6. A. D. The Bible Continues
Persecution begins for the disciple and the church
Stephen stoned and becomes the 1st Christian Martyr with
Saul of Tarsus standing by holding the coats
7. A. D. The Bible Continues
Saul begins his reign of terror trying to wipe out the Christians for
God
8. A. D. The Bible Continues
In tonight’s episode(May 17, 2015), we see Philip, who became known as the
Evangelist, raise someone from the dead in Jesus Name. Simon the sorcerer wants
to buy Sir Holy Spirit and the power.
13. Acts 5: 42
Day after day, in the temple
courts and from house to
house, they never stopped
teaching and proclaiming
the good news that Jesus is
the Messiah.
15. Matthew 28: 18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All
authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. Therefore go and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit and
teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.
16. Ephesians 4:11-12(KJV)
And He gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers;
For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ…
17. Ephesians 4:11-12 (NIV)
So Christ Himself gave the
apostles, the prophets, the
evangelists, the pastors and
teachers,
to equip His people for works
of service, so that the body of
Christ may be built up…
18. Ephesians 4: 11-12(AMP)
And His gifts were [varied; He Himself
appointed and gave men to us] some to be
apostles (special messengers), some prophets
(inspired preachers and expounders), some
evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling
missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His
flock) and teachers.
His intention was the perfecting and the full
equipping of the saints (His consecrated
people), [that they should do] the work of
ministering toward building up Christ’s body
(the church)…
19. Question
What is discipleship in
your own words?
(Bill asked in class if I was assigning
homework & if everyone was to write
a 500 word essay. Not a bad idea,
Bill.)
23. Colossians 3:16 (AMP)
Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the
Messiah) have its home [in your hearts
and minds] and dwell in you in [all its]
richness, as you teach and admonish and
train one another in all insight and
intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual
things, and as you sing] psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, making
melody to God with [His] grace in your
hearts.
24. Discipleship is
“you (and I) teach(ing)
and admonish(ing) and
train(ing) one another”
(Counseling One
Another)
25. Romans 15:14 (AMP)
Personally I am satisfied about
you, my brethren, that you
yourselves are rich in goodness,
amply filled with all [spiritual]
knowledge and competent to
admonish and counsel and
instruct (Gk. noutheteo) one
another also.