Jesus went to the mountain with His disciples and was transfigured before them. Then Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him. When Peter sa it, he suggested that they make 3booths, one Jesus, Moses and Elijah and immediately a cloud overshadowed them and a voice said; this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; listen to Him.
Peter was overwhelmed when he sincerely made that suggestion which made the three equal but God did not agree with him. Immediately a cloud came. In the same way whenever we try to elevate servants of God to the same height to Jesus, a cloud always come immediately and our spiritual growth is stunted until we exalt Jesus where God has exalted Him. This is the position that God has placed Christ.
Col 1:18
He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will COME TO HAVE FIRST PLACE IN EVERYTHING.
If we learn to put Christ first in everything, then we will God support us all the days of our lives; but if we exalt and even worship servants of God; no matter how faithful they are, God will bring a cloud and we'll remain in darkness.
Yeah we should honour God's servant but we must never worship them; Christ alone must have the first place in everything.
Has Christ been number 1 in all decisions you have been making? You can start today and decide always that He will be first; to be consulted, to be pleased, to be obeyed, seeking His approval in everything I do, first to seek help from....
Here God said we should listen to Christ which he never said during the baptism. Mathew 3:17
This teaches that as a man, Even Jesus had to be tested to gain God's approval. In the same way, before God's approves of us and bears witness to our ministry, he first must test us.
Ps 11:5a The Lord tests and proves the righteous
2Chron 32:31b. God left him to himself to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
God have tested you many times, and you have failed through compromise and murmuring... Learn to overcome every trial that you face and you will get promotions in your spiritual life very first.
The disciples fell down and were afraid and Jesus lifted them and told them not to be afraid , they lifted their eyes and saw only Jesus.
Jesus was an encourager. Whenever he found His disciples fearful, He encouraged them. Let's follow Him. Whenever you find a disciple who is discouraged, learn to encourage them.
Jesus told them not to mention what they had seen until He was raised from the dead.
Jesus as we saw earlier did not like being publicized but always sought to hide behind the scenes. As He taught in Mathew 6; your left hand should not know what your right hand does.
The disciples asked him why scribes taught that Elijah must come first and He explained that He had come and no one recognised him and he suffered and was mistreated; the disciples understood that He was talking about John the baptist.
Rarely does people recognise true prophets in their generation. They are recognised after they are dead. They get mistreated and persecuted and all manner of evil done to them. Only the wholehearted disciples recognise true people in their generation. Are you one them? God can open your eyes to see His true prophets in your generation if you decide to be wholehearted and love Christ more that everything and everyone else. And when God opens your eyes, learn to honour them and God will bless you for that.
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