Lesson three, continued:

• Teaching method

  • Get their attention and interest

    • Wonders and miracles – Luke 5:12-15

    • Relate to “real” world situations

      • Parables

      • Figures (shepherds, servants, kings, etc.)

  • Lecture and demonstration

    • Jesus taught crowds of people – Matthew 4:23-5:1

    • In doing this, He demonstrated the skill to His disciples

  • Practice – Luke 9:1-6; 10:1

  • Review – Luke 9:10; 10:17

  • Repeat

• For what purpose?

  • Original promise of following Jesus

    • Becoming fishers of men

    • Bear witness to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus – Luke 24:25-49; John 15:26-27

    • What not just a matter of the Holy Spirit giving them the words

    • Being a witness added to the authoritative stature of the apostle – Acts 1:21-23

      • Baptism of Jesus attested to His righteousness – Matthew 3:13-15; John 15:10

      • Resurrection is a centerpiece of the gospel – I Corinthians 15:12-19

      • True resurrection to life – no more subject to death and decay – Romans 6:9

Lesson four:

• Teaching the apostles

  • Some of the major themes

    • Humility – Luke 22:24-26

    • Kingdom not forwarded by violence – Luke 9:55

    • Words matter – choose wisely – Matthew 12:36

    • Choose who to serve – Matthew 6:24

    • The heart is the beginning of devotion to God – Matthew 15:8

    • Humility of anonymity brings the best rewards – Matthew 6:1-8

• More on teaching methods

  • Taught by authority – Mark 1:21-22

  • Used stories with familiar themes – Matthew 13:1-9

  • Used attention-getting hyperbole – Matthew 5:29-30; 7:3-5

  • Used sound bites – Luke 6:37-39

  • Asked questions, sometimes rhetorical – Matthew 16:26; 22:17-22