written 28 January 2014
Contents (not
sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture): Where? Mountain, Galilee, Capernaum
Who? Jesus, Peter,
James, John
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17:1-3
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After 6 days, J taketh P, Jas & Jo up mountain/ was
transfigured: face shine as sun, raiment white as light & appeared Moses
& Elias w/Him.
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2
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17:4-6
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P: Lord, good us be here, let us make 3 tabernacles for
thee, Moses & Elias; while he spake, bright cloud overshadowed, voice out
of cloud: This my beloved Son, in whom I well pleased, hear Him; when D
heard, fell on face, afraid.
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3
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17:7-8
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J touched them: arise, be not afraid; when they lifted
eyes, saw no man save J.
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4
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17:9-13
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As they came down mountain, J: tell vision to no man until
Son of man risen; D: why say scribes Elias must first come; J: Elias shall
first come/is come already, they knew him not, likewise shall Son of man
suffer; D understood He spake of J the Baptist.
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5
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17:14-16
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When they come to multitude, man kneeling: Lord, mercy on
my son, lunatic, falleth into fire/water, I brought to thy D, they could not
cure.
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6
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17:17-21
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J: faithless/perverse gen, how long I be with you/suffer
you, bring him; J rebuked devil/he departed/child cured; D: why not we cast
out; J: unbelief, if ye have faith as grain mustard seed, ye say mountain
remove to yonder, it shall, nothing impossible unto you; this kind goeth not
but by prayer and fasting.
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7
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17:22-23
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While they abode in Galilee, J: Son of man shall be
betrayed; they kill Him, third day He be raised, they sorry.
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8
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17:24-27
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When they come Capernaum, they came to Peter: Doth master
pay tribute; P: yes; J: what thinkest thou, Simon, of whom do kings of earth
take tribute – children or strangers; P: strangers; J: are children free:
lest we offend, go to sea, cast hook, take fish, when thou opened mouth thou
find money, take and give them for me and thee.
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Divisions (run-on
sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture):
1
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17:1-13
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J taketh P, J &
J mtn/ was transfigured: face as sun, raiment as light, Moses & Elias
w/Him; P: Lord, good us here, us make 3 tabernacles for thee, Moses &
Elias; while spake, bright cloud overshadowed, voice: This my beloved Son, I
well pleased, hear Him; when D heard, fell on face, afraid; J touched them:
arise, be not afraid; when they lifted eyes, saw no man save J; came down
mtn, J: tell vision no man until Son of man risen; D: why say scribes Elias
must first come; J: Elias shall/is come already, they knew him not, likewise
shall Son of man suffer; D understood He spake of J the Baptist.
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Principle:
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God is well pleased with Jesus and if we desire to please
God, we would be wise to follow Christ.
God’s people are capable of seeing glimpses of His kingdom
here on earth.
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17:14-21
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When come to multitude, man kneeling: Lord, my son,
lunatic, falleth into fire/water, I brought to D, they could not cure; J:
faithless/perverse gen, how long I be with you/suffer you, bring him; J
rebuked devil/he departed/child cured; D: why not we cast out; J: unbelief,
if have faith as mustard seed, ye say mountain remove, it shall, nothing
impossible; this kind goeth not but by prayer and fasting.
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Principle:
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Our unbelief hinders our effectiveness on earth.
Some cures only come by prayer and fasting.
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3
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17:22-27
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While in Galilee, J: Son of man be betrayed; they kill
Him, third day He raised, they sorry; When come Capernaum, to Peter: Doth
master pay tribute; P: yes; J: Simon, of whom do kings take tribute –
children or strangers; P: strangers; J: lest we offend, go to sea, cast hook,
take fish, opened mouth, find money, take and give them for me and thee.
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Principle:
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Jesus revealed that He would be betrayed, killed and
resurrected AFTER the mountaintop retreat with His disciples.
Pay tribute to kings so you don’t offend.
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Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure):
Jesus is transfigured, heals a lunatic and pays tribute.
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Aim (Christian and Non-Christian):
TCMAT examine their current situation to discover areas of
unbelief so they may take those areas to the Lord in prayer, moving beyond
them and gaining faith so they can better resemble Christ in their activity,
be more effective in ministry and please their Father in Heaven.
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Application:
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What does Jesus look like in His glorified form in your
life?
How have you glimpsed God’s kingdom recently?
When have you attempted to remain and live at a mountaintop
experience?
What have you heard God say this week?
How have you experienced “coming down the mountain” with
Jesus recently?
In what way does John the Baptist resemble Elijah?
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2
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When have you experienced a situation in which no one
could help but Christ?
What action would you take to stop being faithless in an
area?
In which areas of unbelief will you pray that Jesus will
give you mustard seed faith?
How have you experienced Christ’s promise that nothing
will be impossible if you have faith?
What sort of breakthroughs have you experienced as a
result of prayer and fasting?
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3
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How might you have responded to Christ’s confession that
He would be betrayed, killed and resurrected if you were one of His apostles?
In what way do you pay tribute to the kings of the earth?
What action are you willing to take so as not to offend
others?
What action are you unwilling to take regardless of
whether or not you offend someone?
What criteria do you use to determine whether or not to take
action that may offend?
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