Mari Ikeda Video (Youtube)    http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170507.mp3 Audio  Jesus Is Walking With Us (Luke24:13-35)   “Jesus and the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus” (1571)    by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, engraved by Philippe Galle after the artist’s death. 1. We see Jesus, but don’t see Him (13-24) 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 17 He asked…

Andy Nagahara Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170430.mp3 Leading a blameless life (Psalm 26) A. The way you had come with Jesus 1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; 3 for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth. 4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites; 5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked. 6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O…

Mari Ikeda Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170423.mp3 We die with Jesus and live with Him (Luke 23:50-24:12) A. We die with Jesus (23:50-56) 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation…

Andy Nagahara Easter Sunday Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170416.mp3 The sign of the connection (Matthew 12:38-41) Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know…

Mari Ikeda Palm Sunday Albrecht Dürer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Video Youtube Audio  http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170409.mp3 The Voice From The Cross (Luke 23:26-49) A. The voice from the Cross 1. Know your sin (26-32) 26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when…