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Power of the Hour

Anil Kanda

Mountain Climbing with Jesus

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Why don't we bow our heads for a word of prayer and let's get started with this message Father in heaven, we just thank you again for Sabbath evenings Thank you again for bringing us here together And Lord, thank you for the promise when 2 or 3 are gathered together there you are amongst us and Lord, we just praise you for what you're going to say to us tonight and this whole Sabbath in Jesus name, Amen.

So be here at Sabbath School at 925 AM sharp.

Some of you will be showing up at 10 AM in the back.

I'm going to call you out if you show up late.

So again, I'm really excited about the message.

We're going to be taking a good look at the Mount of Transfiguration, okay?

We're going to be seeing what the Bible has for us.

You know, it's really exciting as we open up God's Word because we're going to discover the things that God wants us to understand, especially for people who are living in this hour, right?

It's extremely important that we understand what God is trying to communicate to his end time people.

A very important time because things that are happening in our world around us are indicating to us the time is very near.

So we need to understand what are the tools that God is giving to us especially in these end times.

So during this weekend we're going to be taking a good look at various things that God wants us to participate in, things he wants us to exercise and just experience.

Everybody take your Bible, let's go to the Gospel of Matthew, Matthew chapter 17.

We're gonna be taking a good look at a very interesting story in the gospel and it's a story regarding Peter what name did I say?

We're gonna be taking a good look at an experience that Peter had with Jesus.

Matthew chapter 17, if you're there, go ahead and say amen.

Now Matthew 17 is a very interesting chapter.

This story that we're going to be looking at appears in 3 other gospels.

And it appears very consistently with some of the other events.

Now what happens before Matthew chapter 17 is very, very important.

Peter, who has been following Jesus for a long time We're getting close to Calvary and it's been some time several months since Peter has been following Jesus And he's starting to really wrap his dreams his futures his ambition around this Jesus And all of this comes crashing down in Matthew chapter 16 when Jesus reveals to Peter, I'm gonna die.

And at this time, Peter's mind just begins to be very confused.

Anytime they talk to you, they're rebuking you?

I have friends, even in their prayers, are rebuking me.

And by the way, help him with that 1 problem he has.

He tells Jesus, you are not going to die on the cross.

You are not going to sacrifice your life.

But all of a sudden, Jesus reveals to him, guess what?

All of this is not according to your planning, your will, your desires.

You know what's so amazing is the context of Matthew chapter 17 is Peter is discouraged about the future.

In fact, it tells us in Matthew 16, from the time that Jesus rebuked him all the way to the Mount of Transfiguration, there's silence, nothing is mentioned.

The last words of Peter is his response when Jesus says to him, get behind me, Satan.

Here's Jesus saying to you, get behind me, Satan.

Obviously we understand he wasn't rebuking Peter personally, but rather the devil had gotten a hold of Peter's perspectives of God.

So this is where the story begins Discouragement Uncertainty about the future Trouble anxious thoughts You're worried about what's gonna happen next.

Or perhaps you're utterly confused and numb by recent events in your life and you're wondering what else could go wrong.

Friends, what's so beautiful about this chapter in Matthew chapter 17 is that it describes a very interesting experience that Jesus led Peter into shortly after his time of discouragement.

You know, I love the stories of Jesus climbing mountains.

In fact, when you study out the Gospels, he is climbing mountains several different times.

Early in the morning, he's climbing a mountain.

Hey, let's talk about end time events on top of the mountain.

Anytime Jesus is talking about very sensitive things, he's on top of a mountain.

How many people here have ever climbed a mountain before?

Okay, I grew up in Orange County, and there are no mountains in Orange County.

The biggest animals we have are pigeons and chihuahuas.

When I moved up to Northern California, went to school at Weimar College, all of a sudden it was like mountains and hills and the country and I was exposed to the outdoors started going camping and four-wheeling every other weekend and it was such an amazing thing because I was encountering nature right Jesus was somebody who loved nature It was his sanctuary the place in which he could be that was closest to the heavenly father In fact, what is so interesting?

Have you ever seen has anybody here ever seen the Himalayas?

What is the highest mountain in the world?

What's the highest mountain in the world?

See, I knew it was in there, but you were afraid, right?

There was a time in my life in which I was just obsessed with Mount Everest documentaries.

I've watched so many documentaries of people climbing Mount Everest.

And before the year 1980, it was about 80 to 90% certain that if you climbed that mountain, you were going to lose several appendages.

In fact did you know there are over 200 bodies still on top of Mount Everest?

In fact, 1 day I watched this story about a group of mountaineers who were climbing Mount Everest and they get to this period called the death zone.

Do you know why they call it the death zone?

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