Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-21
The
TRANSPORTATION
Sunday Sehssi Ls'sss for July "a, 1910
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LESSON TEXT.-Matthew i7:i-s. 1870
Memory verses. J. q:
COL DEN TEXT.-'"rhis IL my beloved
Son. In whom ! am well pleased; hear We
MIN. Matt. l1:5.
T1ME.-Autumn OF A. ID. 20. a Neel:
after our last lesson.
PLACE.-One oS the spurs OF Mount
Hermon. and, n village at Its foot.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
I. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun.
tain Top.-V. 1. Luke 9:2S.29. And
after six days Luke counts the parts
of days before and after these six.
These six days were a period Of incu.
baton, of capitalization. of the sud.
den revelation Of the way Jesus must
act his part as the Messiah, and that
they must share a cross instead of a
throne: which threw them into the
gloom Of the dungeon Of Giant De.
spair.
Jesus taketk Peter, James. and
John" II was the same favored three
who a few months later were nearest
to him as he prayed In G~ethsemane.
and still later we're recognized as "pil-
lars of the church tGal. 2;9).
Luke ta:2S.29) tells us that Jesus
went up into the mountain to pray;
ana that the TRANSPORTATION took
place while he prayed.
What did they pray for? 1t must
have been for light. for strength, for
guidance for help.
The answer.-Through the Trans.
~. It- +
praying (Luke) and In answer to his
prayer, he was transngured before
them.
And his face did shine as the sun"
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious of all objects within
knowiedge-so bright that 1t destroys
the eye to gaze directly upon it-Could
express the radiant glOries of Jesus
face. when his heavenly nature shone
through the veil of his fesh.-one Of
the few hints as to our resurrection
bodies. Compare the description OF
Jesus in Acts 9:3 and in Rev. 1:1S.
And his raiment was white as the
light" /. O., UNANIMOUSLY white. "as no
fuller on earth can white them"
Mark /. e.. with a supernatural
Wilderness; white and clustering
(Luke).
Then answered Peter" not to any
question. but to the feelings the scene
awakened. Lord, it is good for us to
be here" Peter spoke the truth. The
experience was good. and would make
him a better and more useful man all
The rest of his life. 1t widened his
outlook. 1t gave him a new idea OF
the glory hat awaited the faithful.
It exalted his knowledge 81 Jesus
power and glory, and gave strength
to his trust in him.
The Divine Testimony."-Vs. 5.8.
while he yet spake," was speaking.
"a bright cloud, revealing the divine
presence. an incarnation of the inef.
fable light Of God. yelling it's glory.
yet making 1t visible to man, az the
clouds that veil the sun enable us who
cannot gaze into his face yet to see
his beauty and glory"
And behold a voice out OF the
cloud" The same voice which had
been heard once before at his baptism.
This Is my beloved son" Adding
the voice of God to the attestatiOn OF
the scene itself, and interpreting the
scene. This truth must be impressed
upon the disciples so that they should
never lose their faith cven in the
dark times that were to follow; and
while others were calling Jesus a
criminal and biasphemer the disciples
could always gee him in his true
glory. Hear we him" For he is the
ambassador of God. bringing the mes.
sage of love from heaven. Hear"
implies faith and obedience.
Some lessons from the Transhgura.
toni. Our richest and most heaven.
~ experiences come in and through
prayer, and often from united prayer.
"Teil me your prayers and | vii.
write the history of q soul"
Coming Down from the MountaIn;
and the Work Awaiting Them There.
VS.. 9.18. On the way down the dis.
ciples asked Jesus about n subject
which pcrplexed them. They could
not understand how 1t could be true
that Elijah was a glorilied spirit. and
Jesus the Messiah, and yet the prom.
ise be fulfilled that Elijah must come
before the Messiah. Jesus explained
that John the Baptist. coming In the
spirit and power of Elijah. was the
fulflment of that prophecy.
- - - " III a. II.