This module deals very strongly with vocation, obedience, gifts and ministry. We deal with discipleship principles from the OT.
It is also meant to expose people to God's story with man from the OT. It is shown from the beginning that God calls people to follow Him as disciples (people who follow Him and learn from Him). We also focus a lot on God's image, who God really is in His character as He revealed Himself. It also aims to help people better understand the meaning of the Bible and thus come to the Word with the right expectation (ie not to expect scientific and historical correctness in all aspects of the Bible, but to see as the disclosure of God and His will for our lives).
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Introduction
With this next leg of the discipleship process, we would like to further direct you on the journey of following Christ. In Modules 1 and 2 we focussed specifically on your personal relationship with God. In Modules 3 we would like to help you beler understand your unique calling within the kingdom of God and how to walk within your calling (if you are not
yet doing so).
The journey of discipleship always begins with the invitation to follow
Him. During the initial stages of this walk we merely follow, observe, learn, listen, pay alention, ask questions and sit at His feet. This is exactly what the disciples did for a period of three and a half years. It is during this time that the Lord sometimes gives us smaller tasks to perform (in the same way that He also did with His disciples). We might view this stage as ‘in service training’. However, the time will come when we will come to hear more clearly: “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” (John 20:21). We will try to explain what this means for us today in our own world. I believe that if we understand it correctly, it is very liberating and empowering in our lives as God's representatives.
In this module we are first going to take a look at God's journey with His
people, the Israelites in the Old Testament. Many valuable principles
regarding discipleship are locked up in this story. Furthermore, by looking at how God then already called and involved people, we are able to learn
much about calling and service. We then already see reflected in the Old
Testament, what lies at the heart of discipleship: an intimate relationship
between God and mankind; a relationship in which He desires to be our God and we are invited to become His obedient children.
The last few sessions we will talk about how we can gain more clarity
about our own calling as God's representatives in the world.
P.S. The original translation was done by Karen Wissink. For these revised
editions I used google translate to translate the parts that I rewrote,
revised or changed. It goes without saying that there may still be quite a
few errors. So feel free to let me know if you spot any errors.
