The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-22
The
TRANSPORTATION
Sunday School Lesson fos July "A, 1910
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Son, In whom / am well pleased; hear ye
him. Matt. T:5.
TIME.-Autumn of A.. d. o. A week
after our last lesson.
PLACE.-One of the spurs OF Mount
Hermon, n a village at Its foot.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
/. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun.
tain Top.-v. /. Luke 9:28-29. 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
act his part as the Messiah, and that
they must share a cross instead OF q
throne; which threw them into the
gloom of the dungeon of Giant De-
spair.
Jesus taketh Peter, James. and
John" It was the same favored three
who a few months later we're nearest
to him as he prayed in Gethsemane,
and still later were recognized as pill
lars of the church (Gal. 2:9).
Luke (9:2S-29) tells us that Jesus
went up into the mountain to pray;
and 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. Mr.. Ruskin Is
right when he says that while we n
not explain the union of the divine
and human in Jesus, yet the thing to
do is to insist on the e%ntireness OF
both.
The answer.-Through the Trans
figuration.-Vs. "a. While he was
praying Luke) and In answer to his
prayer, he was TRANSPORTED before
them.
"And his face did shine as the SUM-"
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious Of all objects within
knowledge-so bright that it 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 u resurrection
bodies. Compare the description OF
Jesus In Acts 9:3 and in Rev. 1:16.
And his raiment was white as the
light" l.. e., luminously white. "as NO
fuller on earth can white them
Mark 1. >e., with a supernatural
wilderness: white and clustering"
(Luke).
"Then answered Peter" not to any
question, but to the feelings the scene
awakened. Lord. 1t 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. It widened his
outlook. It gave him a new idea OF
the glory. that awaited the faithful.
It exalted his knowledge Of Jesus
power and glory, and gave strength
to his trust in him.
1.-THE Divine Testimony."-Vs. 5-S.
"While he yet spake," was speaking.
"A bright cloud, revealing the divine
presence. an incarnation Of the inef.
fable light of God, yelling its glory
yet making it visible to man, as 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 even in the
dark times that were to follow; and
while others were calling Jesus q
criminal and blasphemer the disciples
could always see him in his true
glory. Hear ye 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 Transfigura'
tom. Our richest and most heaven
" experiences come in and through
prayer, and often from united prayer,
Tell me your prayers and I will
write the history of a SOUL"
Coming Down from the Mountain;
and the Work Awaiting Them There
VS.. 9-1S. On the way down the dis.
ciples asked Jesus about a subject
which perplexed them. They could
not understand how it could be true
that Elijah was a glorified spirit, and
Jesus the Messiah, and yet the prom.
Use 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.
Jesus forbade them to tell the vis-
ion they had seen.
Conclusion. A lesson on Faith.
VS.. 1920. Then came the disciples
to Jesus apart" in the house MARK.
away from all that were curious and
faultfInding. Ministers sometimes
proclaim to the world the faults OF
the church to be overcome. when they
should discuss them with the church
alone.
"Why could not we cast him out?"
They were puzzled, and disappointed.
especially as he had conferred on
them authority to heal.
20. And Jesus said . Be
caus, of your unbelief." r. v, "your
little faith"
IF re have faith a a grain OF mus
tard seed" even a very little faith.
but real and living, not like a grain