Christianity - Do You Understand What it Is?

Luke 24:16 "But their eyes were holden that they should not know him."

The Sunday morning after the crucifixion of Christ two disciples are walking the road to Emmaus. Bewildered? They are joined by a man who walks with them. He isn't bewildered. He knew exactly who they were. They did not recognize this man at all. Those two wondered about many things regarding the Messiah. I wonder if they stopped every now in then to face each other with their hands out, palms up, in disbelief over what had just happened and the events of that morning.

The man walking with them began teaching them as they walked along as to open their eyes to understanding. He was a great teacher. He knew so very much and taught them from the beginning of the Scripture.

Luke 24:31 "And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight."

He who walked with them was the Christ Himself who had walked out of the borrowed tomb earlier.  He expounded the Scriptures to them building up their faith. He taught them what Christianity was. He affirmed to them what Christianity was. Jesus Christ lived a life spotless, died a sacrificial death, and rose from the dead. Without that process, there would be no Christianity. It is about Christ and man.

Now the perplexed thinking had dissipated and their eyes were now opened and they desired His presence again.

Luke 24:32 "And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?"

"Christianity is a relationship between God and man, based on the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ." Elmer L. Townes - Concise Bible Doctrines