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Luke 9:18-50
Luke 9:18-20
“One day Jesus left the crowds to
pray alone. Only His disciples were
with Him, and He asked them,
“Who do people say I am?”
“Well,” they replied, “some say John
the Baptist, some say Elijah, and
others say you are one of the other
ancient prophets risen from the
dead.”
20 Then He asked them,
“But who do you say I am?”
Peter replied,
“You are the Messiah
sent from God!”
Matthew 16:16
“Simon Peter answered and said,
‘You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.’”
Matthew 16:17
“Jesus answered and said to him,
"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed
this to you,
but My Father who is in heaven.”
“I cannot describe all that Christ is
to us, for what is He not to us?
He is the sun of our day;
He is the star of our night;
He is our life;
He is our life’s life;
He is our heaven on earth, and
He shall be our heaven in heaven.”
C. H. Spurgeon
John 4:25-26,
“The woman (at the well)
said to Him,
‘I know that Messiah is coming’
(who is called Christ).
‘When He comes, He will tell us
all things.’
Jesus said to her,
‘I who speak to you am He.’"
Luke 9:21
“Jesus warned His disciples
not to tell anyone who He was.
“Luke 9:21–22 clearly reveals why
His messianic identity had to be
kept secret. Jesus had the goal of the
cross and ascension before Him,
not great public recognition.
He would leave the worldwide
spread of His reputation up to His
Spirit-empowered followers.”
Hughes and Laney
Luke 9:22
“The Son of Man must suffer many
terrible things,” He said.
“He will be rejected by the elders,
the leading priests, and
the teachers of religious law.
He will be killed,
but on the third day
He will be raised from the dead.”
“Jesus had already given a number of
“hints” about His sacrificial death,
but now He began to teach this truth
clearly to His disciples.
John the Baptist had presented Him
as the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29),
and Jesus had predicted the
“destruction” of the temple of
His body (John 2:19).
When He compared Himself to the
serpent in the wilderness
(John 3:14)
and to Jonah (Matt. 12:38–40),
Jesus was making statements about
His suffering and death.”
Warren Wiersbe
Luke 9:23-26
“Then He said to the crowd,
“If any of you wants to be My
follower, you must turn from your
selfish ways, take up your cross
daily, and follow Me.
If you try to hang on to your life,
you will lose it. But if you give up
your life for My sake,
you will save it.
“And what do you benefit if you
gain the whole world but are
yourself lost or destroyed?
If anyone is ashamed of
Me and My message,
the Son of Man will be ashamed of
that person when He returns in
His glory and in the glory of the
Father and the holy angels.”
Luke 14:27-30
“And anyone who does not carry
his cross and follow Me
cannot be My disciple.
"Suppose one of you wants to build a
tower. Will he not first sit down and
estimate the cost to see if he has
enough money to complete it?
For if he lays the foundation and
is not able to finish it,
everyone who sees it
will ridicule him, saying,
'This fellow began to build and was
not able to finish.'”
Luke 14:33
"So likewise, whoever of you does
not forsake all that he has
cannot be My disciple.”
Matthew 7:14
"Because narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to
life, and there are few who find it.”
Luke 9:27
“I tell you the truth,
some standing here right now
will not die before they see
the Kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:28-29
“About eight days later Jesus took
Peter, John, and James up on a
mountain to pray.
And as He was praying,
the appearance of His face was
transformed, and His clothes
became dazzling white.
Luke 9:30-31
“Suddenly, two men,
Moses and Elijah,
appeared and began talking with
Jesus.
They were glorious to see.
And they were speaking about
His exodus from this world, which
was about to be fulfilled in
Jerusalem.”
2Corinthians 3:18
“But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the
glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image
from glory to glory,
just as by the
Spirit of the Lord.”
Romans 12:1-2
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that you present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable to God, which is your
reasonable service. And do not be
conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that you may prove what
is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of God.”
“The theological name for this
experience is sanctification,
the process by which we become
more like the Lord Jesus Christ,
which is the Father’s goal
for each of His children.”
Warren W. Wiersbe
Luke 9:32-36
“Peter and the others had fallen
asleep. When they woke up,
they saw Jesus’ glory and the
two men standing with Him.
As Moses and Elijah were starting
to leave, Peter, not even knowing
what he was saying, blurted out,
‘Master, it’s wonderful for us to be
here! Let’s make three shelters as
memorials—
one for you, one for Moses, and one
for Elijah.’
But even as he was saying this,
a cloud overshadowed them, and
terror gripped them
as the cloud covered them.
Then a voice from the cloud said,
“This is My Son,
My Chosen One.
Listen to Him.”
When the voice finished,
Jesus was there alone.
They didn’t tell anyone at that time
what they had seen.”
Deuteronomy 18:15
"The LORD your God will raise up
for you a Prophet like me from your
midst, from your brethren.
Him you shall hear,”
Luke 9:36b
“They didn’t tell anyone
at that time
what they had seen.”
Matthew 17:9
“Now as they came down from the
mountain, Jesus commanded them,
saying,
"Tell the vision to no one until the
Son of Man is risen from the dead."
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