1. Getting it Right - "You are the Christ ..."

 2. Getting it Wrong - "Far be it from you, Lord."

1. Eyewitness Experience - "we were eyewitnesses of his majesty"

2. Something More Sure in the Word - "we have something more sure, the prophetic word"

1. the Ending we want - "complete, equipped for every..."

2. the Means we don't - "teaching, reproof, correction, training"

3. the Source we can't - "all scripture is breathed out by God"

 1. Unveiling - "bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil ..."

 2. Beholding - "beholding the glory of the Lord"

 3. Transforming - "being transformed ... one degree of glory to another"

version from New Philadelphia on 11/25

1. About Him (not us) - "Thus it is written: the Christ..."

2. About His Expereince (not ours) - "should suffer and on the third day rise"

3. About His Shared Benefits (not private) - "repentance and forgiveness proclaimed to all"

1. The Invitation (why to come) - "everyone who thirst .. come to me"

2. The Instruction (how to come) - "seek ... call ... forsake ... return ... abundant pardon"

3. The Impact (what comes) - "everlasting covenant ... everlasting sign"

1. Wanted Forever - "I desire that they may be with me..."

2. Sent Already - "... you have sent me ..."

3. Loved Even Now - "the love ... may be in them and I in them."

1. Glory in place of Shame - "The glory you have given me, I have given to them."

2. Unity in place of Conflict - "that they may be one ... even as we are one"

3. Influence in place of Insignificance - "so that the world may believe/know..."

1. Different than the World;

2. Directed into the World

1. Who? - "Father ... your Son";

2. When? - "the hour has come";

3. What? - "glorify"