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Show WORDS LIKE IDLE TALES Luke 24: 11 Some things are more believable than others. Some of our words fall There are a number of reasons as idle tales. some of what we say and hear is not believable. One of the main reasons so much of what we say is not believable is because we talk so much. You remember the story of the lad who cried "wolf' over and over and over again until when the real wolf came nobody believed him. "wolf' too much. things we hear Another He cried reason is that some good to be true. When the broker promises you a guaranteed sound too return of 1 00% interest your investment in stocks and bonds, you ought to be careful. It is a deal that sounds too good to be true. on They had come to the tomb where Joseph had buried Jesus. They brought sweet spices to anoint His dead body. When they got there early that morning, they found the stone that had 1 closed the grave already rolled away. They entered the tomb and found not the body of the Lord Jesus on the inside. They did not know what to make of these circumstances. So when they saw two men standing by them in shining garments, they were afraid and bowed down to the earth. The two asked, "Why seek ye men living among the dead?" those looking for Jesus' body, the Then they told "He is not but is risen: remember how he here, spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful crucified, and the third day rise again." Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary, the men, and be , mother of James, and the other women remembered the words. Then they went and told the eleven disciples with them what they had everybody that was seen and heard. apostles' reactions, seemed to them as idle tales, text says of the words and believed them not." " The And their and they I don't think those who found Jesus' tomb 2 empty early in the morning that first day of the talking a whole lot. I sense that they had been in mourning and that they had been in seclusion. They had observed their Lord die on that old rugged cross. They had seen Joseph take Him down and put Him in his new tomb. They had seen the stone rolled to close the tomb. They had gotten word that the tomb was sealed and guarded a watch with Pilate's permission. Surely this man could not week had been be alive and he cannot be risen from the dead. It was just too good to be true. of a Risen Savior, one who had been crucified sounded too good to be I believe the true. So when news they reported that Jesus was not there, that the tomb men said Jesus was was empty, that the two risen and that He would be waiting in Galilee, they heard words that were too good to be true. "And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not." Far to often we hear about what God is 3 doing and for we us and the words seem like idle tales do not believe them. We heard: "The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want." And the words seemed like idle tales and we believed them not. We heard: "God is our and my strength, a very present help in trouble." And the words seemed like idle tales refuge believed them not. We heard, "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to and we dwell together in unity!" And the words seemed like idle tales and We we believed them not. heard, "Believe of the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and your house shall be saved." And the words seemed like idle tales and we believed them not. We heard, "By grace your are saved, not of works or any good deed. It is the grace of God." And the words seemed like idle tales and we believed them not. We heard, "Not by power, not by might, but by my Spirit saith the Lord." And the words seemed like idle tales and we believed them not. We heard, "The Lord is my shepherd and I 4 shall not want." And |
