“ONLY JESUS”
February 11, 2018
Mark 9:2-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Transfiguration
2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one[a] on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. 5 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings,[b] one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved;[c] listen to him!” 8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus.
The Coming of Elijah
9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
One of the many things that stick out with me in this sermon is, the understanding that, “Jesus was not a reincarnation of Elijah or Moses. Jesus was not merely a Prophet… ‘And when Pastor Knox says, “You see, we have no excuse for any unbelief in our lives…”
Thank you for this message
Glory be to the Father for using you to give this message today in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Amen