The Supremacy of the Necessary Word
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Learning the vital importance of professing and living by the Supremacy of the Necessary Word of God.
Text: Luke 24:25-27
Date: 04/26/2026, the Combined service.
Series: "Luke: Thy Kingdom Come" Part 229
Description:
After meeting a pair of disciples on the road to Emmaus, and hearing their mournful interpretation of the events surrounding His Crucifixion, Jesus sharply rebukes them for their dim-witted, dull-hearted, and foolish lack of belief. We will notice that His rebuke is very specific-- focused on their failure to believe what the Old Testament Scriptures had said about Him, as well as His own teaching concerning the Messiah. The rebuke was not intended to discourage but to encourage their faith, and so Jesus launches into a systematic exposition of the Old Testament to explain how clearly the Scriptures reveal the necessity of the Messiah's suffering. We will draw deep significance from the fact Jesus delivers this exposition "incognito", placing the great emphasis on the right-interpretation of the authoritative Word of God as the rule of faith and practice for the church that will continue in His absence. Ultimately we will realize that this is the great calling of the church, to profess and live by the Supremacy of the NECESSARY Word.
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I. Introduction, Matt. 5:17-19.
II. Exposition of the text, Luke 24:25-27.
A. Context
1. The encounter at the Empty Tomb, Luke 24:6.
2. On the road to Emmaus, Luke 24:21,24.
B. Revealing the Suffering Messiah.
1. Pinpointing the problem, vs. 25.
a. A strong rebuke.
i. Dim-witted fools.
ii. Slow of heart.
b. The subject of the rebuke.
i. The importance of "all", Isa. 53:4-5.
ii. A lesson for the church.
2. The necessary suffering of the Christ, vs. 26.
a. Something of absolute necessity.
i. Probing the meaning of "necessary".
1) Things that are nominally "necessary", Acts 15:5.
2) Things that are "fitting", Luke 15:32.
3) Things that are "absolutely" necessary, Acts 17:3.
ii. The "necessity" of "all".
b. Pre-ordained suffering.
i. Revisiting "these things", Luke 24:20-21a.
ii. On redemption and suffering.
iii. The first mention of the Messiah.
c. The path to glory.
i. The path for Jesus, John 12:27-28, 17:1,4,5.
ii. A counter-intuitive path for humans, Rom. 8:16-17; Acts 5:41.
iii. The path for those who follow Him, Acts 14:22; Phil. 1:29; 2Cor. 11:24-28; James 1:2.
3. Jesus' Scripture Lesson, vs. 27.
a. An extraordinary exposition.
b. The Scriptural Testimony of a Suffering Messiah.
i. The Protoevangelium, Gen. 3:15, 21.
ii. The Great Old Testament images of redemption.
1) Noah and the ark as a type of Christ.
2) The Covenant with Abraham, Gen. 12:3.
a) The Covenant of grace.
b) Behold the Lamb, Gen. 22:7; John 1:29, 8:58.
3) Joseph as a type of Christ, Gen. 50:20.
4) The Exodus
a) The Passover.
b) The Law and the Sacrificial system, Heb. 10:4.
5) The Kingdom of Israel, 2Sam. 7:12-13.
iii. The words of the prophets, Deut. 18:15; Isa. 9:6; Jer. 33:15; Zech. 13:7; Psa. 22:1,6,8,16,18, 118:22.
iv. The suffering Messiah, Isa. 52:14-53:12.
III. Application, John 16:13,14.
IV. Conclusion
