S9E28: Seeing the Glory (Love Never Ends: Being the Body of Christ pt. 8)

Sermon #485

What do the separate accounts of the Transfiguration of Jesus tell us?  First, they tell us that the disciples who witnessed this event could not contain themselves but wanted to share it with all.  Of the three - Peter, James, and John - both Peter and John wrote about the event in their letters, and all three of the synoptic gospels record the event within the same context and chronology.  But after the revealing of the glory of Christ, there is the fading of the afterglow, and when the disciples descend from the mountain with Jesus they are met with a man in a desparate situation.  We are often found in these situations as well, and because we haven't seen the glory of Jesus with our eyes, it is easy to believe that God can't or won't help us in our time of need.  But what we see here is that nothing could be further from the truth.  Whether bathed in glory or clothed in human flesh, Jesus is still God, and He is still seated on the throne.

Luke 9:28-43a

Recorded at Hudson UMC on February 27, 2022

S.D.G.