Master the Bible: How to Get and Keep the Big Picture of the Bible's Story

Chapter 1: The Way of the Rabb i

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7. As he commissioned his first disciples to reproduce his Word to the ends of the earth, so we today are challenged to share his Word with our families, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances.

a. Be ready always to give to others a reason of the hope you have, 1 Pet. 3.15.

b. The things we have heard are to be treasured, and then passed on to other faithful disciples who can teach others also, 2 Tim. 2.2.

Summary In order to master the Bible, we must be taught by Rabbi Jesus, through the power of the Holy Spirit. As he was with his first disciples, so our risen Lord can equip us today in a deep, rich understanding of the Scriptures. As the Teacher, he represented the will of God, and kept and taught the Law among the people of God. He called disciples to himself, who identified with and followed him as Master and Teacher, and he taught them the Scriptures, which served as his content. He dialogued with his disciples on the meaning of the Scriptures, and challenged his disciples to continue in and abide in his Word. Fully trained by him, he then commissioned his disciples to share his Word with the nations, to the ends of the earth. This same process he is reproducing today–calling disciples, equipping them in the Scriptures, and commissioning them to share the Good News where they live and work.

Case Studies

“I don’t think we are called to discipleship like them!” In a youth rally where one speaker talked about the need for us to respond to Jesus as Lord, even as the first disciples did, one student in the youth group suggested, “I heard what the speaker said and everything, but honestly, I just don’t see that kind of language in the epistles that the apostles wrote. As a matter of fact, much of the language of discipleship seems limited to when our Lord was alive