| LESSON 3 | *January 12 - 18 |
| Called to Discipleship by
Jesus |  |
Read for This Week's Study:
Memory Text:
| | "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1, NIV). |
| | When Garibaldi published that famous proclamation to his soldiers after the storming of Rome, 'Soldiers! I have nothing to offer you but hunger, thirst, hardship, death. Let all who love their country follow me!' he knew many a gallant youth would follow him, accepting hunger, and thirst, and death."—A. Gordon Nasby, ed., Treasury of the Christian World (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1953), p. 92. Unlike Garibaldi's, Jesus' call was not for love of country but for love of God, a call that—though possibly involving hunger, thirst, hardship, and death—also offers the promise of eternal life. Thus, people then and now accept His call to follow and to commit their lives to Him, and by so doing make a difference in this world now and for eternity. This week we will take another look at the earliest calls to discipleship, and seek to glean from them lessons for ourselves. |
This Week at a Glance:
| | What were the first calls to discipleship like? What role did Scripture have in those calls? What can we learn from the call of Levi Matthew? Despite many differences, what are some of the common elements found in the call to discipleship? What advantages do we have today over the early disciples? |
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, January 19.
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