Following The Master: Discipleship in Action

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 23 to March 1

Key Verses:    Matthew 8:14, 15; Matthew 10:34-37; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 5:17-26 Key Ideas:    Discipleship is something that is active, not passive.  1. The first story in this lesson is the one of Jesus healing Simon...

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Experiencing Discipleship

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 16 to February 23

Key Texts:    Matthew 17:1-13; Matthew 18:1-4; Mark 27-30; John 6:43-58 Key Issues:    This week, we are asked to contemplate discipleship as an experience rather than just belief in a set of ideas.  We encounter some...

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Preparation for Discipleship

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 9 to February 16

Key Texts:    Matthew 5-7; Matthew 10:1, Matthew 5-11; Mark 3:1-19; Luke 6:12-16. Key Ideas:    A disciple, by definition, is a learner/follower of Jesus who works constantly to understand and become more like Jesus, and who...

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Ethnicity and Discipleship

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 2 to February 9

Key texts:    Matthew 15:21-28; Luke 7:1-11; Luke 17:11-16; John 1:3; Acts 10:1-28; I Corinthians 9:22. Key Issues:    There is an interesting progression in the Gospels and in Acts that leads away from Jerusalem and the...

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Gender and Discipleship

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 26 to February 2

Key Texts:    Mark 5:25-34; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 8:1-3; Luke 10:38-42; John 4:4-30. Key Issue:    This week the lesson looks at the various women who became followers of Jesus.  There are quite a few who are...

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Lessons from Would-Be-Disciples

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 19 to January 26

Key Texts:     Matthew 8:19-22; Matthew 19:16-26; Mark 10:17-23; Luke 4:16-30; Luke 18:18-30; John 3:1-21. Key Issues:    There are a number of instances recorded in the gospels of people who came to Jesus and volunteered...

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Called to Discipleship by Jesus

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 12 to January 19

Key Texts:    Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20;  Luke 5:1-11; John 1:35-51        Key Issues:    This week, we continue the subject started last week, discussing the fact of Jesus’ calling his disciples to follow him.  We will...

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Discipleship Then and Now

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 5 to January 12

Key Bible Passages:    Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19 Mark 16:20; John 3:21-30; John 12:20;  Acts 5:34-39. Key Issues:    The major focus of the lesson this week has to do with discipleship over the ages.  Certainly, even...

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An Overview of Discipleship

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 5

Key Verses:    Matthew 4:18-22;  Matthew 10:24-25; Luke 14:25, 26; Mark 3:13, 14 Key Issues:    What is discipleship, its essence?  Who may be a disciple?  How does one become a disciple?  What requirements does...

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Introduction

• Introduction

In this first quarter of 2008, the focus of the Good Word Sabbath School lessons, following the Adult Lesson Quarterly, will be on Christian discipleship, its various facets and meanings. A disciple is an apprentice,...

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Christ in the Crucible

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 22 to December 29

Christ in the Crucible. Why is the story of the dying and rising God, Jesus Christ, the true one and ultimately more powerful one, than the story of the conquering king? Note: The best resource...

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Dying Like a Seed

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 15 to December 22

Dying Like a Seed: In John 12:24, Jesus speaks of seed that must die in order to produce abundant fruit. What would such a death look like in a Christian who wants to be faithful...

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Waiting in the Crucible

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 8 to December 15

Waiting in the Crucible. How does a Christian know when to be aggressive, moving ahead vigorously, and when to be patient, waiting until the right time? For Discussion: When and how to wait. This week’s...

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Meekness in the Crucible

• Lesson 10 for the week of December 1 to December 8

Meekness in the Crucible. If we accept our difficult situations in humility and meekness, do we lose the opportunity to change the world and make it a better place for human habitation? For Discussion: Meek...

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