The experience of Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration was so great and glorious and yet Mark 9 reveals four different scenarios that reveal the immaturity of the disciples indicating their need for indoctrination. Spiritual immaturity was evident in 1) Peter’s words on the mount, 2) the failure of the disciples to cast the demon out of the possessed boy, 3) the inability of the disciples to accept Christ’s passion in Jerusalem, and 4) the disciples seeking positions of status in Christ’s Kingdom