Discipleship in Luke
By Kirk
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Podcast Description
Lessons from the book of Luke ... with a focus on how the great Rabbi Yeshua (Jesus) developed ordinary working people into world-changers. Disciples are apprentices ... tune in to learn how ordinary folks can serve in God's workshop at the feet of the Rabbi and learn to grow stronger and more spiritually mature.
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CleanKingdom & Jesus’ Beginning (Lesson # 7) | In discipleship overview, I explain what it means to “seek first the Kingdom.” Seeking the kingdom is about 2 things: expanding it & strengthening it. When you meet a person, seek to understand that person from God’s perspective. If the person is a born-again, committed disciple of Jesus, then your job is to encourage, motivate, equip and spur this person on to love and good deeds. If the person isn’t a disciple, you’re job is to make them a disciple and help them then to enter the kingdom via the rebirth: baptism. If the person is hurting, broken, struggling, then your job is to help them recover. With this in mind, all people in the world fit into one of these three categories: 1. they’re outside the kingdom (needing in), or 2. inside the kingdom (needing strength) or 3. wounded; both in and out of the kingdom (needing healing) And God has put YOU into their life to help. That’s why YOU exist (Ephesians 2.10) We also spent a short time discussing one of God’s great gifts to disciples: That He allows us to repent and be born again. Repentance is nothing more than change, and we’re born again when we’re washed clean and filled with the Holy Spirit in baptism. <span style="mso-s | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrepare, pt 2 (Lesson # 6) | Reviewed purpose, actions, and introduced the priority of Jesus: “Seek first the kingdom of God & His righteousness.” Also introduced the idea of justice/righteousness in the bible, so we’d know what it means to pursue justice. (See Luke 11.37-44, especially verse 42) Returned to review several scriptures that cover the ideas of “pathway” in the bible. The idea is to help you understand what it means to “make straight” your pathway, or to ‘prepare’ yourself and your field. The scriptures mentioned are also listed here (in no particular order): Psalm 27:11; Psalm 143:10-12; Proverbs 3:1-7; Proverbs 9:13-18; Proverbs 15:19; Proverbs 16:17; Proverbs 6:6-11 Luke 11:4; Luke 10.2-5; Luke 3:3-7; Luke 7.18-30 Matthew 6:13; Isaiah 26:7-10; Isaiah 40:1-11 Jeremiah 31:9; Acts 13:6-12; Revelation 2:12-17; Romans 13:7-14 Plus, on your own you can find lots of passages that use words like: stumble, fall, path, way, walk, etc. The bible is loaded with these references | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrepare (Lesson #5) | Luke 2 & 3 describes two elements of Jesus’ life that are also true of any disciples’ life: preparation. This preparation has two aspects: 1) to prepare ourselves for service, and 2) to prepare the way. John the Baptist was sent by God to prepare the way for Jesus – to help people have expectations and be open to his teaching. Meanwhile, Jesus had been preparing himself for service. He learned through suffering (Hebrews 5.7-9), he knew the Torah well (as evidenced by his interaction with the Rabbis at the Temple), his parents made it a point to bring their family regularly to the Passover, even at age 12 he was seen as responsible by his parents, he continued to be submissive to his parents, and he grew in wisdom, stature and favor with God and man. And yet through all of that … Jesus didn’t begin his work until he was thirty years of age. Even God’s own son took time to prepare himself – and more than we often do. We must also prepare ourselves and prepare the way. When “Christians” behave in ways that are antagonistic to sinners or those who are different than us in any way … we are making our own pathway harder. It then becomes harder to make disciples – harder to do God’s work. How can we continue to make crooked God’s pathways? | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGospel study and Disciple lifecycle (Lesson #4) | People are passionate about baseball, music, their families, and even hockey. The most passionate learn their craft, and work hard and seek out others who share their interest. I'm passionate about Jesus. My family and friends are fine, music is the greatest thing ever, and I even like my church (sometimes), but none of those things compare to Jesus. He was perfect! He was so strong and wise and compassionate ... it's just amazing how great he was. I hope you'll find others like me/us and feed that passion in your life and form a "church" - of disciples (people of passion). But while pursuing my passion for Jesus, I also fell in love with the bible, and sometimes my passion for the bible makes me forget Jesus. Others I know also struggle with things that distract them from Jesus (like church, family, etc.) ... let's stay focused and help each other. Now as I teach you about the bible, my passion (hopefully) will show through ... but also I hope you'll do a better job of keeping it in perspective than I sometimes do. Now here's how to study the gospels: 1) find a good translation to work from, and two others to compare with. I recommend NASB, NIV and NRSV, but there are others. Pick yours. 2) Study one gospel at a time DON'T try to 'harmonize' them. 3) Remember Layers. Each gospel has two layers: the layer of Jesus & his audience, and the writer and his. Now to Luke, written by a Gentile (a non-jewish person) FOR first century Gentiles. In their time, these Gentiles were 'outsiders,' and the Jews who believed in Jesus were the main group, or the majority. So Luke highlights everyone in Jesus' story who was on the fringes or were 'outsiders,' because to his audience it seemed close to one of "us." Reacing our audience today also has Jesus' layer (focused on insiders - Jews) and Luke's layer (focused on the outsiders). When we speak to "church" people or "Christians," we're working on Jesus' layer. When we speak to outsiders (those who have little or no faith in Jesus) ... we need to introduce them to things in a simpler way, like Luke. Also we introduced the idea of the Disciple's lifecycle: Curiosity/interest Full commitment Rebirth Infant Teenager Young Parents Full-grown shepherds And now we'll see these stages and how Jesus produced this development in the gospel of Luke, beginning with "Preparation." | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGod's Aid to Disciples - a team (Lesson #3) | Living and growing as a disciple is the most rewarding life possible, and it offers each of us an opportunity to serve, love and care for others in the best possible way. We get to be rescuers, and grow stronger while we’re in training. Discipleship is very hard and very expensive. We discussed this in the last episode, and will see it in explicit detail as we work through Luke. And though it’s hard and expensive, God has provided two things that can be helpful to us all: the bible, and the church. Sadly, we fail to recognize the value of each of these. As we proceed through these lessons, we’ll learn a lot about the bible, and by the end of it, you’ll understand how to use it. In this episode, I’m going to explain the way churches are; and the way God intended church to be. God specifically commands certain things for churches, and they ALL have to do with the purpose, or function of church. This should be our last ‘overview’ lesson, and next time we’ll get into the text of Luke itself. But hopefully you’ll find some partners and form your own “church” – your own group with whom you can study and grow as fellow disciples. This “church” is something you should do whether or not you already attend a “regular” church, but don’t try to force a regular church to fit this model. Rather than rebel against your church … look for a few people who you can partner with and help one another to grow. Scriptures mentioned in this lesson include: 1 Corinthians 14.26 Hebrews 10.24 Ephesians 4.11-16 Luke 3.3-17 <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNorma | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDiscipleship Vs. Christianity (Lesson #2) | Before we can understand the development of disciples in Luke, we must first understand what it means to be a disciple … and how that differs from our traditional understanding. It is a common misconception that those we refer to as Christians also fit Jesus’ definition of “disciple.” In actual point of fact, most of today’s Christians are much more like the religious people of Jesus’ day: the Pharisees, Sadducees, Lawyers (bible scholars), elders, Rabbis, priests, etc. Following Jesus is not an easy path, nor a cheap one. It will cost us everything. But it is worth it! By accepting this challenge, we volunteer for a life that’s possibly void of many of the things we now rely upon: friends, family, money, sex, pleasure, wealth, popularity … but what we get in exchange is the kind of strength that relieves us of the need for those things. We become so strong that we can live a life that would feel like torture to most people … and we can smile through it. The storms that would mostly provoke others to terror – become opportunities for us to take a nap. How do we get there? We start small, and work our way up. It all begins with commitment. This is a commitment we can make because we trust God so much that we can give it all up, and trust that He will protect us while we care for others, and not for ourselves. Only by making such a commitment will you ever understand Jesus. You simply cannot have anything more than intellectual knowledge of him without the commitment. But having made the commitment to follow Jesus and trust everything about yourself to God … you will discover “peace that passes understanding,” and “rest for your soul.” Will you join him? | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIntro to Discipleship in Luke (Lesson 1) | This is the first of a series of lessons to teach discipleship from the book of Luke in the bible. This first lesson introduces you to the concept of discipleship. It's not about being nice, or good. It's not about salvation. It's about being shepherded and guided by the master. It's about being an apprentice. From Jesus' perspective, we are all part of God's household business. We start out as apprentices, learning from the master, who is Jesus. Jesus is the perfect craftsman in God's workshop - the Michael Jordan of God's business. We volunteer to become a part of the workshop and serve with the master. And that's how we learn ... by watching him, listening to him, and by starting to do our chores in the workshop. As we develop, he gives us increasing responsibility. The life of a disciple is simply being a spiritual apprentice under Jesus' tutelage. It's not a digital thing, where one is either "in" or "out" of a club of saved people ... it's more like a school for those getting on the job training. At the end of the class we are introduced to the nature of Luke's writings and Luke himself. This offers us a good perspective on Jesus and his work, so that we can vicariously join Jesus' original disciples and walk with them (and Jesus), and learn as they did. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
A Challenge and an Opportunity
So far Kirk's lessons are great. This is true discipleship, which means huge opportunity and at the same time - a tremendous challenge. For those of us who attend church regularly ... it's hard to hear some of this, because it stings a bit. But if he's correct, then we really need to be challenged this way. For those who don't attend church regularly ... you may hear much you like, but it will also be challenging.
I highly recommend this
