1. STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans…
… take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!
Have the attitude of the Bereans…

2. Jesus the Spirit of Counsel and Might

3. The POWER of His RESURRECTION

4. The Resurrection of Jesus!

5. John 2:18-22
[18] The Jews therefore answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, seeing that You do these things?” [19] Jesus answered and said to them, “DESTROY this TEMPLE, and in THREE DAYS I will RAISE IT UP.” [21] But He was speaking of the temple of HIS BODY.

6. John 2:18-22 His disciples REMEMBERED that He said this;
[22] When therefore HE WAS RAISED from the DEAD,
His disciples REMEMBERED that He said this;
and they BELIEVED the SCRIPTURE,
and the WORD which Jesus had spoken.

7. Today’s Discipleship Lesson #1
As a DISCIPLE of Jesus:
STUDY the SCRIPTURES so that:
… you can REMEMBER and BELIEVE the SCRIPTURES
… and can REMEMBER and BELIEVE the WORDS which Jesus has spoken.

8. A Troubling Challenge
Luke 9:23-24

9. Luke 9:23-24 let THEM DENY THEMSELF, and TAKE UP THEIR CROSS daily,
[23] And He was saying to them all,
“IF anyone wishes to come after Me,
let THEM DENY THEMSELF,
and TAKE UP THEIR CROSS daily,
and FOLLOW Me.”

10. Luke 9:23-24 but whoever LOSES THEIR LIFE for My sake,
[24] “For whoever wishes TO SAVE THEIR LIFE shall LOSE IT,
but whoever LOSES THEIR LIFE for My sake,
THIS IS the ONE WHO WILL SAVE IT.
LOSE IT (G622) = to DESTROY utterly or fully. To DIE to SELF!

11. How could Jesus ask YOU
TO DIE to YOURSELF?

12. John 10:17-18 that I MAY TAKE IT AGAIN.
[17] “For this REASON the Father loves Me, because I LAY DOWN MY LIFE
that I MAY TAKE IT AGAIN.
[18] “No one has taken it away from Me,
but I LAY IT DOWN on My OWN INITIATIVE. …”

13. John 10:17-18 and I HAVE AUTHORITY to take it up again.
[18] “… I HAVE AUTHORITY to lay it down,
and I HAVE AUTHORITY to take it up again.
This commandment I received from My Father.”

14. Today’s Discipleship Lesson #2
As a DISCIPLE of Jesus, BE WILLING TO: … FOLLOW Jesus EXAMPLE of WILLINGLY LAYING DOWN His LIFE, and WILLINGLY LAYING DOWN your LIFE, SO THAT AS Jesus TOOK UP His LIFE, He WILL ALSO GIVE us ETERNAL LIFE at the RESURRECTION!

15. Romans 1:1-4
[1] Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, SET APART for the GOSPEL of God, [2] which He PROMISED BEFOREHAND through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

16. Romans 1:1-4
[3] CONCERNING HIS SON…
[4] Who was DECLARED the Son of God with POWER by the RESURRECTION from the dead,
according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

17. Acts 2:22-24
[22] “Men of Israel, listen to these words:
Jesus the Nazarene, a man ATTESTED to you BY GOD with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst,
JUST as YOU YOURSELVES KNOW –

18. Acts 2:22-24 PUTTING AN END to the AGONY of DEATH,
[23] … you NAILED to a CROSS by the hands of godless men and PUT Him to DEATH.
[24] “And GOD RAISED Him UP AGAIN,
PUTTING AN END to the AGONY of DEATH,
since it was IMPOSSIBLE for Him to be held in its power.

19. The Resurrection and Jesus’ Disciples!

20. John 6:39-40 that of all that He has given Me I LOSE NONE,
[39] “And this is the WILL of Him Who sent Me,
that of all that He has given Me I LOSE NONE,
but RAISE THEM UP on the last day.

21. John 6:39-40 may have ETERNAL LIFE;
[40] “For this is the WILL of My Father,
that EVERYONE who BEHOLDS the Son and BELIEVING into Him,
may have ETERNAL LIFE;
and I Myself WILL RAISE THEM UP on the last day.”

22. Today’s Discipleship Lesson #3
As a DISCIPLE of Jesus,
the WILL of the Father is that Jesus RAISE you UP on the last day into ETERNAL LIFE!
But FIRST you MUST,
BEHOLD the Son
and THEN BELIEVE into Him.

23. The ORDER of the RESURRECTION
1 Corinthians 15:42-49

24. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
[42] So also is THE RESURRECTION of the dead. It is sown a PERISHABLE
body, it is raised an IMPERISHABLE body;
[43] it is sown in DISHONOR, it is RAISED
in GLORY; it is sown in WEAKNESS,
it is RAISED in POWER;
It is sown a PERISHABLE body, it is RAISED in GLORY;

25. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 it is raised a SPIRITUAL body.
[44] it is sown a NATURAL body,
it is raised a SPIRITUAL body.
If there is a NATURAL body,
there is also a SPIRITUAL body.

26. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 The last Adam BECAME a LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.
[45] So also it is written,
“The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.”
The last Adam BECAME a LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.
[46] However, the SPIRITUAL is not FIRST,
but the NATURAL;
then the SPIRITUAL.

27. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 the second man is from HEAVEN.
[47] The first man is from the EARTH, EARTHY; the second man is from HEAVEN.
[48] As is the EARTHY, SO ALSO are those WHO ARE EARTHY;
and as is the HEAVENLY, SO ALSO are those WHO ARE HEAVENLY.
the second man is from HEAVEN.
SO ALSO are those WHO ARE EARTHY;
SO ALSO are those WHO ARE HEAVENLY.

28. 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
[49] And just as we have BORNE the IMAGE of the EARTHY, we shall also BEAR the IMAGE of the HEAVENLY.

29. The Disciple’s WITNESS of the Resurrection!

30. Acts 4:33
[33] And with GREAT POWER the apostles were GIVING WITNESS to the RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus, and ABUNDANT GRACE was UPON THEM ALL.

31. Romans 6:3-4 have been IMMERSED into His DEATH?
[3] Or do you not know that all of us who have been IMMERSED into Christ Jesus have been IMMERSED into His DEATH? [4] Therefore we have been BURIED with Him through IMMERSION into DEATH…
have been IMMERSED into His DEATH?

32. Romans 6:3-4
in order that as Christ was RAISED from the DEAD through the glory of the Father, so we too MIGHT WALK in NEWNESS of LIFE.

33. Today’s Discipleship Lesson #4
As a DISCIPLE of Jesus, you ARE to DEMONSTRATE the POWER of the RESURRECTION of the Lord Jesus by HOW YOU LIVE your NEW LIFE because of His RESURRECTION!

34. Jesus IS the Resurrection and the LIFE!

35. The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus – John 11:1-46
[14] Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
[15] and I am glad FOR YOUR SAKES that I was not there,
SO THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE;
but let us go to him.”

36. John 11:25-26 Do YOU BELIEVE THIS?”
[25] Jesus said to her,
“I AM the RESURRECTION and the LIFE; the one BELIEVING into Me SHALL LIVE even if he dies,
[26] and everyone LIVING and BELIEVING into Me shall NEVER DIE. [sub]
Do YOU BELIEVE THIS?”
the one BELIEVING into Me SHALL LIVE even if he dies,

37. Today’s Discipleship Lesson #5
As a DISCIPLE of Jesus,
you MUST BELIEVE THAT Jesus IS the RESURRECTION and the NEW of LIFE!
Do YOU BELIEVE THIS?

38. The PROMISE of Resurrection!

39. Romans 8:11
THE SPIRIT of Him Who RAISED Jesus from the DEAD DWELLS IN YOU, THROUGH HIS SPIRIT Who INDWELLS YOU.
[11] BUT IF THE SPIRIT of Him Who RAISED Jesus from the DEAD DWELLS IN YOU,
He Who RAISED Christ Jesus from the DEAD will also GIVE LIFE to your mortal bodies THROUGH HIS

40. KNOW and BELIEVE that JESUS is THE RESURRECTION and THE LIFE!
Here IS Your INVITATION to
KNOW and BELIEVE that JESUS is THE RESURRECTION and THE LIFE!