10/18/2026
What did the disciples learn from Jesus’ transfiguration?
1. God and His prophets all confirm that Jesus is the Messiah: Old Testament passages written hundreds of years before detailed the things that would help identify the Messiah
when he finally came. The transfiguration provided additional confirmation to the disciples.
2. Jesus has the authority of God, because He is God: “Listen to him,” God announced to the disciples. There could be no confusion over Jesus’s superiority. He is the one to hear, and He is the one to fulfill every promise God makes to man.
3. Jesus was committed to suffer and die according to the redemptive plan of God: Jesus laid aside the glory of being God and all the privileges of being the Creator of the world in order to suffer and die for the sins of the world. He discussed this future with Moses and Elijah.
How can Jesus’ transfiguration “transform” us?
1. Trust Jesus as the Messiah: Since Jesus has been identified as the Messiah, as the Savior of the world, we can trust in His perfection instead of our own ability to keep God’s laws. He
came to free us from the bo***ge that these rules presented, and give us life.
2. Trust Jesus’ words as the final authority: Jesus says He is the way, the truth, and the life; there is nothing that can exist without Him. To understand God, we must know Jesus.
3. Trust in Jesus’ committed love for you: Jesus never gave up on God’s plan of redemption. He even sweat drops of blood in anguish, because He knew the suffering He would have to
endure; but He willingly chose to bear our sorrows, die for our sins, and bring us complete healing and forgiveness. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for
his friends.” (John 15:13).