WELCOME TO HOLINESS SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS JESUS STYLE WORKSHOP

WELCOME TO HOLINESS SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS JESUS’ STYLE WORKSHOP Holiness Writer’s Conference Asia Pacific Region

Group Division • Divide into 4 groups: please kindly count your number as 1, 2, 3, 4 and get the same number together into a group • Choose a leader, recorder, and reporter from each group • Choose a color for a group name: Green, Blue, Yellow, Red • Each group will have many discussion, sharing, and reflection report

Group Activity: Puzzle Challenge • Select a volunteer from each group • Instructions to the four volunteers are as follows: • Place your pen on any of the dots. • You can only make four straight lines on the board. • In your four strokes you have to cover all the dots. • You must not take your pen off the board • Each one has only 1 minute to start and finish the line

Go Beyond the Box

Jesus’ Style • Luke 5: 36 “And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. ” • We must think outside the ‘box’ or ‘frame’. • We need to try new ways of making the Bible/ the word of God come alive by new illustrations • We must not just do it in the way that it has always been done before. • Jesus modified many OT teaching with new illustrations

Quick Buzz: • What is an illustration? • Illustration can be a simple short story or fact about everyday objects and experiences that teach a moral or spiritual lesson. • Why do we need illustration for holiness sermon? • Did Jesus ever illustrate in his teaching and preaching?

Group Work: Guideline • Each group will be given a question to look at an area of Jesus’ ministry and see how he illustrated his preaching/ teaching. • Discuss in your group and write your finding results on the paper chart • Prepare for group presentation

Group Work: Questions What verbal/ word pictures and stories of illustration Jesus use to help his listeners understand? What objects of illustration did Jesus use or talk about to help his listeners understand? What places did Jesus use for his teaching and preaching? Who were the people Jesus use as illustration in his teaching events?

Key Point • We must use every type of illustration we can find in our own ministry area. • We should be exporters of Holiness illustration, NOT importers. • Asia-Pacific Region is the richest continent in religious, cultures, and stories.

What can you teach Matt. 6: 20 with this illustration!

Writing Practice: • Reflect on Jesus’ style of creating illustration • Look at to Holiness Theme and select at least 3 themes • Write three kinds of illustrations on the Worksheet for the 3 chosen themes • Create, develop, and modify your Illustrations depending on the people group you minister to • Share your stories and word pictures you have with other ministers

Practical: Holiness Theme Bible References Holiness 2 Pet. 1: 21 Self-Discipline 1 Pet. 1: 13; 2 Pet. 1: 58 Faithfulness Num. 12: 7; 2 Tim. 2: 13 Diligence Deut. 28: 1; Prov. 21: 5 Loving God Deut. 6: 5 Purity Ps. 51: 10 Loving Family 1 Tim. 3: 4; Eph. 5: 33 Optimism Ps. 27: 13 -14 Loving Others Luk. 10: 27; Enthusiasm Eph. 6: 6 -8 Forgiveness Matt. 6: 15; Heb. 8: 12 Compassion Mk. 6: 34; Eph. 4: 32 Patience 2 Pet. 3: 9, 15 Persistence Luke 18: 1 -8 Joy Phil. 4: 4 Alertness Mark 13: 33 Contentment Prov. 19: 23; Phi. 411 Discernment -13 1 Kig. 3: 5 -14; Prov. 18: 15 Humbleness Eph. 4: 2 -3; Luk. 14: 11 Joh. 14: 15; Acts 5: 29 Obedience