Listen to Him
Read in your Bible: Matthew 15–17.
Jesus challenges traditions that evade God's commands, receives a Gentile woman's appeal and prepares His disciples for suffering. At the transfiguration, the Father's voice directs them to listen to His beloved Son. Glory does not remove the approaching path of the cross.
Following Jesus means hearing both His comfort and the truths that unsettle our expectations. An impressive spiritual experience cannot replace continued attention to His teaching. The chapters also challenge the assumption that people outside our familiar group cannot respond with sincere faith.
Read one saying of Jesus that you tend to pass over. Ask what obedience requires in your present relationships. Honour a sincere question from someone whose background differs from yours, without assuming you already know the limits of their faith.
Related reading and source notes.
Read the Bible passage first. These notes identify related Ellen G. White chapters; a related reading is not a claim that she wrote this interpretation. Any direct quotations are marked separately. The explanations and applications are The Earl Project’s own.
1The Desire of Ages · Chapter 46—He Was TransfiguredDA, chapter 46
White’s chapter on the transfiguration is related reading on Christ’s revealed glory and the call to listen to Him as He approaches the cross.
Read alongside: Matthew 15–17
Read the original chapter on EGW Writings ↗A question to sit with
What part of Jesus' teaching have I kept outside my practical expectations?
Act on one clear teaching of Jesus that challenges a settled habit or assumption.
Let us pray
Beloved Son, teach me to listen beyond what I find immediately comforting. Shape my expectations through Your words and help me recognise sincere faith without the prejudice of familiar boundaries. Amen.
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An original interpretation from The Earl Project, written from an Adventist understanding of Scripture. It is not an official church publication. Read alongside the beliefs that inform these reflections. Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Ellen G. White sources are cited separately from The Earl Project’s original interpretation.