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Power and Glory | Matthew 17:1-9 | Sermon from 02-15-2026 | First Good Shepherd Lutheran
We all say we want to see the Lord’s power and glory, but we have a habit of defining those words like the world does. We look for control, wins, and somebody finally getting their way. Peter wanted that kind of Messiah too, and honestly, so do we more often than we want to admit. But Jesus shows a different kind of power, and a different kind of glory.
On the mountain, Jesus shines, Moses and Elijah appear, and the whole moment is pointing somewhere. Not to a political takeover. Not to a triumph story with no suffering. It points to His “exodus,” His cross, where the innocent One carries real guilt, not His own, but ours. That is the glory: Jesus takes our sin off our shoulders and puts it on His body. Then He comes to us in mercy, touches what is terrified and frozen, and raises us into new life. If you want to see God’s power, look at the cross. If you want to know His glory, stay there.