To understand Jesus rightly is to see him as the authoritative revelation of God to whom we should listen. This message was given on June 15, 2014 at New City Church Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. www.newcitychurch.ca

1. “The Glory of Jesus,
The Son of God”
~ Luke 9:28-36 ~

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 9:28-36
Found on page 867 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. Is it possible to
actually learn
about God
from God
?

4. “The Glory of Jesus,
The Son of God”
~ Luke 9:28-36 ~

5. Now about eight days after these
sayings he took with him Peter and
John and James and went up to the
mountain to pray. And as he was
praying, the appearance of his face
was altered, and his clothing became
Luke 9:28-29

6. …dazzling white. [“And he was
Luke 9:28-29
transfigured before them, and his
face shone like the sun” - Matthew 17:2]

7. “Moses had reflected the glory of God as the !
moon reflects the light of the sun. But Jesus !
produces the unsurpassable glory of God; !
it emanates from him. Jesus does not !
point to the glory of God as Elijah, !
Moses, and every other prophet !
has done; Jesus is the glory !
of God in human form.”
~ Tim Keller, Redeemer NYC

8. “The Son is the
radiance of God’s
glory and the exact
representation of
his being.”
~ Hebrews 1:3

9. And behold, two men were talking
Luke 9:30-31
with him, Moses and Elijah, who
appeared in glory and spoke of his
departure, which he was about to
accomplish at Jerusalem….

10. “departure”
“exodus”
(ἔξοδος)

11. “…the reason Luke has
chosen this word—not least
in connection with Moses!—
is that in his death Jesus will
enact an event just like the
great Exodus from Egypt,
only more so. In the first
Exodus, Moses led the
Israelites out of slavery in
Egypt and home to the
promised land.

12. “…In the new Exodus, Jesus
will lead all God’s people out
of the slavery of sin and
death, and home to their
promised inheritance—the
new creation in which the
whole world will be
redeemed.”

13. Now Peter and those who were with
Luke 9:32
him were heavy with sleep, but when
they became fully awake, they saw
his glory and the two men who stood
with him….

14. And as the men were parting from
Luke 9:33
him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master,
it is good that we are here. Let us
make three tents, one for you and
one for Moses and one for Elijah”—
not knowing what he said….

15. “The Word became
flesh and dwelt
[lit. “tabernacled”]
among us….”
~ The Apostle John in
The Gospel of John, 1:14

16. And as he was saying these things,
Luke 9:34-35
a cloud came and overshadowed
them, and they were afraid as they
entered the cloud. And a voice came
out of the cloud, saying, “This is my
Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!”

17. What God said was mainly
for the benefit of the
disciples, however, and also
for us. People had long been
speculating about the true
identity of Jesus. The
disciples themselves were
beginning to confess him as
the Christ, without fully
understanding what that
meant.

18. But here now was an
authoritative revelation
from God. Who is Jesus?
He is the Chosen Son
of God.

19. And when the voice had spoken,
Luke 9:36
Jesus was found alone. And they
kept silent and told no one in those
days anything of what they had
seen.

20. “And as they were coming
down the mountain, he
charged them to tell no
one what they had seen,
until the Son of Man had
risen from the dead. So
they kept the matter to
themselves, questioning
what this rising from the
dead might mean.”
~ The Gospel of Mark
9:9-10

21. “For we did not follow cleverly devised myths
when we made known to you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were
eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he
received honor and glory from God the Father…,
~ The Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 1:16-18

22. “…and the voice was borne to him by the
Majestic Glory, ‘This is my beloved Son, with
whom I am well pleased,’ we ourselves heard
this very voice borne from heaven, for we were
with him on the holy mountain.”
~ The Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 1:16-18

23. “We have seen his
glory, glory as of the
only Son from the
Father, full of grace
and truth.”
~ The Apostle John in
The Gospel of John, 1:14

24. Why does Luke record this
account in his historical
biography of Jesus?
Important Question

25. To understand Jesus rightly
is to see him as the
authoritative revelation of God
to whom we should listen.
Main Idea

26. 1
to Jesus

27. Jesus said to him, “I am the way the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through
me. If you had known me, you would have known
my Father also. From now on you do know him
and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Lord,
show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

28. Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long,
and you still do not know me, Phillip. Whoever
has seen me has seen the Father. How can you
say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
~ The Gospel of John, 14:6-10

29. “Long ago, at many times and in many ways,
God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in
these last days he has spoken to us by his Son,
whom he appointed heir of all things, through
whom also he created the world. He is the
radiance of the glory of God and the exact
imprint of his nature, and he upholds the
universe by the word of his power.”
~ The Book of Hebrews
1:1-3

30. 2
Long for
Jesus

31. Paul speaks of “the
gospel of the glory of
Christ” in which God
illuminates our hearts
“to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of
Jesus Christ.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
2 Corinthians 4:4

32. “…vehement longings of soul”
for the Lord Jesus

33. …the excellent fulness of Christ, and His
meetness and suitableness as a Savior;
whereby he appeared to me far above
all, the chief of ten thousands. And His
blood and atonement has appeared
sweet, and His righteousness sweet;
which is always accompanied [in me]
with an ardency of spirit, and inward
struggles and breathings and groanings,
that cannot be uttered, to be emptied of
myself, and swallowed up in Christ.
“

34. …the glory of the Son of God as
mediator between God and man, and His
wonderful, great, full, pure, and sweet
grace and love, and meek and gentle
condescension. This grace that
appeared to me so calm and sweet
appeared great above the heavens. The
person of Christ appeared ineffably
excellent, with an excellency great
enough to swallow up all thought and
conception….
“

35. I felt an ardency of soul to be..empty and
annihilated, to lie in the dust and to be
full of Christ alone; to love him with a
holy and pure love; to trust in Him; to live
upon Him; to serve and follow Him, and
to be totally wrapped up in the fullness of
Christ….”
“

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