Subject: Worshp - Mark 9-10

Mark 9:4-6 (ESV Strong's)
And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.

Subject: Worship

What is at the center of your worship?  God always seems to discover what is at the center.  In the above passage we have the story often referred to as, The Mount of Transfiguration.   Jesus takes Peter, James and John to the top of the mountain and he is "transfigured" before them into a bright white light.   While there the figures of Moses and Elijah also appear.   How Peter, James or John would know what Moses or Elijah looked like, we have no idea.   Yet, they did.  As a result Peter, go figure, becomes the spokes-person.   But, he doesn't know what to say.  What do we do when we don't know what to say?   We often just start talking.   That is what Peter did and he blurted out that they should build "tents" (a type of way to show honor and praise for someone) for Moses, Elijah and Jesus.   God speaks out, as a result of Peter's suggestion.   God doesn't directly condemn Peter's "art of worship" but He does make sure Peter knows who should be worshiped.   God tells the three disciples that it Jesus (God's Son) that is to be honored and to listen to Him.    Peter wanted to honor all three of them the same.   God said, NO!!  Honor my Son.   It is so tempted to put men on the same level as Jesus.   We honor "men of God," often, at the same level as we honor Jesus.   When we are out of words to say we often say the wrong thing.   Perhaps a question would have been more appropriate for Peter:  "What would you like us to do Jesus?"  God always speaks to what we put at the center of our worship.   Peter attempted to put the iconic Moses and Elijah into the center of their worship.   God said no.  We have to be careful that we don't, on impulse, put something, or someone, else in the middle of our worship, on the same level as Jesus.