Welcome To The Learner I
12 Chapters The Learner I (12 Week Course)
Chapter One Becoming A Disciple
Chapter Two What is Man?
Chapter Three Man: From Fall Unto Faith!
Chapter Four These Three Are One!
Chapter Five Light Vs. Darkness!
Chapter Six Who Is Man With Christ?
Chapter Seven Prayer And Confession
Chapter Eight Forgiveness
Chapter Nine How To Handle Hard Times
Chapter Ten God And Deliverance
Chapter Eleven Faith In Action
Chapter Twelve Workers Needed
Plus Memory Verses at the end of each Chapter!
Chapter One:
Becoming A Disciple
Primary Message: Whom say ye that I am? Mathew 16:15
Worldview: I am all that I need, I have the ability and power to be anything and do anything that I choose in life.
Evangelistic Emphasis: Jesus is the Word of God. And the word became flesh and dwelt among us.. John 1:14 Behold the Lamb of God! |
From the start of His ministry Jesus began to select people to follow him and be assistants to the work of God. As he called them to follow he taught them and shared with them a close relationship, enabling them to become mature and to be used by God for the kingdoms glory. In some cases we can see that it was a hard walk requiring much commitment and sacrifice on their part and in some cases we can find that a few fell away and no longer walked with Jesus.
The purpose of calling others to be Disciples is to mature them and to equip them with the tools necessary to take Jesus message of salvation to the world, to bring forth fruit that remains, and to strengthen them to endure and keep the faith to the very end.
There are critical steps to take that will ensure success. We will start with one word that we find in our Bibles, it may be one of the most important words of action that we can take as Christians and one of the hardest words to do.
Turn with me to John chapter 15 and begin to read until you find the word abide Yes this is a critical word. As the sheep that are abiding beneath the tree soaking up the shade on a hot summer day, we also must be abiding in his presence, at His feet.
Get this word into your soul and daily exercise it. This will bring many blessings to you.
Now that we have started as sheep that are simply abiding, let us go on to our first lesson.
Who is Jesus? John 1:1-14
1. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
2. The same was in the beginning with God.
3. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.
4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5. And the light shined in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all men through him might believe.
8. He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of the light.
9. That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him and the world knew him not.
11. He came unto his own and his own received him not.
12. But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13. Which were born not of blood, nor the will of flesh, nor the will of man, but of God.
14. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Wow! Jesus is the same word that we read today in our Holy Bible! The word was in the beginning of all things, the word created all things, and the word lives among us even today! God has never changed!
Accepting God at His word is to accept Jesus, Gods son and accept that Jesus was sent to us as Gods word for man. God has always had a word with a purpose and a teaching that is meant for man. God loves us and He wants all that is good for us, but we must accept this truth and to accept this starts with accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
Jesus is what God has determined to be good for us and we must accept this knowing that Jesus is Gods son and our Savior and His words are life.
After reading these verses what questions do you have?
Have you ever been taught that everything began another way such as The Big Bang or Evolution?
Do you feel that these ideas of how the world began would prefer to leave Jesus out of the history of the world?
Who is Jesus to you?
Where did he come from?
Why did he come?
Why should we follow him?
These questions might strike you as very simple, but I have been surprised to find the many different beliefs about whom Jesus is by asking who people say he is. One of the most important questions, I believe, in life is
