OUR LORD’S WAYS OF TEACHING

St Mary – Church Ottawa

St John’s Sector

OUR LORD’S WAYS OF TEACHING. Serving by the word of God. The actual and practical missionary. Encouraging words. Rebuking words. Being a model. Illustration tools. Paradigms Discussions. Parables.

SERVING BY THE WORD OF GOD.

And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, ......Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:............ (Matth. 5:1)

To overcome any default in the life of the served kids. Curriculum.

Jesus used to walk among the people and make good things, and preach the Heavenly Kingdom. The liturgy of the preached people.

THE ACTUAL AND PRACTICAL MISSIONARY.

Then He sat with them to study their feedbacks.

Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. ( St. Mark 6:30)

Jesus gave His disciples the theoretical lesson , then He sent them to practice what they have been taught.

ENCOURAGMENT

Nathanael :"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?“

Jesus :"Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!“

Simon Peter :“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus :“Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

REBUKING.

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Whom? How to act ? How to look like? Because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? Hebrews 12:6-7

Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”

BEING A MODEL Jesus as a model :

Was baptized , He fasted , He prayed , …etc

St. Paul’s commandment to Timothy: Be an example to the believers in

word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12

As a SS servant , how to be an example?

BEING A MODEL What about : But you, when you pray, go into

your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place.

But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

Jesus always pointed towards good models: The tax collector, the poor

woman , ….etc.

BEING A MODEL Be aware of being a bad model! "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6

ILLUSTRATION TOOLS.

The living models : Meekness : Then Jesus called a little child to

Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

Humbleness : After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet,

Giving : But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

PARABLES But without a parable He did not

speak to them. ...............He explained all things to His disciples.

Be aware using unsuitable parable.

DISCUSSIONS. Makes your kids :

think , try to find an answer , try to defend his opinion , and accept other opinions .

Choose the suitable discussion for your kids age group : Bible study : why ? How would you say this

verse? What is in the box. Court .

PARADIGMS “Known” to explain the “unknown”. Look at the birds of the air, for they

neither sow ....... Consider the lilies of the field, how they

grow Now if God so clothes the grass of the

field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Suitable for explaining Theology and Dogma.

Please make sure that your

kids enjoy their Heavenly

Father

……..SO DON’T REPEAT YOURSELF