THREE MEN ON A MOUNTAIN

LUKE 9:20-27                                         

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. MOSES THE MOUNTAIN MAN 

[Sinai, Pisgah, Transfiguration]

1. His Previous Concern [Dt. 3:23-27]

And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

2. His Present Concern [Lk. 9:30-31] Christ’s Purpose

3. His Proper Concern [Lk. 9:30-31] Christ’s Person

 

II. PETER THE MAN IN NEED

1. The Need of Prayer [27-32, 1 Pt. 4:7]

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

2. The Need of Perspective [v. 32-35, 2 Pt. 1:14-18]

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

3. The Need of Patience [v. 36, 1 Pt. 5:6-11]

-Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

III. CHRIST THE MAN OF GLORY

1. The Glory of His Birth [Lk. 2:9, 14, 32]

-And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid .

-Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

- A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

2. The Glory of His Person [Lk. 9:28-32]

3. The Glory of His Uniqueness [Jn. 1:10-14]