2
Timothy 2:15
You
need to train to be
skilled in following Christ
1. Introduction: The Rookie
2. You
need to train in your
knowledge of Christ
--Nine skills you need to know
--Nine skills you need to practice
--Sunday
morning is a start, but there is more to the playing field
3. You need to train in knowing
His people
--You
need to
invest in other Christians
--You
need to
let other Christians invest in you
--Small
groups
are a deeper commitment, but there is more
4. You need to train in making
Him known
--What
is the
Gospel?
--How
do you
share your faith?
--Pray
for
opportunities
--When you get the basics down, focus
your skills
5. The process of becoming a
mature disciple is
to know Christ, to know His people, and to make Him known. Make sure you are moving
through the process.
Dr. Gary VanDeWalker, Evangelical Free Church of Mount Shasta, 26 April 2009, Spring Training, 2 of 3.
2
Timothy 2:15
You
need to train to be
skilled in following Christ
1. Introduction: The Rookie
2. You
need to train in your
_________ of Christ
--Nine _______________ you need to
know
--Nine skills you need to
___________________
--_________________________
is a start, but there is more to the playing field
3. You need to train in knowing
___________________
--You
need to
invest in _______________________________
--You
need to
let other Christians ___________________ in you
--____________________________
are a deeper commitment, but there is more
4. You need to train in
_____________________________________
--What
is the
_____________________________?
--How
do you
_________________________ your faith?
--_____________________
for opportunities
--When you get the basics down,
___________________________ your skills
5. The process of becoming a
mature disciple is
to know Christ, to know His people, and to make Him known. Make sure you are moving
through the process.
Dr. Gary VanDeWalker, Evangelical Free Church of Mount Shasta, 26 April 2009, Spring Training, 2 of 3.
1. Take a moment and
share with the group your journey of growing as a Christian.
2. What do all your
journeys have in common? What
things are
different?
3. Read 2 Peter
1:5-9
4. Peter lists 7
qualities after faith which the Christian is to add to their life. Including faith make a list of these
qualities.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
5. As a group,
define each of these qualities.
6. Peter lists them
as a progression. Beginning
with faith,
discuss how one quality leads to the other.
7. You may have
elements of all of these in your life, but where are you in these line
of
developing a level of skill in these areas?
8. In verse 8, what
does Peter say is the benefit of possessing and increasing in these
qualities?
9. In verse 9, what
is the downside of not growing in these qualities?
10. What is one thing you can do this
week to be
increasing in these qualities?