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"VERS. 1 - 13. And was transfigured before them."
"'He went up,' says St. Luke, 'to a mountain to pray.' He was asking for the wisdom that discerned the Father's will, for the submission that embraced it, for the perseverance that adhered to it, for the joy that illumined it. If you can dispense with prayer, Christ could not." "The death of Christ is the glory of the Old Dispensation; its glory, because its fulfillment and crown. That is why Moses & Elias were there." "The death of Christ is the glory of the New Dispensation." "That is why the disciples were there." "If Moses & Elias were the flower of the Old Dispensation, Peter & James & John were the germs of the New." '...found your interests & your hopes on the cross of Christ, & that will be the means of communion; press near to the person of the Crucified, & that will be the centre of communion." "...submission to the purpose of His well-beloved Son. Listen to Him, ¬ to the world." "Listen to Him, & not to the flesh." "Listen to Him, not to ministers." "Happy are they who, when the glamour dies from their sky, & the company vanishes from their path, & life looks bare & common, like the path down Hermon for the descending disciples, have a faith that will strengthen them when feelings pass, & a guidance that will cheer them when friendships are dissolved, and who, lifting up their eyes, see Jesus - Jesus alone, it may be, but a Jesus who is all-sufficient. (William A. Gray.)" "Lessons of the Transfiguration: - I. IT WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE THINGS OF THE FUTURE WORLD MORE A REALITY" "II. WE ARE TAUGHT THAT CHRIST'S KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. (W. I. Keay.)" "When God interrupts our enjoyments, He has always some other blessing ready for us, & generally better." "It was good to be there; it would not have been good to remain there. There was work to be done, sorrow to be lightened, sin to be grappled with & overcome. (F. J. A.)" "Love was within Christ, perfect, undefiled, intense, filled with the joy of giving & blessing. On the mountain He let His love loose, & oh, what the face of Christ must have been then, when infinite love overflowed His eyes & trembled on His mouth, no tongue can tell." "A man must be free to pray perfectly, & no man is free who is under the yoke of his own will to do wrong, who loves pleasure more than God's righteousness." "For the disciples, the Transfiguration was intended to illuminate with a ray of glory the dark days that were about to begin" "Blessed be God, there is a mountain of glory & joy before us, whence we shall never come down." "WHY SHOULD WE HEAR HIM? 1. Because God Himself commands us. 2. Because He deserves to be heard. 3. Because His message concerns your present & future welfare. 4. With what zest should those of us hear Him who profess to be His disciples. 5. Sinners must hear Him in this day of grace, or in the day of judgment." "HOW SHALL WE HEAR HIM. 1. With devout reverence. 2. Believingly. 3. Obediently." "All the Saviour we want we find in Jesus only. Jesus was enough for a Master - 'No man can serve 2 masters.' He was enough as their power for future life. He is enough as our reward." "...as we grow in grace, other things sink & Jesus rises. They must decrease, but Christ must increase; until He alone fills the full horizon of your soul, & rises clear & bright & glorious up into the very heaven of God. O that we may thus see 'Jesus only.'" "I. OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE ON EARTH NEEDS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL SEASONS OF COMMUNION WITH JESUS." "II. OUR HIGHER SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES WILL NOT HAVE THEIR RIGHT EFFECT UPON US UNLESS THEY LEAVE OUR ATTENTION FIXED ON 'JESUS ONLY.'" "Vers. 14, 21. - And when they were come to the multitude. - The healing of the lunatic child" "THE WEAKNESS OF THE CHRISTIAN APART FROM CHRIST." "THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF FAITH. 1. The disciples could do nothing without faith. 2. The father of the lunatic child could receive nothing without faith. How this is to be explained. Faith is more than belief; it is a consequent putting of ourselves into connection with God. The wire must be brought into connection with the battery before it can be charged with electricity. The pitcher must be placed in connection with the fountain before it can be filled." "You cannot expel sin from your own heart; but the word of Christ is omnipotent."
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September 2023
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