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1. Peter, James and John

Matt. 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-13

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J.O. Sanders

G.C. Morgan wrote concerning the special three: "There can be no doubt that these men, Peter, James, and John, were the most remarkable in the apostolate. Peter loved Him; John He loved; James was the first to seal his testimony with his blood. Even their blunders proved their strength. They were the men of enterprise; men who wanted thrones and places of power...Mistaken ideas, all of them, and yet proving capacity for holding the keys and occupying the throne. What men from ...

2. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... -10). "Do you not yet understand?" Jesus asked in frustration (Mark 8:14-21). They lacked faith (Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25). They fought with one another over who was the greatest (Mark 9:33-37). They lacked loyalty. When he needed them the most (Peter, James, and John), and asked them to stay awake and keep watch for him, they fell asleep (Mark 14:32-34). One of them betrayed him. One of them denied him. All of them deserted him. (Matthew 26:56) But after Pentecost the negative of disciple-divisiveness is ...

3. It's a Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... rather than a mountaintop, but the effect was the same. God breaks into our lives and we are transformed. God breaks into our lives with the holy, with the transforming mountain top events for a purpose. It's never so that we can stay on the mountain. Peter, James and John came down from the Mountain top with the Messiah energized and transformed for the work which lay ahead. They didn't know it but they needed to be strengthened for what was coming their way. God knows what we need before we ever know we ...

4. Paul’s Second Visit to the Jerusalem Church

Galatians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... majority reading, in which Paul denies that he and Barnabas and Titus yielded to the demand for Titus’s circumcision, seems the most likely. Beyond the fact that most manuscripts attest to this reading, it is hard to imagine how at the same meeting James, Peter, and John could agree to the validity of a Gentile mission (2:9) and yet be party to compelling a Greek to be circumcised. Furthermore, if Paul had proven himself open to circumcising a Greek, the energetic concern of Jewish Christians to get Paul ...

5. Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

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Robert F. Crowley

... and they are arguing about their achievements. Jesus sets them straight. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: The Holy Land Props: A small black book Costumes: Peasant, first century Time: The Time of Christ Cast: Peter James John Jesus JAMES: (ENTERS CARRYING A SMALL BLACK BOOK) I've got the list right here. You'll see. PETER: (ENTERS) Throw that list away. His kingdom is above such things. JOHN: (ENTERS) I should say it is. His kingdom is a kingdom of faith. I have that faith, therefore I shall rule with ...

6. It's A Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

7. The Healing Of Simon Peter's Mother-In-Law

Mark 1:29-34

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Dallas A. Brauninger

... on the Sea of Galilee and lived together at Capernaum. In the Gospels, Andrew's name is generally used with Peter's. He is identified either parenthetically as Peter's brother or in combination with Peter's name. Jesus called Simon Peter and Andrew as the first two disciples. Next, Jesus called James and John. Gospel reference to these four disciples names them in the order of Peter, James, John and Andrew. Such reference might suggest the order of their closeness to Jesus. Only in the Johannine passage ...

8. Fish Miracle

1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Isaiah 6:1-13, Luke 5:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... to catch "men." At once they abandoned their boats and followed him. According to Luke's account, Andrew was not included. Only Peter, James and John are mentioned. The focus is on Peter, who was given the call. Incidentally, James and John, as fishing partners of Peter, accompanied Peter in his response to following Jesus. B. John 1:35-42 - John tells a different story of Peter's call. Andrew, Peter's brother, was a disciple of John the Baptist. He left John and became a disciple of Jesus. Then he went for ...

9. The Disciples' Tenebrae

Mark 12:13-17

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Jerry Eckert

... to comfort us. Take and drink this cup in remembrance of him who died for you. (After each group finishes, Pastor gives a brief benedictory.) (There will be a brief scripture, and then a hymn, handled by the Pastor.) First Person: Jesus went into the garden with Peter, James, and John. He asked them to wait while he prayed. Realizing he was in great danger, he prayed that he not have to go through this, that the cup be taken from him. When he checked on his disciples, he found them asleep. He went and again ...

10. The Mountain

Matthew 17:1-9

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John Jamison

... for about a mile and a half to get to the top of the mountain. Even with the trail, it is a tough trek. As Jesus, Peter, James, and John walked up the mountain that day there was no parking lot and no trail. It was an ideal place to go if you ... would find some quiet time there to talk. And, it seems that Jesus had something else in mind for the trip. He was going to give Peter, James, and John something that would give them the strength to do what they were going to have to do very soon. He was going to give ...

11. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

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King Duncan

... . Through them the entire village became Christian and village life was transformed. (5) That is our ministry. When we have been transformed by the transfigured Christ we catch a vision of what the world could be if we all lived under his Lordship. No longer would Peter, James and John be content to live in a tiny fishbowl. Christ had called them to bigger and better things. Now it was time for them to reach their full potential as his followers. And friends, it is time for us to escape the fishbowl as well ...

12. Transfiguration of Our Lord

Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12

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... of Jesus Christ in such godly proportions - "This is my beloved Son" - that those who really hear the story and "see" the transfigured Christ can do no other than fall down and worship him. 1. The retreat to a mountain top was an "invitation only" affair; only Peter, James, and John were allowed to ascend the mountain with Jesus. When Moses went up Mt. Sinai at the command of God, he took Joshua with him; he might have told Joshua that they were going up the mountain to get the stone tablets of the law and ...

13. Reading the Last Chapter First

Matthew 17:1-9

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King Duncan

... until now. John would later write of this moment: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) Up until then, Peter, James and John may have struggled with the idea that Jesus was a great holy man, a great teacher, a mystic, a prophet. In his transfiguration, however, Jesus erased all those ideas. He isn’t just sent from God; He is God come to earth to redeem His people ...

14. Right in Front of Our Eyes

Matthew 17:1-13

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King Duncan

... you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness are so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.” Mother Teresa gave herself as completely as anyone on this earth is likely to give himself or herself, but still she struggled, like Peter, James and John struggled even after the Transfiguration in which they heard the very voice of God. That’s life. In a sense, that’s faith. “For now we see through a glass, darkly,” wrote St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:12, “but then face to face: now ...

15. Awake to Glory

Luke 9:28-36

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... three equal tabernacles. There is one voice, and one alone, to whom you should listen -- the voice of my Son, my Chosen." Then, just as suddenly, there was no one there with the disciples, but Jesus. Something about the occasion was so special, however, that Peter, James, and John said nothing about it to their fellow disciples. This is a key story in the life of our Lord. Luke points out that it was set between two special events. It came, he says, about eight days after Jesus had charged his disciples ...

16. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

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Donald B. Strobe

... whom we know the least. That is sort of fitting, isn’t it? He was the man whom history passed by. That is intriguing, but it makes it rather difficult to construct a sermon about him. The “inner three”—Peter James and John—we know a lot about. The “other James,” the “more important James,” we know a lot about. He was the Son of Zebedee and Simon Peter’s brother. He was with Jesus when He raised the daughter of Jairus. He ascended the mountain with Jesus and witnessed the Transfiguration ...

17. Magic Mountain

Matthew 17:1-13

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... hear in the retelling of that story that there was a way it would turn out all right after all. But the news was final, a prelude to a week which would take us to another cruel death and a cold cemetery unmoved by any amount of tears."53 Did Peter, James, and John understand that Jesus was about to die and God would raise him up again? Matthew doesn’t tell us the answer to that. It was Jesus who spoke to the three disciples, saying, "Don’t be afraid ... Rise, and have no fear." They did just that, still ...

18. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

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David E. Leininger

... , "Yes...wonderfully so."(1) Wow! Larry Walters will never be the same again after his trip to the mountain in his lawn chair. He has seen things and felt things that will shape the way he lives the rest of his life. T'was the same with Peter, James and John. Up on that mountain they had been given nothing less than a glimpse into the future. They saw past the suffering and death of Jesus which the Master had predicted a few days before; past their doubts; past their fears. For one brief shining moment ...

19. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

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James Merritt

... tendency to focus on themselves rather than others. Every church has to fight the natural tendency to focus on the people inside the church rather than the people outside the church, to focus on the people sitting in the seats rather than the people who are not. Peter, James, and Paul said loudly and clearly, “We are going to be a church for un-churched people. We are not going to let petty preferences stand in the way of reaching people. We are not going to add anything to God’s Word when it comes to ...

20. An Unnerving Experience

Mark 9:2-13

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King Duncan

... decision to climb was David’s, and she holds no hard feelings toward any of the forty or so people who passed him by. Be careful if you take up mountain climbing. It obviously has great risks as well as great rewards. Jesus once asked his closest disciples Peter, James and John to join him on a hike up a mountain. We have no evidence that it was a harrowing climb it was no Everest but what happened on the top of that mountain was still unnerving. It had been a very busy week for Jesus and his disciples ...

21. Time to Listen

Matthew 17:1-9

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... in an airplane 30,000 feet off the ground, to continue the scene without him. (2) Now there’s sure one way to ruin the ending to a story! Just walk off the stage. Let someone else finish it. In our Bible story today, Jesus led three of his disciples, Peter, James and John, up on a high mountain. They didn’t know it yet, but Jesus was going to show them the end of the story, the story that God had been telling since the moment of creation, the story of the people of Israel and how God set them apart ...

22. Eavesdropping On Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

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King Duncan

... somber voice, "˜Bob, your plan is very, very risky, but you've given us no choice but to try it. I only hope, for your sake, that you know what you're getting yourself into.' Then they should file quietly from the room." (2) I'm sure Peter, James, and John were cursing their little nap right about now. Only Peter's reaction is recorded. In his excitement, he says, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." And Luke, commenting on ...

23. Not So With You

Mark 10:35-45

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Leonard Sweet

... s gospel text we read about the “sons of Zebedee” and yet these disciples of Jesus come across as nothing less than “Mean Girls.” Biblical historians suggest that the origin of this week’s exchange between James, John and Jesus finds its source in Peter. James, John, and Peter were the unofficial “inner circle” within the Twelve — noticed and present at such momentous events as the Transfiguration. Yet in the exchange in today’s text it appears that “blood is thicker than water.” The ...

24. On the Mountaintop

Matthew 17:1-9

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April Yamasaki

... up for a sequel. So instead of leaving early, we’ve learned to linger in case there’s more to the story. We stay in our seats as if we’re not ready for the movie to end. I imagine that’s how Peter felt on the mountaintop with Jesus. One day Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a mountain where they could be alone, away from the crowds and the other disciples. The three might have guessed something special was in store for them, for the mountains had long been a significant place for their people to ...

25. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

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R. Blaine Detrick

... of the Mount of Olives, he left the disciples at the gate and went toward the center of the garden to pray. However, he took with him three of his disciples - that’s right: Peter, James, and John (Mark 14:32, 33). That is why this trio is considered the "inner three." And Peter was one of them. I like Peter - and I think most Christian people like Peter. One of the reasons is because he is so much like us. (Or should I say that we are so much like him?) Now Paul was a great man, and he probably stands ...

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