![]() ![]() That is the context for our lesson today. In :35 John the Baptist points his disciples to Jesus, “Behold the Lamb of God” and they begin following Him. And His most important WORK was dying on the cross to pay for our sins.Īt this point in John 1, Jesus is now calling His disciples. ![]() As we saw last week, His PERSON is that He is fully God (2nd Person of the Trinity) and fully Man. Theologians typically divide Christology (the study of Christ) into two categories: His Person, and His Work. This is the most important WORK of Jesus. In :29 he says: “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” Talk with your group about what this means, that He is “the lamb” - in the Old Testament they sacrificed a lamb, but Jesus came to be the ultimate “Lamb,” who would bear our sins in His body on the cross. Then show how John the Baptist came next, in :6-8, and :19+, and gave witness to Jesus. I might start by way of context/review from the first part of John 1 (plus it was a pretty important lesson, on the Person of Christ: that He is both “fully God” and “fully Man” and review some of those scriptures in John 1. There are some great applications here, for evangelism and discipleship. ![]() Then you could say something like: “Today we are going to look at the story of how Jesus’ first disciples came to Him, from the last part of John Chapter 1. Or you/your group can share other interesting salvation testimonies you know. Simmons III, Reflections on the Existence of God, pp. And, over time, Francis Collins, based on the accumulation of the evidence that he observed, concluded that God exists, and that Jesus is the Son of God.” (Richard E. He also saw a surprising fidelity of the transmission of the manuscripts that were passed down over the centuries. Lewis and realized there was a great depth of thinking and reasoning that could be applied to the question of God.’Īs he studied the historical evidence, he was stunned at how well documented and how historically accurate the Bible is. He suggested that I read the Gospel of John, which I did … I found the scripture to be interesting, puzzling, and not at all what I had thought faith was about … then I began to read C.S. ![]() So he asked a patient of his who was a Methodist minister. I better find out what this is all about. So, I decided that I should be a little better grounded in my atheism. And yet, in matters of faith, I had never collected any data at all. Finally, it came to him: ‘As a scientist, I had always insisted on collecting rigorous data before drawing a conclusion. All of a sudden, by this simple question, everything was a muddle.’Ĭollins began to wonder if he was an atheist because he had chosen the position of reason or because it was the answer he wanted. Tell me what you believe.’ Collins later wrote: ’Nobody had ever asked me that question before, not like that, not in such a simple, sincere way. Collins, you’ve been so kind to listen to me and care for me and listen to me share with you about my faith. Don’t worry about me.’ And then she said, ‘Dr. This woman had a strong faith, and she said, ‘You know, I’m ready to go. He began his journey as an atheist, but while he was working in a hospital, he was attending a woman who had exhausted her options for treatment and was going to die soon. Francis Collins considered to be one of the most effective and ground-breaking scientists in the world, who chaired the Human Genome Project. One testimony you could use would be that of Dr. So you and your class can share a few testimonies like that …ĪND/OR you could start the class by sharing an interesting story of someone who came to Christ in a unique way, or by asking your class if they knew of someone who had a testimony like that. She explained the gospel, and I stepped out the aisle of that little church to follow Jesus.) (For example: I personally first responded to follow Christ at a VBS my Aunt Betty was leading in Pittsburgh, PA. INTRO: ? I might start this lesson by asking if any class members would share how they first came to follow Jesus? ![]()
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