An interesting topic
for discussion posed to the attendees in a Church Planting class I am taking.
The first scripture
that comes to mind is Mark 4:34 - "He did not speak to them without a
parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything." In
this scripture we are seeing that Jesus continually preparing the Disciples to
teach and lead the first century Church. Christ was developing in the Disciples
an intimate relationship with Himself so they, the Disciples, would be able to
speak with the authority He would give them and having personnel knowledge of
Him.
Next would be Luke
24:27 – “27 And beginning with Moses
and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
He we see Jesus teaching the Disciples the history of His Father’s
relationships with His people. Jesus was also teaching about His purpose
through history and how all things from creation through the His second return are
focused on Himself, that all things come from the person of Jesus Christ. This
was preparing the Disciples to lead and teach with confidence that what is
promised by God will be fulfilled.
I would then point
to Acts 1:3 – “3 He presented Himself alive to them after His suffering by many
proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of
God.” He we see proof of Christ
resurrection and Him spending forty days teaching and building them up. Giving
them the proof they needed to go forward in confidence that Christ is God
incarnate and that what He spoke is truth and can be holy relied upon. It was
shortly after these forty days that Christ promise of a helper was realized,
Acts 2 when the Holy Spirit came to resided within each of us. This is the
presence of Christ that lead the first century followers and is still leading
His people today. We have Christ Spirit, the Spirit that created the heavens
and the earth and everything in it, within us. The question is how much of us
does the Holy Spirit have?
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