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Mt. Transfiguration or Valley of Disfiguration? PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 23 March 2008
 
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Matthew 17:14-20 (King James Version)

14.And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

15.Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

16.And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

17.Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

18.And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

19.Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

20.And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

 

Thought:  We will fail unless our faith brings this transforming power into the valley of human hurt and helplessness.

1.      The Desperate Father     17:14-16

a.      Father’s Confusion           17:14 & 16

b.      Father’s Concern               17:15

                                                    i.     Mark 9:18-22      “He pineth away.”

c.      Father’s Confession

                                                    i.     Mark 9:24            “Help my unbelief”

d.      Father’s Confidence

                                                    i.                                   “I believe”

2.      The Disciple’s Failure    17:16     “They could not cure him”

a.      They had a form-problem

b.      They had a faith-problem

c.      They had a focus-problem

                                                    i.     Mark 9:29-34

                                                   ii.     Luke 9:41-48

3.      The Deliverance of Faith

a.      A Fresh Faith

b.      A Focused Faith

c.      A Fantastic Faith

 
 
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