From Distraction to Hope [Part 2]

Pastor, author and Bible teacher Alan Wright of the distractions and all the things that you feel necessary for Europeans, joy in life abundant fall event to grow client. Jesus as pastor at light to another message of good news that will help you see your life in a whole new light by Daniel Britt excited for you to hear the teaching today. In the series life of Peter is presented in an old church in North Carolina. If you're not able to stay with us throughout the entire broadcast how to make sure you know how to get our special resource right now can be yours for your donation this month. Alan Wright industries so as you listen to today's message deeper as we send you this special offer available today. Contact us at pastoralan.org that's pastor out.org or call 877-544-4860. More on this later in the program but now let's get started with today's teaching here is Alan Wright and we came out to the people of Israel was commanded the people would see the face of Moses the skin of Moses face was shining and Moses with the veil over his face so Moses has this temporary glowing this resplendent type of glow on him being in the glory of God. You notice all the similarities. Elijah also is Old Testament figure who was known for the time he went up on the mountain if you want to look this is in first Kings is chapter 18 and this is the famous story of Elijah going to defeat 450 prophets of the pagan deity, but all of this primary all deity of the pagans had been a real source of competition for the attention of the Israelites and Elijah challenges them essentially to a showdown on the mountain and he says will each erect an altar and put a sacrifice on it and will call upon our God to come down and consume the altar and fire and who's ever God comes and consumes the sacrifice and fire will say is the true God. They say yes that's a great contest. So they go up top the mountain and what we read about in first Kings chapter 18 is that the prophets of ball all call upon them call upon Ambala volleyball and nothing happens. Nothing happens and noon. Verse 27 Elijah mocked them. I don't recommend this necessarily but he did and he quickly said cry aloud, for he is a God either. He's using or he's relieving himself or he's on a journey he's asleep and must be a can call upon them call upon him maybe is going to the bathroom. He's just asleep. But if you call louder.

I'm sure you'll wake him up, and what's interesting is the proper the ball did just that. They called louder and louder by and then they started lacerating themselves and thought that somehow the nothing happened so that it becomes Elijah's turn in this incredible scene. He tells them not only to set up the altar, but then he said that verse 33.

Put the wood in order to cut the bull up easily know what and he said fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering. And on the wood and they pour it on there and he does this a second time and he does it 1/3 time so that the altar is just saturated with water so that they know that is not will be like an accidental spark that lights up some dry wood. This is old wet.

So altar is got to be supernatural. If anything happens and he would come in verse 36 at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, oh Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and I've done all these things at your word answer me oh Lord, answer me this people may know that you oh Lord our God, you turn their hearts back then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering the wood and the stones in the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench where all the people saw, they fell on their faces and said the Lord he is God, the Lord he is God. Elijah said to them, sees the prophets of Baal let not one of them escaped and they sees them. Elijah brought them down to the brook of Keyshawn and slaughtered them there.

Elijah was a mighty man of God, prophet of God, through whom the fire of God came down and it wasn't the only place with the fire of God came down upon Elijah's call effect the second Kings chapter 1 there was a king who sent to Elijah To a 50 man with his 15 he went up to Elijah, this is sinking 19 went up to Elijah who was sitting on the top of the hill and said to him, oh man of God. The king says come down but Elijah answered the captain of 50.

If a man of God, let fire come down from heaven to consume you and your 50 and then the fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his 50. Elijah was a man enough to call the fire down somebody so Elijah and Moses. Moses represents the law.

In fact sometimes people just say you know you've read Moses what they mean is you. The Penta took the first five books of the Bible, Moses his name means the law is a symbol of the law when the same way. Elijah became a symbol of the fiery prophet of God.

Of the ones who normally call the fire down in miracles be wrought for them but could calls people's heart to awaken with faith or repentance as he spoke forth the word of God. So Elijah is the prophets and Moses and it was off repeated phrase the law and the prophets, so it was symbolized there was the law and the prophets, Moses and Elijah and all three of these or haven't had had mountaintop experiences associate with fire associated with trembling in fear amongst the people. Moses had a shining face. Elijah and Moses both used for miracles and here's what becomes really important. Both Moses and Elijah were instruments of the judgment of God against evil. Moses was used by God to bring judgment against Egypt and Pharaoh who had to enslave the people of God mercilessly for hundreds of years and Elijah was the instrument of judgment against the people who were worshiping ball and had devoted their lives to idolatry and it turned away from the living God. And so both of them were used by God for his fiery judgment, but also in all three of these scenes.

There is like smoke or a cloud, and God speaking so you see the similarities and it's immediately Peter James and John see this from the time they were Jewish boys. A new law and the prophets. They knew vessels of judgment against evil and the mighty work as a miracle I saw this but are such distinctions here because Jesus is the one who's transfigured he is in resplendent light and Moses and Elijah are not there to sing.

Talking to. And unlike Moses, whose face could be veiled Jesus in this scene is not only in his face as bright as the sun, but so are his clothes.

There is no stopping the force of the light of glory. It is different altogether than Moses, because Moses says was a reflected glory.

But Jesus's was a radiating glory that came from within and then this interesting interesting word from the father says this is my son in whom I am well pleased which you remember is the very phrase that God spoke at Jesus's baptism. When Jesus was baptized. This is my son and Manuel please we seen in a previous episode of the life of Peter that that phrase my son in whom I am well pleased draws upon both Psalm two, which speaks of the messianic King. My son, but also the phrase in whom my soul delights in whom I am well pleased comes from the prophet Isaiah that speaks of the suffering servant to put together the kingship and the suffering servant is in my son whom I'm well pleased, but here at the transfiguration. The father also says listen to him. It is, is it something I thought about all week I've been praying about all week. What is it and of course workers to listen to Jesus is a need to go up on a mountaintop to be transfigured for God to tell the disciples listen to tell these three men listen to Jesus.

What is it and then one morning and heard the words differently and my mind still listen to him. This is where I heard father saying it.

This is my son, whom I'm well pleased listen to him, not Moses, not Elijah, not the many other distractions of voices in your life. Listen to him listen to the law. Don't listen to the prophets, listen to the fulfillment of the law and the prophets to listen carries biblically the idea to obey and carries more than that I feel your whole life upon what you're hearing seek to listen to listen means not just that you hear it with your ears, but it becomes a part of you if you tell a child to go and and clean up his room and and you said you hear me says yes but then you come at a later room is not been claimed. You said but you didn't listen to me so listening is not just a matter of hearing.

It is about how you organize your life what you build your life on what is it that is the foundation of your life.

What is it that you are heating by what is it that shaping you what is it that is moving you. What is it is causing you to act, listen to him listen to the Savior of the world listen to the one who came to fulfill the law of Moses and the one who came to fulfill all the prophets and all of their prophecies and all of the promises because all of the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ we are so drawn to want to build our lives little snippets of the law so designed to steer us toward Christ, but never to empower us to overcome our sin we so drawn to give me a list of things to do. Just tell me what to do, give me my little instructional try to do it and God is, in the person of Jesus Christ, to give us a new covenant of grace when he fulfilled the law and were so prone to look at the prophecies that speak of the coming of the kingdom and is and just like they were Peter, James and John would like with us sometime in the future. Some say no. The kingdom is at hand. These things that the prophets have spoken up the suffering servant, the glorious King.

The atonement for sin. The washing of your sin is white as snow. All of this is come to pass as and when Jesus is on the cross and he said it is finished he is saying that. Finally a human being has come, who's kept the law a human being has come to fulfill the prophets, everything that has been pointing to Jesus has been fulfilled saying that talent right will have more teaching moment from today's important series pressures always find it hard to say no worry that she'll disappoint someone one thing in any relationship in paradise.

They were naked and felt no shame and entered the world they became anxious and with a nine question like this painting.

There is only one solution.

Grace of God that lifts are shown in six meet your master class. Pastor Alan exposes the exception shows the individual or in a snobbery series is sure to bring healing and hope are ministries this man thinking digital master class but is instead as I waited, thanks for your partnership in a world separate time to let God's grace to shame, we are happy to see Misty and Allen Wright ministries, seven 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website.

Pastor our and.org. Today's teaching now continues here once again is Alan Wright do not think of come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. Matthew 517 in the sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, I'm not come to abolish them but to fulfill them to fill them full, complete them.

Jesus fulfills alone, not by saying that what you do doesn't matter, but by keeping the law that you could never keep his life filled the law full.

It also means completed it on your behalf.

Spurgeon put it this way. This is not what Paul understand by the glory of law, the glory of the law, he makes the glory of that which was abolished to be abolished the glory of the ceremonial law to lie and it's in the end of the law for righteousness is Christ. The law is given to point us to Christ, to drive us to Christ to be our schoolmaster to witness to Christ to convince us of our need of Christ and to shut us out from every other hope, but that which begins and ends with Christ, the glory of the law is Christ. There was a law, the Sabbath good thing to take a day off. We meticulously the Pharisees try to keep the law. The Sabbath write up all these extra instructions about what you could do and you couldn't do Jesus came he said this is crazy said the Sabbath was was was made for men, not men for the Sabbath is this big gift to you and the writer of Hebrews says there now is a Sabbath that remains for us who are in Christ and what was always pointing to was was pointing to Christ himself, but it was pointed to is you don't have to work for your salvation.

You don't have to work for your piece.

You'll have to work for your joy. You have to work for life everlasting. You can rest in the thought that Jesus has died for you.

You can be filled with the Holy Spirit right now where you are not because of any contribution of your own, you could just be still and know that he is God you can rest in the glorious victory of God. Christ is our Sabbath. There was a Passover you're supposed to slaughter lambs posted either/both the bitter herbs was to keep it in the spring of the year.

But Jesus came. The Bible said he is our Passover lamb. We don't need any other sacrifices and we don't need an altar because Jesus himself is the Lamb of God, and he is sprinkled his blood in the heavenly figuratively, metaphorically, once and for all and never again neither be a sacrifice. He's my Sabbath. These my Passover lamb. He has kept all the commandments for me if I am in Christ them.

I am in the righteousness that I could never keep by my own effort.

Glory to God in the prophets all pointed to Jesus. They Jesus is still to come. There prophecies that have not yet been fulfilled. But even those are all fulfilled in the person of Christ. So here's what happens is that Peter and James and John are sitting there and Peter done Peter, bless his heart. You gotta love the man but he's just seeing the glory of God and he said is good that we're here will build three shrines for you as a whole different message book and we are so drawn to make something religious. Some artifacts, some ceremonies, some will make the tabernacle for your turns out you're really awesome. So here's what we we had to not do anything but just be still and know that I'm God and I just received my glory and not just be filled with faith. I fell down on their faces and worship and then Jesus came and he touched is would you imagine that moment there trembling on their faces. And all of a sudden I hear radio close. I'm real you didn't see an apparition. It was not merely a vision. It is really a touched just like you would after the resurrection here, touch field, put your hand in my side and my hands feel the wounds it is his real they looked up and it was Jesus only wish I had time to preach man Jesus. What if all the distractions and all the things that you thought were necessary for your piece joy and life abundant. If all of that could grow client and be Jesus only Jesus only as interesting interesting story in Luke chapter 9 where they go on to a village of the Samaritans and the Texans but the people did not receive them because his face was set toward Jerusalem.

And when his disciples James and John saw what they said, Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them, remembering Elijah and I went with the disciples. Now these people are accepting Jesus will tell the fire to come down and Jesus rebuked him and then a couple chapters later in Luke 12 Jesus is something very interesting is as I came to catch fire on the earth.

And what did it already can't I have a baptism to be baptized without great is my distress until it's accomplished is a strange thing because over and over. The text also tells us the Son of Man came not to condemn but to save Jesus as he came I came to save. I came to forgive. I came to love then he turned as I came to cast fire on the earth.

How can it be both to be both. Either he came to cast fire.

He came to love and show mercy which was Tim Keller makes the important observation. Jesus had already been baptized with water, so when he said I have a baptism to be baptized with what was he talking about his argument of suffering is talking about experiencing the cross.

What happened on the cross. What happened on the cross. Was it Jesus experienced the judgment that should've come against you and me.

What happened on the cross is that he experienced the wrath of God but you and I should've experienced the reason that the fire didn't come down on the Samaritans the same reason that the fire didn't come down on you or me or anyone who's in Christ. That is because the fire fell on Jesus the reason Jesus said I came to say I came to show mercy and not condemn, but he also said I came to cast down fire is because he came to show his love by allowing the fire of God to land upon him on the cross. That's how it's true that God is both just and justifier. Moses was an instrument of God's judgment against Egypt. Elijah elides an instrument of God's judgment against Ahab and Jezebel and the prophets.

Above all, but Jesus was an instrument of God's judgment against himself.

About half of all humanity. And so therefore the father says listen to him, the one who died for you.

They lifted up their eyes and it was Jesus only because Jesus is all that you need. Jesus is all that God has provided. He is the all sufficient one. He is altogether glorious and he has taken the punishment that you should've taken and died the death that you should've died so that you could be resurrected with him and one day be glorified as he is and that beloved is the gospel right. I don't know about you, I just reminded of the good news. It's part of our mission.

It's our teaching today here on sharing the light in today's teaching from distraction to hope stick with the salad is back in a moment with a final word for today pressures always assigned to find it hard to say no glory that shall disappoint someone one thing in any relationship in paradise. They were naked and felt no shame and entered the world they became anxious and within nine question like this painting. There is only one solution. The grace of God that lifts our shame in six-week master class. Pastor Alan exposes the shame shows the individual or in a snobbery series is sure to bring hearing and hope are night ministries. This man think that digital master class, but he hasn't started as I waited, thanks for your partnership in a world separate shame. It's time to let God's grace to the shame we are happy to see Misty and Alan night ministries, seven 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website Pastor our and data work as well as we said so often throughout the series on the life of Peter and we see it yet. Here again in this teaching where there's a distraction and and how often we can have this a moment of even spiritual ADD writing we we run and look at something else that doesn't matter, but we recent written God is growing us in this through Christ and with four minutes today Peter wants to set up little tent for everybody that was there there in the Transfiguration Tabernacle set up a little memorial or some make it aid to give them credit you must do something and something powerful is best been revealed in front of his very eyes, and then this voice that comes from heaven and and then all of a sudden it's Jesus alone know Moses and Elijah. The law, judgment, Jesus, I just save our listeners. This is what God is inviting to you today. Whatever you're facing in your life look to Jesus only is all getting and he really is there. Today's good production Allen Wright ministries