The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-09
Sunday School Lesson
by BEN sEwsomE.

l"sson Nov 10. Luke e2N SO.
= Peter l.lG-ls. x
Jesus had just "A few itys before
tested his dIs,ip.ss ~ 10 th'ii
ability 10 comprehend IA" fact 81
his divinity Led by the impulsiyo
| Peter they had declared absolute
faith that he was the son ~ God
/ Her" then he takes with hlm thfcc
/ OF tho. strongest m"nthlitIrs IA his
cirol" 6f lnllmllcs To the top OF III.
mountain to- witness tho revelation Of
! his innate glOTy II Is well 10 re-
member hat tho glory which shons
/ out from the visible christ. the naIno
man they had followed through over
! two year. whH not 4 yIEliatiOn from
I the seat. ~ Fluty but just demon
I |rtfntiUn OF what tho man rvnliy was
when the Veil Of mortal Imitation
was lified Tn" glory dld not shine
upon him. bat th u' out from Win
I ms aE n did with Moses and Elijah.
There may hr"Rpue question Ha 10
why Jesus chose these specific three
men Tor his witnesses II II our CON
Viction that he recognized In Peter.
James aud John the type OF men
who would, ia tho frat place, he
most capable Of receiving and com
pretending what thcy saw, and in
the scCond place. had tho potentially
ut being best abb" 20 communicate
that comprehension tn others The
dlscIplos were al To bear testimony
Of him. but these three were To be
emphatically and specifically able 60
testify that they had nccn tho glory
Of the son Of God shorn OF the inter
ycnlnR veil 81 humanity There may
IA. la..
two mon selected for his heavenly
companions in This denomination OF
glory. Moses represented the INV.
from tho penalty ~ which christ
had come TO redeem mankind. and
Elijah was a most fitting representa-
tive OF tho prophets, who had fore
told the Mcsrlah's coming and urged
popular preparation for his rscop-
tion They both knew and under
stood tho plan OF salvation. which
was n puzzle to hS disciples. even 10
tho faithful Peter. The disciples had
been told OF his mission and Its tor
rible elimination. and hare was proof
that the coming shadow OF Calvary |
was but tho cllnaI to Gods provision |
for human redemption and a cleans
Ing OF humanity from sin.
1t might bo urged that Jesus could |
have convinced his followers Of com
Ing events and given them strength |
OF faith and wisdom to understand
them: but what could be quicker
and more conclusive than that the |
mon should see with their own eyes
tho glory Of real divinity Besides,
had he limited his arguments to
purely human and logical methods,
he could not have so thoroughly
the density OF human in
iellisence nor so quickly and conclu-
sively carried n conviction that moth
Ing could ever shake, These men
we're the vessels to receive this great
rst confirmation OF their faith and 20
strengthen thu faith OF their fellowa
That they thoroughly understood the
pntire Significance at the time Ia not
10 be expected, but the memory OF
his great event must have rem Aimed
very much alive In all after life and
stood as n bulwark against the temp
fation TO doubt that they we.e enlist
I'd In the service Of the real Uod. II
. n human characteristic that We
must 10 confronted with something
greater than ourselves before We
rive up our prejudice In favor Of hu-
nan ways OF thinking. Other men
ire like ourselves and subject to
'railties when We know and We