The Lord Jesus had 12 original disciples, but those men were just the first of many more followers of Christ.

They are an example for us to learn from and a reminder that God works in ordinary people.

Are you a true follower of Jesus Christ?

Let's study The 12 with Scott Pauli today

and find truth that will help us all to follow more closely to Christ. And after six days, Jesus taketh with him, Peter and James and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves, and he was transfigured before them.

These are the words of Mark chapter 9, verse number two.

And if you've been with us in our study, you're starting to see a pattern.

Do you remember in Mark chapter number three that the Lord took three men and changed their names?

There were 12 disciples, but there were three that were the inner circle, Peter, James, and John.

In Mark chapter 5, he takes them for the first time on a field trip.

His students learn a lot on field trips, you know.

He takes them on a field trip to the house of a man whose daughter had died, and he lets

them watch as he raises her from the dead.

And now we've come to Mark chapter number nine, and what does he do?

He takes them again in fact the same

two words are found here he taketh with him remember mark chapter three they should be with him it's

always about being with christ look if you're a christian the lord is with you today he promised he would

never leave you and he would never forsake you.

Aren't you glad about that? Aren't you rejoicing today that you belong to the Lord and that he belongs to you?

But may I ask, have you spent time with him recently?

We're to be with him. He taketh with him, Peter, James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves,

and he was transfigured before them. So this is the Mount of Transfiguration. It's the greatest

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