The Disciples

The Road 1

Introduction

Welcome

Good morning, My name is Troy Stanley, and I am the Lead pastor hear at FCCCB

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Setup “The Road Series”

The Disciples

The Miracles

The Parables

The Sermon

The Temple

The Triumphal Entry

Betrayal, Trial and Triumph

Jab 1

Tell Chris McCandless Story

1992 Alaska adventure

Only survived 113 days alone

Jab 2

Most people can relate to life being better with friends and not alone.

Look at the popularity of Social Media as a way to connect.

Tell the story of traveling alone without Valerie

We buy souvenirs to share our travels with those that can’t join us.

Jab 3

Hiring a Pastor is like adopting a new family member

Right Hook

When Jesus started His Ministry He was baptized by John The Baptist.

The heavens were torn apart and the Spirit depended on Him Like a dove.

Jesus was tempted by Satan 40 days

He was with the wild animals and attended by angels

Jesus rebuked satan 3 times with scripture before he left Him

Then Jesus started calling the disciples that would share in His ministry.

Explanation

Get out your Bibles

Open to Mark 1:16-20

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

16 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. 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. 20 Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. Simon and Andrew James son of Zebedee and John his brother

Matthew 9:9-13 The Calling of Matthew

9 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. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ v For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 3:13-19

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

Mt 10:2–4; Lk 6:14–16; Ac 1:13

13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve e that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

The Twelve

Simon called Peter

James son of Zebedee

John brother to James

Andrew

Philip

Bartholomew

Matthew

Thomas

James son of Alphaeus

Thaddaeus

Simon the Zealot

Judas Iscariot

Apostle definition

Is an envoy of Jesus Christ commissioned directly by Him or by other apostles; normally someone who has been taught directly by Jesus and who is invested with the authority to speak on His behalf.

Why did Jesus appoint the twelve?

Mark 3:14

14 He appointed twelve e that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. That they would be with him. He wanted and maybe even needed company as he went about his ministry. They were to preach the good news of Christ They were to drive out demons.

Matthew 26:36 Jesus rebuked them

We know that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and was replaced by Matthias

Acts 1:15-26

Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) 16 and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.” 18 (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 “For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms:

“ ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, “ ‘May another take his place of leadership.’ m

21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, 22 beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.” 23 So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

So we have the 12 apostles again Judas was replaced

Matthias was chosen because he had been with them from the beginning

We also see something important regarding the apostles. They were witnesses to the resurrection!

Being a witness to this was important. They had first hand knowledge of Jesus' teaching, His death, burial and resurrection.

People knew who they were and when they preached they would have had great credibility.

Because Jesus did not do ministry alone He also called us to make Disciples.

I have heard it said that a solo Christian is an oxymoron

We are meant to be in community

Jesus himself desired community and had a close Knit band of friends that he trained and commissioned for ministry

One of the last things that Jesus did before returning to heaven was to commission us to the same.

Matthew 28:18-20

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

What happened to the Apostles?

Reports and legends abound and they are not always reliable, but it is safe to say that the apostles went far and wide as heralds of the message of the risen Christ.

Peter

was crucified, upside down at his request, since he did not feel he was worthy to die in the same manner as his Lord.

Andrew

Went to the area where Russia is today also Turkey, grease and Asia. He was crucified

Thomas

Went to Syria. Tradition has him preaching as far east as India. He may have died in India pierced through with the spears of four soldiers.

Philip

Went to Carthage in North Africa and then in Asia Minor, where he converted the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation the proconsul had Philip arrested and cruelly put to death.

Matthew

The tax collector and writer of a Gospel ministered in Persia and Ethiopia. Some of the oldest reports say he was not martyred, while others say he was stabbed to death in Ethiopia.

Bartholomew

had widespread missionary travels attributed to him by tradition: to India with Thomas, back to Armenia, and also to Ethiopia and Southern Arabia. There are various accounts of how he may have died.

James

The son of Alpheus went to Syria The Jewish historian Josephus reported that he was stoned and then clubbed to death.

Simon the Zealot

so the story goes, ministered in Persia and was killed after refusing to sacrifice to the sun god.

Matthais

The apostle chosen to replace Judas. Tradition sends him to Syria with Andrew and to death by burning.

John

The only one of the apostles generally thought to have died a natural death from old age. He was the leader of the church in the Ephesus area and is said to have taken care of Mary the mother of Jesus in his home. During Domitian's persecution in the middle '90s, he was exiled to the island of Patmos. There he is credited with writing the last book of the New Testament--the Revelation. An early Latin tradition has him escaping unhurt after being cast into boiling oil at Rome.

Influence of the Apostles Today

The names of Jesus' apostles have become the most common names for males in the Western world. How many do you know named John, Pete, Tom, Andy, Jim, Bart, or Phil?

At least four of the apostles were fishermen. Can this be part of the reason that one of the earliest and most prominent Christian symbols was the fish? The Greek word for fish, ichthus, formed an acrostic: Iesous Christos Theou Uios Soter, which means "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior."

After the death of the apostles, we do not find great missionary figures of the stature of Paul. Yet the faith continued to spread like wildfire -- even though Christianity was declared an illegal religion.

Application

Paul the last Apostle

So what did Jesus train the apostles to preach?

What message are we to preach?

There is one apostle I have not mentioned yet?

Paul who on the road to Damascus was confronted by Jesus and became the apostle abnormally born as he would say.

Paul preached the gospel of Jesus and we should too.

Here in Paul's message

1st Corinthians 15:1-11

The Resurrection of Christ

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, i and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born. 9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

Do you believe this message?

My prayer is that you believe and be saved.

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