Discipleship

Discipleship 101   LESSON 5   JESUS CHRIST – Who He Was    Who was JESUS of Nazareth?   How was JESUS different from other humans?   He had a divine nature, even while He had a human nature. NOTE: He was NOT half-God & half-man.  He was fully God, even while He was fully human.  What does the

Discipleship 101   LESSON 4   SIN, DEATH and SEPARATION        What does the word SIN mean to you?   (Shared thoughts)  … an offence against a religious or moral law … an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) … the breaking of, a religious or moral law: (Cambridge Dictionary)

Discipleship 101  LESSON 3   HOLY SCRIPTURE       What does the word “scripture” mean?   The word comes from the Latin word scriptura, which means “writing” or “something written“. When capitalized, the English word, Scripture (or the phrase the Scriptures) usually refers to the Christian Bible, which includes the Old and New Testaments. What does the

Discipleship 101   Lesson 2   MAN (Humanity)     Are HUMANS different from animals?  Yes How are HUMANS different from animals?   Animals do things by instinct … humans do things by choice and will.  Why do you think HUMANS are different from animals?   They were created differently by God … to be different.  Compare Genesis 1:24-25 with

   LESSON 1    GOD     Do you believe in God?   Yes Why do you believe in God?  Because of what I see around me What do we understand the term GOD to mean?     The supreme Being in the universe … the One above all and over all.  Can there be more than ONE

      What are the essential doctrines of Christianity?       Grace Communion International (GCI) centers its essential doctrines on an incarnational, Trinitarian theology rooted in historic Christian faith. [1, 2, 3] Core Beliefs and Essential Doctrines Deity and Humanity of Jesus: Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, fully God and fully

  What should we teach in a Discipleship Program?   For Attenders … The Gospel & The Basics For Believers … The Basics & Spiritual Disciplines   For Christians … Comparative Religions    For Disciplers … The Life of Christ    What are the Basics?   The essential doctrines   What are the essential doctrines?   The doctrines a person

  Grace Communion Jamaica DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM    INTRODUCTION  Why should we be interested in discipleship? What is discipleship? What/Who is a disciple? What is involved in the making of a disciple? What is the discipleship process? What is the essential objective of each stage in the process? What is the Gospel that must be believed?

  A  CONVERSATION   Why are you here? You are all special to me and, in some cases, special to someone close to me. As we approach the end of a year … we start looking ahead to the new year, hoping it will be better.  That often involves looking back at the year that

INTRODUCTION What is the GCJ Discipleship Program? A program being designed to help GCJ realize its vision of being a healthy church. What is a healthy church? A church that is functioning as it should, loving God and others and making disciples for Christ. What is discipleship all about? The making of disciples working with