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WHO IS JESUS – ESL BIBLE STUDY SERIES, BY REV. MARK FAIRHURST

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E S L B I B L E T E AC H I N G Term PROGRAMME

SYLLABUS

Who is Jesus 1: 4 Men who followed Jesus

Who is Jesus 2: A man with an evil spirit

Who is Jesus 3: A crippled man

Who is Jesus 4: A tax collector

Who is Jesus 5: The parable of the Sower 1

Who is Jesus 6: The parable of the Sower 2

Who is Jesus 7: Some frightened sailors

Who is Jesus 8: A dying girl

Who is Jesus 9: What makes a person clean?

Who is Jesus 10: 4000 hungry people

Who is Jesus 11: Who do you think I am?

WHO IS JESUS? : SCENES FROM MARK’S GOSPEL

4 MEN WHO FOLLOWED JESUS

MAIN POINT: Jesus calls people to follow him

BIBLE VERSES: Mark 1.14-21

OUTLINE Existing worksheet

Used with PERMISSION by Judy Rowlands (www.aussieesl.com)

WHO IS JESUS – ESL BIBLE STUDY SERIES, BY MARK FAIRHURST


A MAN WITH AN EVIL SPIRIT

MAIN POINT: Jesus has power over evil spiritual powers


OUTLINE:

A CRIPPLED MAN

MAIN POINT: Jesus forgives sin


OUTLINE: Existing Worksheet

A TAX COLLECTOR

MAIN POINT: Jesus is a friend of sinners


OUTLINE:

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER 1

MAIN POINT: Telling the story of the parable


OUTLINE:




THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER 2

MAIN POINT: 4 different responses to Jesus


OUTLINE:

SOME FRIGHTENED SAILORS

MAIN POINT: Jesus has power over nature


OUTLINE:

A DYING GIRL

MAIN POINT: Jesus has power over death

BIBLE VERSES: Mark 5.21-24, 35-43

OUTLINE: Existing Worksheet

WHAT MAKES A PERSON CLEAN

MAIN POINT: Sin makes us unfit for God


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4000 HUNGRY PEOPLE

MAIN POINT: Jesus has power to feed many people


OUTLINE: Existing worksheet

WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

MAIN POINT: Who do you think Jesus is?

BIBLE VERSES: Mark 8.27-32a

OUTLINE:


Intermediate/Advanced Adapted from the Contemporary English Version. Used with permission

14 Jesus told people the good news that comes from God.

15 He said, ”The time has come! God‘s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!”

16 Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee. He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were fishermen. They were throwing their nets into the lake.

17 Jesus said to them, “Come with me! I will teach you how to fish for people instead of fish”

18 At once the two brothers dropped their nets and went with him.

From Mark chapter 1, verses 14 to 18

Tell the story of a time when someone told you some good news.

Where were you?

Who was the news about?

What was the good news?

How did you feel when you heard it?

Did you pass the news on to someone else?

2 brothers who followed Jesus.



What news did Jesus tell the people?

What did Jesus tell people to do when they heard about God’s kingdom?

Where was Jesus walking?

What was Simon and Andrew’s job?

What were Simon and Andrew doing?

What did Jesus want to teach Simon and Andrew to do?

What do you think ‘fish for people’ means?

What did the two brothers do when Jesus told them to ‘come with me’?



2 Brothers who Followed Jesus

Introduction

Split the students into pairs.

Ask the students to tell a story of when they received some good news.

Ask the students to read the story together.

Questions

Form the students into small groups of 3 or 4.

Ask the students to answer the questions – make them give verbal answers – not just write the answers on their sheet.

Conclusion

Tell the students that Jesus’ message was so important the people immediately began to follow him.

The message is just as important for us.


Intermediate/Advanced From the Contemporary English Version. Used with permission

New Words Jewish meeting place = a synagogue (like a church)

authority

teachers of the Law = official Jewish teachers

God’s Holy One = God’s son, who he chose to rule the world.

completely

Galilee = the northern part of Israel.

21 Jesus went into the Jewish meeting place

and started teaching.

22 Everyone was amazed at his teaching. He taught with authority, and not like the teachers of the Law.

23 Suddenly a man with an evil spirit in him entered the meeting place and yelled,

24 “Jesus, have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God’s Holy One.”

25 Jesus told the evil spirit, “Be quiet and come out of the man!”

26 The spirit shook him. Then it gave a loud shout and left.

27 Everyone was completely surprised and kept saying to each other, “What is this! It must be some new kind of powerful teaching! Even the evil spirits obey him.”

28 News about Jesus quickly spread all over Galilee.

From Mark chapter 1, verses 21 to 28 Questions:

Why were people amazed at Jesus’ teaching?

What did the evil spirit think Jesus had come to do?

What did Jesus do to the evil spirit?

What did people think about Jesus after he did this?

A man with an evil spirit.


Jesus was teaching.

Jesus was teaching.

A man with an evil spirit came into the

meeting place.

A man with an evil spirit came into the

meeting place.

The man yelled, “You are God’s Holy

One.”

The man yelled, “You are God’s Holy

One.”

Jesus told the evil spirit to leave the man.

Jesus told the evil spirit to leave the man.

The evil spirit gave a loud shout and left the

man.

The evil spirit gave a loud shout and left the

man.

Everyone was amazed by Jesus’ power over

the evil spirit.

Everyone was amazed by Jesus’ power over

the evil spirit.

News about Jesus spread quickly.

News about Jesus spread quickly.


A man with an Evil Spirit

Introduction

Make cards from the large print sheet and give a set of cards to each group. Ask them to put the cards into sequence.

Worksheet

Read through the worksheet.

Explain any new words on the worksheet.

In small groups answer the questions.

Conclusion

Emphasise Jesus’ authority to teach and to heal.


Intermediate/Advanced

People came to Jesus because:

a. They wanted to meet Jesus.

b. They wanted to be taught by Jesus.

c. They wanted to see him heal somebody.

The people brought their friend to Jesus because:

a. Many other people were inside Jesus’ house.

b. Their friend wanted to listen to Jesus’ teaching.

c. Their friend could not walk.

The first thing Jesus did for the man was:

a. He told him to go home.

b. He told him his sins were forgiven.

c. He made him well

When Jesus had made him well, the man:

a. Went home.

b. Praised God

c. Said, “Who does Jesus think he is?”

Jesus heals a crippled man


Intermediate/Advanced

Jesus Heals a Crippled Man

Introduction.

Form students into pairs and ask them to read the passage to one another.

Read through the passage yourself.

Worksheet

Explain.

The house was made of clay bricks – including the flat roof. Some people didn’t like Jesus saying the man’s sins were forgiven. They thought only

God could do that – They were right!

Do the questions on the back of the sheet in small groups

Discuss the questions on the front.

Conclusion.

Right on board “Jesus’ authority”

to tell men to follow him. to teach. over evil spirits. to heal. to forgive sins.



14 Levi was a tax collector. Jesus said to him, “Come with me!” So he got up and went with Jesus.

15 Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Levi’s house. Many tax collectors and sinners were also guests at the dinner. They also followed Jesus.

16 When the religious teachers saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they asked, “Why does Jesus eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 Jesus said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do. I didn’t come to invite ‘good’ people to be my followers. I came to ask sinners to follow me.”

From Mark chapter 2, verses 13 to 17. What did Jesus ask Levi to do?

What happened after Levi went with Jesus?

Why do you think the religious teachers didn’t want Jesus to eat with tax collectors and sinners?

What did Jesus come to do?

Jesus meets a tax collector



Choose words from this list that you think describe these people in the story:

hated friendly welcoming proud

thankful angry a changed person happy

self righteous (they think they are right)

loving generous cheating

greedy has authority

Levi Jesus Religious Teachers

(Before meeting Jesus)

(After meeting Jesus)



A Tax Collector

Introduction

Read through the story and explain the words:

tax collectors disciple guests religious sinners

Worksheet

Explain the story:

why people hated tax-collectors. that the two groups of people (religious people and tax collectors ) didn’t mix.

Do exercise on the back of the sheet, then answer questions on the front.

Conclusion

Emphasise that we all need to be forgiven – none of us are truly good.



2 Jesus used stories to teach people.

3 A farmer scattered seed in a field.

4 Some seed fell on the road. It was eaten by birds.

5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground. It started growing quickly.

6 When the sun came up the plants were scorched and dried up because they didn’t have enough roots.

7 Some seed fell where thorn bushes grew up. The thorns choked the plants. The plants didn’t produce any grain.

8 Some seed fell on good ground. The plants grew and produced 30 or 60 or 100 times as much as was scattered.

9 Then Jesus said, “If you have ears, pay attention.”

From Mark chapter 4, verses 2 to 8. What was the farmer doing?

Why didn’t the seed that fell on the road grow?

Which seed started to grow quickly?

Why did this seed stop growing?

What choked some of the plants?

What happened to the seed that fell in good ground?

A story about a farmer’s field.



A story about a Farmer’s Field (1)

Introduction

Show the pictures and get vocabulary words from them.

Ask people in groups to describe what’s taking place in the picture.

Worksheet

Read the story.

Use the comprehension questions to make sure people have understood the story.

Conclusion

Let them know the story is telling us something more important. Jesus explained the story. Hand out the explanation and ask them to bring it with them the following week.



Jesus explained his story about the man sowing seed in his field. He said:

14 The farmer is spreading the message about God’s rule.

15 The seeds that fell on the road are people who hear God’s message, but Satan comes and snatches it away from them.

16 The seeds that fell on rocky ground are people who gladly hear the message and accept it straight away.

17 But they don’t have any roots. As soon as life gets hard or they are attacked for their beliefs, they give up.

18 The seeds that fell among the thorn bushes 19 are also people who hear the message,

But they are worried about the needs of this life, and they want to get rich. So the message gets choked out. They don’t produce any fruit.

20 The seeds that fell on good ground are people who hear the message and accept it. They produce 30, 60 or even 100 times as much as was planted.

Mark chapter 4 verses 14 to 20.

New Words

God’s rule

Satan

accept

choke

produce

fruit = the way we live our life shows we love God.

Jesus explains his story of the field.



Jesus explains his story about the field

Introduction

Show pictures (from previous week) on the overhead – ask small groups to tell the story to each other.

Worksheet

Read the passage explaining the story.

Put up the overheads of the soils as you read it.

Do the play in front of the class.

Students in groups of 4 practice reading the play together.

Have the groups discuss why the 4 people in the play are like the 4 soils in the story.



36 Jesus and his disciples were sailing across a lake.

37 Suddenly a strong wind struck the lake. Waves started splashing into the boat, and it was about to sink.

38 Jesus was sleeping in the back of the boat. His disciples woke him. They said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to drown?”

39 Jesus got up and ordered the wind and the waves to be quiet. The wind stopped and everything was calm.

40 Jesus asked his disciples, “Why were you afraid? Don’t you have any faith?”

41 The disciples said to each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Mark chapter 4 verses 35 to 41

Describe the worst storm you have been caught in:

What happened when the storm struck the lake?

What was Jesus doing when the storm struck the lake?

New Words

struck

Some frightened sailors



What do you think the disciples wanted Jesus to do when they woke him up?

What did Jesus do?

What does this tell you about Jesus?

Who do you think Jesus is?



Some Frightened Sailors

Introduction

Read through the passage.

In small groups ask the students to read the passage to each other one sentence at a time.

Have the group discuss any new or unusual words.

Worksheet

In groups of 2-3, ask the students to describe a storm they have been caught in.

In small groups the students verbally answer the questions given on the sheet.



23 A man called Jairus asked Jesus for help. He said, “My daughter is about to die! Please come and touch her so she will get well and live.”

24 Jesus went with Jairus.

35 Some men came from Jairus’ home and said, “Your daughter has died. Why bother the teacher any more?”

36 Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t worry. Just have faith.”

38 At Jairus’ house many people were crying.

40 Jesus sent them all out of the house.

41 He took the girl by the hand and said, “Little girl, get up!”

42 The girl got straight up and started walking around. Everyone was greatly surprised.

New Words

A Dying Girl



The Jews believed that if they ate the wrong food, or food that had been touched by non-Jews, it would make them ‘unclean’ (unfit to worship God). They washed everything they bought to make it ‘clean’ for them to eat. They always washed their hands when they came home to make them ‘clean’.

The Jewish leaders were angry when they saw some of Jesus’ disciples eating food without washing their hands first.

14 Jesus said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.”

15 “The food that you put into your mouth doesn’t make you ‘unclean’ and unfit to worship God.

20 “What comes from your heart makes you ‘unclean’.

21 Out of your heart come evil thoughts, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, envy and pride.

23 All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.”


New Words

Pay attention = Listen carefully

unfit = not right or ready to do something

What makes a person ‘clean’?



1 One day a large crowd was listening to Jesus. They had nothing to eat, and were hungry.

2 Jesus said to his disciples, I feel sorry for these people because they don’t have anything to eat. And some of them live a long way from here. How much food do we have?”

5 The disciples said, “There are seven small loaves of bread, it is not enough to feed such a crowd.”

6 Jesus told the people to sit down. Then he took the bread and blessed it.

7 He gave it to the disciples, and they gave it out to the people. He did the same with a few little fish.

8 Everyone ate all they wanted, and lots was left over. There were about 4,000 people there that day.


Why was Jesus sorry for the people?

How much food did the disciples have?

What did Jesus do to the bread?

How much food was left over?

4,000 Hungry People

New Words



4,000 Hungry People

Outline:

Hand out cards and get people to find their ‘pair’

Read the story through.

In small groups answer the questions.

Read the story through in the Bible a second time as a listening exercise – help them to hear the story they know put in different words.


One day a large crowd… …was listening to Jesus.

They had nothing to eat… …and were hungry.

Jesus said to his disciples,

“I feel sorry for these people… …because they don’t have

anything to eat.”

The disciples said, “We have seven small loaves of

bread…

…it is not enough to feed such a crowd”

Jesus took the bread and blessed it.

He gave it to the disciples…

…and they gave it out to the people.

Everyone ate all they wanted… …and lots was left over.



27 Jesus asked his disciples, “What do people say about me?”

28 The disciples answered, “Some say you are John the Baptist. Others say you are one of the prophets”

29 Then Jesus asked them, “But who do you say I am?”

Peter replied, “You are the Messiah.”

31 Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “I will be rejected and killed, but three days later I will rise to life.”

32 Peter told Jesus to stop talking like that.

33 Jesus corrected Peter, “You are thinking like everyone else and not like God.”


Who did people think Jesus was?

What do people say about Jesus today? Who do they think he is?

Who did Peter think Jesus was?

New Words John the Baptist = a prophet who was born at the same time as Jesus. He taught people to believe in God so they would be ready for Jesus.

A prophet = a person who tells people what God says.

Messiah = God’s king who came to save his people.

Who do you think I am?



Who was right, the people or Peter?

What did Jesus say would happen to him?

Why do you think Peter didn’t want Jesus to say this?

Who do you think Jesus is?



Who do you think that I am?

Introduction

Summarise where we have come from:

Jesus told people to follow him. He healed people of evil spirits, sickness and disability. He stopped storms

He fed people with a few loaves and fishes. He taught people they needed to listen to him carefully.

This passage asks the question:

What have you understood?

Who do you thin k that I am?

Worksheet

Work through the questions in small groups.

Conclusion

Finish by reading the passage again.


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