Equipped Workshop hosted by Lehman Avenue church of Christ equippedworkshop

April 19, 2024 -
 
Speaker: Andy Robison
 
Shepherd Leadership - Mark 6:34
 
Corrupt Shepherds (Ezekiel 34, Jeremiah 23)

Neglect, cruelty

Micah 3:11


Shepherd is for the sheep, not sheep for the shepherd


Sheep became scattered



Divine intervention


Messiah

Christ would come in lineage of David


1 Peter 5:1-4


Chief Shepherd (John 10)

Recognition

Calls them by name


Know his voice



Entrance

Door of the sheep



Attendance

Cares for all of them


Gives His life for the sheep


no one takes my life from me, I lay it down myself


Conducting Shepherds (1 Peter 5:1-4)

Subjection

Must submit to Bible


Only authority is in matter of judgment

Can't change doctrine



Must make sure truth is taught



Responsibility (verse 2)

Controversy

Some say shepherds have authority, some say shepherds have no authority


Must avoid boardroom eldership - does not match Biblical example


Polling is not leadership



Elders need to know sheep

Comes by visiting



Motives

Not to please men


Not by compulsion


Not for dishonest gain


Not to please yourself




Descriptions

Plurality idea, elders don't make decisions alone


Accidentally rules over others - strong willed

Creates veto power


De facto Pope



Not a novice

People have been around a while and earned respect


New Christians may become puffed up with authority



Facilitator


A shepherd feels the pain of his people


Culmination Shepherding (Psalm 23)

Vision for Provision (1-2)


Trust and Rapport (3-4)

James 5 let elders pray over him sick

Andy thinks this is referring to spiritual illness



With you in the valley of shadow of death



Interests of flock (5-6)

Hebrews 13:7 apostles


Hebrews 13:17 elders


1 Thessalonians 5:13


Video: https://youtu.be/FSDJQ6t1wUE?si=aIWzRu92FpzS_05D
 
Duration 38:33

April 19, 2024 - Friday 3:30PM MPR 1 Speaker
 
Speaker: Alicia Bookout
 
Mary Magdeline: Living Faith
The development of Mary’s faith……and yours
Starting her faith
Seven demons Mk 16:9
Luke 18 – she was demon possessed and in a dark place
Jesus took them from her
We all start somewhere
Have gratitude and thankfulness for Jesus meeting you in dark places
EVERYONE can be saved; no one is too far from Jesus’ reach

Building her faith
Following him and ministered to him Mk 15:40-41
How are you building your faith
Bible study, prayer, relationship with God, worship, fellowship, following day in the day out ALL the time in everything we do.
Other ways we can do this today – whatever you do for “them” you do for Jesus. Deny self, pickup your cross, follow Him
Involve your kids/ family

Testing of her faith
Jn 19:25 Standing by the cross of Jesus
Your faith WILL be tested as well in different ways
Your faith will crumble if you skip building your faith

Proving of her faith
Jn 20: 1-2 Went to the tomb.
She still pursued Jesus and went to where he was – we have to do the same. She didn’t know he had risen yet she still believed she needed to be where he was.
Do you still go to Jesus when tested? Like when you don’t get that answer you wanted to prayer for example?
Do you go to him for comfort or seek out your friends?
Does your prayer or study life increase or decrease during times of testing?
Phil 4:7

Validation of her faith
Jn 20:11 He appeared first t Mary Mk 16:9
Your day is coming, how are you preparing? Your day for Jesus to ay “welcome” is going to require walking with Jesus everyday.

 
What will you do? Mary’s story starts and ends with Jesus coming  TO HER. She stayed with him in the middle of that time. She built her faith during that time.  The “in between” matters.
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWoaXhNB7WA
 
Duration 30:58

April 19, 2024 - Friday 3:30PM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker: Richard Melson
 
John Chapter 6 -
I Am the Bread of Life
22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood

April 19, 2024 - Friday 2:30PM MPR 1 Speaker
 
Speaker: Neal Pollard
 
The 7 Signs of John’s Gospel
Context
Purpose statement -  There is no purpose statement more powerful than in the book of John in Jn 20: 30-31
Signs – Those things that display God’s glory
               In John they are those things that point to Jesus as the Son of God
               The sign may do one thing (like a miracle is performed) but all point to God
               Public attestations (done in front of others)
 
The 7 Signs
Turning water into wine
Healing the nobleman’s son
Healing the lame man
Feeding 5000
Healing the blind man
Raising Lazarus
For the final sign there are many different suggestions ---
Cleansing the temple
Speaking to Nicodemus/serpent raised
Walking on water
Mary anointing Jesus
Triumphal entry
Soldiers thrusting the spear in Jesus’ side
Crucifixion and resurrection – Neal’s choice because all other signs lead to this
Post resurrection appearances

~Signs are the Father bearing witness that Jesus is his son thru his words, actions, and works.
 
 
The 7 Signs In detail
Water into wine signifies a new order (Jn 2:1-12). The water was in jars of purification and so Jesus took something from Judaism and made it something new and different (which everyone needed something new).
Cleansing of the temple signifies a new authority (Jn 2:13-25) Establishes Jesus’s authority repeatedly.
Healing the Nobleman’s son signifies new life (Jn 4:46-54) This is the first time we see faith without the immediacy of sight.
Healing of the lame man signifies new judgement (Jn 5:1-9) Here is an indication of sin. V14 – not necessarily that it caused his ailment but that he needed to turn from sin because there are things worse than being lame)
Feeding of the 5000 signifies new sustenance (Jn 6:1-5) Bread of life Jn 6:51
Healing of the blind man signifies new sight Jn 9. Neighbors, pharisees, parents, and man born blind. The physically blind could see spiritually. The others were spiritually blind.
Raising Lazarus signifies a new resurrection
 
There is a steady march to Calvary with signs. Jn Ch 20:30-31  The signs were significant enough that those who were disposed to believe would.
 
Ultimate Sign – The Resurrection
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvq6O5ldQQo
 
Duration 40:06

April 19, 2024 - Friday 2:30PM MPR 4 Speaker
 
Speaker: John Moore
John 1:14 (ESV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
 
Geography- seeing the Bible in 3D
The Necessity and Importance of Bible Geography
Resources
Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels
Barry Beitzel editor

Geographic and Cultural Background Resources

 
BibleMapper.com
 
Pictorial Library of Bible Lands
Bibleplaces.com
 
 
BibleLandPassages.org
 
The Temple then and now, 5 part series
 
How to Use Geography in Lessons
John 1

Use photos from Bible lands to show beauty of God’s creation

John 2

Cleansing of the Temple


Jerusalem from Mt of Olives


Had become a den of thieves, place for opportunists

John 3

John 3:12, 6:17-59


Capernaum


Believed home of Peter


Baptism John 2:13 - 3:36


Wilderness - not devoid of water but desolate place

Jordan River

Some argue not enough water there to baptize someone


It is a small stream in places


Many places exist that are deep enough to immerse



Some believe John’s baptism was a metaphor, please walked in and got their feet wet


One of the reasons Jordan River is so small now is farmers using Jordan River for irrigation, and earthen dam

Things were different 2k years ago




Temple Mount

Where was Jesus with Nichodemas?


There were pools or baptistries around Temple Mount


John 4
Woman at well
Ancient well at base of Mt Ebal and Mt Gerizim, possibly the one
Woman said, On this mountain or in Jerusalem?
John 5
Pool of Bethesda
Verses 1-4 has 5 porches
 
Pool of Silomn (means sent)
Possible because water was sent to this pool
"Pilgrim's way"
1/2 mile on crowded thoroughfare filled with crowded commerce
Why did Jesus do it that way? We don't know
 
Video: https://youtu.be/3Vju0F0ZK2w?si=aBeNtxnRE_VI-VR5
 
Duration 40:40

April 19, 2024 - Friday 2:30PM Auditorium Speaker
 
Speaker:  Wayne Jones
 
John Chapter 5 -
The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
5 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[a] called Bethesda,[b] which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.[c] 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews[d] said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Jesus Is Equal with God
18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to