1st Quarter 2008 – Good Word

Key Texts: Matthew 28:31-46; Mark 16:14-20; Luke 24:36-53; John 3:14-19 Key Ideas: The lesson this week focuses on the links between the mission Jesus gave his disciples (The Great Commission) and the Gospel. 1. It...

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More Lessons in Discipleship

Lesson 11 for the week of March 8 to March 15

Key Texts: Matthew 14:22-33; Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 4:36-41; Mark 6:51, 52; Luke 8:25; Luke 24:37 Key Ideas: We encounter a number of stories that are well-known. First, there is the story of the disciples at...

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Discipleship Under Pressure

Lesson 10 for the week of March 1 to March 8

Key Texts: Matthew 26:56; Luke 9:51-56; John 6:1-15; John 12:1-6; John 18:1-11; John 21:15-19 Key Ideas: This week, we will look at the human side of the disciples. Time and again, their humanness burst out. ...

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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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