20230219 EPIPHANY No one Except Jesus Alone (Transfiguration Sunday)

The Passage: 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9

The One Thing

No one except Jesus alone

Growgroup Discussion Starters

Know

K1 Have you ever had a mountain-top experience with Jesus? Share about it with your group and what impact it has had on your life?

Grow

G1 2 Peter 1:17 | What is Peter referring to when he talks about “The Majestic Glory”. What images does this phrase bring to your mind? What emotional response do you have to it?

G2 2 Peter 2:16 | Why does Peter make a point of saying they were eyewitnesses? Why does this matter in the context of the verse?

G3 2 Peter 2:19 | The “prophetic word” is Scripture (see verse 20). What does it mean that the word is “strongly confirmed”? How has the truth of the Bible been a “lamp shining in a dark place” for you and your life?

G4 Why does it matter that the mountain top experience of Matthew 17:1-9 is bookended by a call to self-denial / sacrifice (Matt 16:24-28) and a failure in ministry due to lack of faith (Matt 17:14-20)?

G5 Matthew 17:9 | Put yourself in the place of the disciples as you walk back down the mountain with Jesus. What is going through your mind or heart at that moment? What questions might you have?

G6 Lent starts this coming Wednesday (Ash Wednesday). Are you adding anything into your life or taking it away (fasting) to give God more space in your life?

Show

S1 Matthew 1:8 | What circumstance are you currently in that concerns you / frightens you? What does it mean for you to look up from that concern / fear and “see no one except Jesus alone”? Take some time in quiet to still your heart. Then repeat to yourself, and God “I see no one except you, Jesus”.