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Alex writes, "Friend, whether you are struggling with besetting sin or are struggling to believe that you can be good enough to be saved, or you feel like the messages you are hearing elsewhere have no power to help you and offer no true hope—this course will be a breath of fresh air and will point you to the only message that has the power of God for salvation and for sanctification. Many churches have departed from preaching about the cross of Christ and only talk about how to raise your kids, how to feel better about yourself, how to improve your marriage, or how to find fulfillment at work. None of those topics is the gospel of Jesus Christ. And for that reason, none of those topics will change the hearts and lives of people. Only the true message of the gospel has the power to change hearts and lives—and that is the message of the cross of Christ; His death for our sins and His resurrection on the third day. This course focuses like a laser on the cross of Christ, the message that will pierce your heart and heal your heart. The message that Paul says is of “first importance.” Once you understand the message of the cross, and receive it by faith in Christ, that will change your heart and your life. Then you will start to find freedom from besetting sins, your marriage will start to improve, etc. Those are fruit of the gospel. But the church needs the true gospel, the message of the cross of Christ. And this course has that message and that ministry that the church needs so desperately today!"

The course is now available in print to allow for group study. Click on the book image for more details.  For more encouragement from Erick, read his blog.

Loyalty programs are quite popular these days. To join, all you need to do is offer up your name and phone number. One step, and now you are a loyal member of the community and entitled to all the benefits of it. 

Many churches have adopted this approach as well. Just “pray the sinner’s prayer”, raise your hand in response to a message, walk an aisle indicating your decision to follow Christ, or fill out a connection card, and you will be added to the community as a disciple of Jesus Christ. 

But is this what becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ is all about?  

Jesus Christ, after His death and resurrection, was given all authority in heaven and on earth. And as the Head of the Church, He has instructed us to “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). All believers are to be engaged in making disciples, and we minister in Jesus’ name and with Jesus' authority when engaged in this work of making disciples. 

But how do we make disciples? And what is a true disciple of Jesus Christ? What message do we use in making disciples, and what is the evidence that someone is a disciple of Jesus Christ?

This course is written to anyone who wants to take the instruction of Jesus Christ to heart, to “go and make disciples of all nations.” It is written for church leaders, church members, and non-churchgoers; indeed, any and all who want to know how to become and how to make a disciple of Jesus, what message to use, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. 

Come and learn from God’s Word, as taught by Setting Captives Free Board Member Erick Hurt, on what true disciple making is. Let’s pray that the church, worldwide, catches the passion that Jesus had as He went to the cross, suffered and died, then rose again to make disciples! 

-- Mike Cleveland, Founder of Setting Captives Free

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This course is written to anyone who wants to take the instruction of Jesus Christ to heart, to “go and make disciples of all nations.” It is written for church leaders, church members, and non church goers; indeed, any and all who want to know how to become and how to make a disciple of Jesus, what message to use, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Become and make disciples

The Gospel for the Church

Lesson 1 The Chief Goal of the Church

Lesson 2 The Gospel–One Message With Two Parts: The Death

Lesson 3 Resting In Christ

Lesson 4 The Gospel–One Message With Two Parts–The Resurrection

Lesson 5 The Gospel Cuts The Heart!

Lesson 11 The Gospel Equips For The Work Of Ministry

Lesson 10 Gospel Application In Mentoring (Discipling)

Lesson 7 The Spirit Flows From The Cross

Lesson 8 The Spirit and The Cross

Lesson 9 Testimonies and The Power Of The Cross!

Lesson 12 The Gospel and Forgiveness

Lesson 6 Circumcised at the Cross

Lesson 13 Biblical Forgiveness

Lesson 14 The Wedding and the Wine - the Body and the Blood

Lesson 15 Christ the Chief Cup-Bearer for the Church

Lesson 17 The Cross Makes Us New Creations

Lesson 18 Having Our Eyes Opened to see the Gospel

Lesson 19 The Cross Focused Prayer of the Lord

Lesson 20 The Gospel foretold by Moses and the Prophets

Lesson 21 The Cross is Our Red Sea

Lesson 22 Man's Steps Up Vs. Jesus' Steps Down

Lesson 23 Confidence in The Cross removes Confidence in The Flesh

Lesson 16 Christ the Chief Baker for the Church

Lesson 24 God’s Grace Abounds at The Cross

Lesson 25: From A Wasteland To Bearing Fruit

Lesson 26: The Greatest Treasure

Lesson 27 Saved for Intimacy at The Cross

Lesson 28: The Church's Message for Healing

Lesson 29: The Cross, the Shepherd, and the Flock

Lesson 30: The Message of Power and Wisdom for the Church

Lesson 31: Summary and Feedback

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Questions 6, 7 and 8

Welcome back to the course! Today we’ll look at the burial of Jesus Christ. It is critical that we preach and teach with the one message Jesus told us to “Go and make disciples of all nations” with. The message that keeps us grounded and free from becoming distorted with "another gospel." The one message that keeps our lives stable, at peace, filled with joy, and changes our very nature (our hearts) on the inside. The message of the cross has the power to alter creation by making us new creations! 

To begin today’s study, notice how God made the life and experiences of the Old Testament prophet, Jonah, to be a signpost pointing forward to the gospel of Jesus Christ:

“For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”  Matthew 12:40 ESV

After Jesus’ suffering on the cross for our sins He would ”rest” from His work for ”three days and three nights” in the heart of the earth. If the cross was where the battle was won, ”...having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross” (Colossians 2:15), then the grave is where Jesus found rest from His work. 

”Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.“ Hebrews 4:1-2 ESV

Lesson 3 Resting In Christ

Question 1

Question 1: Hebrews 4 states that “good news” came but the message they heard “did not benefit them” and kept them from entering “his rest.” Just what was it that kept them from entering this rest?