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...
The Last Five Kings of Judah
October 10, 2015
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
Introduction:The second specialized group our lesson deals with is the sick. One wonders if the title of this lesson should really be “healing the sick” rather than “discipling the sick”. The lesson mainly discusses Jesus’...
Introduction:After finishing three introductory lessons on foundational principles for all disciple making, this lesson moves on to begin talking about certain groups or classes of people that need special attention and methods as we endeavor...
Introduction:This lesson follows on the first two topics which emphasize, to begin with, the fact that the Bible’s authority is a basis for leading others to discipleship and secondly, that parable, metaphor and story are...
Introduction:In our continuing study of discipleship we discover this week that Jesus and the scriptures are often taught by using stories, parables and metaphors. The purpose was to disciple. He used this method to reach...
Introduction:This lesson emphasizes the fact that Jesus was deeply committed to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament of Genesis to Malachi. He studied, read and quoted from it regularly and clearly viewed it as authoritative....
Scripture: Heb 10:19-25 Leading Question: What would happen to our understanding of God and our responsibilities before him if the book of Hebrews were simply to disappear from our Bibles? 1. The Special Content of the...
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