May 11, 2025

Last week we ended with why we must take up our cross and follow Jesus. This week the transfiguration and Jesus heals a demon possessed boy.

Luke Lesson 18 Study Questions

1.    He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray: What started as a mountain top prayer _______ quickly changed into the shining forth of the glory of Jesus, and as He prayed, Jesus was ___________ right before the eyes of the disciples.

2.    Jesus showed in an acted-out way that _____ bearers would be ______ receivers. The end isn’t the cross; the end is the glory of God.

3.    It may be because Moses and Elijah represent those who are caught up to God (Jude 9 and 2 Kings 2:11). Moses represents those who die and go to ______, and Elijah represents those who are _______ up to heaven without death (as in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

4.    Spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem: Of all the things they might have discussed, they chose this topic. It seems that Moses and Elijah were interested in the outworking of God’s ____ through ______; they spoke about what Jesus was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

5.    “It is very probable that, on this occasion, he had been engaged in earnest ______ for several hours before the transfiguration came, and it is worthy of note that he was transfigured while he was praying. Every blessing comes to the great Head of the Church, and to all the members of his mystical body, through _______.” (Spurgeon)

6.    “The apostles saw the greatest of the prophets, and the great law-giver, after whom there was never the like till ______ himself came, yet the inspired record concerning the event is, ‘They saw his _____, and the two men that stood with him.’” (Spurgeon)

7.    While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them: As Peter said this, they were overshadowed with the cloud of God’s ______ called in the Old Testament the _________.

8.    Moses and Elijah were great men, and each have an important place in God’s unfolding _____ of the ages. Yet compared to Jesus the Messiah, to God the Son, they were insignificant – so all the focus and attention should be focused upon ______. None of these noble servants can compare to the beloved Son, so Hear Him!

9.    Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child: Not intimidated by this last display of demonic power, Jesus delivered the demon-possessed boy __________. What was too _____ for the disciples was not too _____ for Jesus.

10.    And they were all amazed at the majesty of God: Jesus had just revealed His glory in two spectacular ways – the ________________ and the casting out of a difficult demon. Yet, He reminded His disciples that His _______ had not changed; He still had come to die on the cross for our sins, and the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

11.    We know that one Man was actually the greatest among them and among all: Jesus Christ. This means that Jesus Himself was _______ like a little child. He wasn’t concerned about his own _______. He didn’t have to be the center of attention. He could not deceive, and He didn’t have an intimidating presence.

12.    It is easy to actually despise _______ people. They are the losers; the kind who will never make it in our competitive and aggressive and get-ahead world. Yet when we despise humble people, we actually ________ Jesus.