THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
/Thursday, September 8, 2022
Prepared to Change the World
1 John 2: 3 – 6 (NLT)
And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 4 If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. 5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.
One reason the gospel spread rapidly during the days of the early church was because Jesus’ disciples weren’t simply people who heard his teachings and agreed with them. Rather, Jesus had called them to be His chosen disciples who had a passion to not only know what Jesus knew, but to put His teachings into practice and to seek to live as He lived. Jesus’ disciples in turn developed close relationships with others who would themselves become disciples.
Jesus trained His disciples by instruction and example, and also by giving them opportunities to practice what they had learned. Read the following accounts of Jesus sending out His disciples to minister.
Sending out the Twelve READ: LUKE 9: 1 – 9
How did Jesus instruct them?
What did the disciples do?
What were the results?
Sending out the Seventy-two READ: Luke 10: 1 - 12; 17 – 20
How did Jesus instruct them?
What did the disciples do?
What were the results?