Luke 9:35

A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Feb 14th & 15th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

So it is with the people of God in our time. We stand on Jordan’s stormy banks as well, but we face westward toward the land of promise. We stand with Peter and James and John in the high place with the one who sits at God’s right hand.

We stand where Moses and Elijah once stood — and, yes, where Elisha once stood. The task of the church for our time is not small, and we are clearly not adequate for it. But then we see Jesus, transfigured before us, set free from death’s grip, living in the glory. And we cry out with Elisha, “My father! My Father! The chariots of horsemen of Israel!” For at the very least, we need those. But we don’t cry out because they are leaving us. We don’t cry out because we have been abandoned. No, we cry out “Our Father, who art in heaven, holy is your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” And more than any of these others, we hopefully believe that an unlimited portion of God’s Spirit comes on us, and we see God’s glory come down here. [BN,4]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am, 10am (FX) and 11:15am