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Class day 8
Maturing in Christ, Serving Community
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 4:11-13
Christ chose some of us to be apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers, 12 so his people would learn to serve and his body would grow strong. 13 This will continue until we are united by our faith and by our understanding of the Son of God. Then we will be mature in Christ; the measure of the stature of the fullness of and the completeness found in Him.
Prayer:
Thank You, Jehovah- Rapha, Our God who heals and restores us, who makes us whole. We come before You today, laying down all shame and guilt, grant us a repentant heart so we can see Your holiness. Work through our imperfections so we do not rely on our own selves, but find strength in You. Refine and sanctify us into the likeness of Jesus. By Your Word, let Your truth illuminate our minds and hearts, to help us navigate this world, and help us show others Your truth so they may be free.
In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen
The Great Commission
Matthew 28: 18-20
18 Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
Remember your actions and words are planting a seed. Your actions and words should look like Jesus’ ministry, like he told the disciples when he sent them out 2x2.
If Jesus commissioned us to do His Will, He has made us worthy, and any doubt is planted by the enemy.
River (of life) flows out of us:
John 7: 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
Ezekiel 47: 9 …so where the river flows, everything will live…. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.
Revelation 22:1-2 Eden Restored
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
We are the body of Christ, and He is the head. Meaning the whole body has to function well to accomplish on earth as it is in heaven.
Imagine you live in a dorm, or apartments, or live with a big family. Guy across the hall from you has roaches, guy downstairs smokes, one of the kids came home with lice. Do these things affect you? Even though you did everything right. You have roaches, smell like smoke, and get the lice.
If the community is unhealthy, the body, you are susceptible to that. Especially if they're your family or friends.
If someone falls, we can help them back up, as God helps us back up.
MIcah 7: 8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
Ecclesiastes 4: 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
Psalm 37: 24 Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord grasps his hand in support and upholds him
You are salt and light, Beatitudes Matthew 5: 13-16,
Jesus doesn’t say we are cursed or original sin, He says we are original glory, original destiny, original design, original identity, which is in His image, in His heart.
The curse (the enemy), stole our glory, destiny, and identity. Jesus redeemed us from the curse with His resurrection. Matthew 5:17-20 fulfillment of the law
Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
The Fulfillment of the Law
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
As we mature in Christ, we become sons and daughters and re-ignite that light. Hence born again. Rid the darkness in our life. Invite God back into it. And then shine His light to the world so they can all see and feel His love and forgiveness.
Philippians 4: 9 Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and model your way of living on it, and the God of peace will be with you.
All of Matthew 13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting beside the sea.
2 But such great crowds gathered about Him that He got into a boat and remained sitting there, while all the throng stood on the shore.
3 And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up.
5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away.
7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out.
8 Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain—some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty.
9 He who has ears [to hear], let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.
10 Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?
11 And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12 For whoever has [spiritual knowledge], to him will more be given and he will be furnished richly so that he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13 This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.
14 In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.
15 For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them.
16 But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.
17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
18 Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:
19 While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not grasp and comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the roadside.
20 As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes and accepts it with joy;
21 Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and [j]begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away.
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the Word, but the cares of the world and the pleasure and delight and glamour and deceitfulness of riches choke and suffocate the Word, and it yields no fruit.
23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty.
24 Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way.
26 So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also.
27 And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it?
28 He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out?
29 But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it.
30 Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary.
31 Another story by way of comparison He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Of all the seeds it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and find shelter in its branches.
33 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened.
34 These things [l]all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them.
35 This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world.
36 Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.
37 He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one,
39 And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense [persons by whom others are drawn into error or sin] and all who do iniquity and act wickedly,
42 And will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.
43 Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears [to hear] be listening, and let him consider and perceive and understand by hearing.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field.
45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and [p]precious pearls,
46 Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort.
48 When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.
49 So it will be at the close and consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God)
50 And cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.
51 Have you understood all these things [parables] taken together? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.
52 He said to them, Therefore every teacher and interpreter of the Sacred Writings who has been instructed about and trained for the kingdom of heaven and has become a disciple is like a householder who brings forth out of his storehouse treasure that is new and [treasure that is] old [the fresh as well as the familiar].
53 When Jesus had finished these parables (these comparisons), He left there.
54 And coming to His own country [Nazareth], He taught in their synagogue so that they were amazed with bewildered wonder, and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
55 Is not this the carpenter’s Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And do not all His sisters live here among us? Where then did this Man get all this?
57 And they took offense at Him [they were repelled and hindered from acknowledging His authority, and caused to stumble]. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.
58 And He did not do many works of power there, because of their unbelief (their lack of faith in the divine mission of Jesus).
Things to remember:
Choose life not death, blessing not curse-and practice it! Choosing is not just in thought, it’s in action.
Deut 30:19 and 11:26
But, people have the free will to choose, however in my experience they don’t usually realize they’re choosing curse and death. Whether through their choices, beliefs, or even words.
TREE of LIFE/GOD
God’s Will, Light, Peace, Joy, Love, Humility, Innocence, Life-giving, Honor, Respect, Grace, Forgiveness.
Verses Tree of good/evil, Tree of Me
Sin, darkness, pride, envy, blaming, shame, hiding, hate, dishonor, judgmental, selfish,
bitterness.
Oppression and sickness (death and curse) is just garbage looking for a place to live. When people feel the light and love of God(through you), and the truth and freedom He has for their lives, they will be more apt to choose life and blessing.
When you speak to people try and speak to them as God would:
GOD’S VOICE:
Stills you
Leads you
Reassures you
Enlightens you
Encourages you
Comforts you
Calms you
Convicts you
Versus satans voice: rushes, pushes, frightens, confuses, discourages, worries,
obsesses, condemns.
Jesus, when He was with the woman at the well, and the woman the pharisees accused of a adultery and wanted to stone, first He gets on their level, doesn’t condemn them or judge, uses eye contact, speaks with love, establishes a relationship, gets rid of their shame, and tells them He has something better. Paths of righteousness start with relationship, love, grace, the kindness of the Lord which leads people to repentance. Remember repentance to God has no regret because He fills the cup with salvation. The Father in heaven does not condemn us for our sins.
Prayers with scripture:
For I am not ashamed of this good news about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. – Romans 1:16 NLT
But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don’t be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at telling others the good news, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you. – 2 Timothy 4:5 NLT
And then He told them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone.” – Mark 16:15 NLT
So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making His appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” – 2 Corinthians 5:20 NLT
Jesus, Thank You for making me Your ambassador to my friends. Show me how to live my life in such a way that my friends see You in me. Help me to remember when I share the gospel, I speak on Your behalf. In Your name, amen.
Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. – 1 Peter 3:15 NLT
Lord, thank You for transforming me and helping me grow to be more like You. It is too easy for me to skip sharing the gospel with my friends because I don’t always feel ready. Help me to be intentional in bringing the gospel of Jesus into my conversations and to remain in a position of readiness to share it. In the name of Jesus, amen.
For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. – Ephesians 2:10 NLT
Thank you, Lord, for helping me accomplish what You have planned for me through Your grace. Help me influence my friends for Jesus’ glory, and let me lean into the confidence that doing this aligns my life to Your plans and purposes. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT
Lord, there are many instances when I don’t feel qualified to share the Bible with my friends. May Your power appear greatest in my weakness. As I allow Your power to work through me, I pray my friends will be shaped significantly. In Jesus’ mighty name, amen.
“This is My commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-13 NLT
God, sometimes when I’m with my friends, it’s easy to notice their faults and issues. Help me to remember to love them in the same way that You have loved me. Allow that love to propel me to share the good news with them, and I pray that I can count it a joy to know Your Son by sharing Your love with my friends. I pray all these things in Jesus’ name, amen.
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