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Sermon point: To show how the transfiguration established the superiority of Christ.
Sermon style: Biblical narrative
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*The Transfiguration*
Mt. 17:1-13; Lk. 9: 28-36
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*Introduction*
For the past number of weeks our Pastor led us up to a mount and we hear the first part of the Sermon on the Mount, where we specifically stopped and pondered the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5. Today we will ascend another peak in the life and ministry of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We will ascend another mountain, and experience the Transfiguration of Christ.
Upon this mountain, however, our Lord took with Him fewer people, said fewer words, but experienced an incredible change.
It will be the last mountain top occurrence before His final climb to Golgotha.
*(Transition)*
*The main lesson for today is this: *
*The Transfiguration is a supernatural event that communicates the supernatural approval of God upon His supernatural Son, which calls for a supernatural response.*
*Turn to the book of Matthew chapter 17: 1ff*
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Chapter 17
/The Transfiguration/
*1* Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.
3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”
6 When the disciples heard /this, /they fell face down to the ground and were terrified.
7 And Jesus came to /them /and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”
8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.
*9* As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
10 And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11 And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things;
12 but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished.
So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
13 Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
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*I.
The Transfiguration is a supernatural event (17:1-4)*
* A.
The transfiguration described*
1.
The context~/background from Chapter 16
- Peter was told of his significant role, “upon this rock” in chapter 16
- Also in chapter 16, Christ unfolds to His disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, where He must: suffer, die and rise from the dead
(Mt.
16:2-11)
- There is also a very interesting verse in 16:28 that refers to the idea of “some not tasting until they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom”
2.
The participants
- Imagine being asked to go on a hike with Jesus.
- The multitudes were not asked to go.
- The twelve disciples were not asked to go.
- Only three were invited, the inner three.
Imagine.
- Peter, James and John were summoned.
- This speaks to something; I think it speaks to the significance of the occasion.
- Imagine the atmosphere of this climb
3.
The climb
- Some think this is Mt.
Tamor, but there is also the possibly of Mt. Hermon located near Caesarea, Phillipi (Mt.
16:13), which is a large mountain range, and this location would support the text "high mountain" (17:1).
- A high mountain for a calling
4.
The event
- Christ, Peter, James and John reach their destiny.
According to Luke they went up the mountain to pray, and as in other occasions, the Disciples fell asleep (Lk.
9:32), and then they are awakened to an incredible event.
5.
The word
-* **μεταμορφόω* [/metamorphoo/ ~/met·am·or·*fo*·o~/] we get metamorphosis
- to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure.
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6.
The example of the monarch butterfly /(children's bulletin)/
- A caterpillar forms a chrysalis (two weeks) and then into a butterfly.
5.
The imagery—just imagine (17:2)
- Christ is transformed (face and clothing)—listen to the accounts.
- "His *face* shone like the sun" Mt. 17:2.
- "His *face* became different" Lk. 9:29.
- "His *garments* became as white as light" Mt. 17:2.
- "His *garments* became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them" Mk. 9:3.
- "His* clothing* became white and gleaming" Lk. 9:29.
- Indeed, something significant has occurred.
- *In short, His outward appearance became an expression of the inward reality of his deity and majesty that heretofore was not expressed.*
* - *We find this idea in II Peter 1:19 and Rev. 21:23
*Transition:*
The transfiguration is incredible, but it is only the beginning.
If Christ's change of appearance wasn't enough,
two visitors appear that add even more drama to the occasion.
*B.
The visitors appear*
1.
The appearance of Moses and Elijah.
Note the use of *BEHOLD*
2.
Why were they there?
and what did they say?
- Matthew and Mark tell us that they were talking to Him, but Luke adds some detail when he says they spoke about "His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem" (Lk.
9:31).
3. What is the point?
It seems that these two spiritual pillars in Old Testament history came on the scene at this precise moment and supernaturally signified the superiority of Jesus Christ.
They understood *His pre- eminence.
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*C.
The response of Peter (Mt.
17:4; Mk. 9:5; Lk. **9:32**, 33)*
1. Notice his response.
“Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah” (17:4).
2. What do you think about Peter's response?
3. What would you have done or said?
4.
It seems that he was off on his response, for Mark tells us that, “[f]or he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified” (Mk.
9:6), and Luke writes, “not realizing what he was saying” (Lk.
9:33).
5.
I think a point that can be made is that the event was so big that Peter was dumbfounded and I think he could not really understand what was taking place.
*WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN???*
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*(Transition)*
We noticed first that the Transfiguration is a supernatural event,
but now we want to see that the Transfiguration communicates
*the supernatural approval of God upon His supernatural Son*
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