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Outline and Summary

I. Introduction: When Good Deeds Bring Suffering

* Common experience: suffering for doing good ("no good deed goes unpunished").

* Key question: How should we respond to undeserved suffering?

* 1 Peter 4:19 — “Entrust your soul to a faithful Creator while doing good.”

* Ultimate example: Jesus on the cross—greatest moment of undeserved suffering.

II. Jesus’ Last Word from the Cross (Luke 23:44–49)

* Darkness over the land: a sign of judgment.

* Tearing of the temple curtain: signifying direct access to God through Jesus’ finished work.

* Jesus’ final cry: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”

* A declaration of trust.

* Contrast with earlier cry of abandonment (“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” from Psalm 22).

* Jesus voluntarily gives up his life (John 10:17–18).

* Jesus entrusts himself not to people but to God.

* Reference: John 2 — Jesus didn’t entrust himself to men, for he knew what was in them.

III. Jesus’ Death and Burial (Luke 23:50–56)

* Joseph of Arimathea: a member of the council who dissented from the decision to crucify Jesus.

* Requests Jesus' body, gives him an honorable burial.

* Women disciples prepare spices to anoint the body.

* Sabbath intervenes—pause in activity and expectation.

IV. The Empty Tomb and Angelic Message (Luke 24:1–12)

* Women come to the tomb expecting to anoint a dead body.

* The stone is rolled away, the body is gone.

* Angelic rebuke: “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”

* Reminder: Jesus had foretold his death and resurrection multiple times.

* Women believe and report to the apostles.

* Apostles are slow to believe—skeptical of the women's report.

* Peter goes to investigate, leaves marveling.

V. The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35)

* Two disciples walking in sadness and confusion.

* Jesus joins them but is unrecognized.

* They express disappointment: “We had hoped he would redeem Israel.”

* Jesus rebukes them: “O foolish ones, slow of heart to believe…”

* He gives them a Bible study:

* Shows from Moses and all the prophets that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer before entering glory.

* Traces themes: Genesis 3:15, Exodus, David’s path to kingship, Isaiah’s suffering servant.

* Pattern: suffering → glory.

* At dinner, Jesus breaks bread—their eyes are opened.

* Immediate response: return to Jerusalem to tell others.

VI. Resurrection and Exaltation of Jesus

* Romans 1:4 — Jesus declared Son of God by his resurrection.

* Philippians 2 — exalted and given the name above every name.

* Daniel 7 — Son of Man receives dominion and glory from the Ancient of Days.

* Hebrews 2 — Jesus fulfills Psalm 8, regaining dominion as the true man.

* The second Adam who succeeds where the first failed.

* Crowned with glory as both God and man.

VII. Application: Trusting God Through Suffering

* Jesus entrusted himself to the Father—and was vindicated.

* Pattern for us:

* 1 Peter 5 — Humble yourself under God’s mighty hand, and in due time, he will exalt you.

* Christ’s path is our path: humble suffering, then eternal glory.

* Challenge: Do we live like Jesus is still in the tomb (Holy Saturday), or do we live in the power of resurrection Sunday?

VIII. Closing Call and Prayer

* Do you know the burning joy of walking with Jesus?

* Trust in Christ’s death and resurrection—receive forgiveness and new life.

* Live in step with the Spirit (Galatia