1. On and new page, miss the top two lines and …
List as many different ways that you can fail as you can

2. 1.10 Are The Disciples Really Failures?
Describe the failure of the disciples
What problems of discipleship are highlighted by this failure?
How can this help or cause problems for Christians today?

3. Are The Disciples Really Failures
Read the first blue box on page 22
What was Zechariah’s prophecy?
How did Peter respond when Jesus quoted this prophecy?
What can Christians today learn from this passage? (8)
Read the second blue box on page 22
What evidence is there that Jesus is tempted to do the wrong thing but will not?
Why is it so important for Jesus to resist temptation?
“This passage is an encouragement for Christians today”
Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. (3 marks)
Why would some disagree with you? (3 marks)
What does Jesus mean by “the spirit is willing but the body is weak?

4. Are The Disciples Really Failures
“This passage is an encouragement for Christians today”
Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. (3 marks)
Why would some disagree with you? (3 marks)
What does Jesus mean by “the spirit is willing but the body is weak?
How might this have encouraged persecuted Christians in Rome?
There is little persecution in the UK. How might Christians in the UK be encouraged by this?

5. What can we learn from these passages?
It is ok to be frightened. Jesus was.
It is ok to fail. The spirit is willing but the body is weak. The disciples fell asleep but later succeeded.
The importance of forgiveness. If we fail we can be forgiven
Importance of prayer. Jesus prayed and succeeded. The disciples did not and so failed.
Jesus predicts his death. God is in control. Suffering can be part of God’s plan

6. Shows Problems Easy to fail
Even Jesus struggled with his mission- it is hard to be a disciple
The body is weak- they could not stay awake
Repetition of prayer. Sometimes we have to keep asking and we still don’t get the answer we want

7. “This passage is an encouragement for Christians today”
It is ok to be frightened. Jesus was.
It is ok to fail. The spirit is willing but the body is weak. The disciples fell asleep but later succeeded.
The importance of forgiveness. If we fail we can be forgiven
Just because we are suffering, it does not mean that we are evil or that God has abandoned us
Jesus was in control then and is in control now
It shows that they may endure pain and suffering
If Jesus struggled then we will have to struggle
If the disciples failed then how can we trust them

8. “This passage helps Christians today”
It is ok to be frightened. Jesus was.
It is ok to fail. The spirit is willing but the body is weak. The disciples fell asleep but later succeeded.
The importance of forgiveness. If we fail we can be forgiven
Suffering can be part of God’s plan- it is not a punishment for bad people

9. Causes Problems
How can we trust Peter and the disciples if they failed
What is the relationship between Jesus and God
How could Jesus want something different to God
Why does Jesus ask the disciples to do something that he knows they can’t manage