1st Quarter 2014 Lesson 10 Discipling the Nations Powerpoint Presentation

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Lesson 10 for March 8, 2014


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1. Israels mission to the Nations.

2. Awakening Israel.

3. Israel rejects the Nations.

4. Jesus and the Nations.5. The Gospel to the Nations.

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and youshall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and tothe end of the earth (Acts 1:8)


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And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name ofthe Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it andwho hold fast to my covenantthese I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joyin my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;

for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. (Isaiah 56:6-7 NIV)

All the nations should

have been drawn close

to God by Israels

testimony.

Then, they would have

asked Israel about God

so they could been led

in Gods paths (Micah

4:1-2)

Jerusalem would have

been the capital city of

all nations. The Temple

would have been the

religious center for all

peoples.


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So the people of Nineveh believed God,proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from thegreatest to the least of them (Jonah 3:5)

Adad-nirari III (810-782), king of Assyria(whose capital city was Nineveh), was

converted to the monotheism. That proves

that the nations were ready to hear Israels

testimony.

Unfortunately, Israel was not willing totestify. Jonah was displeased exceedingly,

and he became angry when the Ninevites

converted; but he was the one God chose to

spread the Gospel in Nineveh!

There are still places were the Christian

religion is not known yet. For example,

some places in Asia, Africa, Oceania, the

Amazon rainforest We are called to

preach in those places, just like Jonah was.


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And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit downwith Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 8:11)

Jesus tried to awaken Israel, so they could

fulfill their missionto share the message ofsalvation with every people.


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In Jesus parable of the Good

Samaritan, the kindness of the

Samaritan contrasts the indifferenceof the Israelite leaders (Lk. 10:30-37)

Being a citizen of the Kingdom doesnt

have to do with our ethnic

background, but with our character.

The Jewish didnt understand that.

They hated the foreigners, and they

even used the word Samaritan to

insult Jesus.

They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father. Jesussaid to them, If you were Abrahams children, you would do theworks of Abraham. Then the Jews answered and said to Him, Do

we not say rightly that You are aSamaritan and have a demon?(John 8:39, 48)


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The children of Israel were to occupy all the territory which

God appointed them. Those nations that rejected the worship

and service of the true God were to be dispossessed. But it was

Gods purpose that by the revelation of His character throughIsrael men should be drawn unto Him. To the entire world the

gospel invitation was to be given. Through the teaching of the

sacrificial service Christ was to be uplifted before the nations,

and all who would look unto Him should live. All who, like

Rahab the Canaanite, and Ruth the Moabitess, turned fromidolatry to the worship of the true God, were to unite

themselves with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel

increased they were to enlarge their borders, until their

kingdom should embrace the world.

God desired to bring all peoples under His merciful rule. He

desired that the earth should be filled with joy and peace. He

created man for happiness, and He longs to fill human hearts

with the peace of heaven. He desires that the families below

shall be a symbol of the great family above

E.G.W. (Christs Object Lessons, cp. 23, pg. 290)


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As the wise men had come from the East at the beginning so these Greeks,

representing the nations, tribes, and peoples of the world, came to see Jesus.

So the people of all lands and all ages would be drawn by the Saviours cross

(DA, cp. 68, pg. 621)

Now there were certain Greeks among those who came upto worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip, who wasfrom Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, wewish to see Jesus. (John 12:20-21)

Jesus was visited by some

Greeks during His last

week in the Temple

(John 12:20-36)


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A heavenly voice

proclaimed Christs

glorification to

strengthen the faith of

Jewish and Greeks.

Jesus taught two lessons

in that moment:

The conditions ofdiscipleship, He who

loves his life will lose

it, and he who hates

his life in this worldwill keep it for eternal

life (Jn. 12:25)

Salvation isuniversal, And I, if

I am lifted up from

the earth, will draw

ALL PEOPLES toMyself (Jn. 12:32)

Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship atthe feast. Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee,and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus. (John 12:20-21)


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The commission given to the disciples is

given also to us. Today, as then, a

crucified and risen Saviour is to be

uplifted before those who are without

God and without hope in the world. The

Lord calls for pastors, teachers, and

evangelists. From door to door His

servants are to proclaim the message of

salvation. To every nation, kindred,tongue, and people the tidings of pardon

through Christ are to be carried. Not

with tame, lifeless utterances is the

message to be given, but with clear,

decided, stirring utterances. Hundreds

are waiting for the warning to escapefor their lives. The world needs to see in

Christians an evidence of the power of

Christianity. Not merely in a few places,

but throughout the world, messages of

mercy are needed.

E.G.W. (Gospel workers, section 1, pg. 29)

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