PRESENTATION NAME

1
Hills and Valleys of Life
Mark 827-33
2
Mark 827-30
27 Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the
towns of Caesarea Philippi and on the road He
asked His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men
say that I am?" 28 So they answered, "John the
Baptist but some say, Elijah and others, one of
the prophets." 29 He said to them, "But who do
you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to
Him, "You are the Christ." 30 Then He strictly
warned them that they should tell no one about
Him.
3
Mark 831-33
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man
must suffer many things, and be rejected by the
elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He
spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside
and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had
turned around and looked at His disciples, He
rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For
you are not mindful of the things of God, but the
things of men."
4
Hill and Valley

• Peter is on the hill
• He confesses the Jesus is the Christ
• He did something right
• Then comes the valley
• He is called Satan
• Jesus rebukes him

5
Syrian Thinking

• 1 Kings 20
• Great slaughter v. 21
• Second army v. 25
• 127,000 killed in one day
• Plan for second attempt
• What went so wrong?

6
Syrian Thinking
1 Kings 2023 Then the servants of the king of
Syria said to him, "Their gods are gods of the
hills. Therefore they were stronger than we but
if we fight against them in the plain, surely we
will be stronger than they.
7
Elijah Mt. Carmel

• 1 Kings 18-19
• On Mt. Carmel
• Baal God of lightning
• Prayed all day no fire from heaven
• Elijah's turn 12 barrels of water
• Prayed fire bured offering, wood, stones, and
  water in trench

8
Elijah Valley of Jezreel

• 1 Kings 18-19
• Threatened with his life
• Ran 18 miles servant quit
• He ran another 20 miles
• He hid in a cave ready to die
• What are you doing here?

9
John the Baptizer
Matthew 35-7 5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and
all the region around the Jordan went out to him
6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan,
confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of
the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his
baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who
warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
10
John the Baptizer
John 136 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he
said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" Matthew 112-3 2
And when John had heard in prison about the works
of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 3 and
said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or do we
look for another?"
11
Peter on the mountain

• Transfiguration Matthew 171-2
• 1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and
  John his brother, led them up on a high mountain
  by themselves 2 and He was transfigured before
  them. His face shone like the sun, and His
  clothes became as white as the light.

12
Peter in the valley

• Denied Christ Matthew 2674-75
• 74 Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I
  do not know the Man!" Immediately a rooster
  crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus
  who had said to him, "Before the rooster crows,
  you will deny Me three times." So he went out and
  wept bitterly.

13
Job from hill to valley

• Blessed by God Had everything
• Lost it all in one day
• Family
• Home
• Possessions
• Income

14
Jesus from hill to valley

• Triumphant Entry
• Palm leaves
• People saying, Hosana
• One week later
• Crucify Him!

15
Us from hill to valley

• Life is full of ups and downs
• Jesus is always present
• At the high spots of life
• AND in the deepest valley
• Acts 1727 so that they should seek the Lord, in
  the hope that they might grope for Him and find
  Him, though He is not far from each one of us.