Risen to Reason

“Then He said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:  ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?  And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself…  And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me” (Luke 24:25,26,44). 

Did not Jesus say He would rise from the dead?

Did not all the prophets affirm this as well?

Did not Christ declare that He meant what He said?

Did not He defeat all the powers of hell?

“O fools!” said the Savior who on that road walked  

With those who lamented that He had been killed;

Now risen to reason with them as they talked, 

He showed them the Scriptures so clearly fulfilled.

How slow were their hearts to believe what was spoken,

Though Christ had been faithful to show them His power.

No word of His promise had ever been broken, 

And that is His record as well to this hour.

And thus Christ expounded the things that were so

Concerning Himself that the prophets foretold.

The Lord is still speaking to us as we go

To show us the reasons why we should be bold.

In Moses, the Prophets, and all of the Psalms

The Lord is expounding to us in His Word

The reasons to trust Him, and O how this calms

Our hearts which are also with urgency stirred!

O Lord, we give thanks for the reasons You give

To go with compassion and great confidence

Wherever You send us to show that You live,

So sinners may flee to Your saving defense.