The Master Teacher

A Discussion about Jesus

Icebreaker Discussion Question:

Do you have a favourite teacher from your school days? What makes this teacher memorable?

Beatitudes 

Read Matthew 5:3-10

Which beatitude is your favourite? Why?

How would you reword it to be understandable to people today?

Read 7T 269.6

Golden Rule Story

Confucius – Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) – Hillel – Jesus

Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets. Matt 7:12

What must I do to be Saved

Read Luke 10:25-29 (the Law and the Prophets!)

Discussion Question

In all the people that you have lived next door to, do you have a favourite neighbour?

What makes this neighbour memorable?

Read Luke 10:30-37 - Good Samaritan Story

“The one who showed him mercy…”

He wore it on his wrist, but was it in his heart?

Conclusion

My Dad likes to say that a dentist is the only person who can put his hands in your mouth and empty your wallet.

Jesus is similar. He looks for where you are open and goes through there into your heart. He used whatever sense was available. If people were watching, he went through visual displays like miracles. If people were hungry, he provided food. If people were outcasts, he went in through touch. If people were listening, he told them stories. Jesus reached in through the five senses and changed the hearts of his listeners.

This was Jesus’ greatest ability as a teacher:
Through a meaningful question, He could turn a teacher into a student.
Through an act of mercy, He could take learning from the head to the heart.
Through a well-crafted story, He could turn Law in to Love.

He did it then and He does it now.

This is why Jesus is the Master Teacher!