The Harvest and the Harvesters Beggars’ Bread

John 2:40-46

John 4:28-30

John 15:26-27

John 19:35-36

What is God’s selection criteria? Were these men without sin? What was the difference between Judas and the rest of the disciples? How does God work with us to win souls? Summary: This lesson shows me that anyone can be Christ’s disciple with the right spirit. We all can do work to spread the gospel. Whether that is preaching, teaching, greeting at the door of the church, preparing food, running cameras, doing bible studies, etc. All of these things help spread the gospel, even if we are not visible to all.

When Jesus Urged Patience Luke 24:47-53

Acts 1:6-8

Acts 16:6-10

Why was waiting for the Spirit necessary? How does God teach us patience? There are three things that jump out at me in these passages:

Asking - Indirect

Listening - Direct

Waiting - Direct

How do you know when God is telling you to do something? Or answering you?

To me prayer is the answer to all of these items:

We need to ask in prayer

We need to listen in prayer

We need to wait for answer in prayer

Without these we can’t go forward. (The next lesson days can’t happen without this.)

How can our anxious spirits be calmed to wait patiently for the Spirit’s leading? What practical things should we do to cultivate patience?

Exercising Authority Mark 6:7-13

Matthew 16:14-19

Matthew 18:17-20

Matthew 28:18-20

John 20:21-23

Also: Mark 16:15-18

Side Note: Matthew 18:18 and John 20:23 is used by the Catholic church to justify the forgiveness of

sins by the priests. What does this verses really mean?

What is the purpose of this authority? What authority did Jesus give the disciples? What authority does Jesus give us today? Do we exercise this authority? Do we really believe we have this authority? Read: Second paragraph – DA, p 413-414. (This really sums up the purpose of these authority.)

Laborers for the Harvest Matthew 9:36-38

Why are there so few laborers for the harvest? What needs to be done to get more labors? The early Adventist church did things a bit differently than we do now. Pastors did the evangelism and elders and church members did the preaching. (To some degree we do that in this church.) How can we find the right balance between ministering to the outside world and those within the church?

Lost and Found Luke 15:1-10

What are the differences between these two parables? Who are the lost? The lost:

From the time of Adam, those that have turned away from God

Those that have left the church or the Christian family

Those that are in the church physically, but are looking for answers Side Note: The Friday’s lesson, seems a bit strange to me. I think of John the Baptist and Jesus at certain times. They we very blunt at times.