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Living in the Image of God

Managing Expectation in a Call to Compassion

Living in the Image of God M05S02

Peter and John encountered a lame beggar at the temple gate in Jerusalem. The man was there to solicit financial help and expected money from them. However, they could not offer money but recognized they could offer him healing in the name of Jesus. They managed his expectation, by explaining to him that the nature of what they could offer differed from what he expected. Managing beneficiary expectation in a call to compassion is important, to enhance beneficiary appreciation and prepare them for their responsibility of propagating the benefit of the service through others in need. Having modified the man’s expectation, Peter and John offered him a helping hand, which he accepted and was healed instantly. He showed appreciation by following the apostles through the temple court; jumping, dancing, and praising God; in a public testimony regarding his healing.

Managing Expectation in a Call to Compassion 19:41

In this bible study, we discuss managing expectations in a call to compassion, based on Peter-and-John interactions with a lame man they healed in Jerusalem. Peter and John were going to the temple for prayer when they encountered a lame beggar at the temple gate. The man was there to solicit financial assistance and expected a gift of money from them. They, however, realized they could not offer money but instead could offer him healing in the name of Jesus. They managed the man’s expectation, by explaining that the nature of what they could offer him differed from what he expected.

Managing beneficiary expectation in a call to compassion is important: to help the beneficiary understand what is being offered and prepare them to appreciate the offer better. Beneficiary appreciation is important to prepare themselves for their responsibility of propagating the benefit of the human service through others in need.

The lame man understood what they were offering him before accepting their offer. They offered him a helping hand, which he accepted knowing that the hand was not presenting an offer of money. He was healed instantly. He showed appreciation by following the apostles through the temple court; jumping, dancing, and praising God; in a public testimony regarding his healing.

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Individual Responsibility in Human Interactions

Living in the Image of God M03S16

Based on Christ teaching in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, we learn that God assigns individual responsibility to every person in every situation. Find your responsibility to understand God’s purpose for you in a given situation. Focus on performing your individual responsibility, irrespective of what others do or fail to do. He judges every person individually, independent of his judgment of other people.

Individual Responsibility in Human Interactions 10:05

We discuss Christ teaching in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, to understand that God assigns individual responsibility to every person in every situation. Also, he judges a person based on their performance of the individual responsibility. Furthermore, his judgment of a person is independent of his judgment of others, irrespective of what others do or fail to do. He rewards each person for performing their individual responsibility and his reward for a person is independent of his reward for others.

Christ teaching in the parable (Matthew 20:1–16) uses a hypothetical event of a landowner hiring several workers for one day’s work in his vineyard. At the core of the teaching is the fact that the landowner expectation of each worker was different depending on the time of day he hired the worker. This fact conveys an aspect of human relationship with God: that God’s expectation of each person in a given event is independent and could differ from his expectation of others. Furthermore, he judges each person individually and independent of what others do or fail to do.

We discuss the parable to understand the message. Also, we discuss a passage from Paul’s letter to the Romans, where he applies the principle to describe the individual responsibility for peace.

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