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Speaker 2: Listen to him.

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Speaker 1: Luke 9.35 Heavenly Father, we come before you with grateful hearts,

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Speaker 1: thanking you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: In the midst of the world's endless noise and distractions,

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Speaker 1: help us to hear Jesus' voice clearly, and listen to

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Speaker 1: His words. Lord, grant us discernment to distinguish between our

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Speaker 1: desires and Your will for our lives. May our hearts

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Speaker 1: be aligned with Your purposes, seeking not our own understanding,

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Speaker 1: but trusting in Your perfect plan. Transform us, O God,

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Speaker 1: to be receptive to the teachings of Jesus, to follow

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Speaker 1: His example, of love, humility, and obedience. Strengthen us to

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Speaker 1: act according to your word, empowering us to be vessels

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Speaker 1: for your grace and truth in every aspect of our lives.

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Speaker 1: Let us be a force for good, shining your light

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Speaker 1: in the darkness and bringing hope to those around us.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name we pray.

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Speaker 3: Amen.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me today. You're listening to

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Speaker 1: awaken your imagination. Remain here for a story of power, identity,

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Speaker 4: There is no denying who you are. You are Messiah,

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Speaker 4: the Son of the Living God.

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Speaker 1: Jesus leaned forward. He stared at Simon through the rising flames.

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Speaker 1: His eyes were intense and knowing.

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Speaker 5: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah. But this was

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Speaker 5: not revealed to you by flesh and blood. for not

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Speaker 5: even the Pharisees can see it. This was revealed to

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Speaker 5: you by my Father in heaven.

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Speaker 1: Peter was silent, filled with a sense of honor and humility.

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Speaker 1: Jesus puffed out his chest, his voice captivating all of

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Speaker 5: And no longer shall you be called Simon, but you

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Speaker 5: are Peter, rock. You are a rock, Peter.

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Speaker 1: Jesus placed his closed fist on his chest. The thump

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Speaker 5: And it is on this rock I will build my church,

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Speaker 5: and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I

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Speaker 5: and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,

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Speaker 5: but whatever you loosen on earth will be loosened in heaven.

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Speaker 1: Stunned by what had happened, The disciples said nothing. They

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Speaker 2: Lord, I don't know what to say. Ah, a day

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Speaker 2: of many firsts, I see.

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Speaker 1: Jesus could sense the swirling emotions of the disciples. They

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Speaker 1: had spent their whole lives praying for the Messiah, and

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Speaker 1: here he stood before them. Joy and awe welled up

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Speaker 5: But I must tell you something important. Though my father

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Speaker 5: has revealed to all of you today that I am

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Speaker 5: the Messiah, I must ask you to do one thing.

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Speaker 2: Yes, of course, Lord. Anything.

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Speaker 1: Peter found his voice once again and quickly embraced his

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Speaker 5: What you have so gladly received this day will not

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Speaker 5: be quickly received by everyone else. You must be careful

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Speaker 5: for now to not tell anyone who I am. When

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Speaker 4: This is the Jesus Podcast. I'm Ethan with Pray.com. Today

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Speaker 4: we continue through our mini-series on Jesus disrupting the status

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Speaker 4: quo and showing us a new way to live. This

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Speaker 4: series showcases Jesus' teachings and passions. and we will learn

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Speaker 4: about God's heart for people and His kingdom. Today, we're

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Speaker 4: going to explore a truly extraordinary event in the life

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Speaker 4: of Jesus, His transfiguration. This moment, recorded in Matthew 17,

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Speaker 4: verses 1-13, is like a window into the divine nature

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Speaker 4: of Christ, and it teaches us so much about who

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Speaker 4: He is and how we should respond to Him.

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Speaker 1: The disciples felt as though they were mishearing Jesus.

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Speaker 4: Surely the people of Israel will all lift up praise

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Speaker 4: to Adonai for bringing her the Messiah.

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Speaker 5: I greatly admire how you all have received me, and

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Speaker 5: for that you will be blessed. But this world is lost,

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Speaker 5: blinded by darkness. It has been appointed that the Son

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Speaker 5: of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by

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Speaker 5: the elders. the chief priests, and the teachers of the law.

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Speaker 2: Yes, master. We have seen this for ourselves.

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Speaker 5: You have seen a part of it, Peter, yes. But

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Speaker 5: this is surely only the beginning. The Son of Man

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Speaker 1: As the sun eased its way behind the hills, day

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Speaker 2: How could this be, Lord? Nothing like this will happen

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Speaker 2: to you. You have admitted it yourself. You are the Messiah.

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Speaker 3: You can take your rightful place on the throne and

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Speaker 3: finally free us from our oppression.

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Speaker 1: Jesus shot his eyes at Peter, piercing his heart like

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Speaker 1: Jesus rebuked him, but seemed to be looking through Peter

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Speaker 5: Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me.

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Speaker 5: Peter, you are not seeing things with God's concerns in mind.

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Speaker 5: You are being swept away by human concerns.

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Speaker 5: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take

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Speaker 1: His declaration broke the stillness of the evening. The disciples

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Speaker 1: Jesus was preparing to teach them an important lesson and

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Speaker 5: For whoever wants to save their life will lose it,

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Speaker 5: but whoever loses their life for me will find it. Solomon,

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Speaker 5: in all his wisdom and splendor, had every earthly pleasure

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Speaker 5: Oh, what can anyone give? In exchange for their soul.

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Speaker 5: For the Son of Man is going to come to

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Speaker 4: Lord, when shall all this come to pass?

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Speaker 2: Truly I tell you.

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Speaker 5: Some of you who are standing here will not taste

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Speaker 2: Man coming into his kingdom.

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Speaker 1: With that, Jesus rose up and went to bed. Peter

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Speaker 1: Still slightly anxious, Peter wrestled with his mind until he

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Speaker 7: Do you think we'll ever be allowed to tell the

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Speaker 2: Or maybe this is a test.

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Speaker 4: Maybe he wants us to tell people, but wants to

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Speaker 2: Not because he told us.

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Speaker 7: Don't hurt your brain, brother. You remember that he specifically

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Speaker 2: It's too early for this. Where is Jesus taking us?

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Speaker 7: He said he had something important to show us.

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Speaker 1: They saw Jesus make his way to the clearing at

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Speaker 1: He was out of their sight now. They looked up

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Speaker 1: It was the strangest sunrise they had ever seen. They

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Speaker 1: Beams of pure brilliance radiated from Christ. His face shone

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Speaker 2: Moses!

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Speaker 2: My Lord! My God!

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Speaker 1: The three disciples watched as Jesus spoke to them. Only

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Speaker 1: as though he was teaching Moses and Elijah. He had

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Speaker 1: He was standing before the three greatest men God had

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Speaker 7: Peter, what are you doing? I don't think we're supposed

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Speaker 7: to interrupt.

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Speaker 1: Like a little boy, Peter jumped up and down.

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Speaker 3: Oh, Lord, it is good that all of us are here.

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Speaker 3: We can set up three tabernacles, one for you, one

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Speaker 1: As Peter was frantically speaking, a bright light fell down

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Speaker 1: from heaven and consumed them like a whirlwind. The cloud

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