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Have you ever had one of those moments when
you encountered something so unbelievable that it
left you utterly speechless?
Perhaps it was an unexpected plot twist in a
movie.
Or the first time you saw the Grand Canyon.
Or finding out just how expensive that weekend
stay in the hospital was.
But how would you react to seeing the impossible?
Wouldn’t your mouth hit the floor if you saw someone walking on water, healing the sick or... rising
from the dead?
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Sometimes there just aren’t words...
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Inviting all people into a living
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Messages:
February 28: The Light Saber Miracle
March 6:
The Not A Miracle Miracle
March 13:
The Saliva Miracle
March 20:
The Walking Dead Miracle
March 27 (Easter): The Nonsense Miracle
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THE LIGHT SABER MIRACLE.
Talbot Davis / February 28, 2016
Mark 9:2-13
The Transfiguration
(2) After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with
him and led them up a high mountain, where they were
all alone. There he was transfigured before them. (3) His
clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the
world could bleach them. (4) And there appeared before
them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
(5) Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be
here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for
Moses and one for Elijah.” (6) (He did not know what to
say, they were so frightened.)
(7) Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a
voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love.
Listen to him!”
(8) Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer
saw anyone with them except Jesus.
(9) As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave
them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until
the Son of Man had risen from the dead. (10) They kept
the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from
the dead” meant.
(11) And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law
say that Elijah must come first?”
(12) Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first,
and restores all things. Why then is it written that the
Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? (13) But
I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him
everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”
For Further Conversation:
1. What early memories do you have of the story of The
Transfiguration? Did it figure prominently into the teaching
you received about Jesus either at home or in church?
2. What would the disciples have seen if it had been Moses
or Elijah who turned inside out instead of Jesus? What
would your LifeGroup see if you were turned inside out?
3. In your own words, what is the role of Moses and Elijah
in the story? How do those roles contribute to the story’s
meaning?
4. Describe a time when you’ve been on a summit with Jesus.
What did he say? How did he say it? What does he want
you to do as a result of that time of intimacy with him?
Is your experience at all like Peter’s in Mark 9?
5. What lessons does The Transfiguration story teach us
about Jesus and his relation to other religions?
6. How would you explain Jesus’ uniqueness to a follower of
Islam? Hinduism? To a religious skeptic?
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DAILY SCRIPTURE
READINGS
Monday:
Matthew 16:13 –17:13
Tuesday:
Hebrews 1:1-4;
Colossians 1:15-20
Wednesday: John 1:1-18; Genesis 1
Thursday: John 12:8-30
Friday:
I Timothy 6
Notes:
7. How will this Jaw Dropper impact your life this week?
___________. HE _________ __________________.