Volume 5 - The Early Church: Becoming a Light in the Darkness Faith Lesson 1: Everything to Lose, Nothing to Gain This lesson will explore the methods Jesus used to prepare his disciples for the task he would lay before them: that of carrying the message of his kingdom beyond the boundaries of Galilee. The region where this message spread the most quickly was Asia Minor, the most pagan area of the Roman Empire. You will be taken to three different locations and examine three different but related themes. At Korazin we see Jesus as rabbi and his followers as disciples as he prepares them for their mission to the world. At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus demonstrates to the pagan world the startling news of his kingdom. Our last stop is at the Mount of Olives, where the final commission of Jesus is placed in context as the disciples become witnesses to revolutionary news: Jesus seated at God’s right hand as his divine Son. Our task is to hear and see as those disciples did. Then we too, by God’s grace, will be able to face the pagan “Asia Minors” of our world.