Teaching And Equipping God’s People

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore to send out workers into his harvest field”. God, the Chief Shepherd, appoints a shepherd to teach us God’s ways and thinking, and for him to care, train, equip and fine-tune the flock that God has assigned to him. The flock’s security will come through the Man of God—the shepherd God appointed over that flock—who will be their protection plan. This Man of God will shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, so that not only will they live securely, but also he will be their peace. Jesus was on a mission to find people he could teach and train, and just as Jesus went up to the mountainside and called to him those he wanted—sinners-- (Matthew, Simon, Andrew, James, John, and Levi and the other disciples) and they went to him, each of them—at once, immediately, without delay—followed Jesus and was changed. In the same way, so will the appointed shepherd call his flock of sinners to repent and become teachable to where they can ultimately become apostles—at which time they can be released with God’s greater anointing, power, strength and authority to go all over the world, and preach the Word, heal the sick and drive out demons in the name of Jesus. With the end times and examples of the bad economy, things are so bad that people, harassed like sheep without a shepherd, will listen to anyone who sound like they know what they are talking about—it is here, now and today, that a door has been opened for the trained and equipped apostles to be released into the world.

Power Scripture: “He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of The Lord, his God, and they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth, and he will be their peace. Micah 5:4-5

GUIDED BIBLE STUDY:

JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS. WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED AND HELPLESS, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. THEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THEREFORE, TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST FIELD.’’
MATTHEW 9:35-38

THEN I WILL GIVE YOU SHEPHERDS AFTER MY OWN HEART, WHO WILL LEAD YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
JEREMIAH 3:15

I WILL SAVE MY FLOCK, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PLUNDERED. I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN ONE SHEEP AND ANOTHER. I WILL PLACE OVER THEM ONE SHEPHERD, MY SERVANT DAVID, AND HE WILL TEND THEM; AND BE THEIR SHEPHERD. I THE LORD WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND MY SERVANT DAVID WILL BE PRINCE AMONG THEM. I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN.
EZEKIEL 34:22-24

‘’BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH, THOUGH YOU ARE SMALL AMONG THE CLANS OF JUDAH, OUT OF YOU WILL COME FOR ME ONE WHO WILL BE RULER OVER ISRAEL. WHOSE ORIGINS ARE FROM OF OLD, FROM ANCIENT TIMES. THEREFORE ISRAEL WILL BE ABANDONED UNTIL THE TIME WHEN SHE WHO IS IN LABOR GIVES BIRTH AND THE REST OF HIS BROTHERS RETURN TO JOIN THE ISRAELITES. HE WILL STAND AND SHEPHERD HIS FLOCK IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD, IN THE MAJESTY OF THE NAME OF THE LORD HIS GOD. AND THEY WILL LIVE SECURELY, FOR THEN HIS GREATNESS WILL REACH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. AND HE WILL BE THEIR PEACE.
MICAH 5:2-5

BE SHEPHERDS OF GOD’S FLOCK THAT IS UNDER YOUR CARE, SERVING AS OVERSEERS---NOT BECAUSE YOU MUST, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE WILLING, AS GOD WANTS YOU TO BE; NOT GREEDY FOR MONEY, BUT EAGER TO SERVE; NOT LORDING IT OVER THOSE ENTRUSTED TO YOU, BUT BEING EXAMPLES TO THE FLOCK. AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD APPEARS, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF CROWN OF GLORY THAT WILL NEVER FADE AWAY. 1 PETER 5:2-4
MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
HOSEA 4:6

LETS BEGAN A JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST:

AS JESUS WENT ON FROM THERE, HE SAW A MAN NAMED MATTHEW SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ HE TOLD HIM, AND MATTHEW GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT MATTHEW’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNER’S CAME AND ATE WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES. WHILE THE PHARISEES SAW THIS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, ‘’WHY DOES YOUR TEACHER EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNER’S?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. BUT GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS: ‘I DESIRE MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE.’ FOR I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MATTHEW 9:9-13

‘’WHAT DO YOU THINK? THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD TWO SONS. HE WENT TO THE FIRST AND SAID, ‘SON GO AND WORK TODAY IN THE VINEYARD.’ ‘I WILL NOT, ‘HE ANSWERED, BUT LATER CHANGED HIS MIND AND WENT. ‘’THEN THE FATHER WENT TO THE OTHER SON AND SAID THE SAME THING. HE ANSWERED, ‘I WILL, SIR,’ BUT HE DID NOT GO. ‘’WHICH OF THE TWO DID WHAT HIS FATHER WANTED?’’ ‘’THE FIRST,’’ THEY ANSWERED. JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES ARE ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AHEAD OF YOU. FOR JOHN CAME TO YOU TO SHOW YOU THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU DID NOT BELIEVE HIM, BUT THE TAX COLLECTORS AND THE PROSTITUTES DID. AND EVEN AFTER YOU SAW THIS, YOU DID NOT REPENT AND BELIEVE HIM.
MATTHEW 21:28-32

‘’THE TIME HAS COME,’’ HE SAID. ‘’THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR. REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOOD NEWS!’’ AS JESUS WALKED BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE, HE SAW SIMON AND HIS BROTHER ANDREW CASTING A NET INTO THE LAKE, FOR THEY WERE FISHERMEN. ‘’COME FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS SAID, ‘’AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN.’’ AT ONCE THEY LEFT THEIR NETS AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN HE HAD GONE A LITTLE FARTHER, HE SAW JAMES SON OF ZEBEDEE AND HIS BROTHER JOHN IN A BOAT, PREPARING THEIR NETS. WITHOUT DELAY HE CALLED THEM, AND THEY LEFT THEIR FATHER ZEBEDEE IN THE BOAT WITH THE HIRED MEN AND FOLLOWED HIM.
MARK 1:15-20




ONCE AGAIN JESUS WENT OUT BESIDE THE LAKE. A LARGE CROWD CAME TO HIM, AND HE BEGAN TO TEACH THEM. AS HE WALKED ALONG, HE SAW LEVI SON OF ALGHAEUS SITTING AT THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOTH. ‘’FOLLOW ME,’’ JESUS TOLD HIM, AND LEVI GOT UP AND FOLLOWED HIM. WHILE JESUS WAS HAVING DINNER AT LEVI’S HOUSE, MANY TAX COLLECTORS AND ‘’SINNERS’’ WERE EATING WITH HIM AND HIS DISCIPLES, FOR THERE WERE MANY WHO FOLLOWED HIM. WHEN THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW WHO WERE PHARISEES SAW HIM EATING WITH THE ‘’SINNERS’’ AND THE TAX COLLECTORS, THEY ASKED HIS DISCIPLES; WHY DOES HE EAT WITH TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS’?’’ ON HEARING THIS, JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’IT IS NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK. I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTOUS, BUT THE SINNERS.’’
MARK 2:13-17

JESUS WENT UP ON A MOUNTAINSIDE AND CALLED TO HIM THOSE HE WANTED, AND THEY CAME TO HIM. HE APPOINTED TWELVE---DESIGNATING THEM APOSTLES---THAT THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM AND THAT HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT TO PREACH AND TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS.
MARK 3:13-15

THE APOSTLES GATHERED AROUND JESUS AND REPORTED TO HIM ALL THEY HAD DONE AND TAUGHT. THEN, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING AND GOING THAT THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO EAT, HE SAID TO THEM, ‘’COME WITH ME BY YOURSELVES TO A QUIET PLACE AND GET SOME REST.’’ SO THEY WENT AWAY BY THEMSELVES IN A BOAT TO A SOLITARY PLACE. BUT MANY WHO SAW THEM LEAVING RECOGNIZED THEM AND RAN ON FOOT FROM ALL THE TOWNS AND GOT THERE AHEAD OF THEM. WHEN JESUS LANDED AND SAW A LARGE CROWD, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. SO HE BEGAN TEACHING THEM MANY THINGS.
MARK 6:30-34

JESUS SAID TO THEM, ‘’ONLY IN HIS HOMETOWN, AMONG HIS RELATIVES AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE IS A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR.’’ HE COULD NOT DO ANY MIRACLES THERE, EXCEPT LAY HIS HANDS ON A FEW SICK PEOPLE AND HEAL THEM. AND HE WAS AMAZED AT THEIR LACK OF FAITH. THEN JESUS WENT AROUND TEACHING FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE. CALLING THE TWELVE TO HIM, HE SENT THEM OUT TWO BY TWO AND GAVE THEM AUTHORITY OVER EVIL SPIRITS. THESE WERE HIS INSTRUCTIONS: ‘’TAKE NOTHING FOR THE JOURNEY EXCEPT A STAFF---NO BREAD, NO BAG, NO MONEY IN YOUR BELTS. WEAR SANDALS BUT NOT AN EXTRA TUNIC. WHENEVER YOU ENTER A HOUSE, STAY THERE UNTIL YOU LEAVE THAT TOWN. AND IF ANY PLACE WILL NOT WELCOME YOU OR LISTEN TO YOU, SHAKE THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET WHEN YOU LEAVE, AS A TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM.’’ THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REPENT. THEY DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS AND ANOINTED MANY SICK PEOPLE WITH OIL AND HEALED THEM.
MARK 6:4-12

FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH AND FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FRUITLESS DEEDS OF DARKNESS, BUT RATHER EXPOSE THEM. FOR IT IS SHAMEFUL EVEN TO MENTION WHAT THE DISOBEDIENT DO IN SECRET. BUT EVERYTHING EXPOSED BY THE LIGHT BECOMES VISIBLE, FOR IT IS LIGHT THAT MAKES EVERYTHING VISIBLE. THIS IS WHY IT IS SAID: ‘’WAKE UP, O SLEEPER, RISE FROM THE DEAD, AND CHRIST WILL SHINE ON YOU.’’ BE VERY CAREFUL, THEN, HOW YOU LIVE---NOT AS UNWISE BUT AS WISE, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LORD’S WILL IS. DO NOT GET DRUNK ON WINE, WHICH LEADS TO DEBAUCHERY.
( SEDUCE, CORRUPT, PERVERT, DEMORALIZE )
INSTEAD, BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER WITH PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. SING AND MAKE MUSIC IN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD, ALWAYS GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUSCHRIST. SUBMIT TO ONE ANOTHER OUT OF REVERENCE FOR CHRIST.
EPHESIANS 5:8-21

BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELFCONTROL.
GALATIANS 5:22