Matthew 7: ²⁸When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching. ²⁹He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses. (CEV)
1. How did Jesus get the crowds to believe that He knew what He was talking about?

1 Corinthians 1: ²⁸What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important. ²⁹God did all this to keep anyone from bragging to him. ³⁰You are God's children. He sent Christ Jesus to save us and to make us wise, acceptable, and holy. (CEV)
2. Why does God use what is worthless to destroy what this world considers important?

Philippians 2: ⁷He gave up everything and became a slave, when he became like one of us. ⁸Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross. ⁹Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others. ¹⁰So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. ¹¹And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, "Jesus Christ is Lord!" (CEV)
3. What did Jesus give up when He left Heaven to become a slave and like one of us?

Matthew 28: ¹⁸Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth! ¹⁹Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world. (CEV)
4. Who does Jesus want to go to people of all nations and tell them what He did and taught?

Luke 24: ⁴⁶.... The Scriptures .... ⁴⁷... say that all people of every nation must be told in my name to turn to God, in order to be forgiven. So beginning in Jerusalem, ⁴⁸you must tell everything that has happened. ⁴⁹I will send you the one my Father has promised, but you must stay in the city until you are given power from heaven. ⁵⁰Jesus led his disciples out to Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹As he was doing this, he left and was taken up to heaven. (CEV)
5. When we use our privilege to tell people about how wonderful Jesus is, who helps us?

John 17: ¹⁹I have given myself completely for their sake, so that they may belong completely to the truth. ²⁰I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. ²¹I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me. (CEV)
6. Tell how you were influenced to follow Jesus by the love and oneness you saw in Christians.

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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