FGT 101 Lecture 1 Intro — Transcript

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1. 0:04Welcome to the Moso Mission Teachers College.  This is the first course of the entire curriculum
2. 0:10to train teachers in raising disciples of Jesus  Christ. This course is called the Basic Gospel
3. 0:17Training [now called Foundations of the Gospel]  and the vision for Moso Mission for Christ,
4. 0:22as a non-profit organization, is to train and  help teachers and parents so that they can be,
5. 0:31first disciples of Christ, as we're rooted in  the Word of God, so that we can train children
6. 0:37to also be disciples of Christ. We're in  the business of sowing seeds, nurturing
7. 0:44young faith in the gospel by watering them  with the Word of God. And then, seeing them
8. 0:51ultimately mature in their faith so that they  can rise up as the spiritual leaders, the summit
9. 0:58of their generation. That's the idea behind  the name Moso Mission for Christ; it stands
10. 1:05for the bamboo tree. And the very special  characteristic of this bamboo tree, the Moso
11. 1:12bamboo, is that after you plant the seeds, it  takes a while for you to see any kind of growth
12. 1:19coming out of the ground. It is because, invisible  to our eyes, those seeds are now being rooted down
13. 1:28deep into the ground, both in depth and width,  preparing its way so that when it begins to
14. 1:36sprout above the ground, it will not shake or sway  but can grow as tall as 90 feet, and become one
15. 1:45of the strongest most valuable plants in the  world. Our vision is to do that for children.
16. 1:54Working with children and teaching them the  Word of God is truly an investment of time,
17. 2:01devotion, money, our lives. That is why I commend  you for joining the MMC Teachers College. I pray
18. 2:12that this would be the beginning of much  healing in your own life, rooting in the gospel,
19. 2:19and confirmation of God's vision that he has  given to you to save and raise the children
20. 2:26in your nation, in your region. My name is Deborah  P. Kim. I'm a missionary and an educator, and my
21. 2:34vision is to train teachers and parents around  the world; so that we can see young children
22. 2:41truly growing in the Word through daily worship;;  so that they can become true disciples of Christ
23. 2:48and eventually missionaries and evangelists  to save their nations and the world.
24. 2:55So for our first lecture in our Basic Gospel  Training 101, the title is the Disciples of
25. 3:03Christ. Let's read the passage for today from  John chapter 15 verse 16. "You did not choose me
26. 3:12but I chose you and appointed you that you  should go and bear fruit and that your fruit
27. 3:19should abide so that whatever you ask the  Father in my name, he may give it to you." Amen.
28. 3:30Let's pray before we begin. Dear Heavenly  Father, I thank You for this chance
29. 3:38to meet with these very precious brothers and  sisters whom You have called, whom You have chosen
30. 3:45to be a part of this vision of raising and  training children in the Word of God. Thank You
31. 3:54for bringing us together like this so that we can  confirm the Word of the Gospel in our own lives.
32. 4:01And I pray as we begin this course and begin the  entire training program, You will bless each and
33. 4:09every person at whatever season they're in, in  their lives wherever they are in this world,
34. 4:15that You would watch over them. Your Holy Spirit  will move in their hearts. Touch them deeply
35. 4:21through the Word and Spirit, so that they can see  who You are and who they are inside of Christ.
36. 4:30We give You this time and we pray all this in  the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.
37. 4:38What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? The  Disciple of Christ. We want to do that - making
38. 4:46disciples of all nations, but before we make  disciples we need to be disciples first.
39. 4:53And the definition of 'disciple' is follower.  Are you a follower of Jesus? Do you know Him?
40. 5:01Do you truly want to be near Him and be like  Him? Do people see Christ inside of you?
41. 5:12So as we learn the meaning of being a disciple of  Christ, I pray God will open your eyes to see the
42. 5:19word of God and let it be fulfilled in you. There  are three fundamental questions in life that we
43. 5:26need to ask. The first is about our identity: Who  am I? That's a very important question. Who am I?
44. 5:37Are you just a member of your family or community? Are you from the U.S., from Korea, Japan, China,
45. 5:50from India, or the Philippines?
46. 5:54Are you from a nation in Africa  like Kenya or Rwanda or Tanzania, or
47. 6:03Nigeria? Australia? New Zealand? Vanuatu? Whatever country you're from, is that your true identity?
48. 6:14We need to know who we are, how God created us,  and what He wants in our lives. That leads us
49. 6:22to the second most important question, which is  concerning the purpose in life: Why do we live?
50. 6:30Why are we living and breathing? Why have  we been born in the places we were born?
51. 6:35And the last question is about method, about
52. 6:39how you should live: What is the way  for us to live that is pleasing to God,
53. 6:45and that is meaningful? I pray when we find  the answers to these three questions today.