The JESUS Model for Ministry

Outline and Model for Ministry is Jesus:

We Will Follow Him, & His ways.

  1. Repent.

Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

  1. GO – Follow Him – Make Disciples.
  • Matthew 4:19 And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

III. Jesus’ Model for Ministry: Teach, Preach, proclaim the Gospel, lay hands on the sick.

  • Verse 23. Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom,
  • and healing every kind of disease
  • and every kind of sickness among the people.
  1. Learn and teach – BE BEREAN – STUDY TO BE APPROVED.

We will sit at the feet of our Master, our Lord and our Teacher, Jesus, as He teaches us, His disciples, by way of Matthew 5:31 through Matthew 9:38 for our textbook and the Holy Spirit as our guide. We will learn

  • About Making Disciples.
  • About Personal Relationships.
  • About Giving to the Poor and Prayer.
  • About Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon).
  • About The Cure for Anxiety.
  • About Prayer and the Golden Rule.
  • About The Narrow and Wide Gates.
  • About The Two Foundations.
  • About Faith.
  • About Being Tested.
  • About Casting Out Demons.
  • About Your Calling.
  • Miracles of Healing.
  1. Our Instructions for our Service:

(a) Matthew 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Those disciples, down through the centuries have taught others who are in turn, teach us.

(b) Matthew 10:5, These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them:

“Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; verse 6, but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Today, we have been grafted into the house, the olive tree, and we are to go to every house, in every nation.

(c) Matthew 10:7, And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

(d) Matthew 10:8“, Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.

(e) Freely you received, freely give.

(f) Matthew 10:9, “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, 10 or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support.

(g) Matthew 10:11, “And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city.

A Hard Road before us

(h) Matthew 10:16, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves;

The Meaning of Discipleship for us

(i) Matthew 10:24, “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

(j) Matthew 10:26, “Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

(k) Matthew 10:32, “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. 33“But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

(l) Matthew 10:34, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

(m) Matthew 10:38, “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. Verse 39. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.”

The Reward of our Service

(n) Matthew 10:40, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

GO and follow His example

(V.) Matthew 11:1, “When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.”

Warnings and Woes

(VI.) JESUS WARNS ABOUT US THE PHARISEES and THE HIRELINGS – THE 8 WOES.

(a) Do not desire “The chair of Moses”.

(b) Do not be called by lofty titles such as Rabbi, Father, or Leader. (Matthew 23:8)

(VII.) CONSIDER JESUS’ 8 WOES – Matthew 23, verses 13 through 33.

(VIII.) WE WILL HEED HIS WARNINGS to His Disciples on the mission field – Matthew 23 verse 34 through 39

(IX.) WE WILL BE WATCHMEN – Signs of Christ’s Return.

(a) Matthew 24:1 – 3, When these things happen, and the sign of His coming, and of the end of the age”.

Your Brother and Friend,

Mike Young