Arise from despair into hope and faith when you give ear to Jesus alone. Join Joseph Prince as he ascends Mount Hermon and unveils revelatory truths about Jesus’ transfiguration and what happened thereafter. Learn why listening only to Jesus’ voice of grace and not the voice of the law lifts you up no matter what trouble or fears you are facing. Also, see how the only way to truly honor Jesus and live for His glory is to abide by His words of grace and love alone. Face life with God’s favor when you hear only Jesus—the perfect Man who cannot fail you.
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excerpt from Joseph Prince calm Matthew
17 look up here this is my message now
after six days Jesus took Peter James
and John his brother led them up on a
high mountain by themselves so Jesus
brought Peter James and John and brought
them up to a high mountain and the Bible
says and he was transfigured before them
his face shone like the Sun well and his
clothes became as white as the light in
the synoptic Gospels Matthew Mark and
Luke all three have the Transfiguration
and all three contribute different
different aspects of details that one
doesn’t that the other has and they all
have their purpose like for example in
the Gospel of Luke which talks about
Jesus as a man it says that he brought
them up to the mountain to pray
look 9 and then as he pray his face
change his clothes shone in other words
the gospel of a man Gospel of Luke shows
Jesus as the dependent man the law never
tells you to pray the law says you shall
not use shall not you shall not
presuming men’s strength which man has
none whereas the way of grace is
dependent you see I cannot but he can so
you pray a lot you pray a lot it’s not
matter of spending on your knees or in a
certain location for hours all right
that can be also if that’s your style
but listen carefully
pray means dependence on the Lord
invoking his power his omniscience is
His grace his love his goodness so as
Jesus was praying his face shone of all
the people on earth
the perfect and the greatest man pray he
has power of his own to perform miracles
yet he pray so that looks looks like
Adam the Transfiguration back to Matthew
17 he was transfigured his face shone
and behold no
and Elijah appeared to them talking with
him don’t forget Peter James and John
they are also dead but they are sleeping
when Jesus Sean they was sleeping how
many of us you know are there in that
place of sleeping they were sleeping and
Jesus was shining but they woke up later
and behold Moses and Elijah appeared to
them talking with him on a stop here and
just show you something that Peter many
years after when he was an elderly
gentleman still in the service of the
Lord just before he passed away he knew
the Lord showed him is time for him to
go and see him face to face and he says
the Lord has showed me that I’m about to
go and he wrote his last letter second
episode chapter 1 look at this
Peter writing by the spirit moreover
I’ll be careful to ensure that you
always have a reminder of these things
after my decease for we did not follow
cunningly devised fables when we make
known to you the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ but what eyewitnesses
of his majesty
what is he talking about we were
eyewitnesses of his majesty he’s talking
about the Transfiguration next verse for
he received from God the Father honor
and glory when such a voice came to him
from the excellent glory this is my
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased
and we heard this voice which came from
heaven when we were with him on the holy
mountain so as an elderly man he
recollect the time when he was on the
Mount of Transfiguration he says that
hey I’m not I’m not calling you I’m not
following the vitomir cunningly devised
fables like some people say they see
addition when they didn’t see a vision
we saw we were eyewitnesses of his
majesty
and what do you say this go back to the
verse 16 again this Mount of
Transfiguration is a picture of the
power and coming the word coming 10°
parousia the second coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ so just for a moment let me
just give the backdrop okay people and
you see how practical this is in your
daily walk where you want for your life
for your family for your children
because as you behold his glory
something happens to you you something
happens to you
something happens to your body are you
listening because it’s not just the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ I was
displayed on the Mount of
Transfiguration it’s also the power he
has power to heal your body free you
from your addictions amen bring peace to
your troubled soul and emotions bring
peace to your minds and when Jesus
transfigured two illustrious figures in
Jewish the Jewish faith no one is
greater than Moses no one is greater
than Elijah Moses and Elijah are their
greatest personas their greatest heroes
Moses represents the law Elijah
represents the prophets they appeared
with Jesus in glory amen and Moses as I
thought before represents the law Elijah
the prophets he promotes the law which
has its place during its time Elijah
came Moses is the lawgiver Elijah is the
law restorer when Israel forgot the law
and worship other gods God brought the
law restorer so each has its time are
you listening
but their time is no more the time of
Jesus and grace has come
are you listening people and another
thing is this Moses and Elijah are there
and in the context of the coming of our
Lord Jesus which this Mount of
Transfiguration is all about when it
comes again listen carefully there’ll be
two types of believers during that time
Moses represent believers who have died
and were raised from the dead when Jesus
comes again – via Moses died 120 years
old God buried him no one knows the
place of his grave because God buried
him so in other words the fact that he’s
here on the mountain alright means God
raised him from the day so he represents
all the believers when Jesus comes again
we might not even see the next sunrise
if Jesus comes tonight any time he might
come when it comes again the
to update already in Christ we’ll be the
first to get a new body and rise from
the dead but those who are alive like us
it becomes tomorrow
they are typify by elijah elijah never
died elijah was whisked off in a chariot
of fire bodily he never died
so talking about the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ I always been so far
all right the Bible says next verse he
receive from God the Father honor and
glory when such a voice came to him from
the excellent glory this is my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased there are
two times that God opened the heavens
and publicly declared his pleasure and
delight in his son one was at his
baptism the other was in Mount Hermon it
wasn’t too long ago I realized that
these two locations was actually at a
time when Jesus was at the lowest point
and the lowest place of planet Earth the
lowest place of the entire Israel not
only Israel the entire world is the Dead
Sea area it’s 1,400 feet below sea level
that’s how low it is Mount Hermon is
nearly 10,000 feet rising into the air
above sea level
in both places the father says this is
my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased
in other words in his lowest point to
his highest glory he is the father’s
delight an object of beauty the father
delights in him the father finds
pleasure in him
I think we need to learn that especially
our children you see he received from
God the Father honor and glory how when
the father says this is my beloved son
how do we give our children honor and
glory how do we clothe them like a club
coat we put on and glory on them before
they go to school how do we put honor
and glory our verbal affirmation
tell them you’re my beloved son you are
special to me you’re my precious
daughter
you know how what a joy you are to me a
pastor Prince you know she did something
the other time and I don’t think that
I’m ready to say that but at the lowest
point you must say it not just at the
highest point that’s how they receive
honor and glory because God first made
man and crown him literally with honor
and glory it’s like their presence
there’s a crown around them that they
were glowing with honor and glory that’s
how the dinosaurs obeyed
the dinosaurs are bigger than men but
they obey men because of the honor and
glory men only to speak back up they
back up sit down
Fito if you know yeah man had bet
dominion over every creature including
dinosaurs mammoths I’m back to Matthew
17 you’re learning Church so the Bible
says moppy home Moses appear Elijah
appear but don’t forget Moses represents
the law Elisha represents a lawgiver the
law reads taurah the law Heba and the
law restorer appeared and they’re the
most illustrious of all figures in the
Old Testament to the Jewish people how
that she’ll often the Bible says next
verse Peter answered Peter walk up all
three walk up right we find they were
sleeping in another gospel a kind of
Transfiguration they woke up Peter
answered no one asked him and he said
that Jesus Lord it is good for us to be
here if you wish let us make here three
Tabernacles not daunting of a building
there’s no time to me a building it was
probably doing the Feast of Tabernacles
during the Feast of Tabernacles even now
the Jewish people towards the end of the
year about about September October they
they have a Feast of Tabernacles in fact
it is the most joyous and celebratory of
all the seven feasts and during this
feast of tabernacles they were built to
caught Sukkot means temporary shelter
made of willows made of all kinds of
plants and you will stay outside their
house to commemorate that they were
people wandering in the wilderness
living in temporary shelters
and the Bible says in John 1 Jesus came
and the word Tabernacle among us Jesus
came and Tabernacle among us Jesus was
born during the Feast of Tabernacles are
you with me so far are you seeing him it
the more you see him something happens
in your life something good
it’s called salvation that happens to
your body I’ve had so many people who
write whenever they hear me preach they
write something happened I had terrible
headache I had fever I had this
condition and now they don’t have it
anymore amen if you still have it keep
on hearing because you are hearing the
gospel Amen Church now he says let’s
make tree succour one for you Jesus one
for Moses one for Elijah and and one one
account
I think account says he did not know
what he was saying you see the thing is
this he’s putting Jesus on the same
level as the law giver and the law
restorer you cannot do that there are
many many believers today who put Jesus
on grace on the same level as the law
and the law restorer some of them feel
that they are Laurus tourists they are
fighting for the law to be restored and
guess what God the Father will not allow
them the father spoke next verse while
he was still speaking behold a bright
cloud overshadowed them and suddenly a
voice came out of the cloud saying this
is my beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased hear him singular not hear them
Moses was there elijah was there don’t
they have anything to say no their day
is over the law has served its purpose
to bring men to the end of himself the
the prophet has brought men to God his
service purpose is the day of grace is
the day for the son of God no more the
servants of God but the son of God are
you listening people who choose to be a
servant but that’s because the son chose
to be a servant don’t you forget
he’s the son of God in every good Amen
Church so here we have a bright cloud
see what bright cloud is a Shekinah
glory the same one that dwelt in the
Holy of Holies in the temple now it
overshadowed them now this is amazing
because when the law the Ten Commandment
was given on another mountain the Bible
says there was a dark cloud where Jesus
is there’s a bright cloud one cloud to
condemn another cloud to review his
righteousness you see I love you know
that there’s a counterpart of this being
flanked by Moses and Elijah
it is stunning Roman Street or a Roman
Street therefore by the deeds of the law
Moses no flesh will be justified in his
sight for by the law is the knowledge of
sin people advocate bringing back the
law they don’t realize by the law is not
the knowledge of holiness
I repeat by the law is not the knowledge
of holiness but the knowledge of sin is
not the knowledge of God but now see now
you want to leave now and leaving the
pass you want the latest revelation from
God the latest revelation from God is
grace the latest revelation came through
the son there’s no other revelation and
God is now the righteousness of God
which is a gift apart from the law apart
from the law is not God give you the
gift of righteousness but you must still
keep the law it’s apart from the law
righteousness today is a gift and you
know how you can you know how it came
this gift was witness being witnessed by
the law and the prophets Wow even the
law says Amen to the gift of
righteousness even the prophets say Amen
so in other words the law here’s Moses
and the prophets Elijah
they both witness
grace is what you must listen to today
the son of God is what you must list
listen to today are you with me people
Peter James and John I’ve said before
Peter’s name in stone
James Yakov in Hebrew means supplant
replace John means Johanna means God’s
grace the stone has been replaced
supplanted by God’s grace you know when
Jesus came down this mountain the people
ran to assume the multitudes ran towards
him there’s something on his face the
glory was still there but when Moses
went down the mountain his face was
shining also but it was a decreasing
glory not in ever-increasing splendor
like Jesus’s face he’s when he came down
when Moses came down the people ran away
from him because his face the glory of
the law says you have sinned you have
seen you have sinned and those the soul
that sins must die the curse is coming
to you God will visit your sins to the
third and fourth generation to your
children and your children’s children
that’s the glory of Moses the glory of
the son is this when he came down his
face says you have sinned but my blood
has removed your sins the glory means
you will be with me in glory where no
sin will exist and my blood has removed
your sins now one of the people ran so
hear him Peter James and John hear him
not them hear him new creation Church
hear him those watching hear him hear
him the law was given by Moses but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ hear him
hear the voice of grace are you with me
and the Bible says go back to Matthew 17
when disciples heard it they fell on
their faces and were greatly afraid next
verse
but Jesus came and touched them and said
arise and do not be afraid when they
lifted up their eyes they saw no one
Moses is gone no one Elijah was gone
they saw no one but Jesus only may this
be the theme of our church in our
ministry to see no one but Jesus only
matter how he loves Trias Elijah may be
matter how great knows us may be saw no
one but Jesus only now the father just
said hear him they were all free you’re
off chase down the Bible says Jesus came
touch them is the first time Jesus spoke
right after the father says listen to
Jesus
you wonder what what he will say if you
are the disciple down there right now
you right you know what you say but
imagine you are trembling and the father
says listen to Jesus
what would you say oh you say they came
in only he touched them personal touch
warmth and he says arise and don’t be
afraid it is not a commandment it’s not
a law like the Ten Commandments its
grace I recently I look it up in the
Greek tents when it says arise and don’t
be afraid that great times literally the
tenth day in the book that’s active
voice and there’s a passive voice active
means what you are doing it passive
means what something’s been done to you
you’re not the one doing it this would
arise literally is passive voice it’s
like this allow yourself to be lifted
then is what he didn’t just touch them
he raised them this is truly the
fulfillment of what that song wish that
our loved one can do you raise me up to
stand
the mountains and this is literally
Jesus lifting pieces allow yourself to
be lifted when you’re lifted you stand
on equal ground with him and from how
can I stand on equal ground that’s what
he died to give you his standing this
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