Sunday, September 1, 2013

September 8, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew - Jesus Calls His First Disciples



September 8, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Jesus Calls His First Disciples


September 8, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – Jesus Calls His First Disciples
The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew

Matthew 28 - New International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples

       Matthew 4:18-25
Where did Jesus walk?

Who did He see?

What were they doing?

What did Jesus invite them to do?

In your opinion, is the invitation more effective because it was in terms that they were comfortable with?

In your opinion, does Jesus invite us in the same way?

How did Simon and Andrew respond to the invitation of Jesus?

What were James and John doing when Jesus saw them?

In your opinion, does Jesus see us at work?

When Jesus called James and John what did they do?

What three things did Jesus do throughout Galilee:
1)

2)

3)

In your opinion, why did news about Jesus spread all over Syria?

What did Jesus do for the people who were brought to him?

Where were the large crowds who followed Jesus from?

Isaiah 6:1-13
Who did Isaiah see?

What was He like?

What were the seraphim saying?

When the seraphim spoke what happened?

How did Isaiah respond to what he saw?

In your opinion, what caused him to respond in this way?

What did the seraphim do with the live coal taken from the alter?

What was the effect of the coal on Isaiah?

Whose voice did Isaiah hear?

What was the question that Isaiah heard?

How did Isaiah respond?

What message was Isaiah to give?

In your opinion, why would God give Isaiah a message of failure for the people?

How long is Isaiah to give this message?

In your opinion, what does the promise of the “holy seed will be the stump” (NIV) mean?

In your opinion, does God call people today?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 4:18-22?

         Romans 12:1-13
What has God shared with us that causes Paul to encourage the offering of our bodies to God?

How are our bodies to be offered?

What are we not to be conformed to?

How should we be transformed?

If we are transformed, what are we to be able to do?

In your opinion, what does it mean to “approve” (NIV) God’s will?

How are we to think of ourselves?

What do the many form in Christ?

What determines our different gifts?

In your opinion, what is the common thing that Paul says about how we should react to the gifts?

What must love be?

How are we to be devoted to one another?

What are our zeal and spiritual fervor to cause us to do?

How are we to hope?

How are we to deal with affliction?

How are we to pray?

In your opinion, what does it mean to “Practice hospitality” (NIV)?

In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about Matthew 4:18-22?

            So, what do these passages lead us to understand about the Great Commission?

So, what components of the Great Commission does this illustrate?

                              1)  Jesus
               2) All authority in heaven and on earth
               3) Go and make disciples
               4) Baptize them
               5) Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
               6) Teaching them to obey everything
               7) I am with you always
               8) All Nations
               9) Obey Commandments

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