Past Issues – Page 47

Christ’s Death and the Law

Lesson 6 for the week of May 3 to May 10

Leading Question: “Does the death of Christ nullify the law?” Introduction to the Issue: When one links Christ’s death with the law, the clear implication is that the law is an instrument of condemnation, not...

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Christ and the Sabbath

Lesson 5 for the week of April 26 to May 3

Leading Question: “What did Jesus do to transform the human understanding of the Sabbath?” Introduction to the Issue. In our modern world the idea of sacred time has nearly vanished. “Remember the Sabbath to keep...

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Christ and the Law in the Sermon on the Mount

Lesson 4 for the week of April 19 to April 26

Leading question: Does the Sermon on the Mount make keeping the law harder or easier? Introduction to the Issue: Jesus’ treatment of the law in Matthew 5 (Sermon on the Mount) raises acute questions, not...

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Christ and Religious Tradition

Lesson 3 for the week of April 12 to April 19

Leading Question: “How do we know which traditions to keep and which ones we can safely ignore?” Introduction to the issue. When addressing the questions of what laws and traditions we should retain and which...

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Christ and the Law of Moses

Lesson 2 for the week of April 5 to April 12

Leading Question: “Where does Moses talk about Jesus?” Introduction to the Issue: In John 5:46 Jesus states that Moses “wrote about me.” But how could that be? Perhaps only in the sense that the principles...

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Laws in Christ’s Day

Lesson 1 for the week of March 29 to April 5

Leading Question: “Should believers respond to civil law in the same way that they respond to religious law? Introduction to the Issue: This week’s lesson gives us the opportunity to look at “law” in a...

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The Cost of Discipleship

Lesson 13 for the week of March 22 to March 29

Introduction:This final lesson on the topic of discipleship is a reality check. If a person is to follow a life of discipleship i.e. personally be a disciple and work to win others to such a...

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The Harvest and the Harvesters

Lesson 12 for the week of March 15 to March 22

Introduction:In many ways this lesson continues on from the previous one which showed that Jesus chose apostles to train and carry on His work of making disciples. We look more in depth in this lesson...

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Discipling Spiritual Leaders

Lesson 11 for the week of March 8 to March 15

Introduction:The lesson series shifts gears in this segment. It moves from describing and talking about reaching specific groups with the Jesus message to talking about how to prepare disciple makers. Jesus knew His time on...

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Discipling the Nations

Lesson 10 for the week of March 1 to March 8

Introduction:The special population discussed in this lesson is by far the largest group of all and probably the most challenging group for Jews. Jews considered themselves God’s special chosen people and did not expect God...

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Discipling the Powerful

Lesson 9 for the week of February 22 to March 1

Introduction:Another segment of the population on the upper levels of society is the powerful. They can be and need to be approached and discipled as well. This lesson discusses 3 kinds of powerful people –...

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With the Rich and Famous

Lesson 8 for the week of February 15 to February 22

Introduction:We now move to the other extreme of the social scale – the rich and famous. We move from the poverty and weakness of the social outcast to the power and prestige of the rich...

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Jesus and the Social Outcasts

Lesson 7 for the week of February 8 to February 15

Introduction:In this lesson we move down one level from the “ordinary people” of last week and talk about Jesus and social outcasts. Jesus not only related well to ordinary people, he seemed to have a...

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Discipling the “Ordinary”

Lesson 6 for the week of February 1 to February 8

Introduction:The next group of people we consider in our study of discipling are called “ordinary” people. Our study guide defines these people as carpenters, fishermen, farmers, housewives, shepherds, soldiers & servants. Jesus himself came from...

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Christ’s Death and the Law

Christ and the Sabbath

Christ and the Law in the Sermon on the Mount

Christ and Religious Tradition

Christ and the Law of Moses

Laws in Christ’s Day

The Cost of Discipleship

The Harvest and the Harvesters

Discipling Spiritual Leaders

Discipling the Nations

Discipling the Powerful

With the Rich and Famous

Jesus and the Social Outcasts

Discipling the “Ordinary”

The Last Five Kings of Judah

Elijah’s and Elisha’s Mantle

Deuteronomy in the New Testament

Reality Check

Standing All in the Will of God

Living with Each Other

Reality Check

That We May Know Him

What Inspiration Is

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