Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 9:9-13
by: Cheri Appel.
Peter, James, and John had just seen Jesus transfigured and speaking with Moses and Elijah! Then they were told to be silent about what they had witnessed! Why? William Barclay’s commentary explains that the disciples had to learn who and what this Christ was. He was not the conquering Messiah the Jews expected, but rather the suffering Savior who would die on a cross and rise again. Are we careful about whose ideas we are spreading? Is it Christ alone we are representing? We must study God’s Word, meditate, and pray for wisdom about Jesus Christ’s message before we preach and teach it.