Date: May 10, 2020
Passage: Luke 9:37-45
Speaker: Kevin Maloney

Jesus steps down from the Mount of Transfiguration into the valley where a crowd is arguing, a demon is destroying a boy, and a father is desperate. Like Moses, Jesus steps down from the mountain and confronts a misbehaving crowd. But there in the valley of despair, the majesty (glory, authority, power) of Jesus is displayed as it was on the mountain.

The Twisted Generation (Luke 9:37-41)
- According to Mark 9:14, this crowd is arguing. The disciples are unable to cast out the demon that is destroying the boy. And Jesus accuses the whole generation of being “twisted” or “perverted,” or “warped” and faithless.
- In what ways does faithlessness warp us?
- What does it mean that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom?
- Is it true that our sins are expressions of faithlessness?

The Restoration of the Family (Luke 9:42)
- Jesus heals the boy and gives him back to his father. Jesus repeatedly responds to parents who make please to Him on behalf of their children (see also Luke 7 and 8).
- What does this tell us about God’s design for the family?
- What hope does it give parents of wayward children?

Majesty in the Mess (Luke 9:43)
- When Jesus steps into the dispute and the life of a stressed and oppressed family to bring healing, people marvel at God’s majesty. “Majesty” is the word Peter used to describe what he saw up on the mountain the day before (2 Peter 1:16-18).
- How do we experience God’s majesty on the mountain and God’s majesty in the mess?
- How does the cross display God’s high holiness and meak lowliness?

The Deepest Valley (Luke 9:43-45)
- Jesus indicates that this valley of despair is not the lowest valley He is going to go to. Soon He will go to die. Jesus, the one and only son of God, will die to destroy evil like the evil that was destroying this father’s one and only son. The Son of God will die so that many sons can live.
- How is the Gospel distinct from all of humanity’s attempts to get to God?

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