THE MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8
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The Mountain Top Experience (3 of 4)
Series: Something Old, Something New
Jeff Strite
Matthew 17:1-8
The story in our text today is recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke - and I believe it's the source of the phrase ''A Mountain Top Experience. So, over the past week I went searching for stories and quotes about Mountain top experiences, and I stumbled on this comment: ''The Outing Club is hosting world traveler and Mount Everest Climber, Jeff Strite.''
(https://www.facebook.com/events/olin-lecture-hall-268/guest-speaker-jeff-strite/759160597582584/)
I bet you never knew I climbed Mt. Everest, did you? Well... I didn't. But someone else named Jeff Strite did! He climbed Mount Everest. And he's not the only one - Mt Everest is the highest mountain on earth and is a popular destination for mountain climbers. But you better have a lot of money to do this because, last I read, it presently costs climbers about $20,000 to make that trek. The famed climber George Mallory was asked Why climb Everest? And he replied: ''Because it's there''
Like I said, Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell of Jesus at the Mountain of Transfiguration, but Luke tells why:
Jesus ''... took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to PRAY. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.'' Luke 9:28-31
Now, WHY did they go UP ON the mountain? (to pray) At least... that's why Jesus went up there. Peter, James and John probably went simply because Jesus was there, and wherever He went, that's where they wanted to be.
But apparently there was another reason Jesus took them up the mountain. It seems He'd taken them there for a little bit of show and tell - Something they could only see... on the Mountaintop. In Matthew we're told that Jesus ''was tra ...
Series: Something Old, Something New
Jeff Strite
Matthew 17:1-8
The story in our text today is recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke - and I believe it's the source of the phrase ''A Mountain Top Experience. So, over the past week I went searching for stories and quotes about Mountain top experiences, and I stumbled on this comment: ''The Outing Club is hosting world traveler and Mount Everest Climber, Jeff Strite.''
(https://www.facebook.com/events/olin-lecture-hall-268/guest-speaker-jeff-strite/759160597582584/)
I bet you never knew I climbed Mt. Everest, did you? Well... I didn't. But someone else named Jeff Strite did! He climbed Mount Everest. And he's not the only one - Mt Everest is the highest mountain on earth and is a popular destination for mountain climbers. But you better have a lot of money to do this because, last I read, it presently costs climbers about $20,000 to make that trek. The famed climber George Mallory was asked Why climb Everest? And he replied: ''Because it's there''
Like I said, Matthew, Mark and Luke all tell of Jesus at the Mountain of Transfiguration, but Luke tells why:
Jesus ''... took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to PRAY. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.'' Luke 9:28-31
Now, WHY did they go UP ON the mountain? (to pray) At least... that's why Jesus went up there. Peter, James and John probably went simply because Jesus was there, and wherever He went, that's where they wanted to be.
But apparently there was another reason Jesus took them up the mountain. It seems He'd taken them there for a little bit of show and tell - Something they could only see... on the Mountaintop. In Matthew we're told that Jesus ''was tra ...
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