Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

These disciples are going to have joy because their certainty, their hope, their purpose and the

presence are anchored in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And because of that, they had a joy

that was better than anything else life could give them. They had a joy that death and deprivation

could not take away. So here's my question for you. Do you have that kind of joy? And where are

you planting your certainty, your hope, your purpose, and your presence?

Happy Friday and welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor JD Greer. As always, I'm your host,

Molly Vitavitch. Today, Pastor JD tackles one of the biggest objections to our faith.

The resurrection itself. He explains that the resurrection of Jesus isn't folklore or myth,

like many choose to believe. But it's a factual, historical account supported by hundreds of eyewitnesses.

He's taking us to the time when Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection and

describing the joy that followed in their hearts. This teaching is appropriately called the King's

Joy. And if you've missed any of the previous messages in the Gospel of Luke series,

listen for free online. Just go to JD Greer.com. Now let's jump in. Here's Pastor JD.

Luke chapter 24. Now, last time the disciples had seen Jesus when we find him in Luke 24,

is they'd seen somebody taking his dead body down off of a cross. A couple of the disciples and

several of the women had said that they'd seen Jesus since then. But you'll notice there in verse 11

of chapter 24, it says that this seemed like nonsense to them. So that's where we pick up in verse 36.

Verse 36, as they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them. I love that

little phrase that he stood among them, not that he walked into the midst of them. Right? He just

like, they're in a small group. They're standing in a circle and all of a sudden, boom, he's there.

You know, if if Star Trek writers had written this, he would have beamed into the midst of them.

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