This was the fifth part in a bible study series looking at the topic of discipleship.

Everyone is created and brought up differently, eve- ryone of us have different abilities and gifting through Christ. God gives us these different abilities so that we rely on each other and not our own strength. While some people may have easily no- ticeable abilities, it is important to not pity or look down on others as we all have a place in the church.

“It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowl- edge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” ~ Ephesians 4:11-13

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This was the fourth part in a bible study series looking at the topic of discipleship.

Many people pray to see a mighty harvest for the Gospel, but as we read today it is not the harvest that is the issue but the workers. The harvest is already out there waiting for the workers to go through with the shears and harvest the crop, but there is not enough workers to harvest it all. That is were we come in we are the workers and we need to go and reap it’s rewards.

“He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” ~ Luke 10:2

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There is many things we can learn from the early church for how we can live our lives in Christ. They followed what is called the great commission, the commandment given to them by Jesus which is still relevant to us today. Jesus doesn’t want us to keep him to ourselves but to tell everyone about what he has done for us.

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It is so easy to go along with the crowd whether it is something good or bad that they are doing. As followers of Christ however, we are called to stand out from the crowd with how we act and react to others. Through our Christ like actions we can provide a witness to our family, friends and strangers and who knows what opportunities may arise?

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The passage looked at tonight by Christian Aguilera and special guest Ben Margel was 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. In this passage we get a glimpse as to how Paul evangelised those he knew about the resurrection of Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 outline four facts that we could share from the gospel and tell an interested friend.

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” ~ 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.

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The final study for this term and our final look at the gospel of Mark. Bound and beaten, like a vio-lent criminal Jesus is lead to the governor Pilate to be charged and crucified. Jesus barely utters a word or protests to his charge or treatment, fulfilling the prophecies all so that we might be saved.

“Why? What crime has he com-mitted?” asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” ~ Mark 15:14.

Christian Aguilera looked at Mark 10:46-52.

“You are here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but, you feel it. You felt it, your entire life. There is something wrong with the world, but, you don’t know what it is. But its there like a splinter in your mind.” Morpheus to Neo – The Matrix.

As we can read in the passage even Jesus gets messy at times. Besides that he went from being a great clean God, down into a dirty, smelly human body, he now has to deal with someone pouring perfume all over his head. This perfume was not cheap perfume though, in to-day’s money it would cost around $50000. What many con-sidered as a waste, Jesus and this woman both have a deeper understanding of her act.

“She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial,” Mark 14:8.