Matthew 17:1-2 English Standard Version

The Transfiguration

17 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.

After He rose from the grave he appeared to two on their way to Emmaus.

Mark 16:12 English Standard Version

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

¹² After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.

John 20:19 English Standard Version

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

¹⁹ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Philippians 3:20-21 English Standard Version

²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 English Standard Version

¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Please meditate upon these scriptures.

Tomorrow we will discuss why the term transfiguration was used rather than translated or conformed.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 King James Version

⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 English Standard Version

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

I was raised on the KJV and more and more churches are moving away from that archaic language.

Which service do we attend? What operations are evident and available? When we first come to Christ we do not think in those terms. The one common denominator in all this is our God, our Lord and The Holy Spirit working in all of us.

How do we know which administrative service is right for us?

Given that the Lord is in charge of our lives, then the best answer to that question is to go where the Lord leads us. In order to do that, we must learn how to use our spiritual ears and eyes to know Him in a personal way to discover His will for us.

People change churches like changing hats. They change for a number of reasons but the only justifiable reason is to follow our Lord’s directions for our lives. He will lead us where He needs us, when He needs, to both serve Him and to mature as children in this large family.

None of that happens overnight. Children have a tendency to be impatient in growing up. Impatience seeks to please self rather than God.

Galatians 5:17 English Standard Version (ESV) For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

This will continue until our transfiguration.