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Welcome
Intro
Honor PASTORS!
CONTEXT for MARK
This is a fun story we get to go over tonight!
I’m actually not sure I’ve heard a message solely on this passage - but this is going to encourage you and we’re going to have some fun
READ AND PRAY
I think compliments are one of the biggest differences between guys and girls
Like when girls compliment each other
Girls don’t dress up for guys - they dress up for girls
When guys compliment each other
But guys hold onto compliments way longer than girls do
I remember being 12 years old and some lady said I have pretty eyes
Girls go one day without being complimented and they think they’re suddenly ugly
EVERYONE NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT — What do people usually say “that just made my day.”
Encouragement is like getting a breath of fresh air
It’s almost a reminder of like, “oh yeah, its all good.”
So this story in the Bible is so incredible - Like OGs are showing up to the party now.
We have Moses dropping in to say what’s up.
Elijah, the dude who called fire down from Heaven is here!
And on top of all of that —- Jesus is glowing dude
And all of this was to strengthen - to encourage - the Disciples
Jesus - for this brief moment -relieved to the Disciples what was waiting for Him after the Cross.
He showed them His Glory.
Jesus was really doing 2 things when He showed the Disciples His Glory
He was proving He was God
He was showing them what was to come FOR THEM AS WELL
The Transfiguration was to strengthen the Disciples.
Jesus showed them what was waiting for Him after the Passion: Glory.
Which in turn is what is waiting for you and I after death: Glory.
So let’s break down these 2 ideas …
Jesus is God… but no, like REALLY
Moses and Elijah are some of the coolest, most important dudes in the OT
But why are they here?
They represent the law and the prophets — EXPLAIN
And also - the Disciples are here!
— the Church!
So ALL 3 (law, prophets, the Church) are present and shows us the future glory of the resurrection
Verse in Deuteronomy - “in the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses” — 2 witness from the old and 3 from the new
With Moses and Elijah here — think about how FOOLISH the Jews look for blaming Jesus for not following the law and the prophets — Remember that is why THEY KILLED HIM!
This shows that Jesus is just as much the God of the OT as He is of the NT!
The OT isn’t God being mad and angry and then Jesus shows up to calm Him down — No! God is the same!
Jesus is the God of Moses!
Jesus is the God of Elijah
Jesus is not someone to take lightly!
He IS GOD
Sure - Jesus came be your homeboy, I guess.
Yes, He calls us friends!
WHICH IS CRAZY because He is King of the universe and He is GOD
Let us be careful and make sure that we don’t paint Jesus in a small, simplistic, box that is comfortable with US
“Well, I just don’t see how MY Jesus could send someone to Hell.”
I’m not interested in worshiping YOUR Jesus - I’m interested in worshiping the actual Jesus, which is the Jesus of the Bible!
No, there should be a holy fear when we approach God.
Not being afraid - NO WE CAN COME BOLDLY.
But we fear Him.
That is to say - we respect Him.
When I was a kid, I respected my dad enough to listen to what he had to say … also, because if I didn’t I knew I’d be disciplined.
Like a good coach correcting his team
GOD IS A GOOD FATHER THAT WILL STEP IN A DISCIPLINE - COURSE CORRECT - HIS KIDS
We have to see Jesus rightly
The same God of the OT is the same God of the NT — and it’s Jesus
They are seeing the promised Glory of His resurrection — AND ONE DAY — our resurrection
And look who God, the voice from Heaven, addresses …
This event is clearly for the benefit of the Disciples.
God is addressing them.
He affirms that Jesus is His son and then tell them to listen to Jesus.
Jesus was a teacher - that’s what He did.
Why is God reminding them to listen to Jesus?
What was the last thing Jesus had been teaching …
He began to teach them … What was he teaching them?
That He was going to suffer and die.
Post-Post-Camp High
Being in youth group — there’s always this camp high
And post-camp high
But I believe God is stirring us to have a post-POST-camp high
After all the hype has died out and we are left alone with our hardships and sufferings — our faith remains
Jesus had begun teaching them about His death.
Knowing He was going to die.
Knowing the Disciples would be tested.
Things were about to get really difficult.
Life was about to be challenging
So to strengthen to Disciples He reminds them of what is to come
He shows them a taste of what awaits those who live and die for the Lord
He reminds them of where our citizenship truly lies:
Heaven.
Glory.
That one day you and I will not know pain.
We will have glorified bodies unstained by sin.
Free from hardships and suffering.
That what we might encounter in this lifetime, while it may be hard and pain may come — we serve a God that is greater and we have a reward waiting for us.
The Transfiguration is in Scripture to strengthen us for seeing Him go to the Cross.
Knowing that the Cross does not have the final word!
Look at the verses before!
It’s all about His death and resurrection
But also to understand that this Glorification is our destiny too.
One day every Believer will be resurrected in Glory.
But it comes to us AFTER DEATH.
So we are going to have to pass through suffering and pass through death to receive that Glory.
Jesus endured the Cross - died - was then raised to life - and now sits in eternal Glory at the right hand of God
Likewise - you and I will face trials and suffering and hardships in this life — But if we holdfast to the Word of God.
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