Sermons About Transfiguration
The Transfiguration Pt. 2
This is the second half of the sermon on Luke's account of the Transfiguration.
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The Transfiguration Pt. 1
This is the first in a 2 part sermon on Luke's account of the transfiguration.
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27-JUL-2008 - Matthew 16,17 - The Good News as Told By Matthew
There are two kingdoms, or ways to do life in this world. One is of God, focuses on love and is at the core of how we are created to exist. The other is of Satan (the adversary), focuses on power, and is what we are steeped in from the world around us. Jesus calls all humanity back to the Kingdom of Heaven in this life. We must continuously check our bearings to see which course we are on.
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The Transfiguration
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an incredibly important event in the history of Jesus. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the transfiguration is the authoritative answer to the question, “Who is this man? Who is this that commands the wind and waves and they obey Him? Who is this that even forgives sins?” These are the kinds of questions asked in the first three Gospels and are answered at the transfiguration. After the transfiguration, the hinge of the first three Gospels is swung and Jesus begins His move towards Jerusalem to eventually face betrayal, false trials, and His death as a criminal on a Roman cross. It is the climax of the first portion of the Gospels.
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In the Presence of God
Transfiguration Jesus produces the Glory of God Prophecy fulfilled Life is a journey to the Cross
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Transformed
A look at Matthew's story of Jesus being transformed on the mountain. What does it look like for Jesus to transform us?
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The Fire at Mount Tabor
The Biblical account of the Transfiguration is a fascinating one. In today's Gospel reading we will hear Matthew's description of this unusual event when Jesus' "face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light." For many of us this is one more proof of the divinity of Christ and perhaps of symbolic value, but it is often hard to connect it with anything practical in our lives. The eastern Orthodox churches have always held this to be of central importance not only in the life of Jesus, but in the lives of believers down through the ages. They have seen this to be of major practical value and their insights are significant ones. As with so much of the Bible, this account is given not merely to inform us, but to transform us and it is in this transformation that we find the practical value of this beautiful passage.
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A Continual Unfolding
There are some high mountain peaks in every narrative, crucial plot turns which move the story to its climax. As the story of Jesus unfolds in Mark we see some very important events go down. First, Peter confesses Jesus to be the Christ a confession upon which the church will be built. Second, Jesus begins to foretell what was prophesied about him long ago, that the Son of Man must suffer, be murdered and rise from death. This was an unexpected turn of events for the disciples that he repeats with them driving home the central focus of his mission. Third, God reveals Jesus is his glory on the top of a mountain. His radiant beauty and manifest glory was displayed for the disciples just before they turn towards leading the mission towards a cross in Jerusalem. The cost of following Jesus, a Jesus who would be rejected by people and die an ignoble death, was being made clear.
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Listen to Him!
What is our mental image of Jesus? Do we think of him as a poor Jewish peasant with long hair, soft features, and a wry smile? The image of Jesus in the book of Revelation is something entirely different, and in tonight's passage Peter, James, and John get a glimpse of the resurrected Jesus before his death and burial. What they see is hard to describe, but having the right view of Jesus is incredibly important for how we live, believe, and pray!
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