRIKING ONWARD DON OTT
East Hills Community Church * August 5, 2018

2. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.”
Matthew 26:31, Zechariah 13:7

3. STRIKING ONWARD SERIES
Standing Still
Handing Over
Building Up

4. And they stood still, looking sad.
STANDING STILL – Luke 24
And they stood still,
looking sad.
Luke 24:17

5. #1: GATHERING
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus.
Luke 24:13

6. Do not forsake your gathering together, as is the habit of some.
Hebrews 10:25

7. It came about while they were conversing and discussing…
Luke 24:14-15

8. PROVERBS The one who guards his mouth preserves his life. 13:3
He who guards his mouth, guards his soul from trouble.
21:23
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
going down to the innermost parts of the body.
18:8

9. began traveling with them.
#3: WATCHING
… Jesus Himself
began traveling with them.
Luke 24:14-15

10. LUKE 24:25
O foolish men, and slow of heart, to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

11. Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He explained to them
#4: STUDYING
Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He explained to them
the things concerning Himself from the Scriptures.
Luke 24:27

12. LUKE 24:32
Were not our hearts burning while He was speaking to us, explaining the Scriptures to us?

13. Stay with us, for it is evening, and the day is nearly over.
#5: COMMUNING
Stay with us, for it is evening, and the day is nearly over.
And He went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:29-30

14. LUKE 24:30-31
He took bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.
And their eyes were opened

15. They got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem…
#6: KEEP GOING
They got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem…
Luke 24:33-35