The Mandate
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โข Would you consider yourself a good student? Why or why not?ย
โข Recall some good news you recently shared with friends. How did people react?ย
โข Explain how you use social media and the internet. Would you say that these platforms have made it easier to share things about yourself? Why or why not?ย
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๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ! . . . ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ด:๐ญ,๐ฐ
(Read also ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ด:๐ฎโ๐ฏ; ๐ฑโ๐ณ.)
Christians are recipients of teachings of Godโs word. We are disciplesโstudents who diligently obey what we have been taught. In this passage, the psalmist encourages Godโs people to listen and tell others about what they hear. In our context today, we have heard the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and are commanded to make disciples (Matthew 28:19) to ensure that what we have heard is taught and passed on to others (2 Timothy 2:2). For a Christian, all roads lead to discipleship. Letโs look at what this means and how we can apply it in our lives.
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ.ย
๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ! ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ; ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ด:๐ญโ๐ฏ
First, we are recipients and students of Godโs word. We all need to read, study, and grow in our understanding of Godโs word. We are taught by those who have come to know Christ before us, in order for us to also grow in our relationship with God. We intentionally give and incline our ears to what God says through the people who teach us to follow Him. Share how you first learned about God and who taught you to love Him.ย
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ . . .ย ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ด:๐ฐโ๐ฒ
Second, we are to pass on what we know and teach this to others. We are to tell others about God and what He has done. The gospel and the work of God should not stop with us. We are to respond to the Great Commission of Jesus with obedience, urgency, and commitment. Why is it important to proclaim Christ and help others follow Him, as we have been taught?ย
๐ฏ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐.ย
ย . . ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด . . . ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ด:๐ฒโ๐ณย
Third, we are to do our part so that the next generations would know about and love God, too. The gospel was passed on to us with boldness and sacrifice, from the time of the twelve disciples until the person who told you about Jesus. What do you think would happen if we kept the best news ever of our salvation to ourselves? Why should we remain steadfast in helping others make disciples as well?ย
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โข Are you a disciple? Are you making disciples? What is one thing you can do to apply what we talked about today?ย
โข Recall who told you about Jesus and helped you follow Him. Take some time this week to appreciate these people.ย
โข Consider the reality of not knowing when someone would die. Why is there an urgency to tell people about God and make disciples? What are you willing to do about it today?ย
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โข Thank God for His grace, mercy, and love for you. Thank Him for sending Jesus to die on the cross to save us from His wrath.
โข Ask God to help you see the lost around you as He does, feel compassion for them the way He does, and respond to them as He would.
โข Pray for your family members and friends who need to know about Jesus. Ask God for opportunities, boldness, wisdom, urgency, and empowerment from the Holy Spirit for you to help them follow Jesus.ย