It is the third call. It is made to those He has already called: \u201cCome and see\u201d and \u201cFollow Me.\u201d<\/em> This third call is to come closer to Jesus, to draw near enough so He can now teach you how you can be a part of the process of making disciples. He invites these first followers to join Him in the ministry, to become apprentices in the school of disciple-making and share in the multiplication of the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this phase of Jesus\u2019 ministry you will note that Jesus is now not just modeling things for His followers, but training them to make disciples. He is asking them to come closer and observe more carefully what He has been doing for the last year and a half of the ministry. Thus, Jesus will begin to train His new ministry team. At the same time we see that Jesus\u2019 strategy to train His team is an on-the-job training. It is not classroom training, but training as they walk through their day-to-day lives. Because of Jesus\u2019 love for those who do not yet know Him, He begins doing outreach activities, or better said, He begins fishing-for-men expeditions in which His new disciples will have an opportunity to participate. It is impossible to train someone to fish for men without taking them out fishing. This phase of the movement of multiplication is the training of the ministry team. At the same time, He is having Expanded Outreach. You cannot do the first without doing the second. In order to train His team, He must provide them opportunities to practice what He has been modeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This phase in Jesus\u2019 ministry will last about nine months. It will include on-the-job training in disciple-making through the first six \u201cFishing For Men Expeditions\u201d<\/em> of Jesus. Jesus will continue to do these fishing expeditions as a way of continuing His training with His team. As the movement grows, so do the sizes of the fishing trips. But you will note that the fishing expeditions begin small and gradually gain size and speed. It is an exciting time in the movement as Jesus\u2019 fame is mounting and His disciples begin to experience the thrill of calling people to \u201cCome and see\u201d <\/em>and to \u201cFollow Me.\u201d<\/em> They believe that Jesus is the way<\/strong> to a relationship with the Father. Then they are learning that Jesus is not only the way, but that He is the truth<\/strong>. Now He calls them to come closer and learn what it means to have Jesus as the life<\/strong>, to become part of a lifestyle of reaching out and calling people. It is an exciting time to be in a movement with as much activity as this one! Come take a look at how Jesus taught His first team how to fish for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus now moves into a period of transition in the ministry. After preaching in Nazareth in His hometown synagogue and being rejected by the people, Jesus moves (and some believe Jesus also moved His whole family with Him). Where will He go and how will the ministry change? His fame is becoming widespread now and people are coming from all over looking for Him. Jesus, during this time, will make four transitions that we want to note before we look at the training of the His ministry team and the six \u201cFishing For Men Expeditions.\u201d<\/em> Take a look!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading<\/strong> [You can read as much as you can, depending on your availability]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matthew 4:12-22 Meditating<\/strong> [Use these questions to start your thinking]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing<\/strong>: Text ONE of your answers to the questions above to your team. Each team should post a sharing from a team member in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These next two phases in Jesus\u2019 life we have titled Ministry Training and Expanded Outreach. We do this because we see Jesus doing two things here at the same time. As the ministry grows, Jesus issues His next call: \u201c\u2018Come, follow me\u2019 Jesus said, \u2018and I will make you fishers of men.\u2019\u201d (Mark 1:17) It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowing-him"],"yoast_head":"\n
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