Put A Walk To That Talk

“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened.” (Lu 24:13-14 AV)

These two disciples of Christ witnessed everything.  Their answer to Jesus was very articulate.  They were able to verbalize all that had been done and went so far as to express their hope that Jesus of Nazareth would be the chosen one of God who would redeem God’s people back to God.  They knew the body of Jesus was not where is was laid.  They heard of the faith of Simon Peter in that Peter believed Jesus had risen.   There was nothing left which they needed in order to believe that Jesus rose from the dead.  Rather, they chose to keep on talking about it.  That is all they did.  They talked about it.  Not until Christ appears to them and shows them his hands are they willing to believe.  When the Son of God expounds the scriptures of all things concerning himself, and they still will not allow it to go from their head to their heart, these two are slow to have faith.  They were content to just talk about it.

One of the hurdles of Bible college is transforming what one has learned in the classroom into practical and useful truth.  For the intellectually blessed, Bible college can seem like mind candy.  We sat around talking about the wonders of theology proper.  Of the wonders of the God of all creation.  Debate over hard to discern doctrine made class enjoyable.  Prophecy was a major point of debate.  Often, these debates would get heated.  Manuscript evidence was fascinating and definitely faith growing!  These things were necessary.  Just like the two walking down the road and talking about it.  Just like Jesus when he joined them and expounded upon them the truths of the Old Testament.  These things are necessary.  But there comes a time when no more talk is needed.  There comes a time when talk becomes counterproductive.  There comes a time when one must stop the talk and start the walk.

When these two men saw the nail pierced hands of Jesus, they knew He rose from the dead.  It was towards evening, but the walked all the way back to Jerusalem to testify of the risen Savior.  They had to put a walk to their talk.  What will it take for us to put a walk to our talk?  Or are we just content to talk it to death?