The Equipping Ministry, Student Workbook, SW15

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T H E E Q U I P P I N G M I N I S T R Y

The Ministry of Teaching Didache (Part 2)

Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to: • Detail the ways in which the Holy Spirit uses a person who through discipline and spiritual brokenness has prepared himself for the Spirit’s teaching ministry. These traits include the teachers’ faithfulness (i.e., their reliability and trustworthiness as a steward of God’s mysteries), their teachableness (i.e., their ability to be taught daily by the Lord and their leaders), and their hunger and thirst for the Lord and his wisdom (i.e., their seeking the Lord’s wisdom like treasure). • Outline some of the other characteristics of an effective teacher, including their rigorous and disciplined obedience to the Word (i.e., doing what they ask others to do), their teaching of Jesus Christ and his Kingdom (the King and his authority), and their devotion to constantly excel at the teaching craft (i.e., building up their ability to teach the Word with skill and power). • Explain specifically how the Holy Spirit oversees and influences the entire process of the teaching event. This includes his giving the gift of teaching to the select members of Christ’s body, guiding both teacher and student into the truth, providing continuous insight into the Word of God, anointing the teacher in their ministry, making intercession for us, providing illumination into specific inquiries of the truth, and supplying power to obey the Word of God. • Lay out the particular effects that occur as a result of the Holy Spirit’s work in the teaching ministry, including enabling us to obey everything Jesus commanded, being insulated against the lies and deception of false teachers so as to reach stability in our personal faith, maturing as disciples of Jesus in the Church, and becoming solid enough so as to teach others to teach others. • Recite and outline with Scripture the three central steps in planning out, delivering the content, and making connection with the audience through the preached Word: establishing contact with the life situation of our audience, communicating content of the Word of God clearly and boldly,

Lesson Objectives

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