Six Ways Christ Teaches His Disciples

Luke 9:55, I John 4:1

(How Jesus Christ Dealt With Saved Church Members To Teach Them To Teach Them To Be Leaders)

1.   Self-sufficiency - Luke 9:10 - All they had done.

John 15:5 - Without me, ye can do nothing.

2.   Hopelessness - Luke 9:12,13 - They couldn't feed the 5,000 yet had just cast out devils and such (verse 1 & 10).  They, like us, are very forgetful.

3.   Powerlessness - Luke 9:37-40 - Yet, less than 8 days earlier, they could (verse 1 & 10).  But now they had "run out of the Word of God".  They were un-believing disciples.  If they had studied and learned the Bible {the true meaning of God's Word}, they would have had faith, then they would have had power.

4.   Pride - Luke 9:46 - They begin to quarrel about who would be the greatest.

Proverbs 6:16,17 - God hates a proud look.

Phil. 2:3 - Others are better than we are.  We need to live it.

5.   Spirit of Revenge - Luke 9:51-54 - Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.  Note that one of these men is John (the beloved disciple), the other is James (the pastor of the first church in Jerusalem).

6.   A Compassionless Spirit - Luke 9:54-56 - They didn't mind seeing these folks go to hell.

Luke 23:34 - Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."

7.         Notice how the disciples turned out.

a.   These are the 12 disciples Christ chose to be apostles.

b.   John, the beloved disciple, lost his spirit of revenge, writing the book of I John (how God’s people can know they are saved) II John (Who God’s people ought to fellowship with) and III John (What is the result of true obedience).

c.   James evidently became the pastor of the first church at Jerusalem.  He settled the argument about circumcision after all parties had voice their thoughts.

d.   Peter became the apostle to the Jews and was a great leader.

e.   Each of these 12 apostles would die for Christ, but not before they had taught others to obey Christ.