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The Lord Your Healer: 

Discover Him and Find His Healing Touch by Paul J. Bucknell

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Discover Him and Find His Healing Touch

First step of discipleship
revive devotions
Advanced Discipleship

The Bible Teaching Commentary on Genesis: The Book of Foundations

Commentaries that specialize on training the teacher!

Overcoming Anxiety: Finding Peace, Discovering God

 

Relational Discipleship: Cross Training teaching series

Relational Discipleship: Cross Training

Paul J. Bucknell


Priest - People: Introduction
Our Need | Served | Intercedes | Our Service | Projects

Growing in our relationships
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Priest and People

Learning compassionate prayer

Being Compassionate

Christ served as priest before God.

We needed a priest to help us. God didn’t have to help us. We deserved judgment for our rebellious ways. He could have let us die in our sins. But God mercifully sent His Son Jesus Christ to be a priest on our behalf.

1) The Need for a Priest

“ ... He (Christ) Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12)

What are the two things Jesus Christ did in the above verse?

1. He Himself ____________________________________.

2. (He) _______________ for the ____________________.

Jesus Christ bore the sin of all His people when He died on the cross. Notice the kind of people He interceded or prayed for. It was for sinners.

God showed mercy to sinners who didn’t deserve it. So why wouldn’t we show compassion on others when we ourselves had been shown compassion? Whenever we see this lack of mercy, we need to remind ourselves of God’s great mercy for us and others. We need to be full of compassion. God’s full anger upon sin will come on Judgment Day. Right now we are to busily help others escape His coming anger by proclaiming how God through Jesus Christ can deliver people out from their sins.

2) The Obedience Priest

“Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation” (Hebrews 5:8-9).

Notice Christ’s example. We deserved to suffer, but Jesus the Righteous One suffered for us. What horrible pain He bore! That is compassion. Christ endured those thorns, scourgings Eternal salvation through Christand even death so that we the sinners could have eternal life.

Sometimes those who share the Gospel with non-Christians or help people who are being oppressed are persecuted. Tell the Lord in a prayer that you want courage and strength to help show His love to others like Christ.

3) Our Response

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

From the above verse, we read how Christ Jesus as a gift was given to us. But not every one is equally benefitted. Underline the key word that emphasizes what applies Christ’s sacrifice to our sins.

Application: Develop deep appreciation for God’s love for you by thinking more about how He would love a sinner like you and I. Take time now to thank Him for His love


Relational  Discipleship: Cross Training by Paul J. Bucknell

A strategic basic discipleship series designed to help Christians grow not only in their relationship with God but also with other people. BFF Discipleship Traning CDEach section uses a familiar relationship to bring out basic but very practical Biblical teaching.

We highly recommend getting the BFF Discipleship #1 Digital Library which not only includes the Relationship Discipleship book, but slides, summaries, user guide, teacher's reference, etc. This D#1 Library also contains all our other Christian training resources for new believers.


Grow in love for God and for others

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