Although I continue to meet with them for DBS, the method we follow is so simple that she can easily facilitate our study with or without me present. After only two weeks of facilitating, I pass off the role to one of my Chinese students. But I see Spirit-dependency cultivated as I step aside.Ī second reason for facilitating, rather than teaching, is the simple, reproducible nature. My students do not recognize the work of the Holy Spirit yet. But one is that this makes the Bible the ultimate authority and source of truth from the beginning. There are many reasons to choose a hands-off approach. As a facilitator, I put myself in the same position as my Chinese friends: a learner who looks to the Bible as the authority given to us by God.Īs we learn the Discovery Bible Study method, we see again and again that the text is the teacher - not us. This minor change in terms actually makes a world of difference. TeachingĪ point to note is that I am simply facilitating the DBS, not leading or teaching it. It is amazing that Jesus speaks to every individual on planet earth in the language that they best understand with their heart! Facilitating vs. This is a beautiful gift of cultural identity from the Lord used in powerful ways through the Discovery Bible Study method. God has designed our first language to pierce our hearts in a way a second or third language cannot.
When the Bible is read in Chinese - or any other first language - it comes alive! In an English-only setting, I might spend the majority of our study explaining new words and ideas.
When studying the Bible in their first language, they can understand and relate to it on a much deeper level. With a common language and worldview, Bible discussions can be specific to the DBS participants. This is ideal: a small group of friends or family who share the same first language and cultural identity. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.First, I am facilitating a DBS among four Chinese graduate students. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord!This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. 21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 13:44-46 (ESV)ġ3 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up.
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