New Study
Hi!It's been a while since I've made a new post, mainly because we've been going over the material on this site together again.
The reason is that our group has members we didn't have last year, and all of Dr. Douglass' material has been beneficial for our study.
Now, however, we've reached the end of the study with the new group and I have decided to create some new curriculum, based on Jesus' Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20:
“And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”” Matthew 28:18-20.
Of course, when Jesus made this command, there WAS no New Testament, and the disciples ONLY had His teachings to go by. Still, it's very important that we as disciples really get the spirit of the Source, the Lord Jesus. And there's no better place to do that than the Gospels.
One thing it's important to remember when going through the Gospels is that Jesus taught under spiritual conditions we don't share. Not only was the New Testament not yet written, but Galatians 4:4 and 5 remind us that He ministered under the Law to those who were under the Law. Romans 6:14 tells us that WE are not under the Law. 2 Corinthians 3 demonstrates that there's more to that than may at first be apparent. Jesus, as a teacher under the Mosaic Covenant, pointed the way to the New Covenant, but it was not yet in effect until after His resurrection.
Still, the directive for discipleship under the Great Commission is to teach them to obey ALL things He commanded. That's why it is so important that we know and apply what He commanded if we want to be His disciples! May His Word have its intended purpose in us!
by Study-Leader @ 12:18 PM
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