Luke Part 17

Intro

last week of Luke story

we will pick up next quarter

next week I will be gone and someone will teach on the parables

Top of the Mountain

Jesus and his closest three apostles go up to a high place around the Galilee

a perfect amount of time after he announces his death, which he will do again today

he goes there to pray because of what starts when he comes down

Moses, Elijah, and Jesus together and speaking of his departure

the three mortals tired from their journey are awoken by the scene

Peter says something good again

the cloud comes, an image of all that God is surrounding them and speaking to the three

and then there is just Jesus as they had known him before

they kept all of this to their selves

Bottom of the Mountain

they are met with challenge immediately after coming down

a demon possessed boy and his father

I begged your disciples but they could not do it

they have done so much more by his power in the past

maybe they hadn’t been given the power again

maybe they simply had their faith in the wrong things

Jesus sends it away with a word and all are amazed once again

after this Jesus tries to correct their lack of faith by telling them what he is going to do to no avail

finally, they are found arguing about the least important of things, refusing to understand the kingdom they work for

it is the most humble who is closes to God, not the most proud

Application

there are times in your walk with God that you will be on top of the mountain

there are times when you will feel so far beneath it that you’ll never make it back up

we always strive toward our goal regardless as Jesus did, that is the challenge

when no one around us understands or when we don’t seem to understand, their is still a kingdom to be working for that accepts the most humble of us as greatest