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Oct. 11, 2007 - Salt and Light Leaders Retreat!
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in Him bears much fruit. For apart from me you can do NOTHING!" John 15:5
Jesus Christ ministered out of the abundance of HIS relationship with the Father! A disciple is a learner and a follower.....,
"Take these things you have leanred and teach them to the faithful men who will teach others also". 1 Timothy 2:2
In other words, You are a disciple now be a disciple "maker"!
The great commission----- (Not the great Ommision)
"And Jesus came up and spoke to the disciples saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo I am with you ALWAYS, even unto the end of the age." Matt 28-18-20
"Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven"
God desires us to be face-to-face, personable. We don't always have to have our face on the floor to have a conversation with Him. He's approachable and loving and wants to see our face.
This weekend we had our Annual Salt and Light Leaders retreat. It was a wonderful weekend where we filled up on HIM! One of our assignments happened on Sunday morning. We read, picked apart and dissected John 12. Afterwards we wrote out what this chapter said about being a:
1- Disciple
2- Disciple Maker
3- God
4- Who do YOU say I am
All based on verses from John Chapter 12. Here are some pictures of us writing out our answers and then below are all the answers compiled. I hope you will be as blessed as we were!
What does John Chapter 12 say about being a....,
DISCIPLE
vs 1- Wants any of the glory that comes to them to go back to God, the one who deserves it
vs 2- Has Eternal Life
vs 3- Knows God and Jesus Christ
vs 4- I brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you told me to do.
vs 4- Completing the Word God gave me
vs 6- Keeps Gods TRUTH
vs 6- No longer in the world (saved)
vs 6- Tell men about God
vs 6- Given men by God
vs 7- Acknowledges that all things come from and belong "to" God (gift from God)
vs 7- Grateful for disciple makers
vs 8- They know it is God who sent "His Vessel" to disciple them.
vs 8- Accepting of HIS Word
vs 8- Passes onto others the Words God gives us.
vs 10- Brings glory to Jesus
vs 10- Glory has come to me (Jesus) through them (disciples)
vs 11- United with our disciplemaker (close contact)
vs 11- Is protected by the power of God's name
vs 11- Kept them safe
vs 12- Guarded them
vs 13- Filled with Joy
vs 13- Have FULL measure of joy
vs 13- Tell them many things
vs 14- World will hate us
vs 14- Give them HIS Word
vs 15- Left in the world but protected from the evil one
vs 15- Prayed for his disciples
vs 17- Pure and Holy through words of truth
vs 17- Read His truth that we may be sanctified and set apart.
vs 17- Share the message
vs 18- Ultimately are to become disciple makers
vs 19- Looks to other people who are set apart by God as an example
vs 19- Entirely Gods
vs 20- Has a testimony! Don't be shy about sharing it
vs 21- Good Example
vs 21- Be with God so that others may know Him. (you can't give away what you don't have)
vs 23- Are made PERFECT in CHRIST
vs 23- In progress
vs 23- Experience such a perfect unity that the world will see the TRUTH
vs 26- Receiving of LOVE
vs 11- Still in this world
BUT
vs 15- Not of this world
What does John Chapter 12 say about being a....,
DISCIPLEMAKER
vs 6- They were in the world and then you gave them to me
vs 18- Sent into the world
vs 26- Keep revealing God
vs 1- Glorifies God
vs 19- Sets himself apart as an example
vs 21- Stays in fellowship w/ God
vs 22- Given them the glory you have given me
vs 24- Want those you have given me to be where I'm at
vs 1- Speaks to God
vs 2- Has God's authority to speak on His behalf to others of the message of the cross
vs 4- Does the work God gives her to do
vs 6- Reveals God to those God gives
vs 11- Lives for the eternal
vs 12- Keeps others in God's presence
vs 23- Sent by God
vs 8- Gives people the words that God gives them
vs 13- Speaks to fill others with joy
vs 14- Give them the Word- The Bible
vs 26- Makes known the name of the Lord and continue to do so
vs 12- Guard your disciples so they do not get lost
vs 22- Desire them to have the relationship you have with the Lord
vs 23- Brings understanding of unity peace and love
vs 20- Trains disciples to be disciplemakers
vs 14- Give them His Word
vs 15- Prays for their disciples
vs 17- Teach the ways of Truth
vs 17- Pure & Holy
vs 1- Prayerful/sacrificial
vs 4- Brings glory to God by obeying
vs 5- Submissive
vs 6- Responsible before God
vs 6- Keep His Word
vs 8- Using His Words
vs 9- Prayerful for those in Gods care. (and our care)
vs 12- Keep safe spiritually/ Guards teh flock
vs 12- guiding
vs 13- Teaching
vs 14- His words not ours
vs 18- Listening
vs 19- Devoted
vs 21- Out of the abundance of our relationship comes the disciples relationship
vs 22- Pour our lives into people
vs 23- In process
vs 25- We know our father/ relationship
vs 26- Example + KEEPS ON
vs 26- Expressing His love
vs 18- Send them into the world
vs 19- Gives self entirely to God
vs 20- Pray for the lost
vs 21- Pray tht they would be one (Unity)
vs 26- Reveals God and keeps on revealing God
vs 3- Knows God and Jesus
vs 2- Has eternal life
vs 4- Brings glory to God by completing the word given by God
vs 6- Reveals God to those given
vs 7- All he has is from God
vs 8- Gives out the word God gives Him
vs 8- Comes from God and is sent by God
vs 9- Prays for his disciples
vs 16- Is not of this world
vs 19- Is sanctified
vs 21- Is in Christ and God
vs 22- Is given Glory by God
vs 19- Gives himself
vs 12- Protects his disciples
vs 1- Doesn't look only at how the circumstances effect them, but can see how it glorifies God and helps others.
vs 11- Can leave when God says its time to go because they are sure they got others to God and not themselves.
What does John Chapter 12 say about being a....,
GOD
vs 6- Leads people to us to be discipled.
vs 11- Keeps those that are in His care. (we don't have to worry they/we will be snatched from HIS hand)
vs 15- He WILL keep us from the evil one
vs 23- Loves us as much as He loves His son!!!
vs 17- Makes us pure and Holy through His words of truth
vs 2- Gave Jesus authority over all people
vs 7- Gives eternal life to those God called
vs 8- God reveals himself through Jesus Words
vs 11- Protects us through the power of the name of Jesus
vs 17- Sanctifies us
vs 21- God is in Jesus
vs 22- Gave Jesus His Glory
vs 18- Makes us Holy
vs 3- True God
vs 2- Gave Jesus authority over everyone
vs 18- Teaches us the Word
vs 25- Righteous Father
vs 23- Loves us as much as HIS son
vs 11- Brings unity to disciples
vs 15- Glorifies His Son
vs 2- Gives eternal life
vs 3, 8- Sent Jesus
vs 7- Gives all things
vs 4- God gives us work to do
vs 12- God reveals things through scripture and fulfills His promises
vs 18- Sent Jesus to us
vs 22- Gives Glory
vs 25- Not known to all
vs 2- Gives authority/ gives eternal life
vs 4- All knowing
vs 6- He sends the people
vs 10- Sole care giver (SOUL)
vs 10- Solely responsible
vs 11- Keeping us in His care/ caregiver
vs 2- Give us gifts and talents in order to bring the lost to Him
vs 3- Desires us to truly know Him and have a relationship with Him
vs 8- Gives us the Words to speak
vs 9- Listens to our prayers
vs 17- Is Truth
vs 23- Love Us
vs 24- Was always and is always with us
Who do YOU say that I am (What the Word says about God)
vs 26, 23- You are LOVE
vs 7, 8, 9, 10- You are the GIVER
vs 19, 17- You are the SANCTIFIER
vs 17- You give TRUTH
vs 11, 12- You are our PROTECTOR
vs 26, 25- You make yourself KNOWN
vs 26- Because of your love, Jesus is in me as well as the same love you have for Christ in me.
vs 5, 7, 19- The glorious one, who shared in God's glory, who gave His life as a sacrifice, so that we could be one with God and know God's Glory in our life.
vs 19- The REDEEMER who sets His own apart by His TRUTH and His WORD
vs 16- THE GREAT GIFT GIVER! (16 times in chapter 17 you use the word gave, gift, or given)
vs 4- Your Worker
vs 6- Your Witness
vs 14- Not of this World
vs 17- Sanctified
vs 5- The great teacher in all things
vs 26- LOVE
vs 2&3- Giver of Eternal life
vs 1 & 5- Glorious
vs 2- My Authority
vs 9- My prayer warrior
vs 10- My Keeper
vs 13- My joy-FILLER
vs 14- Not of this World
vs 21- One with the Father
vs 22- Giver of Glory
vs 24- Intimate: He "wants" me
vs 24- Not a "Part time" lover.
