Discipleship
SABBATH AFTERNOON Read for This Week's Study:
Exod. 18:13-27, Matt. 4:19, 9:9, Mark 3:13-19, 8:31-38, Rom. 8:18
Memory Text:
" 'This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples' " (John 15:8, NIV).
It is important that we use our intellectual capacities to grasp as much as is humanly possible of what God has revealed to us. Yet, perfect knowledge of all doctrine is not a prerequisite for salvation. We are, though, commanded to do all the things that we have been instructed to do. To be a disciple is to be a lifelong learner and follower of the Master.What is a disciple? The SDA Bible Dictionary defines it, basically, as "one who, as a student or adherent, follows the teaching of another, especially of a public teacher. In the NT 'disciple' is the translation of the Gr. mathetes . . . which is related to manthano, 'to learn,' hence means 'a learner,' 'a pupil,' 'an adherent' "—Page 288. Let's look a little closer at what it means to be a disciple.
The Week at a Glance:
A disciple is a lifelong learner. When Christ calls us, we are to follow, wherever He leads and no matter the suffering involved, for it will involve suffering if for no other reason than it must involve sacrifice. In human terms the rewards for discipleship seem rather meager. But when the true dimension of life in Christ is discovered, we realize it's worth suffering for, no matter the cost here now.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 6.
1 comment:
The thing about "Discipleship" is the following. As a people we have a hard time following our local leaders let alone to follow the master of all leaders, Jesus Christ. This could be inpart the way we were brought up. We were thought to fight for what we want, not to depend on anyone for anything, be self efficent. Now we came in contact with Christ and he is asking us to depend on him, follow him and his ways, but our parents and their parents before them didn't do what counselled in Deuteronomy 11:19. We have to be unthought and rethought and a lot of us are not making it easy.
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