Styles of Teaching

The Lord Jesus Christ

1. HIS AUDIENCE
1. The Size of the Audience
1. The multitudes (Matthew 4:23-25; Matthew 5:1-2; Matthew 9:35-38; Matthew 13:1-3; Matthew 15:29-32)
2. The few (Mark 13:1-6; John 3:1-3; John 4:1-10)
2. The Background of the Audience
1. The religious (John 3:1-3)
2. The wicked (John 4:1-10)
3. The Understanding of the Audience
1. The wise (Matthew 22:34-40)
2. The simple (John 9:13-38)
4. His Compassion for the Audience (Matthew 9:36; Matthew 14:14; Matthew 15:32; Matthew 20:34; Mark 1:41; Mark 5:19; Mark 6:34; Luke 7:13)
2. HIS MESSAGE
1. To the Jewish People
1. The Lord was not sent to the Gentiles (Matthew 15:21-28).
2. The disciples were not sent to the Gentiles (Matthew 10:5-7).
2. Of a Coming Kingdom
1. The Lord told His disciples to preach about the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 10:5-7).
2. The Lord stated that the kingdom of which they were preaching was “at hand” (Matthew 10:7).
3. The disciples were taught to pray for the entrance of that kingdom (Matthew 6:9-13).
3. HIS METHOD
1. By Using Familiarity
1. Fishers of men (Matthew 4:18-19)
2. Salt (Matthew 5:13)
3. A candle (Matthew 5:14-16)
4. Stolen possessions (Matthew 6:19-21)
5. The fowls of the air (Matthew 6:25-27)
6. The lilies of the field (Matthew 6:28-32)
7. A mote (Matthew 7:1-5)
8. The gifts of a father (Matthew 7:7-11)
9. The fruit of a tree (Matthew 7:15-20)
10. The foundation of a house (Matthew 7:21-29)
11. The need of a physician (Matthew 9:9-13)
12. Patching with a cloth (Matthew 9:16)
13. Preserving wine (Matthew 9:17)
14. A harvest (Matthew 9:36-38)
15. Sheep in the midst of wolves (Matthew 10:16-23)
16. Sparrows (Matthew 10:29-31)
17. Children in the markets (Matthew 11:16-19)
18. A yoke (Matthew 11:28-30)
19. Fallen sheep (Matthew 12:10-13)
20. A divided kingdom (Matthew 12:22-30)
21. The home of an unclean spirit (Matthew 12:43-45)
22. A sower sowing seed (Matthew 13:3-8)
23. The sowing of good seed (Matthew 13:24-30)
24. A grain of mustard seed (Matthew 13:31-32)
25. Leaven (Matthew 13:33)
26. Hidden treasure (Matthew 13:44)
27. Goodly pearls (Matthew 13:45-46)
28. A net (Matthew 13:47-50)
29. A householder (Matthew 13:52)
30. Blind leading blind (Matthew 15:14)
31. The children and dogs (Matthew 15:21-28)
32. A little child (Matthew 18:1-3)
33. The danger of offence (Matthew 18:6-10)
34. A lost sheep (Matthew 18:11-14)
35. The account of servants (Matthew 18:23-35)
36. A camel going through the eye of a needle (Matthew 19:23-26)
37. The hiring of servants (Matthew 20:1-16)
38. Two sons (Matthew 21:28-31)