Jesus taught through stories, proverbs, questions, and by promising rewards. His teaching was amazing and unlike anything people had heard before. He used interactive methods like asking questions to engage people and help them learn. Jesus focused more on how he taught than just the content of his teachings.
2. It is not enough
to teach what
Jesus taught.
We need to
teach how
Jesus taught.
3. Jesus didn’t. . .
• Do any advertising.
• Have an outreach
strategy.
• Follow up on prospects.
• Contact absentees.
• Do visitation.
• Promote his meetings.
• Do marketing.
4. Jesus did. . .
• Tell people not to tell.
• Seem to prefer the
small group over the
crowd.
• Sometimes avoid the
crowds.
• Have huge crowds.
5. Jesus’ teaching was
amazing!
• Matthew 7:28 (NIV) When Jesus had
finished saying these things, the crowds
were amazed at his teaching,
• Matthew 13:54 (NIV) Coming to his
hometown, he began teaching the people
in their synagogue, and they were
amazed.
• Mark 1:22 (NIV) The people were
amazed at his teaching.
• Mark 1:27 (NIV) The people were all so
amazed that they asked each
other, “What is this? A new teaching--and
with authority!
12. Stories
•Mark 4:2
(MSG) He
taught by
using
Stories
Proverbs stories, many
Questions
Reward stories.
13. Stories
• Mark 4:33 (MSG)
With many stories
like these, he
presented his
message to
Stories them, fitting the
Proverbs stories to their
Questions
Reward experience and
14. Stories
• Matthew 22:1
(MSG) Jesus
responded by
telling still
Stories
Proverbs more stories.
Questions
Reward
15. Stories
• Matthew 13:34
(MSG) All Jesus
did that day was
tell stories—a
Stories long storytelling
Proverbs
Questions afternoon.
Reward
16. Stories
• Matthew 13:34
(CEV) Jesus used
stories when he
spoke to the
people. In fact, he
Stories did not tell them
Proverbs anything without
Questions
Reward using stories.
17.
18. How to find stories
• Your own life
• Bible
• Story-rich books
• http://www.sermoncentral.com/
• Good Questions
Stories Have Groups
Proverbs
Questions Talking
Reward
20. Proverbs
• John 10:6 (CEV) Jesus told the people this
story. But they did not understand what he
was talking about.
• John 10:6 (GW) Jesus used this illustration as
he talked to the people, but they didn't
understand what he meant.
• John 10:6 (ESV) This figure of speech Jesus
used with them, but they did not understand
what he was saying to them.
Stories • John 10:6 (TEV) Jesus told them this
parable, but they did not understand what he
Proverbs meant.
Questions
• John 10:6 (MSG) Jesus told this simple
Reward story, but they had no idea what he was
22. • 2 Peter 2:22 (NIV)
Of them the
proverbs are true:
“A dog returns to
its vomit,” and, “A
sow that is
washed goes back
Stories
Proverbs to her wallowing
Questions in the mud.”
Reward
23. Proverbs of Jesus
• John 8:32 (NIV)
Then you will
know the
truth, and the
Stories
Proverbs truth will set you
Questions
Reward free.
24. Proverbs of Jesus
• Matthew 7:7 (NIV)
Ask and it will be
given to you; seek
and you will find;
knock and the door
Stories
Proverbs will be opened to
Questions you.
Reward
25. Proverbs of Jesus
•Matthew
5:13 (NIV)
You are the
Stories
Proverbs salt of the
Questions
Reward earth.
26. Proverbs of Jesus
• Matthew 7:12
(NIV) So in
everything, do
to others what
Stories
Proverbs you. . .
Questions
Reward
27. Proverbs of Jesus
• Matthew 7:12
(NIV) So in
everything, do
to others what
Stories
Proverbs you would have
Questions
Reward them do to you.
28.
29.
30.
31. People don’t remember
sermons or speeches—
they don’t even
remember paragraphs.
What people remember
are. . . slogans.
Warren, Rick —The
Purpose Driven- Church
41. Jesus asked questions
• John 6:5-6 (NIV) When Jesus
looked up and saw a great
crowd coming toward
him, he said to
Philip, “Where shall we buy
bread for these people to
eat?” He asked this only to
Stories test him, for he already had
Proverbs in mind what he was going to
Questions do.
Reward
43. You are the
A+ bread of life.
B
Stories
Proverbs
Questions
Reward F
44. You are the
A+ bread of life.
B Do whatever he
Stories tells you.
Proverbs
Questions
Reward F
45. You are the
A+ bread of life.
Do whatever he
B tells you.
Stories
Proverbs
Situation is
Questions
Reward F hopeless.
46. John 6:7 (NIV)
Philip answered
him, “Eight months’
wages would not
buy enough bread
Stories for each one to
Proverbs
Questions have a bite!”
Reward
47. John 6:7 (NIV)
Philip answered
him, “Eight months'
wages would not
buy enough bread
Stories for each one to
Proverbs
Questions have a bite!”
Reward
48. John 6:8-9 (NIV)
Another of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, spoke
up, “Here is a boy with
five small barley loaves
and two small fish, but
Stories
Proverbs how far will they go
Questions among so many?”
Reward
49. John 6:8-9 (NIV)
Another of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, spoke
up, “Here is a boy with
five small barley loaves
and two small fish, but
Stories
Proverbs how far will they go
Questions among so many?”
Reward
50. Jesus asked questions
• Matthew 16:13-14 (NIV)
When Jesus came to the
region of Caesarea
Philippi, he asked his
disciples, “Who do people
say the Son of Man is?”
• They replied, “Some say John
Stories the Baptist; others say Elijah;
Proverbs
and still others, Jeremiah or
Questions
Reward one of the prophets.”
51. Jesus asked questions
• Matthew 16:15-16
(NIV) “But what about
you?” he asked. “Who
do you say I am?”
• Simon Peter
Stories answered, “You are the
Proverbs Christ, the Son of the
Questions
Reward living God.”
52. Jesus asked questions
• Matthew 16:15-16 (NIV)
“But what about you?” he
asked. “Who do you say I
am?”
• Simon Peter
Stories answered, “You are the
Proverbs Christ, the Son of the
Questions
Reward living God.”
53. We are
changed
more by
what we say
than what
we hear.
54. Matthew 15:18
(NIV) But the
things that come
out of the mouth
come from the
heart, and these
Stories make a man
Proverbs
Questions “unclean.”
Reward
55. Does what
comes out of
your mouth
reveal the
heart, or
Stories
Proverbs change the
Questions
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56. Matthew 15:18
(NIV) But the
things that come
out of the mouth
come from the
heart, and these
Stories make a man
Proverbs
Questions “unclean.”
Reward
57. 3 When we
put bits into
the mouths of
horses to
make them
obey us, we
can turn the
whole animal.
58.
59. 4 Or take ships as an
example. Although
they are so large and
are driven by strong
winds, they are steered
by a very small rudder
wherever the pilot
wants to go.
60. Jesus asked questions
• Romans 10:9 (NIV) That
if you confess with your
mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your
heart that God raised
Stories him from the dead, you
Proverbs
Questions will be saved.
Reward
61. My two favorite
questions
• Why should I?
• What bad things
Stories will happen if I
Proverbs
Questions don’t?
Reward
62. Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
Stories
Proverbs rewards those who
Questions earnestly seek him.
Reward
64. Lewis said, “We are
far too easily
pleased.” Almost all
of Christ’s commands
are motivated by “the
Stories
Proverbs unblushing promises
Questions
Reward of reward.”
65. Based on “the staggering
nature of the rewards
promised in the
Gospels, it would seem
that our Lord finds our
Stories
desires not too
Proverbs strong, but too weak.”
Questions
Reward — The Dangerous Duty of
Delight. Piper
66. “God is more
interested in
your holiness
than your
happiness.”
67. Matthew 6:1-6 (NIV)
“Be careful not to do
your ‘acts of
righteousness’
before men, to be
seen by them. If you
do, you will have no
Stories
Proverbs reward from your
Questions Father in heaven.
Reward
68. “So when you give to the
needy, do not announce
it with trumpets, as the
hypocrites do in the
synagogues and on the
streets, to be honored by
men. I tell you the
Stories truth, they have received
Proverbs their reward in full.
Questions
Reward
69. 3 Butwhen you
give to the
needy, do not
let your left
hand know
Stories
Proverbs what your right
Questions
Reward hand is doing,
70. 4 so that your
giving may be in
secret. Then your
Father, who sees
what is done in
Stories
Proverbs
secret, will
Questions
Reward reward you.
71. 5 “And when you pray, do
not be like the
hypocrites, for they love
to pray standing in the
synagogues and on the
street corners to be seen
by men. I tell you the
Stories truth, they have received
Proverbs
Questions their reward in full.
Reward
72. 6 But when you
pray, go into your
room, close the door
and pray to your
Father, who is unseen.
Then your Father, who
Stories sees what is done in
Proverbs
Questions secret, will reward
Reward
you.
73. Mark 10:29-31 (NIV)
“I tell you the truth,”
Jesus replied, “no one
who has left home or
brothers or sisters or
mother or father or
Stories children or fields for
Proverbs
Questions me and the gospel
Reward
74. 30 will fail to receive a
hundred times as much in
this present age
(homes, brothers, sisters,
mothers, children and
fields—and with
them, persecutions) and in
the age to come, eternal
Stories
Proverbs life. 31 But many who are
Questions first will be last, and the
Reward
last first.”
75. Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
Stories
Proverbs rewards those who
Questions earnestly seek him.
Reward
76. Do you
come to
God to give
Stories
Proverbs
or to get?
Questions
Reward
77. I pray often through out the day. Prayer is a regular part of my life.
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Pray Don't pray
Extremely happy
78. I regularly serve God in the way God gifted me to serve.
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6
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Serve Don't Serve
Extremely happy
79. I read the Bible almost every day.
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Read Bible Daily Don't read Bible daily
Extremely happy
80. “I live a sexually pure life.”
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81. I freely and quickly forgive others when they hurt me.
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Extremely happy
82. I love witnessing and do so often.
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Extremely happy
83. I believe in missions. I support missions. I love missions. I wish I could do
more for the cause of missions.
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Love missions Don't love missions
Extremely happy
87. You must come
to love the
Christian life or
you will never
come to live the
Christian life.
Notas del editor
The story is told of a prosperous, young investment banker who was driving a new BMW sedan on a mountain road during a snowstorm. As he veered around one sharp turn, he lost control and began sliding off the road toward a deep precipice. At the last moment he unbuckled his seat belt, flung open his door, and leaped from the car, which then tumbled down the ravine and burst into a ball of flames.Though he had escaped with his life, the man suffered a ghastly injury. Somehow his arm had been caught near the hinge of the door as he jumped and had been torn off at the shoulder.A trucker saw the accident in his rearview mirror. He pulled his rig to a halt and ran to see if he could help. He found the banker standing at the roadside, looking down at the BMW burning in the ravine below."My BMW! My new BMW!!" the banker moaned, oblivious to his injury.The trucker pointed at the banker's shoulder and said, "You've got bigger problems than that car. We've got to find your arm. Maybe the surgeons can sew it back on!"The banker looked where his arm had been, paused a moment, and groaned, "Oh no! My Rolex! My new Rolex!!"God gives us material possessions so we will enjoy them, not so we will worship them.750 Engaging Illustrations.
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today!I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today!I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,From every mountainside, let freedom ring!And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.But not only that:Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.From every mountainside, let freedom ring.And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!3