Passage: Mark
Summary
Apprenticeship with Jesus isn’t a classroom. It’s a journey. It’s walking so near the Rabbi that His peace settles into your fears, His compassion leaks into your impatience, and His dust lands on your soul.
Sermon Questions
- What does it mean to be an apprentice of Jesus according to Mark 1, and how is this different from simply being a follower?
- In Mark 1, how do Jesus’ first disciples respond to His call to follow Him? What can we learn from their immediate response?
- Mark 9 shows the disciples struggling to understand and live out Jesus’ teachings. How does this relate to our own journey of apprenticing with Jesus?
- In Matthew 7, Jesus teaches about building our lives on a firm foundation. What qualities define someone who truly hears and practices His words?
- How can we cultivate a deeper, more consistent relationship with Jesus as our teacher and guide? What practices or disciplines help you live daily as an apprentice of Jesus, and in what ways could you grow in these?