August 29, 2021 Summer at Waters Church

Part 7 | The Mountain Top Experience

From Matthew 17:1-9; 14-21

📖 Matthew 17:1-3 (ESV) And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

📖 Isaiah 43:7 (ESV) everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

📖 Matthew 16:24-26 (ESV) Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

1. We are made for the to the of .

2. The of is a of and from the .

📖 Matthew 17:5 (ESV) He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

📖 Matthew 17:7-8 (ESV) But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and have no fear.” 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

Truth:

The for the is so we can to the .

📖 Psalm 92:12-14 (ESV) The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They still bear fruit in old age

📖 Matthew 17:14-15 (ESV) And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

3. Our experiences us and us to make a in the of the .

📖 Matthew 17:18 (ESV) And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.