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Have you ever had a mountaintop experience with the Lord that was so refreshing you honestly felt like nothing would ever bring you back down to earth?
2. Was your mountaintop experience immediately followed by the crushing impact of being cast down to earth because of spiritual warfare?

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3. Life is filled with peaks and valleys. Spiritually speaking, Mount Everest revivals are often followed by Death Valley battles.
4. This is a scheme of the enemy. Satan seeks to “steal and kill and destroy”. (John 10:10).
5. It’s critical for us to understand the devil’s schemes so that we are not caught off guard by Death Valley battles.
6. Tonight, we will discover from Matthew 17:14-21 the keys to having a faith that is alive and growing, a faith that moves mountains when there is spiritual warfare!

Matthew 17:14-21

Context
1. At this point in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus was approximately six months away from going to Jerusalem, where He would “suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.” (16:21)
2. In light of this, Jesus told His disciples about what would happen in order to prepare them.
3. But Peter didn’t approve of Jesus’ warning, so he rebuked Him and said, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” (16:22)
4. Jesus didn’t entertain Peter’s words for a moment. In fact, as soon as the words left Peter’s mouth, Jesus turned His back to Peter, and rebuked him with the strongest possible rebuke, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” (16:23)
5. Then Jesus called His disciples to Himself and shared what it means to be His disciple, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” (16:24)
6. Jesus concluded by promising, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” (16:28)
7. According to Matthew 17:1, Peter, James, and John only waited six days for the fulfillment of Jesus’ words.
8. Jesus took Peter, James, and John to the majestic Mount Hermon and “was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.” (17:2)
9. Moses and Elijah also appeared with Jesus and they discussed the work that Jesus would accomplish through His death in Jerusalem. (Luke 9:31)
10. As they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” (17:9)

Transition – Imagine how Peter, James, and John must have felt after the Transfiguration.
• The glory of Jesus unveiled, a sneak preview of what is to come when the King of glory returns to establish His glorious kingdom!
• But their joy was quickly dampened when, to put it nicely, they saw a problem in the valley below!
• They went from the glory of heaven to the attacks of hell!

I. Let Jesus be the Lord of Your Valleys (14-18)

• Satan didn’t waste time in bringing Peter, James, and John back to earth for the “next day” they were met with spiritual warfare. (Luke 9:37)
• Mark’s Gospel states that the nine apostles who were left behind were surrounded by a large crowd and “some scribes” were “arguing with them”. (Mark 9:14)
• Jesus came up to the disciples and asked, “What are you discussing with them?” (Mark 9:16)
• Suddenly, a desperate father ran up to Jesus, fell on his knees before Him and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.” (17:14-15)
• Mark and Luke gave us additional insight into the boy’s condition for the demon had made the boy mute, foam at the mouth, grind his teeth, scream, convulse, and maul himself. It was life or death for the boy. (Mark 9:17-18; Luke 9:39)

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