The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-07-14
The
TRANSPORTATION
Sunday School Lessen for July "a, 1910
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LESSOr IENT.-Matthew l7:l-S. N-20.
Memory verses. 1, 2
GOLDEN TExT.-'-This Is my beloved
Son. In whom I am well pleased: hear ye
him."-Matt. 1875
TlME.-Autumn OF A. d. q. week
after our last lesson.
PLACE.-One OF the spurs OF Mount
Hermon. and a village at It's foot.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
/. 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
throne; which threw them into the
gloom Of the dungeon of Giant De
spair
Jesus taketh Peter. James. and
John" II 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 (Gai 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 fort II must
have been for light. for strength. for
guidance for help.
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 sun"
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious OF all objects within
knowledge-so bright that II 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 10 our resurrection
bodies. Compare the description OF
Jesus in Acts 9:3 and in Rev. 1915
And his ralment was white as the
light" T. e., LUMINOSITY white. "as no
fuller on earth can white them"
MARK l. e.. with supernatural
Wilderness: white and Clustering"
Usuke)
Then answered Peter" not 10 any
question. but 10 the feelings the scene
awakened. Lord. II 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. n widened his
outlook. II gave him a rev idea Of
the glory that awaited the faithful.
II exalted his knowledge Of Jesus
power and glory. and gave strength
10 his trust IN him.
The Divine Testimony VS.. SIS.
"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 II visible TO man. as the
clouds that veil the sun enable us who
cannot gaze into bis face yet to see
his beauty and glory"
And behold voice out OF the
cloud" The same voice which had
been heard once before nj his baptism
This is my beloved son" Adding
the voice Of God TO the attestation "
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 10 follow: and
while others we're calling Jesus
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 Transhgura-
tion.--l. Our richest and most heaven
~ experiences come in and through
prayer. and often from united prayer.
Tell me your prayers and l win
write the history OF soul"
Coming Down from the Mountain;
and the Work Awaiting Them There.
VS. 9-lS On the way down the dis
ciples asked Jesus about a subject
which perplexed them. They could
not understand how Il could be true
that Elijah was a glorihed 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
fulilment OF that prophecy
Jesus forbade them to tell the Wis
ion they had seen.
Conclusion. A lesson on Faith.
VS.. 1920. Then came the disciples
C. Jesus apart" in the house MARK,
away from all that we're curious and
faulthnding. Ministers sometimes
proclaim 10 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 outf'
They were puzzled, and disappointed,
especially as he had conferred on
them authority to heal.
90 And Jesus said Be
caus, Of your unbelief." r. ", your
little faith"
Illustration. God says 10 man,
do the work OF thousand men. But
that Is harder than to remove noun